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| These episodes pack so much in and outside of the melodramatic parts like the somewhat contrived moment when the coach let out his regrets over raising his own child selfishly, it felt fulfilling and meaningful! Even that specific moment was also quite nice in a cheesy way. The first part of the episode showcasing Honda and Goro's growth was nice. It was really fun to see Goro refuse to be scared away and show off his skills to make them take him on. I especially loved the cut when Takafumi was lecturing them and it cut right to Goro trying to play in the background. It also made me feel some sympathy for Takafumi as his dad wasn't even seeing his own efforts. That and Goro's nice words of encouragement to Toshi when he doubted himself made it all very nice. Then we had the misunderstanding and melodramatic meeting I first mentioned where it got super sad in a childish but understandable way. More sweet moments of Hoshino supporting a sad Goro and then finally we had his dad make it up to Goro in the best way possible! It even touched on a thing I was thinking about quite a bit, Honda and Goro's relationship. Hoshino put it as it is, "Goro and baseball mean everything to him"! And we can even see, Honda speaks about training for Goro, and Goro wants to make his dad proud of him. It's so hard to separate his hero Honda the baseball pro from baseball! But this started to touch on why that isn't so harmful, I think at least. It's not a conditional relationship, Honda wants Goro to be happy, he doesn't care if he becomes a pro! And as long as Goro is happy with his dad doing his best then I think baseball is a nice conduit to grow their relationship! It would be nicer if Goro was able to love his cool dad as his dad and separate him from baseball more though. mshea1213 said: How is it that Honda was this big time pitcher, yet lives in a tiny apartment and seems to be worried about a job? When he came up to bat, the crowd reaction was so dull. They acted as if they had never even seen Honda before, even though he was one of their big game pitchers It was stated that he just hit 'fame' and then fell from it. He was hardly in the big leagues when he was forced out of it. Due to two injuries and his wife's death he fell from fame quick. He didn't have enough time to make a lot of money and even in the restaurant scene with Shigeno they recognized him and not Honda. He was never a big pitcher he just started to get there and fell off! tr25a3 said: While I can understand the fathers concerns, his irascible nature is irritating and annoying. How about speaking in a calm manner? And he should have had a proper talk with his son about the reasoning behind his actions. Hehehe, I think he slipped up this time. He's always told him to take it slow because he knows how rushing your improvement can harm you. This time he did the same, he told him not to rush. But, it was as if he forgot what it's like to be a kid. Because although it felt melodramatic when the sad piano music cut in as Goro reasoned Honda hates him, it was something a child can easily reason. They can jump to conclusions and see the world simply like that. His dad retired, didn't tell him he was playing baseball at all, and told him not to join a team Goro saw nothing wrong with. To think, yeah, dad hates baseball and doesn't want me to play because he can't is reasonable. And I think Honda's slip up was too! As for Honda's irascible nature, I kind of love it. He's a resolved man and the second he thinks things are going wrong, whether it's to the coach who almost hurt his son, or to his son himself he literally can't help but put things in place. Having a father that's like that too I know it can be quite awful to have someone who doesn't see reason and acts a little too quick, but on top of Honda's love for Goro and his more childlike side like his giddiness when he left the Coach's place, or his embarrassment over seeing Hosino, it makes him endearing to me. He's quite the big kid himself in a few ways. I loved how happy he was to get back into the main club! All that said, if he got as heated as he does about something he's wrong about it can be troubling so we'll see if he's perfect or not as we go on. And in retrospect he wasn't so subtle about telling Goro he had to retire and came home drunk that time so I think we have seen the times where his irascible nature didn't turn out great! |
| Goro is such a cutieee!!!!! He's really persistent ❤ He's very young to play the game. |
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| I guess this anime is an example how a melodrama can be good too. |
"The Slave is the have-not, the oppressed one with nothing to spare. But because the Slave is in that despairing situation, having nothing, it can kill the Emperor !" |
| don't know why but this ep have some weird development. and from some reason the game here wasn't that explained and deep as i except baseball game to be, and have some development issues of it's own, i hope it won't go all the anime like this... |
| Shame on that coach for accepting Goro while already experienced with his own son the negative effects of training from a too young age. After Goro's little misunderstanding, its awesome seeing Goro so happy witnessing his dad back on the team and hitting a homerun |
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