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Nov 20, 2008 7:02 AM
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Loved it. Had fun with the big guy breaking all that bats lol.
Nov 20, 2008 7:24 AM
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That was a really great episode and HOW TOUKCHI TRICKED THEM ALL AT THE END.(you must see the caps in every damn new episode)
Nov 20, 2008 7:32 AM
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Who knew that Akagi playing baseball would be so awesome?
Nov 20, 2008 7:37 AM
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The first round of Tokuchi vs. Token Black Guy, Roid Rage, and Takumi who is not from Trapnest goes to Tokuchi unsurprisingly, but things only get more interesting from here. If it wasn't for Michiko to Hatchin this would be my favorite show of the season at this point.
Nov 20, 2008 12:57 PM
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so awesome indeed
Nov 20, 2008 1:11 PM
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It was a pretty good episode. It makes me mad that I'm watching it as it's subbed because I could ttly marathon this show.
Nov 20, 2008 3:56 PM
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This episode was meh imo.
I like it more when its Toua who is absolutely destroying the other people psychologically. This episode was more of a "Im trying to figure out Toua" episode.
Nov 20, 2008 5:05 PM
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It's really a shame the show is spoiled a little by overnarration, but despite the simplicity compared to akagi and kaiji I'm still loving it.
Nov 20, 2008 5:08 PM
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ChinesePanda said:
This episode was meh imo.
I like it more when its Toua who is absolutely destroying the other people psychologically. This episode was more of a "Im trying to figure out Toua" episode.


I like it more when he hits people.
Nov 20, 2008 7:01 PM

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I really ADORE toua...to the max..
Nov 20, 2008 7:45 PM
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ChinesePanda said:
This episode was meh imo.
I like it more when its Toua who is absolutely destroying the other people psychologically. This episode was more of a "Im trying to figure out Toua" episode.


that's what I liked about it... its just nonsense if Toua keeps destroying people and we have no clue why or how. :)

I also loved super chin breaking his bats haha he's hilarious
Nov 20, 2008 11:57 PM
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Great episode takami makes a great rival for toua both thinking far deeper into the game then anyone else, its going to be interesting how they deal with him in the second game
Nov 21, 2008 8:33 AM

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go roid rage go! Wonder what new tricks Toua is going to be using for the next game its fun watching someone try to outwit him and see how it goes just having constant destroying without any chance of countering it is dull... Plus having ball control of that level is pretty awesome looking forward to next episode wonder how Takami will counter or try to counter Toua
Nov 21, 2008 12:52 PM
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ChinesePanda said:
This episode was meh imo.
I like it more when its Toua who is absolutely destroying the other people psychologically. This episode was more of a "Im trying to figure out Toua" episode.


I thought that this episode was the best by far, even though its just a transitional episode from the first to the second of 3 games that he's going to pitch. If he managed to shut down the 3 of the best batters of the league, then continues to impress in the next 2 games, wouldn't that make him all the more godly?
Nov 22, 2008 3:17 PM

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Great episode.
Althou, I thought Takami would become an instant rival for Toua, thats why I thought he would hit the 3 pitch.
Nov 23, 2008 2:58 PM

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hanabiii said:
Great episode.
Althou, I thought Takami would become an instant rival for Toua, thats why I thought he would hit the 3 pitch.


Naah. That would have ruined the plot, and made it mindless.



Nov 23, 2008 9:25 PM

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Theirs only so many types of fastballs he can throw after this. It should be interesting to see what they make up for the future games.
Nov 24, 2008 11:57 AM

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This game's psychology was okay, I guess. Although it does seem kind of impractical for a misjudged swing to happen to hit the ball every time. The third game, on the other hand...
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Nov 25, 2008 6:42 AM

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best animoo this season
Nov 27, 2008 11:54 AM

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I'm figuring Toua will have to deal with fatigue in the next couple of games, and I'm looking forward to how he's going to do it.
Jan 2, 2009 12:52 AM

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Loved it. Had fun with the big guy breaking all that bats lol.

Haha I loved it too. I'm stunned at how Toua and Takami are so smart...
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Jan 23, 2009 12:57 PM

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meowsa said:
ChinesePanda said:
This episode was meh imo.
I like it more when its Toua who is absolutely destroying the other people psychologically. This episode was more of a "Im trying to figure out Toua" episode.


that's what I liked about it... its just nonsense if Toua keeps destroying people and we have no clue why or how. :)

I also loved super chin breaking his bats haha he's hilarious
That's what I liked about it too, lol though he still outclassed Takami in the end ^^

'I have 30 bats ready for every game.' ... good thing too! XD

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May 16, 2009 8:21 PM

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Loved it, on to the next hour o.o
Sep 3, 2009 10:19 PM

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wonder if he'll ever bother to learn a new throw that's not a fastball ;)
Oct 3, 2009 7:57 PM

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Jeez, how many bats did Brooklyn break? XD I'm loving this series so far. It's definitely more than just your average baseball show.
Oct 11, 2009 8:52 PM

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Damn..all Fastball Tokichi threw is great, and how he used 3 of them is perfect..Love it
May 29, 2010 7:29 AM

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Another awesome episode. Looks like the Brooklyn bat tactic still can't beat Toua. Obviously.
Jun 15, 2010 5:15 PM

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Great episode. Finally some kind of insight into Touas methods and also the first real challenge. Looking forward to more !
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Apr 18, 2011 6:49 PM

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Metro said:
Loved it. Had fun with the big guy breaking all that bats lol.


Having 30 spare bats a game, he sure loves breaking them :P

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I'm figuring Toua will have to deal with fatigue in the next couple of games, and I'm looking forward to how he's going to do it.


Same, he really put himself in a really tough situation. It's good to see that he had a trump card, I wonder how many more he has?
Apr 20, 2011 8:58 PM

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Nice episode so far.Look forward for more.

Jun 6, 2012 9:25 PM

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I still don't get where the whole money aspect is going. The owner clearly lacks foresight if he thinks he won't make a lot more profit if he would simply support and hope that the team wins the championship. But instead, he's just thinking small and in the short term. Sigh.
Oct 19, 2012 11:05 PM

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Toua vs Takami Round 1, winner Toua.

Man this anime really makes managers look like idiots.
Apr 12, 2013 4:01 PM
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This is great!
Itsui is very smart by how Touua pitches, but everytime he pitches the ball new.His low fastball,high fastball wow! I wish in real life baseball can do this except Rivera from the Yankees can do something different not him. Great player.
Haha he keep on breaking baseball bats lol.
5/5
May 14, 2013 1:41 PM

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ChinesePanda said:
This episode was meh imo.
I like it more when its Toua who is absolutely destroying the other people psychologically. This episode was more of a "Im trying to figure out Toua" episode.


Totally agree. I could care less about the opposing team. Takami was so busy trying to figure him out, he didn't even realize there were other methods to Toua's skill. The storytelling was a little bit of an overkill.

Aug 15, 2013 3:08 PM

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They underestimated Toua once again! Haha. Well played. Props to Takami for trying.
Nov 29, 2013 11:46 PM

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Loved it!

Apr 6, 2014 8:12 PM

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That gray card >:D
Aug 7, 2014 12:09 PM

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They underestimated Toua once again! Haha. Well played. Props to Takami for trying.

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Oct 2, 2014 11:49 PM

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Im pretty sure its physically impossible for anyone to put enough backspin on the ball to actually make it rise.

Anyway, nice ep. Good thing they won.
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Oct 28, 2014 9:09 AM

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I want that guy to beat Toua next time, he is enough clever for it.
Nov 29, 2014 11:30 AM

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It was so stressful to watch this episode, I was glued to the screen.

Dec 16, 2014 7:27 PM

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Plate said:
Who knew that Akagi playing baseball would be so awesome?


lolol

yakyuu-addict said:
I'm figuring Toua will have to deal with fatigue in the next couple of games, and I'm looking forward to how he's going to do it.


I know, especially since he's so lazy

Jan 10, 2015 2:10 AM

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Boy was that difficult to grasp. I still don't quite understand what the Mariners did to be able to hit Toua's pitches.

Pretty good though Takami could have explained his plan A LOT better.

7/10

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I want that guy to beat Toua next time, he is enough clever for it.
Toua's never seemed worried. He just manages to kick the other team's ass every single time. It would be interesting seeing another side to him.
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Jan 13, 2015 7:01 AM

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That Brooklyn fatass is annoying but Takami is awesome. Another mastermind?
High spinning ball WTF awesome
Nice salary
Feb 8, 2015 1:01 PM

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Toua should learn breaking balls . . . If he learned those he would really be unstoppable (in this anime that is), however guessing that "improving himself" is something he really does actually care too much for.
Mar 2, 2015 10:57 AM

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wow having the ability to increase or decrease the spins of your fastball!? i'm getting more and more hooked to this anime!
also, it was nice to see someone whose mind works the same way as toua's. i hope there are more episodes like this in the future
Mar 20, 2015 6:45 AM

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Wow, Takami is smart, his idea was good and it worked for everyone but himself.

I didn't think it'd be possible to increase or decrease to amount of spins on a fastball.

But in the end Toua still was smarter than Takami.

The mind games in this episode were great.
Apr 12, 2015 9:20 AM
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Toua getting richer everyday lol, 555m. Totally owned that owner dood and Takami at the end.
Apr 25, 2015 9:14 PM

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DeathfireD said:
Theirs only so many types of fastballs he can throw after this. It should be interesting to see what they make up for the future games.
Jun 3, 2015 7:40 AM

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Toua outsmarted all of them.

I think there will be again takami vs toua.
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