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Jun 23, 2010 2:24 PM

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Very Good series, Tokuchi was quite awesome. But, wel, the ending kinda feels incomplete. I would guess the manga goes on..
I probably regret this post by now.
Jun 26, 2010 5:02 PM

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After seeing that the anime only covered the first 10 volumes of the manga, i hope for a second season.
Jul 2, 2010 9:40 AM

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I've never thought a sports anime will hook me so much. First i gave it an 8, then a 9, but at the end - 10. The anime has flaws. For instance - disappointing ending. But personally i was satisfied with it, i don't hate it for ending like that. There wasn't much of a character development, although i think in this one it is not necessary, because it revolves around sport. And last - there wasn't a background story of Toua or somebody else. But the excitement while watching it was definitely a '10'. I loved the psychological aspect of it and how the team managed to beat the other teams. It was good ^^ and i want another season.
Jul 16, 2010 9:19 AM

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It was quite a good series, but I definitely expected more from it. It only went downhill after episode 9, and there wasn't even a real climax. While the psychological aspect was great at the start, it became quite weak towards the end... Not to mention that the clause in the contract about not being able to play a game could easily be seen right from when the extra details were added to the contract...

I'm still giving it a decent 7/10 though, for the good characters and because sports is my favourite genre... Also a new PB time for me completing a 25-ish ep series - it only took me 10h 15mins - which proves that I did enjoy the series, even if sports is the easiest genre to marathon.
Sep 4, 2010 6:09 PM
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Tokuchi rules. He reminds me of Hisuka from Hunter X Hunter. Also playing mind games on people.
Sep 22, 2010 6:55 PM

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BADASS.

Ending was mediocre.

9/10

For not having TOO much convoluted "strategies", even though comparing tenths of a second is pretty damn convoluted. And for actually making me watch baseball, when I have never liked the sport before. I thought it was one of the most boring sport ever. Anime has the power to do such a thing. Though I still won't watch real MLB.

I'm likely to never watch these other series Akagi and Kaiji. A lot of people mention it here and compare this with them, but I really only just saw this because the word psychological and baseball sounds like an awful (yet surprisingly awesome) combination together.
Nov 6, 2010 1:03 AM

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Tachii said:
BADASS.

Ending was mediocre.

9/10

For not having TOO much convoluted "strategies", even though comparing tenths of a second is pretty damn convoluted. And for actually making me watch baseball, when I have never liked the sport before. I thought it was one of the most boring sport ever. Anime has the power to do such a thing. Though I still won't watch real MLB.

I'm likely to never watch these other series Akagi and Kaiji. A lot of people mention it here and compare this with them, but I really only just saw this because the word psychological and baseball sounds like an awful (yet surprisingly awesome) combination together.

My thoughts as well..
Feb 24, 2011 3:54 PM
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Awesome ending. Love how they made a sport game into a "chess" game.

Doubt there will be a sequel, madhouse rarely makes sequels.

My favorite pitcher switch stance:


9/10


this.


I really liked this show. Psychological seinen are awesome.
IMO Kaiji > One outs > Akagi. And all three of them are amazing.
Mar 1, 2011 4:39 PM

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Just GREAT!

9/10

"Only the dead have seen the end of war".
~Plato~
Apr 21, 2011 8:24 AM

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Very good.

Overall:8/10

Apr 21, 2011 8:07 PM

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I thought that this series overall was amazing! Every moment of it kept me interesting, even the long explanations didn't really turn me off much.

This has gotten me very interested in reading the manga, too bad it isn't completely translated.
Aug 31, 2011 7:27 PM
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Liked it a lot. Tokuchi is the man!
9/10 for me.

It's true that the anime focus too much on Tokuchi and his strategies/tricks , and it's just that: the games, the opponents, the stupid and dumb owner, and Tokuchi pwning them all :P But it's great at that. Well, I enjoyed every minute ^^

I mean I knew nothing on baseball (yeah I know that's not real baseball xP even though I never ever watched a game of it, only Tokuchi could do those things...because he's Tokuchi, what else?) so I forced myself to learn the basic rules so I could understand things better...that because I love Liar Game, I was 100% sure I would like this too.

I absolutely have to read the manga....but I'll probably wait (if I can...) till its translation's complete.



Jan 19, 2012 3:52 AM

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9/10 ^_^

tokuchi said that it's not yet finish until they win championship
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Feb 28, 2012 9:08 PM

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Entertainment: 10
Suspense: 10
Surprise: 10
Tokuchi: 10 (one of the most badass characters ever)
Enjoyability: 10

THEREFORE: 10/10

I PLEAD FOR A SECOND SEASON!!
Mar 13, 2012 2:29 PM

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I was very impressed with the series. I didn't know how to go into the series, didn't know whether I'd like it or not. I didn't have a bias one way or the other towards baseball or sports in general, so I was hoping for something great and I was very pleased with the result.

I'm really hoping for another season, and it already has been almost 4 years, so I guess I'll have to hope upon hope.

I'm giving it a 10/10 because I went through the entire series wanting to watch another episode right after finishing one. That is what I see making a good series really great.
Mar 13, 2012 2:41 PM

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It was a great series..

Now only if the manga was completely scanlated...
Apr 7, 2012 5:58 PM

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I just know this is the best sports anime period. Let me remind you that I hate baseball with a passion. I wish they had a season 2 im still mad about it.
Apr 7, 2012 8:08 PM

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Kaiji > Kaiji 2 = One Outs > Akagi
May 18, 2012 9:37 PM

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Kaiji > Kaiji 2 = One Outs > Akagi


I agree. Although I'll put One Outs slightly above kaiji s2
May 31, 2012 12:40 PM

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Would have been nice if we got to see how much he ended up getting paid after the championship.
Jun 8, 2012 10:37 PM

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Completely retarded. Amazing concept, and great protagonist, but the rest of the cast members are just so retarded, it's unbearable. Also, the business aspect of the story is a complete disaster. It is a shitty plot device that is poorly explored and only used because the author couldn't think of a better setting to put an amazing protagonist in. In fact, business itself, tries to become an antagonist to the main character, which it obviously fails at.

Overall, I feel like it deserves an 8, but when I think about it, One Outs definitely was not 'very good'. So, I'll give it a 7, because I do admit it was 'good'. As I stated before, the concept and the protagonist did save the show. However, a good concept, as well as a good protagonist (which unfortunately is surrounded by a bunch of losers), alone, cannot save this train wreck.
Jul 20, 2012 11:28 AM

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One Outs was all about Tokuchi Toua, enough said. If not for him, I would've dropped this long ago.
Aug 6, 2012 12:55 PM

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yea, i was kinda hoping for a character as awesome or atleast as half as awesome as toki in their team, i guess someone with a lot of potential that would get help from toki, but the closest to that was the the guy at the back, and he was ok, but not really awesome.


Nov 13, 2012 11:34 PM

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Oh and the owner is owned again. I really wish Toua exposed the Bluemars, but alas he would never do that.

I want a season 2, but I doubt it happens....though Kaiji got a season 2. I give it a 7/10. Throughly enjoyed the show, but its a bit of an insult to baseball fans and players who are made out to be complete naive idiots.
Nov 29, 2012 9:29 AM

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Great anime serie.
Great mc !
Dec 16, 2012 8:57 PM

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in the beginning i was really hoping that kojime would play at least an important role in the anime because of that that was said in the early of the first episode, the series is only around tokuchi and the rest are only his toys to him play with, and what a dumb toys, it was awesome in the first play against that top team and after that it kind of lose all that awesomeness, but it was really enjoyable to watch

8/10
Jan 16, 2013 7:10 PM

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Yup, and the guy gets up.

Tokuchi continues pitching :3

Well, overall I thought this series was a fun ride. Might re-watch a few of the other episodes. 8/10.
Mar 18, 2013 4:47 PM

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....That's it?
and how the hell was that pitcher that had terrible aim at first who was trying to hit Tokuchi even made it to PRO?
Mar 30, 2013 3:12 PM

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Wowowow! Wait a minute! This ending was terrible, i'm so disappointed here!
Sincerely, I was expecting him to die, it would have be just perfect. Don't misunderstand, Tokuchi was one of the most cool character ever seen, but please! He's too perfect, he deserved to die or at least fail!
Apr 14, 2013 10:53 AM
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Ugh we need a season 2 now!
Ok ending.
Great show! If it wasn't for Toua helping out the team, then this show would of been shit.
9/10 Thank you Toua for being badass.
This show is better than death note. Will watch Kaji next.

First arc 5/5 Great begining

second arc 5/5 memorable arc!

third arc 4/5 Quite boring for some episodes.

final rc 2/5 dragging too long.
May 6, 2013 2:40 PM

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so they ended it this way,it was a good run afterall. 7/10
Jun 2, 2013 2:59 PM

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Well I liked the fact that the manager ended up flat on his face in shame. He just couldn't realize that Tokuchi will always overcome foolishness. :) 8/10

Jun 2, 2013 3:54 PM

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Great series, it needed more episodes though.
Jun 8, 2013 3:48 PM

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8/10

Felt a bit incomplete , some parts were great and clever , some parts were too rigid to understand but good serious overall.
Jun 9, 2013 10:17 PM
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GoldenBRS said:

9/10 Thank you Toua for being badass.


9/10? Based off of your arc rating/scoring breakdown, which I agree with 100%, you would be scoring it as an 8/10 ^^;

Any who, Tokuchi is awesome and reading the LN is worth it. Since Ideguchi got in on the action in the final episode and the annoying fake build up to a second season(a powerful line from MC, "... no matter what, I must get the Lycaons to win the championship," and energetic shot of the team) had to find out where they ended up. They did a s'well job with the anime and Masato Hagiwara's voice delivers again as an awesome gambler. 8/10
Jun 12, 2013 9:09 PM
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Neiryu said:
GoldenBRS said:

9/10 Thank you Toua for being badass.


9/10? Based off of your arc rating/scoring breakdown, which I agree with 100%, you would be scoring it as an 8/10 ^^;

Any who, Tokuchi is awesome and reading the LN is worth it. Since Ideguchi got in on the action in the final episode and the annoying fake build up to a second season(a powerful line from MC, "... no matter what, I must get the Lycaons to win the championship," and energetic shot of the team) had to find out where they ended up. They did a s'well job with the anime and Masato Hagiwara's voice delivers again as an awesome gambler. 8/10


Even some arcs ruined it, I can't score it to 8/10. This show has so many great elements that luckily deserves it to 9/10.
Read the manga if you haven't. It continues from there.
Jun 14, 2013 1:07 AM
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GoldenBRS said:
Neiryu said:
Tokuchi is awesome and reading the LN is worth it.


Even some arcs ruined it, I can't score it to 8/10. This show has so many great elements that luckily deserves it to 9/10.
Read the manga if you haven't. It continues from there.


I thought that line kind of made it clear I did read it. I wanted to after watching the anime because of the last episode. The catcher gets in on it and then Tokuchi says "We ain't done yet, party just gettin' started!"

Out of curiosity did you mean to say "Even IF some arcs ruined it, I cannot score it a 8/10?" I am sorry I was just going off your fractions and did the mental math randomly, I meant no harm because Tokuchi really is a badass.
Jun 14, 2013 10:10 PM
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Neiryu said:
GoldenBRS said:
Neiryu said:
Tokuchi is awesome and reading the LN is worth it.


Even some arcs ruined it, I can't score it to 8/10. This show has so many great elements that luckily deserves it to 9/10.
Read the manga if you haven't. It continues from there.


I thought that line kind of made it clear I did read it. I wanted to after watching the anime because of the last episode. The catcher gets in on it and then Tokuchi says "We ain't done yet, party just gettin' started!"

Out of curiosity did you mean to say "Even IF some arcs ruined it, I cannot score it a 8/10?" I am sorry I was just going off your fractions and did the mental math randomly, I meant no harm because Tokuchi really is a badass.

Yeah, if you have read the manga after the anime ended, then you should know what happends next.
Um, yeah sort of to it. It is okay to do that.
Jun 22, 2013 5:18 PM

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8/10

Even though this was a re-watch for me it was still fun to watch all the way. Going to read the Manga some time in the future.
Jul 24, 2013 11:11 PM

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Mistline said:
8/10

Even though this was a re-watch for me it was still fun to watch all the way. Going to read the Manga some time in the future.


Chapter 83 for anyone else interested in reading the manga

When I saw this anime was rated 8.46/10, I was very excited as I had thought this was going to be amazing.

At the end, I only found it good.

Everything is very one dimensional and cliche, albeit entertaining. Hopefully the manga will spend less time on the actual baseball games, and showing more character in Tokuchi because the anime keeps hinting of his notoriety and more malicious nature but we don't see glimpses into his past or what motivates him.

Although I am surprised, because I learned more about baseball and that you can add digits to see if numbers are divisible by 3!
Jul 26, 2013 6:24 PM

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invazn said:
Mistline said:
8/10

Even though this was a re-watch for me it was still fun to watch all the way. Going to read the Manga some time in the future.


Chapter 83 for anyone else interested in reading the manga

When I saw this anime was rated 8.46/10, I was very excited as I had thought this was going to be amazing.

At the end, I only found it good.

Everything is very one dimensional and cliche, albeit entertaining. Hopefully the manga will spend less time on the actual baseball games, and showing more character in Tokuchi because the anime keeps hinting of his notoriety and more malicious nature but we don't see glimpses into his past or what motivates him.

Although I am surprised, because I learned more about baseball and that you can add digits to see if numbers are divisible by 3!


If you enjoyed the baseball aspect of this, you'd probably enjoy Ookiku Furikabutte. The games are slower but they pay far more attention to baseball technique (I'm no expert but it just seems that way) and character development.

With that said, although I didn't go into this with any pre-watch hype, I was a bit underwhelmed at how it didn't really go beyond Tokuchi effortlessly outwitting everyone. I have to admit that it definitely had me laughing up a storm and was entertaining, but it felt shallow otherwise and, due to Tokuchi's god mode, predictable in many cases. The open ending was a bit disappointing as well, although it's golden to see the owner acting like a typical gambler, repeatedly saying "I'll make up for all of my losses this time!" probably until he's bankrupt.

I'm not disappointed with it, but I definitely can't give it more than an 8.
Aug 11, 2013 2:35 AM

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fucking loved it
Aug 17, 2013 7:50 PM

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Very fun show. I learned a lot of rules and baseball loopholes haha. Near a 9, but not quite. I need a season 2, but I'm okay with reading the manga I suppose. Not that much character development, resolution or feel good moments so I can't give it a 9. But hella fun characters, great humour, awesome protag and nice cute side characters.

If you enjoyed the baseball aspect of this, you'd probably enjoy Ookiku Furikabutte.

Awesome. I'm going to watch that next. Need to fill my baseball kokoro.
Aug 18, 2013 6:13 PM

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I will personally miss this dearly.
Sep 16, 2013 2:45 PM
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This is a great show, but Akagi's character is > than Tokuchi. Akagi would take a Gyro Ball to the head with no helmet from Shigeno Goro to win a bet or destroy someone.
Oct 15, 2013 7:41 PM

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Didn't exactly meet up to the hype surrounding it, but enjoyable nonetheless. I was a bit underwhelmed with character development though... hopefully the manga is better.
Jan 3, 2014 12:42 PM

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Will this anime get a second season? As I understood, this isn't the real ending, but only half of the manga?
Jan 8, 2014 11:39 AM

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nice series. 8/10 I liked it more than I though I would. although I want to see him have a normal contract but I guess that's what made it interesting. good anime very memorable.

Mar 22, 2014 11:23 AM

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I can't even describe the joy I had when they thought they've taken Tokuchi down. I was laughing my ass off from there on.

8/10 overall from me. I'll miss you Tokuchi Toua, the genius! Hoping for a 2nd season...
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Mar 27, 2014 6:19 PM

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Easy 9/10. Blue Mars is a shady ass team and they deserved that loss

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