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| A practice match and a chance for the main guys to bond together in the same episode..nice. I do find their chemistry still silly but at least everyone is taking the idea of their baseball matches somewhat seriously. But man, these guys need to work a lot harder to make progress. |
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| To deepen his friendship with Toudou and Chihaya, Kaname invites them to his house. There, they are shown a catcher's mitt hidden under the bed by Kiyomine. As they each confront the "things they can't throw away," an exhibition match against the prestigious Teitoku High School is decided. |
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| Delightful, so many shounen series references. The group chemistry are forming nicely and their interactions are very hilarious in this episode. The VAs really done a great job in making their characters personality really pop.  |
MainnusApr 23, 8:43 AM
| 5:33 チェリーボーイ (cherii booi, from "cherry boy") - male virgin lol 6:21 Calpico, also known as Calpis, is a non-carbonated soft drink from Japan with a light, milky, and slightly acidic flavor. 帝徳 (teitoku) - "imperial virtue". What a name. Scene after credits! The references this episode were wild XD. There is a million times more comedy in this than I expected. Looking forward to the game next episode, it should look super good. |
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| Great episode now that the baseball club has enough players it's now time for a practice match against a strong school am so looking forward to seeing what happens next. |
| Man, boys be dumb. And tsun. And so easy. 😆 Can't believe Kei's mom literally called them cherry boys, I'm DEAD. 🤣🤣🤣 The baseball field though, with all the details, once again, incredibly well done. Can almost feel just being there. Chihaya reminds me of Miyuki, and it's not just the glasses either. Anyone else? |
yellowheartrenApr 23, 9:54 AM
| Damn that dbz reference went hard 😂. hilarious episode, the balance between the comedy and serious moments is well done so far. It's improving with each episode. |
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| This episode was hilarious and amazing from the beginning to the end. The practice match is finally here and it looks like even the manager at the other school wanted our boys in his team. He even fainted in the end. LOL. The comedy has been hilarious for me all throughout the show. That Dragon Ball reference and the Chopper crying, "Can we get much higher" reference. LMAO. It was so good. Can't wait for more. Amazing storyboard and direction btw. Great. |
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| At last they're going to start a match!! |
| This anime needs a Comedy tag but mods won't allow it. |
| Absolutely hilarious episode! Loving the characters and their interactions! That last catch was very satisfying, can't wait to see the game next week! |
| The 4 were tested to join the rival! Amazing the first match pitch!!! The porn, guide the youth!!! kekeke |
| the pacing on this anime isn't bad either, and the animation feels smooth.. really hoping this anime blows up. |
| Man became super saiyan Goku like whats going on. Though, this anime just needs to be a bit more serious but keep the clowning vibe around and it would actually be way better, im sitting there hoping for something serious to happen and that pitch sold the deal, I liked that |
| I didn't know this episode would be this funny, I couldn't stop laughing. |
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| So the power of porn has reunited former baseball players so much so that even the manager from that private school was shocked and passed out lol. I'm looking forward to the practice match up to see how these unorganized but great players go up against a well organized and funded baseball team. |
| Both Chihaya and Todo being in the same class, while the trio comes to continue scouting them...they're relentless. Too bad that both Kei and Haruka continue to goof up in their antics, and to be invited willy-nilly to Kei's house where his mother is at home, oh the rebellious nature lols, like mother like son. Kei going all Goku to Vegeta-ish to the hilarious detriment and embrassment of both new guys, Chihaya finding a baseball and a bat under his bed, it's only indicative that he likes playing baseball, but doesn't want others to know about it, same with both Chihaya and Todo in their Chuuni elements. Nevertheless, both guys are reeled into the baseball club for practice, while contnuing to dig their heels against each other, especially between Chihaya and Todo for catching practice. And soon enough, they get a request for a friendly game, from Teitoku High School, one of the premier schools for baseball. Too bad that Chihaya and Todo are offered scholarships for Teitoku, but turned them down for whatever reason. But then again, both Kei and Haruka quite forgot the people they played aganst with, especially the big bad that is batter Eiichiro Kokuto learning that he is rather insignificant towards them. Teitoku's manager Iwasaki not expecting to see both the Hoya Senior and keystone combo all in one place, even he has a comedy moment like he did not expect it to happen, the delusion of the old man. Still though, this dysfunctional matchup will still present one fine friendly play with expectations all around. |
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Reply to DavidM_27
yellowheartren said:
Man, boys be dumb. And tsun. And so easy. 😆
Can't believe Kei's mom literally called them cherry boys, I'm DEAD. 🤣🤣🤣
The baseball field though, with all the details, once again, incredibly well done. Can almost feel just being there.
Chihaya reminds me of Miyuki, and it's not just the glasses either. Anyone else?
Man, boys be dumb. And tsun. And so easy. 😆
Can't believe Kei's mom literally called them cherry boys, I'm DEAD. 🤣🤣🤣
The baseball field though, with all the details, once again, incredibly well done. Can almost feel just being there.
Chihaya reminds me of Miyuki, and it's not just the glasses either. Anyone else?
He acts smart, like Miyuki, but Miyuki wouldn't fall for the porno. 😂
| @DavidM_27 In his 2nd/3rd year, especially as captain? Probably not. In his 1st year though? I'm not so sure......... 😆 |
| literally goku, so this how mappa would animate dragon ball eh. |
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| Yo what fucking year is this supposed to be with these porno DVD? There's been porn tube sites up for nearly 20 years now. smh |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
Reply to phantomfandom
I call this "porn paradox", laws around the world prohibit people younger than 18 from watching porn. But as you can see here, high school students, or in some people as young as junior high, already need porn. It just doesn't make sense to me that the age group that need to watch porn the most is prohibited by law.
| @phantomfandom You can't legally purchase porn if you're under 18, it's perfectly legal to watch it, otherwise. Well, at least in most countries in the world, certainly not all of them. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| This is too fucking hilarious. I haven't seen these kind of dialogues in a while where it feels genuine. Everything that's coming out nowadays have these basic conversations between everyone. On top of that, it is the memes and jokes throughout the whole episode along with the superb voice actors that make it so much better. I'm legit laughing my ass off whenever Kei is talking. The crying one piece meme, goku, kei's mom ,crying coach etc. everything was legit perfect. And the animation is great for the baseball scenes. Those are hype asf. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| This episode has the most comedy content on it! and i truly loved it!!! 5/5 HAHAHA!!! |
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| I've been really enjoying this show and I cackled at the Goku reference. A bit confused as to where they found enough players to field a whole team, but good for them. |
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Reply to LostSpectre
Yo what fucking year is this supposed to be with these porno DVD? There's been porn tube sites up for nearly 20 years now. smh
| @LostSpectre They mention in the episode it "is so much better than watching on your phone." |
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| Gwd my jaw hurt from laughing at this episode 😂😂😂 I just love how Aoi, Shunpei and Kei were so similar in their denial for loving baseball, even though all of them obviously have different personalities. Well it was portrayed that the p8rno DVDs were the primary reason why they chose to continue playing, but I feel like it just acted like a trigger and they're still gonna choose baseball no matter what. See how they filled up the registration forms naturally. Dang the super saiyan and Kei's mom was so funny. Taro narrating everything. I could honestly watch this episode again and will still roll on the floor laughing! I was so touched with Taro's "So what?" moment thus the title, but then immediately switched to the hilarious air again which felt really refreshing tbh especially the manager's reaction to seeing the four supposed to be first years he's recruiting on the other side's team. I don't really understand the low ratings or reviews this show has been getting but I hope they eat their sh*t in this one. That pitching of Kei and Haru at the last part was so beautiful and of course back on laughing again after the calming ending song with the manager on the floor hahahahaha 💙💙💙 |
Reply to EverySportsAnime
@LostSpectre They mention in the episode it "is so much better than watching on your phone."
| @EverySportsAnime Apparently, computers don't exist. What the fuck are you saying? |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
Reply to LostSpectre
@EverySportsAnime Apparently, computers don't exist. What the fuck are you saying?
| @LostSpectre in Japanese homes there’s often only one family computer that’s out in the public. Might be hard for them to find time to watch with the family there. Be nice to people :) have a good day. |
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Reply to Mainnus
Delightful, so many shounen series references.
The group chemistry are forming nicely and their interactions are very hilarious in this episode. The VAs really done a great job in making their characters personality really pop.
The group chemistry are forming nicely and their interactions are very hilarious in this episode. The VAs really done a great job in making their characters personality really pop.
| @Mainnus For real. Specially Kei's VA, the switch between "serious mode" and "fooling mode" is amazing! |
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| Lol how they got away with DB there. Tbh I don't even know why they were crying from laughter at the table, at the beginning of the ep. I missed the joke. Nice to see Kei getting serious. The poor manager at the end, almost died. |
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