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| Even with the starting lineup announcement, this episode felt a lot more about Ruriko than baseball lol Still fun stuff imo. She's carrying this anime with her personality and leadership (well as a poster girl). I do wonder if this anime will get more serious about the baseball games themselves but for now, the eyes are on Ruriko again. |
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| Full Ruriko focus this week! Let’s go! The first segment with she and the announcer had me dying. Completely lost it when she locked the other announcers out of the booth because she was in aw of the main lady 😂 I love how the ballpark has become a legit matchmaking service at this point. Ken from the Motorsuns and the announcer would be such a good ship, albeit a conflict of interest lol. You’ve got mail! After seeing how nasty some of the people in the stadium can be, it was so sweet seeing Ruriko get all those nice and encouraging letters from attendees. If anyone deserves it, it’s her. I thought it was just gonna be Murata writing em, turns out it’s everyone Ruriko’s touched! Speaking of Murata, hopefully Ruriko lets him out the dog house soon lol My boy Dennis is still balling out in Japan thanks to having a crush on Ruriko I see lol love that for him. Great ep! |
Marinate1016Apr 22, 10:07 AM
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| Ruriko deserves all of the compliments she is an absolute sweetheart and best character in the show. |
| "I'll get a suntan from the fire in her eyes" "Well, I've figured out that I have no clue." Most of us have been there. Anyway, much better to have a fanclub than one obsessed stalker. Lots of relationships and potential relationships her. Wonder if there will be a triangle with salaryman Kautarou, Ruriko, and fired chicken girl Natsuna. |
LordCrueltyVApr 22, 5:27 PM
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
| The first segment of the episode, with the announcer doing the starting lineup and teasing Nakogiriyama, was hilarious. She almost made a mess of it when she froze up, not knowing what to say. But when she finally started speaking, it felt more like a confession than an announcement. The second segment was the best—our Ruriko finally got letters of appreciation for everything she does. For a moment, it felt more like a detective show than a sports anime. The scenes with Ruriko and Koutarou were a blast, especially when she was suddenly behind him, interrogating him. Her saying "I love Ruriko" and that mischievous smile when she asked his age—realizing that he was one of the person who wrote those letters for her. It was funny seeing Natsuno fawning over her prince charming, Koutarou—and seriously, isn’t giving him more fried chicken than the others kinda unfair? And Kojirou talking about his wife watching him on TV... the guy doesn’t even know she’s watching him live, crying tears of joy. |
XArceusXApr 22, 10:50 AM
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| This show has such mundane and simple storylines... but somehow relatable and cute. "Goddess of Baseball" made me crack up again. I keep getting surprised that this kind of story got an anime adaptation. I feel like I have to support this in principle. |
| Between Ruriko and Natsuno, Koutaro will never go hungry or thirsty, lol! Watch them make the playoffs this year! |
| "Genki is Life, Genki is Love" |
| This series has got couples popping up all over the place. This newest ship between the announcer and the guy with the six-syllable name seems pretty cute. Second half... My money was on the letters being sent by the Instagram pervs, but it turns out everyone appreciates Ruriko. |
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| Seeing Nat-chan giving her best to charm her blue prince is so sweet makes me want to root for her, and since I'm all in rooting for sinking ships she has all my support. |
| No tomo malas decisiones, solo me gusta apoyar causas perdidas. Disfruté Mayoiga, Ou-sama Game, Evil or Live, Mirai Nikki, Big Order, Arifureta, Ex-Arm, Tesla Note, Shuumatsu no Harem y Platinum End nope les falle con esa, lo siento pero todos tenemos nuestros límites. Así de jodido es mi gusto en anime, ¡Y estoy pinche orgulloso de ello!  |
| Well, it's pretty obvious that after five years of making jokes about the same person, it's normal to run out of material, and besides, if you keep thinking about that person, you'll end up catching their feelings. The announcer had no more jokes left because she was already in love and had to confess it. But Nokogiriyama? Come on, man. Why say “nothing”? Ask her out already... Marry her, at least! The segment with Ruriko looking for the person who wrote the letters was hilarious, and it was super sweet to see all her customers praising her for who she is. |
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| The wholesomeness was on overload with this ep. I should've worked out that the "I Love You, Ruriko" message in the bad handwriting was the little girl's. That one's on me. |
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| Honestly I’m surprised it took the announcer, Nagisa, this long to run out of material to tease Nokogiriyama with lol, I had a feeling she was into him too with how she singled him out to tease every night, and that came into play when she had to think of something on the spot while Ruriko protected her, it ended up being a really sweet situation despite Nagisa’s blunder, I hope she gets together with Nokogiriyama eventually. And Ruriko’s sleuthing in the second half was a lot of fun, the reveal that it was everyone she regularly serves that wrote those kind messages to her was really wholesome, in just four episodes Ruriko has already built quite the nice relationships with folks at the ballpark. And of course this included some good moments with Murata, the personal thank you from Ruriko to him was very sweet, wasn’t expecting so much heartwarming goodness from a baseball anime but I’m loving it. |
| This series gets better and better the more and more familiar you get with the characters and behind the scenes inner workings of the baseball stadium. I've said previously that I certainly wouldn't mind and in fact would welcome and like to see an anime of this style done for every sport they could manage (some which are played solo or in small teams of twos and in some cases don't have as many large dedicated spaces to them may be more difficult to conceptualize, but still) and that remains true. But it's also something, even apart from sports and their stadiums, I wouldn't mind seeing for a range of other professions and businesses as well. The way they tell this story, for example, with a large ensemble cast and showing how even the smallest or most obscure, non-sought after, non-glamorized jobs matter and the people behind them, the same approach could be applied to a large restaurant, a hospital, and so on. Edit: Forgot to mention that I found it humorous how the narrator basically called Ruriko an idiot this episode. |
WatchTillTandavaApr 23, 12:00 PM
| Another great episode. |
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| @XXXXXXXXXIII Must be a Cub's Fan! ROFLMAO. But they did finally make it, so you know,? it works! LOL |
| I liked that the 2nd and 3rd mini episodes were a continuation of each other as it gave both more time to develop the mystery of the letters and also figure out who wrote them. I thought it was going to be a new character that was going to be introduced but instead it ended up being the side characters (and male MC) that have been introduced so far. On that note it was wholesome seeing Ruriko clutching the "laundered" letters at the end. |
| AWWW THIS IS THE MOST WHOLESOME EPISODE SO FAR! 🥹 The announcer Nagisa basically confesses her love for Nokogiriyama to the whole stadium and it seems like he doesn't mind it. I hope we get to see them got together in future episodes! As for Ruriko's story, it's so heartwarming to see her 10 main regulars so far each wrote a kind message for her. The feeling of having people around you appreciate what you're doing is just priceless man! And what's even more priceless is Ruriko's reaction to those messages 🥹  |
| The announcer was so adorable. Just get married to Nokogiriyama already. Ruriko getting appreciated by all her regulars was very wholesome. This show is just plain and fun, and understands sports way better than most popular sports anime. |
| Great appreciations for our wonderful Ruriko. |
| I need somebody who can love me at my worst No, I'm not perfect, but I hope you see my worth 'Cause it's only you, nobody new, I put you first And for you, girl, I swear I'll do the worst If you stay forever, let me hold your hand I can fill those places in your heart no else can Let me show you love, oh, I don't pretend, yeah I'll be right here, baby, you know I'll sink or swim |
| I think the only mystery here is why didn't Ruriko get more than 10 letters of appreciation? |
| Ruriko's appreciation episode. Come on, she's the baseball goddess after all. Also, I've been blasting this song endlessly this week since it has been available on Spotify from this side of the world: https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/track/1PYNaYL08dAhcKX23jhLQP?si=185c2694305a4bb2 |
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| Sweet and wholesome ep |
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| it was a adi episode icl |
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| The announcer was very sweet. Ruriko gaining a lot of support from customers was wholesome. |
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| This was a really cute episode, especially the 2nd part with the fan letters. Her reaction when she found there were so many fans was just adorable. |
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| RURIKO APPRECIATION DAY |
| That was so wholesome. I thought the American player was the one who sent the letters, but the fact that all 10 of her loyal customers wrote it is very lovely |
| The Chiba MotorSuns's ballpark announcer of Sato Nagisa always trolling at the MotorSuns' athlete of Ken Norogiriyama believing in her announcements for 5 years and ongoing, she suspects that she's slowly falling in love with him, which while Ruriko gets first dibs of her announcements live, the audience always treats it like a tradition of the never-ending teases to laugh at. Only this time, Nagisa speaks from the bottom of her heart being almost a hot mic disaster, and the aforementioned athlete himself takes stride in delivering his usual performance. Love at first sight? Maybe... The untouched Suggestion Boxes that the staff take a moment to surmise, only to find a 10-page story about Ruriko and her good exploits that comes anonymously, finding out who that person might be is critical, at least for the one that gets the compliments. And the people that Ruriko tries to round down to, it seems like a lofty investigation, but her manager having found out who wrote the letters, with the help of Officer Takimoto, uncovers the usual group of fans all writing all sorts of things about Ruriko and her service towards them. Ruriko having more fans is great, though Murata may not be the only one enjoying all of the action. |
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