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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- 4 - 6 huh? The episode gave a good amount of screen time to Chris, which imo deserves it quite well. Some motivation words from the Coach too. Kind thrilling ending I guess. I expect pacing to pick up next time. |
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| Our lord and savior jesus chris-senpai is ossim as usual! I like this episode its nice seeing everyone struggling to get better, still Ochiai the new coach really loves touching his chin btw. Chin fetish that is all AND WOO FOR seeing the third years again. |
Eijun is love. Eijun is life. |
| That really was quite the close match to only having caught up by the 7th inning! The Coach giving his team a fine yelling was pretty cool. Chris was quite convincing though, telling Sawamura to pitch outside and he can still be invincible! Nice to see Miyuki, Chris and the Coach all being there to look out for Sawamura though. Ochiai really is making it clear how his coaching style is really different and that the administrators also know it too. Having no room for rivals and the ace being absolute, can't really tell how I feel about it until it happens. It does make the Fall tournament really important for Sawamura. |
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| Wow Seidou overall needs to do better. I wonder how and who's gonna fix the bad batting. Chris sempai op as usual. Don't know how I feel about this new coach.... |
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| Now tetsu's turn to come whip them back in shape. |
| How do I signature? |
| Interesting episode. All sorts of developments. |
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| Oh boy. Coach was mad. Also, those inner conflicts between the coaches. |
| This show is so good. I personally liked how even though they won in the books, it was a loss for the team. That was a bad bad game. Coach's speech after the game was dead on and what those guys needed to hear. The team has so many problems they need to internally work on and now the coaching conflict is huge. I don't think they will falter in loyalty at all but Furuya has me worried. Ace title is going to his head and the new coach is adding to that ideology. |
IZEROIIMar 7, 2015 9:05 PM
| Hmm I have mixed feelings about sacrificing team development for one player. At least from a military mindset that just puts all your eggs in one basket and is really risky. I would think the same for baseball or any sport. What happens when that person leaves or gets injured.... It was so good to see Chris again and amazing he was able to get Sawamura back to his smiling self. I dunno why coach Ochiai made it known that he wouldn't have switched him out. It undermines the head coaches authority. About the only thing it would do is give Furya more confidence the next time he pitches. About the only redeeming quality was he knew exactly what the players were feeling. I also felt a bit better that Furuya was having an off day as well. Kinda even'ed out the yips that Sawamura's struggling with. |
| Not only is the team loosing their best players but also the new coach seems like total trash. I hope at least something good happens before the season ends. |
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yngtadpole said: Hmm I have mixed feelings about sacrificing team development for one player. At least from a military mindset that just puts all your eggs in one basket and is really risky. I would think the same for baseball or any sport. What happens when that person leaves or gets injured.... Agreed. For example, what would've happened if Ochiai was the coach from the beginning and only tried to develop Tanba? Then they would've had no proper back up for Tanba who got injured early on, and then came back not in his top condition. This is obviously not the way to go, and Ochiai will need to see why Kataoka is doing things his way, and maybe even how well it might end up for the team. I think taking Furuya off the mound to cool off and then having him see Kawakami being able to do so well for nine innings on his own (granted, only against a mediocre team) should make Furuya think over what he did wrong. Though apparently, he still didn't really get why he was doing bad on the mound. Of course, everyone else's reaction to what Furuya caused in the first inning was also not the best, as Kataoka pointed out. Hopefully the next episode they will get back in shape because yay third years!!! |
tingy said: yngtadpole said: Hmm I have mixed feelings about sacrificing team development for one player. At least from a military mindset that just puts all your eggs in one basket and is really risky. I would think the same for baseball or any sport. What happens when that person leaves or gets injured.... Agreed. For example, what would've happened if Ochiai was the coach from the beginning and only tried to develop Tanba? Then they would've had no proper back up for Tanba who got injured early on, and then came back not in his top condition. This is obviously not the way to go, and Ochiai will need to see why Kataoka is doing things his way, and maybe even how well it might end up for the team. I think taking Furuya off the mound to cool off and then having him see Kawakami being able to do so well for nine innings on his own (granted, only against a mediocre team) should make Furuya think over what he did wrong. Though apparently, he still didn't really get why he was doing bad on the mound. This. All of this. |
| Looks like Coach Ochiai really likes Furuya. I hope Sawamura can change his mind by the time he takes over the team. I miss watching episodes where Sawamura's the pitcher. Looks like we'll get to see the 3rd years in action again next episode! I'm gonna guess that the third years will kick some ass :P |
| Damn that frog-like coach... I really don't like him >< I still hope the head coach will change his mind oO Anyway laughed again during the recap with the arrival of Chris the savior lol Also can't wait for next ep! A game with the 3rd year yay! :D |
| Man, what the hell is wrong with Ochiai? I definitely don't want him as the team's coach. |
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| I don't like this whole yips thing they've got Eijun stuck in. First off, if that was the case, he was able to play perfectly fine as a closer until the yakushi game. Okay, and even if we say those were easy that's why, I still don't like it. The last time I saw this was while watching Major. And that was believable, looking at Honda's traumatic past, plus losing on such a massive stage, THAT causes yips. And sure, I suppose such a small thing like Eijun's experience could cause it, but still. I feel it's very overdramatic, especially given Eijun has always been such a confident, live in the moment sort of character. That aside, I really, really miss the third years. The new team still has a long way to go. Speaking of, shouldn't miyuki try to fix his problem of not being able to hit without runners before criticizing others?? |
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| The new coach is so zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Chris-senpai <3 <3 Where the fuck is my Chris-senpai anime announcement? :((( |
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IZEROII said: This show is so good. I personally liked how even though they won in the books, it was a loss for the team. That was a bad bad game. Coach's speech after the game was dead on and what those guys needed to hear. The team has so many problems they need to internally work on and now the coaching conflict is huge. I don't think they will falter in loyalty at all but Furuya has me worried. Ace title is going to his head and the new coach is adding to that ideology. Have we seen the coach shout like that before? He was so pissed. It was good stuff. Furuya's definitely going to get cocky. The new coach is boosting his ego quite a bit. I hope Sawamura will work out his pitching control and give him a run for his money. >:I |
| Great episode, I like the direction it's going in. I want to see the new coach's strategy play out, but the anime is ending soon. |
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| Man that one coach is really gay for Furuya |
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| Ochiai only cares for Furuya and not the team : 0 |
Shuhan said: Man that one coach is really gay for Furuya Yeah, Furuya my boy, is better prepare your anus. |
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Shuhan said: Man that one coach is really gay for Furuya coach Ochiai in a nutshell |
RediceRyan said: Great episode, I like the direction it's going in. I want to see the new coach's strategy play out, but the anime is ending soon. There will be second season http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1358282 |
| lol furuya's eyes lit up when the coach said he doesn't switch out the ace :D |
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| Man, Ochiai really pisses me off. That said, switching your ace after one inning also doesn't look like a good move to me. |
yngtadpole said: Hmm I have mixed feelings about sacrificing team development for one player. At least from a military mindset that just puts all your eggs in one basket and is really risky. I would think the same for baseball or any sport. What happens when that person leaves or gets injured.... It was so good to see Chris again and amazing he was able to get Sawamura back to his smiling self. I dunno why coach Ochiai made it known that he wouldn't have switched him out. It undermines the head coaches authority. About the only thing it would do is give Furya more confidence the next time he pitches. About the only redeeming quality was he knew exactly what the players were feeling. I also felt a bit better that Furuya was having an off day as well. Kinda even'ed out the yips that Sawamura's struggling with. completely agree. the new coach guy is some bad bad news imo. and he basically doesnt care about anyone else on the team besides furuya? thats a terrible coaching strategy for a team game like baseball, not to mention how boring the series would be with jus furuya lmao. and srsly... did no one notice that furuya was pitching terribly like sawamura??? sawamura got all this shit from everyone for like daaaays. ._.;; |
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RediceRyan said: Great episode, I like the direction it's going in. I want to see the new coach's strategy play out, but the anime is ending soon. really? the only reason i would want to see that strategy played out is 1. to see it crash and burn (srsly) or 2. everythings amazing and furuyas mvp and is the whole baseball team, and this series finally ends so that I can give it a 3 without any regrets. or the hidden option 3, the new coach and furuya go elope somewhere in their little "ace" dream. that being said, i havent read the manga, so i dont know how far this series is or whatever happens ¯_(ツ)_/¯ |
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| Amazing how Ochiai is supposedly this great coach when his coaching philosophy has one giant flaw in it; baseball is a team sport. itssimplyme said: I don't like this whole yips thing they've got Eijun stuck in. First off, if that was the case, he was able to play perfectly fine as a closer until the yakushi game. Okay, and even if we say those were easy that's why, I still don't like it. The last time I saw this was while watching Major. And that was believable, looking at Honda's traumatic past, plus losing on such a massive stage, THAT causes yips. And sure, I suppose such a small thing like Eijun's experience could cause it, but still. I feel it's very overdramatic, especially given Eijun has always been such a confident, live in the moment sort of character. It's because Eijun is so confident that yips got such a great grip on him. The bigger the leap, the greater the fall. Also, how is it overdramatic? Eijun is a rookie, that played in the final of a huge tournament and then caused the flow of the team to stop by accidentally pitching a deadball, to the head no less. Remember how badly he took Raichi's homerun? This deadball incident was worse. |
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| Yes, Chris-senpai! :) He's still awesome, I see. I'm starting to think having Miyuki as the captain is not a very good idea. He needs to step his game up. Next episode is what I have been waiting for!! XD |
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| So many flaws in Ochiai's coaching policy... 1. not switching out the ace no matter what = losing the game aka the tournament 2. creates a lazy ace since he won't get off the mound 3. no motivation and pressure from rivalry of another pitcher 4. pitching every game will destroy that shoulder pretty quickly |
| Called it. Now this shady coach is trying to sugar up Miyuki and Furuya. Also, Yuuki-senpai does not approve. |
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| This anime is making the Assistant Coach out to be the bad guy |
| Ochiai, horrible again!!! This coach can not be the future of this team!!! Furuya has a bad day, it´s normal, not all the day's someone can play perfect, and the change, for me, was justified!!! |
| I definitely didn’t expect Furuya to fail so completely after the last few games. The team is about to learn the truth about their coach. |
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| What's wrong with Furuya??!!! |
| Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. |
| Eijun's yips are problematic but seeing the team especially Furuya play such a bad game makes me fear for the Fall tournament. |
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| the new coach is so annoying like my dude, this is team sport ffs. |
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