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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Ryuou coach is not going to use that strong batter during the game and saying sorry to him. He's pretty understandable and says it's the coach's decision. Kou's teams are on practice. Aoba's family remembers what Aoba says about not continuing in the team. She's back late. Aoba's copying Mizuki's HW. (Aoba fell asleep copying it) Kou is watching opponent's game. There seems like a person as reporter spying over Kou's team. Kou is remembering about what Wakaba says. On the day of game... Mizuka seems to not interested in their game, but he does! vs. Sannou, the spy seems to be from them. They are not doing well. |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
| It will be an easy victory, Kou just started to pitch seriously now, and the flashback just so sweet. Btw where is Punch? i don't see it on this series..anyone? |
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| Punch is the dog from Touch. Nomo is Cross Game's version of Punch. |
Megiddo said: Yes, Touch, Rough, H2 and Katsu always had Punch, just curious :P..Punch is the dog from Touch. Nomo is Cross Game's version of Punch. |
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| good episode and entertaining match as always....funny Aoba moments as well... |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
thalandor46 said: We are on the same boat mateMizuki is still my least favorite character and I wish he would go away. |
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| Well Azuma is the type of a character that you start to love them from zero. |
 "A Legend is but a tale of a beautiful lie." |
| Not a bad episode, but kind of slow for me. I wish we would have gotten to the game sooner instead of painting more distance between Miyuki and Aoba as opposed to Aoba and Kou. And can we please stop the Wakaba flashbacks? |
wakka9ca said: good episode and entertaining match as always....funny Aoba moments as well... |
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noteDhero said: That will be hard..Adachi always using dead character as his weapon to give dramatic appearanceAnd can we please stop the Wakaba flashbacks? |
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| She just feels much more present than what's his name from Touch. Of course, that's all I have to go off of, so she could be far less intrusive than dead kids in any of his other shows. |
noteDheroSep 24, 2009 4:51 PM
noteDhero said: She just feels much more present than what's his name from Touch. |
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| Yeah, that's the guy. It's just a little ridiculous since she died in what, the third episode? |
noteDhero said: First episode? well Wakaba was the reason Kou started Baseball, so if she suddenly disappear then Kou won't have any reason to continue on Baseball, and Kou x Aoba's bound will disappear tooYeah, that's the guy. It's just a little ridiculous since she died in what, the third episode? |
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| That's understandable, but at this point, she gets in the way of developing Kou and Aoba's romantic relationship. |
noteDhero said: Well her acted as the "Wall" and the "Chain" for Aoba and Kou really suited her, makes them bound together but tend to always gets in the way, well Aoba also needs a little bit development on her side that she needs more self awareness that she had a feminim side and Mizuki is one of them, but Aoba only think Mizuki as her Cousin bitter for Mizuki, but for me "Serves you right Mizuki!", so we need another guy for Aoba =3 why? so Kou will snapped out from the secured feeling that Aoba will be there always.That's understandable, but at this point, she gets in the way of developing Kou and Aoba's romantic relationship. Honestly Aoba x Ko were always having a deadlock on their relationship, it's pain in the a** that the pace going slow, but they need more time, both pf them, i agree with you about development on Kou's side, not trying to foreshadow but he will.. |
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| I disagree, I think Aoba is fine how she is. She doesn't necessarily need to be more feminine as she needs to be more in touch with her feelings. It's clear she's already in love with Kou, but I think she's telling herself that she isn't. With Kou, I just don't see romantic love coming from him, and since we're already in his 2nd year of high school, and halfway through the series, I'm a little worried that they'll rush Kou finding his feelings, and then courting Aoba. What I don't want is a Touch ending. |
| What i mean is, there should be another male that fall to Aoba, and this time Aoba gets unsecured feeling towards him, unlike Mizuki this time she saw that man as a man not a cousin, and with that man we can saw Kou's side.. Touch ending? i don't know about anime but i know how the manga ended. and i can see how you are worried this will ended like Touch, i hope not. With Kou's lack of sense romance, i guess it's because his sense of guilty or responsible towards Wakaba's, because when Wakaba live Kou rarely show his romantic side towards Wakaba, reminded me of other forum, they asked "Does Kou really fallen in love with Wakaba?" honestly i think Wakaba's love is unrequited love until she died |
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| I understand that, and it probably will happen, but it's a little cliche for me, so I'd like it to unfold some other way. In the Touch anime, If Kou feels guilty or responsible, then it needs to be explained because he has no reason to feel this way. I understand that his childhood friend/love died, but to be holding onto her so hard almost a decade later is a bit of a stretch. I don't feel like Wakaba's love was unrequited. Kou went along with everything Aoba said, and didn't seem to protest to the idea of her clinginess. But then that could be the result of cutting a lot of the beginning (if I remember people's gripes correctly). |
| Well i guess i won't watch Touch anime if that happened, they cut the anime way too earlier In manga, don't read this, MAJOR SPOILER But with this pace, i'm a little concerned too Yeah he is way too much to holding Wakaba so hard, buying Wakaba's birthday present until now is kinda creepy to me |
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| Lol, Kou just wanted to practice fielding....then he got serious. |
Thalandor46 said: You know, I swore by Wakaba at the beginning of the series, and for a while it was what kept me watching. But I think Kou-Aoba has grown on me so much that I'm tired of seeing her. She also hasn't contributed anything to the story in a long while. It's always the same types of things in those flashbacks. This is what happens when a character gets killed off in the first episode: shallow emotional attachment. It was moving/depressing at first that some tween died before she could marry her true love, and all the rest, but it got tiresome quickly. And now, 25 episodes in, the flashbacks have no value whatsoever due to the content being recycled. She's just getting shown so that she isn't forgotten about completely at this point. Maybe it was more powerful in the manga since Wakaba lasted until the end of the first volume, but that's neither here nor there. On the emotional involvement/characterization front, Touch owns Cross Game into the ground because of Adachi focusing fully on fleshing out his characters prior to baseball, back in the day. I'm willing to bet Kou and Aoba don't get together until the last episode, simply because Wakaba told Aoba not to take her man from her when she was still alive. Early on, I thought Adachi had learned his lesson from Touch and had decided to build a relationship from the start, instead of dragging out the romance aspect until the very end... but clearly that isn't the case. Sod all has progressed between the main two since the beginning, and more time has been spent on pointless in-house baseball matches. Mizuki is still my least favorite character and I wish he would go away. His character was only created for there not to be a third wheel in Kou and Aoba's relationship; further dragging out them getting it on. It's hardly a surprise that people (me included) dislike him - his role being to be disliked and all. |
| Still an enjoyable episode. Seishuu's coach knew they were being spied on, so I'm pretty sure they have something more that they haven't brought out yet... some skill development... or something... I hope... (Something besides Kou. He's great, but they wouldn't just rely on him 100%, would they? Even he is fallible...) Spying is kind of low, but not cheating. It should be expected, almost. If you become a really strong team, of course other teams are going to try to find out your weak points. You just have to be prepared for it and constantly find ways to minimize those weak points... which is looks like Seishuu is doing, yup yup. Though the Sannou coach is a little too smug for his own good. XD He'll be put in his place, hopefully. |
| Warmup is over, time to go 100%! |
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| Wow what a quite addictive anime, I have been at the half with only 3 days ... |
"The Slave is the have-not, the oppressed one with nothing to spare. But because the Slave is in that despairing situation, having nothing, it can kill the Emperor !" |
| Kinf of a shitty coach at Ryuou if he can't bring back one of his player to his sense. To have to sacrifice your ace because of some other batter, that's one shitty decision that may lead to Seishi victory. I say victory because I'm sure they'll win that match they're playing. Strategy is great to make up for the lack of talent, but when the other team is talented and great in decision, it become useless. Now that Koh will throw for real, it will put them down. |
| «Time is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad.» - Kurisu Makise a.k.a. The Zombie |
| Ryuou's Coach Sub's out their best for some Show off. Bleh i say! Current Game isn't going in Kou's Favor although it appears he was holding Back so we Should get a win. |
| Argue? Nah Too lazy For That... Are You Ready!~Gulcasa  |
| Heh heh heh, I can't help but snicker at the Sannou manager, he thinks he has everything on them. |
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| Nice serious game, slowed down the pace. |
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| Kou turned into Goro this episode. |
| when are they gonna ax mizuki lmao. |
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| The other team has all the data about their players but I don't think that will be a problem. |
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| - some baseball politics in Ryuhoo school club. - Midori start to give up on Ahoba. - Sannou spies on Seishuu and playing detailed game than strategy. - though Seishuu succeeded on break through it's seems that Sannou still have some cards to play. |
| Those bastards got me, really thought the opponent team had an upperhand with their data.. to think Seishu just wanted to practice fielding while playing a match... I wonder what other trick Sannou team has on its sleeve and if Seishu coach has something too |
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| Lol Seishu has gotten so good they got multiple people spying on their training... Looks like Seishu will be forced to adapt to their weaknesses now. Thankfully Ko already shows progress. This is going to be another interesting match. |
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