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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- LOL, I think Eiichirou should take his learning a little slower unless he wants to overwhelm himself. I find the episode to have a decent balance of comedy. I felt trolled by a few of the scenes though like when he gets nailed by the ball. Heh. I give some credit to the kid trying though. I also feel Not sure if they will adapt it but a 2 cour should be enough for character development at least. |
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| Looks like someone has a crush on Eiichirou and she wants to confess to him. I'm talking about the girl with glasses at his school. Interesting development there... |
Ownsin said: Looks like someone has a crush on Eiichirou and she wants to confess to him. I'm talking about the girl with glasses at his school. Interesting development there... I second that. Besides that, I'm also curious as to why, near the end of the episode, the guy in the school scowled at Eiichiro. Is his love interest that girl who likes him? I should think not. |
Ashishgup said: Ownsin said: Looks like someone has a crush on Eiichirou and she wants to confess to him. I'm talking about the girl with glasses at his school. Interesting development there... I second that. Besides that, I'm also curious as to why, near the end of the episode, the guy in the school scowled at Eiichiro. Is his love interest that girl who likes him? I should think not. He looked like he's envious of Eiichirou. Most probably Eiichirou got a higher score than him on the exams, and when he heard that he is also playing Tennis too while studying for the exams at the same time, he probably got more pissed etc... |
| Very good adptation so far....Can't wait for Maruo first match and surprise everybody.I wish this anime could get more than 25 episodes |
| Can't wait to see this match animated. |
| "Even villains have standards" -Accelerator-  |
| He's improving way too quickly, bc it usually takes someone a few years to get a good stroke and there's no way a beginner could return an extremely fast serve like that. There's no way he can win this upcoming match, unless his opponent forfeits or something. Is this comment too negative? |
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epicm14 said: He's improving way too quickly, bc it usually takes someone a few years to get a good stroke and there's no way a beginner could return an extremely fast serve like that. There's no way he can win this upcoming match, unless his opponent forfeits or something. Is this comment too negative? Yes... lol. I know what you mean though. Its a sport you just can't walk into at that age, most pros start playing between 4-8 years old. But in the world of anime anything is possible so saying that try not to let it bother you too much. |
| Good episode :D Loving how Ei-chan is progressing bit by bit ^^ The way he started returning Takuma's receives was nice. U could feel how flustered Takuma was starting to get. And he was totally getting angry when Natsu was cheering Ei-chan on. Nice NatsuxMaruo moments there. Enjoying this more and more each ep. Can't wait for the tournament. |
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Ashishgup said: Ownsin said: Looks like someone has a crush on Eiichirou and she wants to confess to him. I'm talking about the girl with glasses at his school. Interesting development there... I second that. Besides that, I'm also curious as to why, near the end of the episode, the guy in the school scowled at Eiichiro. Is his love interest that girl who likes him? I should think not. Maybe it's the guy that Ei's going to play his first match against. He recognized the name from the flyer at school, then found out this top student is indeed the same guy he's facing in the tournament. Or he could be a different competitor in the same tournament. |
| Ara ara. |
| I'm excited :D |
| I wonder if that girl who was watching ei-chan likes him? And a 5th seed for his first match? Ugh, he is going to pass out again. |
epicm14 said: He's improving way too quickly, bc it usually takes someone a few years to get a good stroke and there's no way a beginner could return an extremely fast serve like that. There's no way he can win this upcoming match, unless his opponent forfeits or something. Is this comment too negative? But he didn't return the serves, did he? all his return balls are wayward. It was explained more thoroughly in the manga that he simply predicted where the ball would go and that he has a very keen eye as well as sharp reflex. He simply followed the ball with his instinct but he has yet to acquire the ability to return it. As for his next opponent, no he won't forfeit but you'll have to see what happen yourself. Ei-chan's growth actually reminds me of Sakuragi from Slam Dunk, it's consistent with the effort that they made. Even if at times it seems fast, you also need to take into account crazy amount of practices that Ei-chan did everyday (which was shown last episode even more than Natsu). |
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| Natsu is doing things to my heart~~ |
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| This episode was good. Eiichiro's first match is about to start. Can't wait to see how he does. |
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jiraiya_sensei said: As for his next opponent, no he won't forfeit but you'll have to see what happen yourself. Ei-chan's growth actually reminds me of Sakuragi from Slam Dunk, it's consistent with the effort that they made. Even if at times it seems fast, you also need to take into account crazy amount of practices that Ei-chan did everyday (which was shown last episode even more than Natsu). But Sakuragi had no character develop whatsoever, except for the Kainan match... (and it regressed from there.) Ei-chan is extremely diligent. I don't think his improvement is too unrealistic, since there are people who have a natural knack for some sports. I doubt he'll win that match though and I expect him to lose, but after impressing the guy. Then, the next tournament he will do very well in because at the start of the series it was a timeskip about 1 year from when he started, right? And he was pretty good so I'm looking forward to that. Can't wait to see the match. |
| Wow... Takuma was forced to use a slice serve in order to beat Ei-chan, talk about a sore loser. His grades are starting to drop and he has acquired the "Master at Passing Out" trait it would seem. |
| "Let justice be done, though the heavens fall." |
Mirorin said: But Sakuragi had no character develop whatsoever, except for the Kainan match... (and it regressed from there.) Are you talking about character development or skills? because skill-wise he improved steadily through out the series (I don't know if you watch the anime or read the manga but in the manga he definitely improved to the point of being able to do feint dribble). As for character, well every sports shonen has very minimal character development. He remains a hot-headed punk just like Ei-chan will remain a meticulous yet timid person.. or like how Kuroko have the same personality from start to finish.. or how Tsubasa remains the optimistic "ball is my friend" kid from grade school all the way to his professional days. |
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| *Starts reading the manga* xD |
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| Ara ara, looks like the glasses girl has a crush on Eiichi. Really looking forward seeing more of her. Did my small digging and found out she was top 2. on the finals score. |
| Can't get enough of OP song. I kinda hope Eiichiro won't win against that guy in tournament, because that would be way too easy, and eh, life is not that easy.Even if you are some kind of talented genius, you won't be able to win against one of tournament's top 5 with 1 month of training...might be negative, but i really want to see some anime taking this risk and go more realistic. Neverthless it was an good episode, and im liking Natsu. |
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epicm14 said: dude it's an anime.. do you expect things to make sense compared to the 3-D world? Especially in sports shounen? Pls.He's improving way too quickly, bc it usually takes someone a few years to get a good stroke and there's no way a beginner could return an extremely fast serve like that. There's no way he can win this upcoming match, unless his opponent forfeits or something. Is this comment too negative? |
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epicm14 said: He's improving way too quickly, bc it usually takes someone a few years to get a good stroke and there's no way a beginner could return an extremely fast serve like that. There's no way he can win this upcoming match, unless his opponent forfeits or something. Is this comment too negative? I'd say to some degree it definitely has that unrealistic anime nature, but Baby Steps does a much more convincing and believable job of it than most sports series. Maruo doesn't get better just because 'he tries his hardest' or any of that kind of stuff. Rather there is two things that the series does with Maruo's character. The first being his incredible eyesight which this episode noted for the first time (and it comes in at several points), and the second is his analytic nature. He spends a lot of time in matches taking notes, thinking things through, testing stuff out. The whole point of his character is that he isn't necessarily the 'smart' guy but rather incredibly good at organising data and using it to improve himself or adapt to situations. Edit: Also people talking about the 1 month thing, it has been more time than that. The series has some strange time skips in the earlier part. I think the 4 months someone else said is correct if I remember correctly. |
PremiumCascade said: I know right, but thats exactly why i wrote that i wish they would try to be more realistic for once.Let me be a dreamer! D:iLostReason said: Even if you are some kind of talented genius, you won't be able to win against one of tournament's top 5 with 1 month of training. Anime defies that logic ^ meatycheesyboy said: Oh, i see.Well this doesn't change things THAT much, of course he can improve even more in 3 months, but he still imo wouldn't have much chances against someone from top 5.We will see, hopefully im going to be surprised and he loses.Not to diminish what you're saying because you're right but in the preview he says he's been playing for four months when the tournament starts. |
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| Great episode. Can't wait to see the match. |
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| Ei-chan and his incredible eyesight at work, and it's great that the coach noticed it. Although Ei-chan wasn't able to successfully return the serve, he was still able to connect with it, and was even hit in the face! :D Getting ready for his first match, he needs to build up his endurance. |
| Very enjoyable episode! :D And the episode stated that 4(!!!) months have passed since he started playing tennis, not just one -- for all those people who have said he has progressed too quickly in one month. And honestly, 4 months is plenty of time to get the basics and such down and consistent enough. Plus, he never actually returned one of Takuma's serves (they all went out). Even if he was to do it once, there's a thing called consistency. I don't think his growth has been all that abnormal, given how meticulous and diligent he is combined with his incredible eyesight. Rant aside, it's really neat to see Maruo not care that much about his grades dropping a bit because of how much he cares about tennis. Funny Engrish moments too! xD And Maruo passing out so often is pretty amusing too. I really wonder how he's gonna fare in his first match... |
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| AWESOME. I haven't read the manga but the pace seems pretty perfect, they did a lot this episode. I'm really enjoying it so much. |
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| Nice Episode, looking forward to Ei-chan's match. |
| The serve return match was very interesting with the basic of returning explaining with such detailed information Following the youth tournament for Eiichiro's first match it's going to be intense again for sure |
iLostReason said: PremiumCascade said: I know right, but thats exactly why i wrote that i wish they would try to be more realistic for once.Let me be a dreamer! D:iLostReason said: Even if you are some kind of talented genius, you won't be able to win against one of tournament's top 5 with 1 month of training. Anime defies that logic ^ Well, you can always watch a seinen sports anime. Those tend to be more realistic. |
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Darkshadow77 said: iLostReason said: PremiumCascade said: I know right, but thats exactly why i wrote that i wish they would try to be more realistic for once.Let me be a dreamer! D:iLostReason said: Even if you are some kind of talented genius, you won't be able to win against one of tournament's top 5 with 1 month of training. Anime defies that logic ^ Well, you can always watch a seinen sports anime. Those tend to be more realistic. I was going to watch some of those in near future, but thanks anyways ;) |
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| I really like this anime. I hope it becomes popular in Japan so we can get a second season. |
| Well...if he's gonna win, he needs to stop passing out lol |
| Damn Takuma you basically lost. Maruo has his first match : 0 Dat girl is in love with him Is that guy Oobayashi?? The one who was listening about Maruo being best and in STC? Never mind its someone different. |
| This is starting to get fun. Dat megane chick. |
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| I took notice of people saying they either don't like the style of the show or they don't like the speed of the characters growth. For me the style is rather refreshing in comparison to the many other high def series being animated. The characters growth to may does seem somewhat fast, but it's not out of the realm of impossibility with his skill set. One could say that even with the speed of Takuma's serve that his rather fast reflexes could in fact return the ball. I do love this series though. It may not be/ become as good as cross game was "imo" but it's great in it's own right so far. |
| "A cruel world is not without it's beauty, and many times a select few find it by mistake. Only then do those select few see the world for what it is... A disastrous masterpiece." ~ 7thVoid "Hates a river that only flows down." ~ 7thVoid |
| Love the episode so far! Had fun laughs here and there and chibi ei-chan and nacchan though <3 awww mannn I just wanna know more about the new characters (meganekko and dat blonde guy) Natsu's "REFUTOOO REFUTOOO!" <3 it's been awhile since the last time I LOVE female character <3 anticipating for Eiichirou's first match!! |
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