Spoiler - discussion thread

elsa16 said:
It's seems like season 3 will officially be announced on November 25th


And the chapter is out ^^

Travee_Wavvee said:


Elsa whered you hear that season 3 will be announced?

cameltr said:
In this chapter, there are two instances that intrigue me. First, Mei calls back a situation where Eijun takes part in it. He's a friend of Miyuki i dare say, must have lots of memories to call back but what? He chose something Eijun plays a role as much as Miyuki. Besides that, maybe recently, Inajitsu could have been informed about Seido's recent games with powerhouses. This'd motivate Mei more. He would understand the real ace is coming and should take everything they got. As for the second, the last page. Miyuki was at loss for words. That says a lot about their rivalry i guess. Miyuki should be realizing already that Mei and his team is second to none. He probably knows but not embraces it. Just like the issue of the Ace pitcher of Seidou-high. But he will eventually and it's gonna be lit!

elsa16 said:
@Rokrish I know I can be something else that why I said "it seems"

Loyalty06 said:
It seems the claim for the S3 announcement is legit and further details will be announced indeed in the All Star Game Event in November. I saw a Twitter post that Ohsaka Ryohta (Eijun) mentioned that Uchida Yuuma (Koushuu's VA) will participate in a special surprise announcement for the broadcast decision of S3.

I personally believe that it can be true, I mean this is getting news for just a comment made by the VA, otherwise they'll just stop it from circulating. If they announced something, I'm thinking summer or Fall of 2019 will be the air date...maybe the series will have more than 200 chapters by then already. Although the summer won't be covered fully, they can just make it more seasonal.

RoKrish said:

Sorry If I came off a bit standoff-ish or demeaning, it wasn't my intention to come off that way. I honestly do hope it comes out and we get an announcement by the end of the year. Then again Ryota seems to have good info on the series (he basically convinced Terajima to keep writing).

leongsh said:
Mei's monstrous ego and confidence goes with his skill and capabilities as a dominating pitcher. It's that towering ego that there's still a hint of suspect temper and durability. That's why Inajitsu's catcher has to distract and calm him down during the games of the recent competition that they won. It'll take a gutsy and skillful batter to be patient enough to rile him up. Step up, Haruchi - there's been a long term build-up and training of his batting capability in the background to deal with it.

GDV said:
@Fgth33
I was just sure that there’s no way Furuya would have a sub 3 ERA because he had scored over 4 for his ERA at least on 2-3 occasions so I had to go back and check.

To interpret the results again in their first year Summer, Kawakami and Sawamura stats suffered because they were relief pitcher and they were sent into the game with runners on bases or under situations that require big play (which makes me want to go over the stats again in case they comes to the mound with runner on base, it would be counted as the preceding pitcher’s run) so anyway their stats suffer a bit due to lower innings despite both have never at any point lost more runs than Furuya in an official Tournament.

Furuya’s first year ERA looked better than what we anticipated because at one point, specifically before he got the Ace No, he pitched a couple of good games (something like 4 games) where he went like 6-7 innings per game without losing any runs which helped got him fhs Ace No and better stats. Although aside from the game against Yakushi, those opponents arguably aren’t no where as good as what they’re playing against in Act 2 and of course to prove that, we know how much worse Furuya did in the official Fall Tourney which shows the obvious difference between the level of the competitions as well as Furuya’s inconsistency.

As for Kawakami, he has gotten much better since Act 2 where he’s been starting quite a few games and have been doing better than Furuya results wise so good job to him.

There’s really nothing else to add to Sawamura’s ERA as he’s the only pitcher in the team that has consistently able to get his ERA on a downward trend (aside from the Senbatsu which was an outlier anyway because he only got 2 innings).

GDV said:
@RoKrish
Yeah I agree with what you said, especially the explanation on how different the ERA would look with just a couple of free innings under the belt should be easy for less familiar fans to understand (which Furuya tends to get in his first year because every team he faces all literally went like "Whoa, how on earth can we hit from him, let's just go in and whiplash for like 3-4 innings before we work the count and get on base", even freaking Inajitsu does it for some stupid reasons).

On another point, the thign with Mei is this. He may looks invincible now, but he ain't. Last year, up until the Final of the Summer Tourney he didn't lose any run at all and then he gave up 4-5 runs alone in the Final against Seidou. Against Teitou in the SF of the Spring Tourney, he only lost a run to Inui (which was a HR). These shows that sometimes, Mei has a waver in his concentration or due to other factors which I'll get into, that MAY cost him a few runs here and there. As an elite pitcher by all accounts, this concentration flux isn't major and he can immediately get back into his groove but it is in fact one of the potential chink in his armor; on the other hand, Hongou showed no such inconsistency in his concentration and he was able to maintain his intesity all throughout his (almost perfect game shutout) match against Seidou which is a whole new level we have never seen before in any other pitcher including Mei and Sawamura so I tend to lean on the side that support Hongou as the better pitcher than even Mei but that's a discussion for another day. Now on to Mei's other potential problem. If we pay attention to Mei's duel with Raichi. Mei set him up with an early Changeup and then proceeds to strike him out 3 times with fastball and note that his fastball usage against Raichi increased as the match went on. What we can take away from this is Mei's fixation on the fastball still remains the same despite the quality improvements in his other pitches or his fixation on a certain kind of pitcher against a certain kind of batter. If Mei underestimate an opponent, he'll feed them fastball to satisfy his "I'm the boss" ego like Raichi, against other opponents, he may follow a "very predictable pattern" as well which if Seidou pay attention, it would help them nail him down when they needs it. For instance, against Haruichi, Mei will be looking to break his bat so he'll definitely looking to pitch that Slider to jam him when he's ahead; against Miyuki, he'll definitely looking to show that Changeup to Miyuki to set up his fastball in the later game; against Mochi, he'll probably try to shut him out by force with fastball. Against Zono, we can expect him to throw breaking pitches only when he's ahead or at full count. If we go back to the Final, the only 2 batters in Seidou that could consistently threaten Mei was Tetsu and surprisingly Jun. Jun is sort of a junk ball batter so he could hit all sort of weird bait pitch Mei throws at him and annoys the hell out of Mei while Tetsu was the only one who could take Mei to full count in the most important moment. Tetsu's ability to watch the ball was unrivalled in that match and he made Mei's flustered to the point the battery was very predictable in the end, throwing the Changeup for the last pitch which Tetsu beautifully struck. So if Seidou's batter can take Mei to full count, he'll become predictable like any other because Mei isn't exactly a calm & collected pitcher either and he'll fall into his own mental trap, which will help the batter narrow down Mei's pitches much more easily. Although it needs to be said that predicting Mei's pitches may be easy and they can almost get up to 100% on their pitch prediction at full count, being able to hit what he actually throws is another matter altogether and right now in Seidou, I can only trust Haruichi to be able to deliver in such moment. Asou have been doing image training like Tetsu as well so I also have high hopes that he'll be able to force Mei into full-count situation more often than most to pressure him. Miyuki's job is to hit everything else beside the Changeup when he has the chance because from the look of his face in this chapter, he's already lost to that pitch when Mei is going to use it against him in the Final.

Arz3nL24 said:
Good read as always but I'm pretty sure it was shirasu who was doing the image training.

Gundens said:
Am I the only one who doesn’t care about seeing US and Japan with Mei becoming OP to hype up the final boss fight for summer? We already know he is good. I want to see Yui and Okumura handle Furuya and Sawamura and see Seidous offense.

Gundens said:
I feel like this is almost a matchup in the favor of Japan, considering Mei is the second best pitcher in the country compared to who knows randy Johnson’s rank? But maybe the US 10th or 20th best Hs pitcher is meis level considering a lot of HS pitchers get drafted int the MLB draft.

Gundens said:
I meant the randy Johnson clone, how he would rank with US high schoolers. But if you meant using high school randy Johnson as an example that would make sense considering only the top HS baseball players are well known. While the good players on Koshien teams are known

GDV said:
@RoKrish
Yeah I agree with what you said, especially the explanation on how different the ERA would look with just a couple of free innings under the belt should be easy for less familiar fans to understand (which Furuya tends to get in his first year because every team he faces all literally went like "Whoa, how on earth can we hit from him, let's just go in and whiplash for like 3-4 innings before we work the count and get on base", even freaking Inajitsu does it for some stupid reasons).

On another point, the thign with Mei is this. He may looks invincible now, but he ain't. Last year, up until the Final of the Summer Tourney he didn't lose any run at all and then he gave up 4-5 runs alone in the Final against Seidou. Against Teitou in the SF of the Spring Tourney, he only lost a run to Inui (which was a HR). These shows that sometimes, Mei has a waver in his concentration or due to other factors which I'll get into, that MAY cost him a few runs here and there. As an elite pitcher by all accounts, this concentration flux isn't major and he can immediately get back into his groove but it is in fact one of the potential chink in his armor; on the other hand, Hongou showed no such inconsistency in his concentration and he was able to maintain his intesity all throughout his (almost perfect game shutout) match against Seidou which is a whole new level we have never seen before in any other pitcher including Mei and Sawamura so I tend to lean on the side that support Hongou as the better pitcher than even Mei but that's a discussion for another day. Now on to Mei's other potential problem. If we pay attention to Mei's duel with Raichi. Mei set him up with an early Changeup and then proceeds to strike him out 3 times with fastball and note that his fastball usage against Raichi increased as the match went on. What we can take away from this is Mei's fixation on the fastball still remains the same despite the quality improvements in his other pitches or his fixation on a certain kind of pitcher against a certain kind of batter. If Mei underestimate an opponent, he'll feed them fastball to satisfy his "I'm the boss" ego like Raichi, against other opponents, he may follow a "very predictable pattern" as well which if Seidou pay attention, it would help them nail him down when they needs it. For instance, against Haruichi, Mei will be looking to break his bat so he'll definitely looking to pitch that Slider to jam him when he's ahead; against Miyuki, he'll definitely looking to show that Changeup to Miyuki to set up his fastball in the later game; against Mochi, he'll probably try to shut him out by force with fastball. Against Zono, we can expect him to throw breaking pitches only when he's ahead or at full count. If we go back to the Final, the only 2 batters in Seidou that could consistently threaten Mei was Tetsu and surprisingly Jun. Jun is sort of a junk ball batter so he could hit all sort of weird bait pitch Mei throws at him and annoys the hell out of Mei while Tetsu was the only one who could take Mei to full count in the most important moment. Tetsu's ability to watch the ball was unrivalled in that match and he made Mei's flustered to the point the battery was very predictable in the end, throwing the Changeup for the last pitch which Tetsu beautifully struck. So if Seidou's batter can take Mei to full count, he'll become predictable like any other because Mei isn't exactly a calm & collected pitcher either and he'll fall into his own mental trap, which will help the batter narrow down Mei's pitches much more easily. Although it needs to be said that predicting Mei's pitches may be easy and they can almost get up to 100% on their pitch prediction at full count, being able to hit what he actually throws is another matter altogether and right now in Seidou, I can only trust Haruichi to be able to deliver in such moment. Asou have been doing image training like Tetsu as well so I also have high hopes that he'll be able to force Mei into full-count situation more often than most to pressure him. Miyuki's job is to hit everything else beside the Changeup when he has the chance because from the look of his face in this chapter, he's already lost to that pitch when Mei is going to use it against him in the Final.

GDV said:


No you ain’t. I have never been interested in this game at all, which is why I was too lazy to even bother translating it this week. A bunch of irrelevant characters from US playinng with the best characters from Japan just to prove how strong these guys are when they already needs no introduction. Mei x Miyuki battery? Yeah big deal. If the US team manages to own Mei hitting a coulle HR off of him in the last inning then maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised. Cos’ who cares if you’re Mei, we’re freaking ‘Murica here, move over.

That’s how I feel about this game.

GDV said:


Admittedly Johnson didn't have a break out until he went pro and usually, in Japan, the best high school pitchers tend to be early bloomers like Mei, like Furuya, Hongou, etc. while their pro-career may not be as illustrous as their former high school career so that may be a factor in this match up.

On the other hand, on a seriously side-track note

RoKrish said:

@lisyaoran
It's not just that he gives up less walks than Furuya, he just doesn't let base runners on base period. As for Ochai standing in the batters box, that just isn't his style, he's a facts coach, and despite his faults, he makes his decisions based on stats. If you look back at the Data, you can see that compared to Nori or Furuya, Sawamura's ERA during his first year was pretty bad (4.06 vs 3.25 and 3.52 respectively) the big problem with ERA is that you can't evaluate a Reliever that well based on ERA (alone a big ERA is always bad). Nori for example pitches almost exclusively in Relief, but is a much better pitcher than his 2.84 ERA shows, because he pitches fewer innings, as he is a relief pitcher. Sawamura's 4.06 comes as he was a high leverage relief pitcher, being called upon to stop the best hitters on the other team, and was as such more likely to give up runs and pitch in fewer innings. I'm not trying to absolve Ochai, he did try to screw with a Kids mechanics to try and get him to quit (scummy move all-round), I am just trying to explain why he favored Furuya initially. That said, Ochai has seen Sawamura pitch up close and personal, we know this from when he was shown watching Sawamura try and learn breaking pitches, and from when he sits in the bullpen and works with the pitchers. He now knows exactly how good he is.

Loyalty06 said:
It seems the claim for the S3 announcement is legit and further details will be announced indeed in the All Star Game Event in November. I saw a Twitter post that Ohsaka Ryohta (Eijun) mentioned that Uchida Yuuma (Koushuu's VA) will participate in a special surprise announcement for the broadcast decision of S3.

I personally believe that it can be true, I mean this is getting news for just a comment made by the VA, otherwise they'll just stop it from circulating. If they announced something, I'm thinking summer or Fall of 2019 will be the air date...maybe the series will have more than 200 chapters by then already. Although the summer won't be covered fully, they can just make it more seasonal.

Gundens said:
Am I the only one who doesn’t care about seeing US and Japan with Mei becoming OP to hype up the final boss fight for summer? We already know he is good. I want to see Yui and Okumura handle Furuya and Sawamura and see Seidous offense.

Euclide3 said:
Think see that terajima be going to make that mei injure itself to make progress akamatsu

Gundens said:
Am I the only one who doesn’t care about seeing US and Japan with Mei becoming OP to hype up the final boss fight for summer? We already know he is good. I want to see Yui and Okumura handle Furuya and Sawamura and see Seidous offense.

Am I the only one who doesn’t care about seeing US and Japan with Mei becoming OP to hype up the final boss fight for summer? We already know he is good. I want to see Yui and Okumura handle Furuya and Sawamura and see Seidous offense.

Gundens said:
Am I the only one who doesn’t care about seeing US and Japan with Mei becoming OP to hype up the final boss fight for summer? We already know he is good. I want to see Yui and Okumura handle Furuya and Sawamura and see Seidous offense.

dend08 said:


i don't even think that there is anyone interested in this match. we already saw all those japanese player.
and i am pretty sure the murica team is only this one time thing and won't appear again.
tho, i guess some people happy that shunshin can play there.
but overall, i would rather they skip it and get on with seido's already.

lisyaoran2009 said:


Wow, Sawamura ERA is that bad during the 1st year? No wonder everyone acknowledges Furuya more than Sawamura.

Yup, when Ochiai teach Sawamura changeup, he knows the risk of breaking sawamura's form, and yet he teaches him. not becoz wanting to help him. And as you said, now I remember he did try to teach Sawamura slider and curve during winter season. and he seems touched(?) by Kataoka's words about not sacrificing the team becoz of Furuya. He is a new man now, I guess?



That is quite impossible in my opinion, Seidou (especially miyuki and Sawamura, with his yips and everything) have been prepared to fight with Mei since S1, I don't think Terajima gonna make Mei getting injured or something. but I believe that akamatsu gonna make progress, only it will be after Mei is retired.

Zer0Pilot said:

yah, terajima has a fetish for perfect characters, so he need sometimes to vent it.
His previous manga flopped exactly because the protagonist was op (and not in a good way like saitama)
it was called giant steps, basically small steps with an op protagonist. People got bored of it REALLY fast

What happened in that manga? what does it means "the protagonist was op"? Does it means he is already awesome in the beginning, something like Saitama but not in a good way(?)
!

sannythebest95 said:
Yes op means over power

lisyaoran2009 said:
What happened in that manga? what does it means "the protagonist was op"? Does it means he is already awesome in the beginning, something like Saitama but not in a good way(?)

Tora_Tazz said:
It means that he was Over Powered, and not in a good way. He was just naturally talented and automatically skilled in the sport(tennis), due to "Advanced Body Memory"(basically his body remembers everything). Worst of all he was so OP that as a grade schooler he beat a pro player(after not much time playing the sport), and 5 years later after not playing any tennis, he goes on to beat another pro player. So yeah, he's was extremely OP, and it's why many didn't enjoy the manga.

GDV said:
Which is why it got old really quickly. Tennis is a difficult sport, MUCH more so than baseball because you have so many things to learn as a player because it’s mostly an individual sport and when you’re on the court, coaches can’t even give you advices or anything, you have to manage your own technique, your own mentality and nerve, and then the strategy, you do everything on your own and no teammates to help cover your ass unless it’s Double, unlike Baseball. The idea of 1 kid already good enough to beat a pro player after 5 years of not player is so ridiculously unrealistic, it down play the sport’s complexities tremendously which showed Terajima probably wasn’t even trying nor was he at all familiar with the material he’s doing. As someone who’s played tennis for 18 years like myself, Giant Steps and PoT is just way too unrealistic it really serves no inspirational purposes or value to read.

Tora_Tazz said:


It means that he was Over Powered, and not in a good way. He was just naturally talented and automatically skilled in the sport(tennis), due to "Advanced Body Memory"(basically his body remembers everything). Worst of all he was so OP that as a grade schooler he beat a pro player(after not much time playing the sport), and 5 years later after not playing any tennis, he goes on to beat another pro player. So yeah, he's was extremely OP, and it's why many didn't enjoy the manga.

GDV said:

Which is why it got old really quickly. Tennis is a difficult sport, MUCH more so than baseball because you have so many things to learn as a player because it’s mostly an individual sport and when you’re on the court, coaches can’t even give you advices or anything, you have to manage your own technique, your own mentality and nerve, and then the strategy, you do everything on your own and no teammates to help cover your ass unless it’s Double, unlike Baseball. The idea of 1 kid already good enough to beat a pro player after 5 years of not player is so ridiculously unrealistic, it down play the sport’s complexities tremendously which showed Terajima probably wasn’t even trying nor was he at all familiar with the material he’s doing. As someone who’s played tennis for 18 years like myself, Giant Steps and PoT is just way too unrealistic it really serves no inspirational purposes or value to read.

lisyaoran2009 said:
Wait, meaning that he was like 12-14 years old when he beat PRO player? (If this is true, then even PoT can't beat this, I mean Ryoma has been practising with his dad since he is still young) How old is grade schooler in Japan? I only knew that from 15-17 is high school student.

And why Baby Steps got cancelled? the rating given in MAL is 8+.

There are 2 types of sports manga. One is pure shounen, not too different from the likes of Naruto: if you just replace ninjas with athletes, you'll basically get the same formula with humanly impossible feats and op powers. Yowamushi Pedal, Prince of Tennis, Kuroko no Basket, Saki... there's quite a few very popular ones in this category, which is understandable because their goal is pure entertainment, unhinged and wacky and thrilling.

The other category is sports manga that attempt to stay realistic about their sports. These are fewer in number and much harder to write. When they hit the spot though, they're pretty great. Slam Dunk, Daiya no Ace, Giant Killing...

If we're talking about DnA, then for me the trajectory of Akamatsu's curveball might have pushed the limits of realism, tbh, but the jury is still out on that until we see what will become of it in the summer.

As to Baby Steps... I didn't know it was axed. I saw the first season of the anime, and read the manga up until Maruo vs Takuma where I dropped it because I found the result too much of an asspull. All in all, Baby Steps started out good, but then it just somehow... I don't know, started flailing around without real purpose? I soured on the MC because he was too static for me and when novelty wore off he became outright boring, to the point that I started finding secondary characters more promising and interesting and found myself rooting for them in games rather than for the MC more often than not... The main girl didn't help either, from likeable she went into the annoying territory, and romance only made it worse... Basically it was another piece of evidence that you gotta be very careful with romance in sports because it can ruin characters just like that. If you're not sure, better stop at only hints or leave it out completely. I'm kinda grateful DnA didn't try to force romance, tbh. We get hints that both Wakana and Haruno like Eijun, but that's it, and that's good. If a fan feels the need, they can take those hints and expand on them, writing fanfiction to satisfy themselves, while the actual manga and the characters don't have to suffer the consequences of badly written romance.

GDV said:
No raws of spoilers yet at this time. Most likely due to Lunar New Year in China and Asian countries so those spoilers providers are probably in party mode. We probably have to wait for the RAWs to come out on Wednesday at this rate.

And yes, the reason why I’m such a big proponent of the Curveball is because it will be a pitch Sawamura can throw to any batter, left or right and if he control it properly, will be able to land him a looking strike more reliably than the Changeup. The Curveball is also a much better option than the Slider at full count because it’s less prone to cause passed ball, especially sloppy Slurves like Furuya has. With 2 solid off-speed offerings that he can pitch high (Curveball) and low (Changeup), the deception and variety he can combine with his fastballs: 4-seam, 2-seam, Cutter will take him to another level and somewhat closer to Maddux’s repertoire which is to possess all the pitches needed to trouble any type of batter he faces. Off-speed for power batter, fastballs in and out for contact hitter, changeup away to those that sits on high fastball, Curveball for looking strikes against those that throw away high pitches. In short, good luck batters if Sawamura learns the Curveball, they’ll desperately need it.

GDV said:


Which is why it got old really quickly. Tennis is a difficult sport, MUCH more so than baseball because you have so many things to learn as a player because it’s mostly an individual sport and when you’re on the court, coaches can’t even give you advices or anything, you have to manage your own technique, your own mentality and nerve, and then the strategy, you do everything on your own and no teammates to help cover your ass unless it’s Double, unlike Baseball. The idea of 1 kid already good enough to beat a pro player after 5 years of not player is so ridiculously unrealistic, it down play the sport’s complexities tremendously which showed Terajima probably wasn’t even trying nor was he at all familiar with the material he’s doing. As someone who’s played tennis for 18 years like myself, Giant Steps and PoT is just way too unrealistic it really serves no inspirational purposes or value to read.

Tora_Tazz said:


Nope. Younger.
He was in grade school were I believe it's between 6-12 years old, judging by how young and short he looked at the time. And again in high school against another Pro player.

I believe Baby Steps got cancelled because it wasn't doing so well in sales and it was taking too long to get to a climax. It was being dragged out way too much and I believe many people reading it couldn't hang on long enough to see where the author was going with the story. As a result, it got cancelled.

CG said:
Spoilers for chapter 113: the title is something like 'the thought process of the invincible'

Carlos hits, Shirakawa's up next, but when Conrad throws the first pitch, his catcher immediately throws (not even getting up from his seated position for it) the ball to keep Carlos in check, showing off his strong throwing arm. Carlos is not deterred and immediately tries to steal base, succeeding when the ump calls him safe. Miyuki, seeing it, wonders to himself how the hell they (Seidou) are even supposed to go about stopping a speedster like that.

Shirakawa hits, Carlos makes it back home, taking 1 run back, and Shirakawa's now on 2nd too. Carlos high fives Miyuki who's up next. Shirakawa thinks that if Miyuki hits here, he's willing to reassess him a little as Mei's partner. Miyuki does manage to pull the ball with difficulty, advancing the runner, but being out himself. Shirakawa meanwhile compares Miyuki and Itsuki, and it's not favorable to Miyuki. Mei is harping on Miyuki too, asking him if Miyuki doesn't love him since he failed to hit long and make him happy.

Tokyo's 4th batter (who is Seikou's 4th batter, I forgot his name) sends the ball flying far but it's an easy fly caught by a fielder, so he's out too, and it's two outs. Mei asks You to play some catch with him, while Yamaoka is up to bat. Mei declares that he doesn't feel like they'll lose.

lisyaoran2009 said:
and Itsuki is better than Miyuki is bad news.

CG said:
Spoilers for chapter 113: the title is something like 'the thought process of the invincible'

Carlos hits, Shirakawa's up next, but when Conrad throws the first pitch, his catcher immediately throws (not even getting up from his seated position for it) the ball to keep Carlos in check, showing off his strong throwing arm. Carlos is not deterred and immediately tries to steal base, succeeding when the ump calls him safe. Miyuki, seeing it, wonders to himself how the hell they (Seidou) are even supposed to go about stopping a speedster like that.

Shirakawa hits, Carlos makes it back home, taking 1 run back, and Shirakawa's now on 2nd too. Carlos high fives Miyuki who's up next. Shirakawa thinks that if Miyuki hits here, he's willing to reassess him a little as Mei's partner. Miyuki does manage to pull the ball with difficulty, advancing the runner, but being out himself. Shirakawa meanwhile compares Miyuki and Itsuki, and it's not favorable to Miyuki. Mei is harping on Miyuki too, asking him if Miyuki doesn't love him since he failed to hit long and make him happy.

Tokyo's 4th batter (who is Seikou's 4th batter, I forgot his name) sends the ball flying far but it's an easy fly caught by a fielder, so he's out too, and it's two outs. Mei asks You to play some catch with him, while Yamaoka is up to bat. Mei declares that he doesn't feel like they'll lose.

lisyaoran2009 said:
6-12 YEARSSS OLD? what the heck? MC shouldn't have the stamina for tennis, although if MC does have that "power", he couldn't do anything if he doesn't have stamina.

And for Baby Steps, maybe because of the title, the author plans to starts slowly? but if you drag it too long, people might be coming frustrated. even I have becoming frustrated of Jap-USA match...

CG said:
Spoilers for chapter 113: the title is something like 'the thought process of the invincible'

Carlos hits, Shirakawa's up next, but when Conrad throws the first pitch, his catcher immediately throws (not even getting up from his seated position for it) the ball to keep Carlos in check, showing off his strong throwing arm. Carlos is not deterred and immediately tries to steal base, succeeding when the ump calls him safe. Miyuki, seeing it, wonders to himself how the hell they (Seidou) are even supposed to go about stopping a speedster like that.

Shirakawa hits, Carlos makes it back home, taking 1 run back, and Shirakawa's now on 2nd too. Carlos high fives Miyuki who's up next. Shirakawa thinks that if Miyuki hits here, he's willing to reassess him a little as Mei's partner. Miyuki does manage to pull the ball with difficulty, advancing the runner, but being out himself. Shirakawa meanwhile compares Miyuki and Itsuki, and it's not favorable to Miyuki. Mei is harping on Miyuki too, asking him if Miyuki doesn't love him since he failed to hit long and make him happy.

Tokyo's 4th batter (who is Seikou's 4th batter, I forgot his name) sends the ball flying far but it's an easy fly caught by a fielder, so he's out too, and it's two outs. Mei asks You to play some catch with him, while Yamaoka is up to bat. Mei declares that he doesn't feel like they'll lose.