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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Damn, I almost cried slightly for the finale. Everyone just worked so hard in this game and it came together in one piece at the end. That Eijun smile though...he knew what was up. Overall, 8/10. I enjoyed this season just as much as the previous. |
Stark700Mar 28, 2016 5:28 AM
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| Two and a half years of pure joy and 126 episodes of epicness. Still remember the day I first laid eyes on this show in Oct 2013... have been watching it since to this very day. Started back when I didn't even have a MAL profile, can't believe the day has come when it ends. My Mondays won't ever be the same again. #ThankYouDnA Felt like an orchestra was playing at the start, lol. Superb music, something in which DnA has always excelled at. Had tears in my eyes Coach Kataoka cried... Eijun has finally reached the pinnacle he dreamed of, and it was so good so see him progress throughout the show. 9/10, 2nd season just in the name and I equally loved both the seasons.  Once again, #ThankYouDnA |
karlstein12Mar 28, 2016 4:18 AM
| God, I'm going to miss this series so much. I hope they adapt Part II at some point. Thank you so much, Terajima-sensei. |
| Ah... this was a great ride, what's more the anime once again gives a surprise. The last innings of finals, three strikeouts! Not always the very ending is the most emotional one. After that the great conclusion to this season and I also couldn't help but cry when the bad ass coach was crying as well. A tears of a man like he are worth so much...! Truly if I were to consider this anime in top anime of the seasons, then in this season it would definitely be top 1 as well as in previous few. Truly great anime... now my question is... when will there be a next season!!! ... Ah I looked it up. The anime ends at the exact same point that the manga PART 1 ends... (ending is about the same). Next there are 28 chapters of part 2 right now... looks like we are in for a long wait. |
eso18Mar 28, 2016 4:32 AM
| I'M CYRINGGG!!! COACH KATAOKA WAS CRYING TOO OMG And they finally went to nationals!! :D I hope there will be a season 3!! I ENJOYED THIS SO MUCH <3 |
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| Ugh, why the 'soundless' Ride of the Valkyries montage? The visuals certainly weren't nearly incredible enough to justify it. Cheesy, distracting, jarring, and immersion-breaking all at once. What an irritatingly cheap and anti-climatic way to finish off what had otherwise been an exciting match - the finale of the season and series (for now at least.) Really, it must be the one stand-out poor creative decision of the entire series. They lingered on Mishima's teary Kaiji-eyes a little too long, and Coach's river of tears were a little too much. Negatives aside, the wrap-up was satisfying, and it's been a really enjoyable series to tune into. Hopefully we can look forward to a continuation sometime in the future. |
| Very nice ending. Kataoka crying was unexpected, it almost made me cry. I also feel bad for Yakushi,better luck next year. And,lol,I got scared when I saw Ochiai in the dugout. |
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| Miyuki looked drunk when he said he couldn't be captain lol I wasn't gonna cry but then coach Kataoka cried T.T Glad to see he didn't quit. Will wait patiently for Act II anime. |
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| I teared up at the end. Anime blues hit me hard for this. Been following since the start and was a great ride. I know Haikyuu's got a S3 coming and I love that a bit more but gotta admit as a last ep of a season DnA aced it. That was a much better last ep than HQ's one imo. Maybe because I know we won't be able to see these characters for quite a long time from now :( The 2 montages this ep were fun. The Ride of Valkyries montage was kinda weird tho. Altho it made it 100% obvious that they're gonna win so that was a relief early on in the ep XD 2nd montage was great tho. 3rd years graduating :*( It was a sad scene when they were watching the happiness of the 1st and 2nd years after reaching the Koshiens. Really felt bad for Yakushi too. Raichi's serious response to Mishima kinda gave me chills. "I wanted to face him" :( Dat Kataoka crying scene hit me hard. U'd never imagine this guy crying. Sux that Eijun didn't see BOSS crying XD LOL'd SO MUCH AT "What's the guinness world record" for throwing up Oh Tetsu... The end was hype with Eijun's usual Speech but at an amplified pitch which made it way more epic. Glad Miyuki is playing and he's training with Chris's dad now? Cool :D 9/10 gonna miss. I'll probably start reading S2 of the manga altho the TLs don't seem regular Oh and lol at the troll showing Ochiai first in the dugout making us think he's the coach XD |
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Here i thought i was gonna finish this without tears when suddenly  uwaaahhh damn it! 2 years twas a really good trip. Thanks alot for this good anime owob |
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I wanted to these Wakana's cuteness animated tho <3 |
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| I'm not really a fan of how they rushed the ending of that game, especially considering how intense the entire game was up to that point. Anyway, great series overall and I hope they get a 3rd season. |
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| It PISSES me off All Sports ANIME EXCEPT MAJOR ends just short or at the reach of Koishen ... Really disliked how they fast foward everything at the end & how the two coaches stay together somewhat..... MOST LIKELY THEY WONT HAVE A SEASON 3 **sighs** |
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| Anime usually doesn't make me teary eyed but that part when Kataoka started crying hit me right in the feels! I really enjoyed this series but I missed the 3rd years. Though, if there is a 3rd season there are going to be a lot more interesting characters joining. |
SevenMar 28, 2016 7:18 AM
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rafi160 said: It PISSES me off All Sports ANIME EXCEPT MAJOR ends just short or at the reach of Koishen ... Really disliked how they fast foward everything at the end & how the two coaches stay together somewhat..... MOST LIKELY THEY WONT HAVE A SEASON 3 **sighs** OT: Nice finale for a great sport manga... but still Eijun should be the one who close the match. FUCK YOU FURUYA.. NO SERIOUSLY FUCK YOU!!!!!! |
TyrelMar 28, 2016 10:24 PM
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rafi160 said: It PISSES me off All Sports ANIME EXCEPT MAJOR ends just short or at the reach of Koishen ... Really disliked how they fast foward everything at the end & how the two coaches stay together somewhat..... MOST LIKELY THEY WONT HAVE A SEASON 3 **sighs** Why wouldn't they? Are the sales bad? Diamond no Ace act II is still coming out a chapter every week. Stuff like Saki took 4 years to get a 2nd season animated. I don't see why they wouldn't make another season once enough content comes out. |
| Did they change the music director or what? The music choice during the match felt totally off imo... It didn't suit the scene or even feel of the anime in general... this is not a fantasy, sci-fi or whatnot. And it was as if the music was simply added over without much adjustments or thoughts like an average to bad AMV I'm also disappointed they rushed through the epilogues... I was hoping they would adapt those in specials but now... I think there was some pretty important stuffs related to Miyuki character development >< Ah well to the positive sides... kinda... I cried when the Coach did >< And I felt so bad for the third years when Jun said he was jealous >< But Coach speech somehow made it better I really hope this will get a third season when the manga is far enough >< which is not anytime soon but oh well... I will miss this |
| The way they captured on what it means to be an athlete was just wonderful in every respects, from experiencing defeat and growing from it to the surge of happiness of reaching a milestone. It was surprisingly not so much about baseball at the end, but instead focuses what continuously makes this anime such a great watch. Everything was wrapped up quite nicely for now, and looking forward to any news of another season as the countdown begins from there! |
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| Amazing in every way , so sad that its over but i hope for a season 3 in the future . 9/10 |
| Lovely episode, lovely anime :) 10/10 until then i will wait for season 3 xD |
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| NOOOO!!!! I DON'T WANT IT TO END!! |
| "Burn the heretics" |
| Great finale, The OST and fast forward through the last innings made it really obvious that Seido were gonna win it. I wanted a more dramatic final inning but what came after was totally worth it. Felt sad for Raichi, He really wanted to play so bad. Lol at Miyuki being drunk on injury xD Never expected Katoka to cry, Really teared up there. Really sad that the third years were never able to go to the Koushien. I suppose that was the main fact for the really heartfelt gratitude coming out from Katoka there. Truly an awesome coach. FatefulLove said: The way they captured on what it means to be an athlete was just wonderful in every respects, from experiencing defeat and growing from it to the surge of happiness of reaching a milestone. It was surprisingly not so much about baseball at the end, but instead focuses what continuously makes this anime such a great watch. Well said, Took the words right out of me. The graduation scene had a real bittersweet atmosphere around it. The way the third years stared at the baseball field they worked for so long had a real bittersweet feel to it. Wish them the best in college. They showed a little bit of the nationals as well, I really hope it gets animated. 9/10 across both seasons, One of the best sports anime out there. Thank You for the 2 and Half Years DnA :D, Please return for a 3rd season. |
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| No! Monday will never be the same. I had almost cried when they won, then when boss started to cry I lost it lol. This everything I wanted out of a sports anime. |
| Doing what one likes is the right of the powerful. |
| This was a fantastic show from the start to finish. I was never fond of baseball but this show has sparked my interest and I've learnt some things about the sport i never knew. I can't wait for a 3rd season. 10/10 |
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| I agree with some who mentioned that the music during the game in this episode is... off. But still, great series!! |
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| SHOGUN GA NAITA!!!! T-T I need a 3rd season ASAP. OMG that needed to be animated. |
my favorite sports anime ending but Seido finally making it to Koushien- lots of tear-jerking moments; from Yakushi (Miss-shima got me wtf), Coack Kataoka crying, & 3rd years graduating. also, this is very important  1000000000/10 ♥♥♥ |
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| Wow. Its been already 2 and a half years huh.. those years fly by soo fast. And now one of my fave anime has ended. Good thing they used my fave ost at the end. Will miss DnA!!! |
| I cried the whole episode. I cried about Yakushi too. I cried when Coach cried, I cried at the end, I'm still crying right now. I'm gonna miss DnA so much.. 10/10 for me, this is epicness |
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| It was a great anime sport. The end was good too. I'm glad I've watched it. I prefered the first season though, it felt way more dynamic and full of surprises. I think some charcaters didn't show their full potentials in this season imo. I'm thinking of Kanemaru Shinji and Toujou Hideaki for example. Some devolepment would have been pretty good. But hey, I still had a great time watching this show, and I do feel a bit wistful already... no regret! |
| I was prepared to cry I was but not on that moment, seriously when Kataoka start to cry and say thanks to all them I start to cry too just emotive a big emotive moment, really enjoy this final episode to the first moments to the end. And yes was sad about Yakushi, at the end they can't do anything because Furuya pitch but still was great team they have my respect at the end with the front up. Also Miyuki jajaja at the end say all the things he can't say but yeah he was great to the first to the end of the match. Too bad they don't show us the senpais graduation, when I spoiled that on the manga was big really bit for me but yea enjoy it to. That smile that Eijun show us at the end was the most bright he can do really like it :D, thanks you Terajima-Sensei for this. Going to miss DnA every monday but hope this show come back on a new Season now on the second part of the manga animated. 10/10 for me, enjoy, cry and more on all this 2 seasons from the beginning to the end of them, also thanks to my friend that tell me to watch it when it was on the first season almost last episodes ( start the match vs. Inashiro ) |
Yuu_HimuraMar 28, 2016 10:37 AM
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Actrion said: Best sport anime: 1. Hajime no Ippo, 2. Diamond no Ace, 3. Haikyuu!. Well deserved place in TOP3. Can't wait for Nationals to be animated. Ya although Haikyuu is a little higher in my ranking. And another great show comes to an end. This was a good sports anime. That's frigging nice. Wish they did that in the anime. Looks like we'll have to wait a long time for Season 3. |
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Actrion said: Best sport anime: 1. Hajime no Ippo, 2. Diamond no Ace, 3. Haikyuu!. Well deserved place in TOP3. Can't wait for Nationals to be animated. hah.. pleb 1. SlamDunk 2. Eyeshield 21 3, Major |
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| All dem feels. It was amongst the few i was looking forward every week. Going to miss it, for sure. |
| Holy shit Coach Kataoka crying nearly made me cry. Overall I think S1 was better.From the very beginning of this season it was pretty obvious they would face Yakushi at the finals and win and head to Koshien,this made the matches prior less engaging imo because it lost it's unpredictable factor that it had in S1. Throughout this whole season I was mainly looking forward to the Koshien matches set after this so I was pretty bummed when this turned out to be only 51 episodes (even more so finding out this marks the end of Act I and that it'll likely be years before next season when Act II has enough material). This was still a good series though (7/10),but like I said already I thought S1 was better (9/10). |
| That was an incredibly satisfying finish. Coach Kataoka crying was really unexpected and caught me off guard... the feels... Either way, can't wait for season 3. This has been a good run. |
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| So sad i followed this series for 805 days now its over nooooo 9/10 great anime |
MercuriMar 29, 2016 2:08 AM
| Wow, just how long has it been since I picked it up from the very beginning. Words can't even describe how much of a gaping hole it will leave. Mondays will not be the same without DnA. Hopefully a sequel comes along later down the road. |
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