With that out of the way, welcome to another part of “Is this actually that good or is it rated that high just because it’s part of popular franchise?”.
I imagine that to long-time fans that have some emotional attachment to the characters, this might have been enjoyable bonus. It’s basically two extra episodes. It does not stand on its own and it was not meant to be. It’s kinda a “grand finale” to the Goro’s whole journey (let’s ignore Message for a moment). The actual content? Not that great. Summarized, Goro’s at important match while his wife’s pregnant. As the plot wills it, the labour comes at the same time as the match. Also as the plot wills, Goro is currently after injury, but insists on taking part in the match nonetheless. After a bit of shouting, he gets his way. Labour and match gets done and as an epilogue we get some sprinkle of drama from protagonist’s background, in case the match alone wasn’t enough for you. Well, the match was quite boring (like baseball matches tend to be), with the drama being so-so. Overall, it’s a very basic plot of sports anime and it doesn’t stand out in any way. To give credit, it also doesn’t have any outstandingly bad part. A perfectly average anime.
As hinted above, if you’re a Major fan, you’ll likely enjoy this. If you aren’t, you likely won’t be watching this at all.
