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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- I thoguht the match itself was okay but damn, Eiirchou needs to calm down. Still I thought overall the episode was fine with Hiroshi. He's learned quite a bit by this point. I liked how the episode focuses each of his opponents a bit though with some flashbacks. |
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| Takuma willing to tell Araya's weaknesses for a easier match for him. Araya switching gears and bringing the game back to himself. Those counters and that power with speed! Araya not going to become pro if he doesn't beat Takuma. Always being after Takuma in a tournament. Countering a counter! |
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| That was pretty nice :D Really love hearing Eichiro's monologue and how he deals with each problem step by step. His growth is really amazing me ^^ Bravo. Lol'd at the underhand serve XD |
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| It's a shame that the animators seem to be struggling a little. |
Ckan said: It's a shame that the animators seem to be struggling a little. Think the show has a really terrible budget, don't think they have the time for high quality and precision. |
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| I laughed a bit when Ei-chan was intentionally delaying the game by "adjusting" his strings. For someone who's so focused and eager to start the match, it must have really ticked off Araya XD |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| Love Eichan's monologue about countering Araya. And I love to see Araya's pissed off face. Haha. |
| So Ei-chan is trying to make Araya lose his temper and make mistakes huh. Araya looks really pissed lol. Meh, Ei-chan is getting his ass kicked... I hope he can win and face Takuma in the final. |
| "Let justice be done, though the heavens fall." |
Vexper said: Ckan said: It's a shame that the animators seem to be struggling a little. Think the show has a really terrible budget, don't think they have the time for high quality and precision. Hope they're saving it for something HQ later on! Great episode. Araya is dominating him for sure. If it had been a one-set match Ei-chan would have lost easily, but a 3-set match gives him some chances! I want to see Maruo win this one! |
| Duuuuuude. This is Baby Steps at its best. This is where it kicks another gear. Natsu and friend being pals~ <3 Doublea said: Lol what? Was the underhand serve too 'underhanded' for you? Σ (੭ु ຶਊ ຶ)੭ु⁾⁾ i'm sorryI lost respect for Maruo with that under hand serve. |
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| cmon marou, lose already i really hate this show's attempts at being realistic |
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Doublea said: I lost respect for Maruo with that under hand serve. Say that to Michael Chang |
Doublea said: Kitoge said: Say that to Michael Chang Just watched it, lost some respect for him. I would never do it myself, just unsportsman like for me. Haha yeah. It's not the most sportsmanlike thing that one can do in tennis; although, underhand serves aren't considered that bad by most people after Michael Chang popularized it. Don't look at it too badly. Just think of it as an alternative to overhead serves. Beginners who can't do overhead serves use underhand serves hehe :p |
Doublea said: Kitoge said: Say that to Michael Chang Just watched it, lost some respect for him. I would never do it myself, just unsportsman like for me. Really? I think it's pretty legit, and even more when who uses it is a lot weaker than his opponent, and in this case for Maruo-kun this was his best option if he wanted to score as many points as he can. I mean, it makes sense for his style, he doesn't have much power, he needs to resort to these tactical moves. |
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| Eiichirou developing his change of pace style. |
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| Haha, Ei chan made a Michael chang move, sadly Takuma's advice only worked for the first game of the match against Araya He can still beat him now with one set behind, since Araya is so predictable with his moves |
Barion-Zara said: That was pretty nice :D Really love hearing Eichiro's monologue and how he deals with each problem step by step. His growth is really amazing me ^^ Bravo. I was just about to say something similar to this. I concur. Good episode! I enjoy watching Ei-chan improve during the match. Makes it more fun to watch. |
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| That underhand serve killed me. That was pure genius. |
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| I can only do the underhanded serve in tennis ... Anyways Ei-chan just figuring out what to do next is just so interesting to watch while I eat. |
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| Damn Araya needs to lay of the testosterone.. Maruo was sugoi this episode, as analytical as always. But I'm pretty sure has something else up his sleeve :) |
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| Maruo going for that underhanded serve xD Many people hate it just as goalies hate the panenkas. Araya's tennis while it is predictable, Maruo still has no answer to it. But I'm sure he'll gain momentum once he starts getting rolling again. |
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| Wow that underhand serve was nice. Ei-chan finally starting to look good on court. |
| Oh, the trouble of playing a loud, arrogant momentum player. I love Araya and seeing little Araya and Takuma in his flashback was adorable. This match is incredible! Alike all the last this one is as insightful as ever. To beat a momentum player you should 1. attack their start before they've sped up. 2. wear them out and be patient, especially after points. 3. hit shots made to stop momentum and win the endurance match with their options in mind. 4. accept losing points sometimes, it'll happen against this kind of person and when it does it'll be fast. 5. keep the tempo down but throw in surprises to catch them off guard. 6. build up enough of an advantage that you can keep up after losing to their momentum. But to switch up this game plan, intentional or not, Araya shows off his better mentality by disrupting the match and maintaining his pure concentration, a really admirable skill to have. So now Maruo has to zone in on what he can compete with by studying the likes of Takuya and observing his opponent while he's losing to pick up on any habits at all and the unorthodox play of Iwasa to prevent Araya from dictating the flow of the match and building momentum. Of course someone like Araya will challenge you rather than change up his game plan while he's being predicted. The matches in Baby Steps are the best and would honestly rank as some of my favorite shounen battles despite being a sport. Nat is adorable. |
| Great stuff. Favorite episode in the series so far! The string adjustment and Araya losing his shit was hilarious. |
| I like the little bit of cheeky tactics that Maruo implemented to try and throw off Araya's rhythm like the god forbid 'underhanded serve', and time-wasting. He ain't winning fair play awards for that but still, tactically worked early on in getting some points off and even taking a game in the first set. But Araya's too powerful and motivated to be really held back by all of that, forcing his own motivation and hype too when Maruo was all over him at the start. Pretty good match overall so far, excited for the next episode (did wish it looked better though). |
| I like how they're giving some flashbacks to the side characters to not make them so vague around and damn the match was as intense as ever and Ei-chan is just too good. |
"......If I told you that I was a real witch, would you believe it?"  |
| The lack of sportsmanship was kind of funny and I didn't expect the underarm serve to make an appearance lol Funny how we never saw MC practice his volleys and slice at all throughout these fifteen episodes, and yet I'm supposed to believe that's a competent and confident forecourt player as well? Press X to doubt. Araya is a left handed player as well, surprised they didn't say anything about it and how advantageous it usually is in tennis. Thank god MC has a double hander or else he'd struggling with those CC forehands even more so lol.... Still though, the actual tennis animation is atrocious to watch. |
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