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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Baseball ep. against the scary guy (ended up from a famous team enough to almost going to Koushien), with Alice as leader. Including Meo. Alice blaming Narumi for messing up her everyday life. Alice is sensitive to sun. Even for a strong pitcher like Yondaime, that guy hit his ball. lol @ the name just because Alice is the leader (NEET Teddy Bears). That guy is even stronger when he "remembered the feeling", and Alice is participating! So she knew that he won't pass 21 balls, so she ordered Narumi to wait. lol @ Alice playing the game and the trio not knowing. So it involves with the short girl next ep.? |
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| lol'd at the end where hitoshi lost 9-0 and it was alice beating him. had my suspicions that narumi purposely fouled all those balls to tire out Nemo then wait for the right pitch. Yondaime pitched a good game surprisingly but sad he tired out and had to retire. was nice to see mea make an appearance. looks like the next ep involves ayaka and her brother whom she's not heard from in awhile. |
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This episode was literally enter Gang Baseball gaming! Where winning will solve our problems. Indeed it did quite nicely. I find that Yuuko in the following, is to be stared eternally like that. I swear I can look at that all the time being in daze. While I find Yuuko’s efforts in the spoiler On the other hand I find ridiculous the following,  A plushy cage in a car? Well certainly baffling TBH. Although interesting to look at. Best gag ever was with Minli in the spoiler About the preview, OK something is up with Ayako’s brother and I fear the worst shit in the spoiler BTW Image Stitches have been done in the spoiler |
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| Japan are crazy about baseball every freakin anime need one eposide of baseball :P |
| All I could think about during this one is how damn hot Meo is. I want her to be more important character... Anyway, next episode it looks like the "serious" drama will start up again. |
| Min-san was the only good thing about this episode. At least next one seems better with some loldrama. |
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| Very interesting baseball episode. Now we deal with Ayaka's brother next. |
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| 5/5 for me, this anime is always so serious and dramatic, having an fun episode like this is quite nice. Alice was awesome, though I honestly don't have a clue about what she did to get that third strike, I'm not a baseball person. Though I do think I could get into a baseball anime if it was made like Eyeshield or Prince of Tennis : ) |
| Alice can't go anywhere without her toys, aw, how cute. Next ep the melodrama continues. |
| Shamelessly stolen from another board: American posters? In MY anime? |
| Seems it was all about the cliffhanger i wonder what happened to Ayaka's brother judging from the preview it seems to be drugs related. Alice should be more in the sun and get some nice fresh air containing looked up in a room or a car is bad for your health. The match was interesting in a way tho i don't know what they where talking about with all those terms. First of with Alice when she needed to hit the ball, she didn't hit the ball yet she could run around the field. The question is why and what happened? The there where the foul balls with Narumi he hit the ball but what exactly went wrong? Also as long as the players keep hitting fall balls the will have to repeat that sequence isn't there some kind of penalty? That stance of Narumi was a challenge from what i am able to tell then there is the forkball which probably has to do with the way the pitcher held the ball when he threw it. There different way of trowing the ball and how dose this effect the ball? Can someone with some knowledge about baseball explain these questions? |
| Episode was fine. Narumi was lookin pimp standing against the water tower in the preview. Made me chuckle. |
| Sexy Narumi with the coincidental wind blowing hair act, lookin' like a G. Cute how Alice got involved :3 |
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| Haha, nothing like a baseball episode. Every anime can fit one just like fitting the beach, hot springs, etc... |
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notsureifsrs said: Spider Man! Funny thing is that game War Club is in fact = to Golden Axe. COME ON! That logo looks so Sega like, it's incredible. Right? That fighting game also has some rather similar features as Death or Alive or can it be Tekken?Shamelessly stolen from another board: American posters? In MY anime? |
Yumekichi11 said: look heres also a poster with the joker on it next to spider man.notsureifsrs said: Spider Man! Funny thing is that game War Club is in fact = to Golden Axe. COME ON! That logo looks so Sega like, it's incredible. Right? That fighting game also has some rather similar features as Death or Alive or can it be Tekken?Shamelessly stolen from another board: American posters? In MY anime? this is a good fun episode that was better after the last arc and i looks finally like we will get to the plot that the description is talking about the dug |
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| First of all been a while since I replied to you like that but let the show start! Aversa said: Yeah it is not to mention taking a bath regularly. Whoever said Yuuko was weak to the sun should also take into consideration a natural system defense due to it being inside all the time. I know because I had the same problem until I got used to back to the sun. That being said it is Yuuko fault that what she did to her body now is having negative effects such as the sun being harmful to her instead of beneficial.Alice should be more in the sun and get some nice fresh air containing looked up in a room or a car is bad for your health. Aversa said: The match was interesting in a way tho i don't know what they where talking about with all those terms. First of with Alice when she needed to hit the ball, she didn't hit the ball yet she could run around the field. The question is why and what happened? Omitted Ball because I think she already had 3 of them at that time and 2 strikes. Aversa said: The angle and reflection that ball went off at the speed it was thrown. Narumi got always the wrong angle to hit the ball. Until that last shot.The there where the foul balls with Narumi he hit the ball but what exactly went wrong? Aversa said: Also as long as the players keep hitting fall balls the will have to repeat that sequence isn't there some kind of penalty? Wrong! After a set of foul balls there is a strike called. So you are allowed to have a certain number before STRIKE! Basically. Aversa said: That stance of Narumi was a challenge from what i am able to tell then there is the fork-ball which probably has to do with the way the pitcher held the ball when he threw it. There different way of trowing the ball and how dose this effect the ball? There are many ways to throw the ball with finger symbols. It affects path of the ball and sometimes that bath being simple as tricky itself so that you get a effective strike. The pitcher variations are muscle mass, stance and coordination as major factors to affect the pitcher itself. Aversa said: Well Wiki:Can someone with some knowledge about baseball explain these questions? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_rules they have you need there! |
| Some trivia, courtesy of UTW: The title of this episode, "That Summer’s Twenty-One Pitches", is a reference to a non-fiction novel Enatsu's Twenty-One Pitches. "Natsu" uses the same kanji for "summer" (夏). The novel was about the seventh game in the 1979 Japanese baseball playoff final. A legendary match where the relief pitcher Yutaka Enatsu held off the opposing team in a no-outs, bases-loaded situation after 21 pitches at the bottom of the ninth inning. This episode totally reminded me of the Denpa Onna baseball game. |
Aversa said: Seems it was all about the cliffhanger i wonder what happened to Ayaka's brother judging from the preview it seems to be drugs related. Alice should be more in the sun and get some nice fresh air containing looked up in a room or a car is bad for your health. The match was interesting in a way tho i don't know what they where talking about with all those terms. First of with Alice when she needed to hit the ball, she didn't hit the ball yet she could run around the field. The question is why and what happened? The there where the foul balls with Narumi he hit the ball but what exactly went wrong? Also as long as the players keep hitting fall balls the will have to repeat that sequence isn't there some kind of penalty? That stance of Narumi was a challenge from what i am able to tell then there is the forkball which probably has to do with the way the pitcher held the ball when he threw it. There different way of trowing the ball and how dose this effect the ball? Can someone with some knowledge about baseball explain these questions? - Alice got on base because of an uncaught/dropped third strike. If the catcher drops the pitch on a strikeout the batter becomes a live runner and can run to first - You can't strike out on a foul ball, so batters will often protect the plate and fight off pitches by fouling them until they get a pitch they're waiting for and can hit. Narumi was purposely doing this and waiting for the forkball - Different grips = different pitches, the pitcher's go-to pitch was a forkball which drops as it reaches the plate |
| Pretty awesome the way they found out his techniques by studying a character based off of him in a baseball game! Of course it would be pretty much impossible for them to win anyway, but you gotta expect the protagonist saving the match in the last pitch. =P We're gonna meet Ayaka's brother next episode! Looks like there's some mystery around him which will result in another case. I actually hope this'll bring Narumi and Ayaka a little closer even though AlicexNarumi is fine too. =3 |
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| Alice was really cute at the end, playing Powerball with everyone else from her room :) Lol, nice baseball episode. It seems like Japan likes baseball better than America does. |
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weeabooweeaboo said: Very well explained. Alice made a bit of theathrics of the last strike by making it seem like she was actually gonna contest the strike call, sent a run signal to the baserunners and casually started to move toward first while the catcher was stunned. A good question would have really been, what would Alice had done if the catcher had NOT failed to grab the last strike.Aversa said: Seems it was all about the cliffhanger i wonder what happened to Ayaka's brother judging from the preview it seems to be drugs related. Alice should be more in the sun and get some nice fresh air containing looked up in a room or a car is bad for your health. The match was interesting in a way tho i don't know what they where talking about with all those terms. First of with Alice when she needed to hit the ball, she didn't hit the ball yet she could run around the field. The question is why and what happened? The there where the foul balls with Narumi he hit the ball but what exactly went wrong? Also as long as the players keep hitting fall balls the will have to repeat that sequence isn't there some kind of penalty? That stance of Narumi was a challenge from what i am able to tell then there is the forkball which probably has to do with the way the pitcher held the ball when he threw it. There different way of trowing the ball and how dose this effect the ball? Can someone with some knowledge about baseball explain these questions? - Alice got on base because of an uncaught/dropped third strike. If the catcher drops the pitch on a strikeout the batter becomes a live runner and can run to first - You can't strike out on a foul ball, so batters will often protect the plate and fight off pitches by fouling them until they get a pitch they're waiting for and can hit. Narumi was purposely doing this and waiting for the forkball - Different grips = different pitches, the pitcher's go-to pitch was a forkball which drops as it reaches the plate I'm also not buying that Natsumi can all of a sudden learn exactly how to protect the zone in a real situation. It's one thing to do so in a simulation, but in real life there's too many factors that could have easily mess it up, plus there's no way of perdicting exactly how a pitcher will react (people are not robots). But this is anime so let's not think too hardly about it. I might also add, The Fourth didn't retire because he was tired. He was literally bleeding from the wounds he suffered during the last two episodes. Alice tells Natsumi he's barely receovered enough to be out let alone to play in a position that requires such unnatural effort. |
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| Looks like the drug case mentioned in the synopsis is approaching. Anyone else see the Street fighter parody at the arcade, NEET fighter? |
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Leon-Gun said: Indeed so does say the spoilerI might also add, The Fourth didn't retire because he was tired. He was literally bleeding from the wounds he suffered during the last two episodes. Alice tells Natsumi he's barely recovered enough to be out let alone to play in a position that requires such unnatural effort. Few other things:
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weeabooweeaboo said: Aversa said: Can someone with some knowledge about baseball explain these questions? - Alice got on base because of an uncaught/dropped third strike. If the catcher drops the pitch on a strikeout the batter becomes a live runner and can run to first - You can't strike out on a foul ball, so batters will often protect the plate and fight off pitches by fouling them until they get a pitch they're waiting for and can hit. Narumi was purposely doing this and waiting for the forkball - Different grips = different pitches, the pitcher's go-to pitch was a forkball which drops as it reaches the plate I'd just written a response to all of these points but when I was looking for where to put the quotes, I noticed that they've been answered well already. I'll just add these two points... Re: the uncaught third strike... Sometimes you'll see a catcher who didn't catch the third strike quickly pick up the ball and tag the batter. It's because of this rule. Aversa said: That stance of Narumi was a challenge… By pointing his bat this way, Narumi was calling his shot. It's an overused cliché in TV and movies. Babe Ruth famously called a shot in a World Series game in the 30s, pointing over the centre field wall. He then hit a home run there. Everyone who has done it since is a bum. But Narumi, while he may be a bum (ask Alice), was trying to goad Nemo and evidently it worked. Generally though, the best way to deal with a forkball is to not swing at it as they typically won't be called strikes. But a good one is hard for batters to lay off of. |
weeabooweeaboo said: Thanks that explains allot.- Alice got on base because of an uncaught/dropped third strike. If the catcher drops the pitch on a strikeout the batter becomes a live runner and can run to first - You can't strike out on a foul ball, so batters will often protect the plate and fight off pitches by fouling them until they get a pitch they're waiting for and can hit. Narumi was purposely doing this and waiting for the forkball - Different grips = different pitches, the pitcher's go-to pitch was a forkball which drops as it reaches the plate Baseball isn't a popular sport here in Europe is we hardly hear anything about it. Yumekichi11 said: First of all been a while since I replied to you like that but let the show start! Aversa said: Yeah it is not to mention taking a bath regularly. Whoever said Yuuko was weak to the sun should also take into consideration a natural system defense due to it being inside all the time. I know because I had the same problem until I got used to back to the sun. That being said it is Yuuko fault that what she did to her body now is having negative effects such as the sun being harmful to her instead of beneficial.Alice should be more in the sun and get some nice fresh air containing looked up in a room or a car is bad for your health. There are some skin diseases where the sun could be harmful for you some of them are from birth others develop because of your environment. If you stay locked up in a space where sunlight can't reach you defense system won't develop a immunity against it. We need sunlight yet to much sunlight can also bad for you. And people who come outside allot develop a better immunity against the harmful parts of sunlight mainly UV rays. Most of us get a nice tan during the summer this is one of the natural responses of the body to protect itself. But if your always locked up in a confined space and the only time you get out is when the sun is down you won't get a tan so you body has a harder time dealing with the sun. As most of us know from being in the sun to much your skin gets burned if you have a tan this won't happen as fast then when you don't have a tan. Sweat also contains a form of natural sunblock tho we can't really effect that. I agree with you that when living in a confined space for a long time like Alice your body needs to get used to the sun again. And this has to happen in small steps else you get major burns. Then there is fresh air which is also needed having to little of it can cause headache lack of sleep and cab be harmful for your skin. Basically if you don't go outside you end up looking like a junky. Yumekichi11 said: So he was just waiting the right time to hit the ball.Aversa said: The angle and reflection that ball went off at the speed it was thrown. Narumi got always the wrong angle to hit the ball. Until that last shot.The there where the foul balls with Narumi he hit the ball but what exactly went wrong? Yumekichi11 said: That explains it seemed weird that Narumi could hit a foul ball so many times.Aversa said: Also as long as the players keep hitting fall balls the will have to repeat that sequence isn't there some kind of penalty? Wrong! After a set of foul balls there is a strike called. So you are allowed to have a certain number before STRIKE! Basically. Yumekichi11 said: Thanks for the link i will have a look at it.Aversa said: That stance of Narumi was a challenge from what i am able to tell then there is the fork-ball which probably has to do with the way the pitcher held the ball when he threw it. There different way of trowing the ball and how dose this effect the ball? There are many ways to throw the ball with finger symbols. It affects path of the ball and sometimes that bath being simple as tricky itself so that you get a effective strike. The pitcher variations are muscle mass, stance and coordination as major factors to affect the pitcher itself. Aversa said: Well Wiki:Can someone with some knowledge about baseball explain these questions? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_rules they have you need there! Mockman said: So in Narumi's case it was a challenge to make the pitches angry but normally it's a way to ask for a shot.Aversa said: That stance of Narumi was a challenge… By pointing his bat this way, Narumi was calling his shot. It's an overused cliché in TV and movies. Babe Ruth famously called a shot in a World Series game in the 30s, pointing over the centre field wall. He then hit a home run there. Everyone who has done it since is a bum. But Narumi, while he may be a bum (ask Alice), was trying to goad Nemo and evidently it worked. Generally though, the best way to deal with a forkball is to not swing at it as they typically won't be called strikes. But a good one is hard for batters to lay off of. |
| Liked the episode there arn't many animes that have a good baseball episode. Love how they still used there detective work for a game of baseball. I kinda knew that Ayaka would have something to do with the last case. |
| lol,alice is getting addicted to baseball now,isn't she. So next up is ayaka's arc...waiting for it now. |
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| Lol @ the team name.I can't say anything more since I know almost nothing about baseball. |
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| nice ep.haha..lol at alice..XD kawaii!! |
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| I still don't get baseball but it was okay !! |
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NEET Teddy Bears Coach... :D |
| It remembered me the baseball match in Denpa Onna^^ Anyway, that was an awesome episode 5/5 |
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| Next episode looks exciting. I wanted to see more Ayaka. |
| I'm glad I still recognize the forkball even though I have no interest in baseball. |
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| Well they made baseball interesting to me, always found them very boring to watch. It is fun to play though. Meo returns for an episode and was the highlight of the ep. Ooh looks like the final mystery is gunna start next episode, what the synopsis has described. They gunna be dealing with "Angel Fix" now. |
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| Worst episode of the show... lol Yakiob... aagghh... |
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| I'm only doing this for Ayako and Thai girl..finally some plot with her brother. |
| Nice to see Alice getting some sun. and she also became addicted to the arcade game. how cute. |
| how the hell could he see where he was driving with all those stuffed animals in the car? |
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| Anime + baseball episode = epic win, every one of them is good. |
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| Sure, let's have a random baseball episode when we only have 13 episodes. =| Previous arc was decent at least. |
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