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Rambling said: Another question for people who understand baseball - Toua isn't the captain of the team, right? So how much authority does he actually have on the pitch? If Yoshida had simply ignored him and stayed at ...err... shortstop, what could Toua have done about it? Or is it one of those things that is simply *not done*? The manager wasn't going to do anything about them losing so he took it in his own hands. Yea, it's unrealistic but it's also unrealistic for an owner to want their team to lose so badly. >.> |
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| This just keeps getting better. Tokuchi is a fucking genius. |
| The Owner is such an asshole. |
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| Toukuchi is a mastermind. Pretty much a clone of Hiruma for eyeshield 21 but more mature. |
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| That was hella fun to watch! I laughed out loud when I realized what was going on with the whole "creating a peculiarity" trick. Definitely similar to Death Note. I see it now. Finally. It's L vs Light, but Toukuchi is winning obviously. The opponent pitcher is too kawaii. LOL Also, are all of the antagonists ugly or is it just me? GoldenBRS said: How in the heck did he get triple play? I'm not that knowledgeable of baseball but I'm assuming all you need to tag is the third runner? Or something. LOL Do not take my word. |
| Wow suggesting a habit to make it real :o The manager really dislikes him XD, but I wonder why Toua is letting so many people on base? |
naikou said: Well... maybe, but we've already been told that the manager is motivated by one thing, and one thing only: Money. He's been perfectly happy to sell his pride in the past, why should that change now? I agree that revenge is a very human motive, but it's not consistent with the manager's character. In the end, though, the manager has completely screwed himself over, and still doesn't realize it. He can: A) Kick Toua off of the team, in which case the fans will be extremely angry, probably damaging profits B) Not use Toua in a game again - with probably the same result C) Let Toua play, and pay him a fortune Now, the manager is supposed to be a smart guy when it comes to money (he calculated the results of Toua's contract nearly instantly). I just don't understand why he can't find a way to pay Toua and take advantage of his skills. I think you aren´t right, if Toua played all the game and had like 3 outs in all 9 innings, which would make him 27 outs a game and as I just found out, they have like 100 games a year, it would make 2700 times that great amount of money, and the owner wouldn´t get it back. For the second problem, he doesn´t care about revenge, he just wants to be right... |
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| The owner is evil |
zat-bustNov 29, 2014 5:20 PM
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| That poor pitcher: "What's going on?" Me: "Your mind is being fucked" |
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| What I don't understand is why is Toua suddenly letting so many people on base. Is he intentionally throwing easy balls to lull the opposing team into a false sense of comfort? I'm gonna go watch that triple play again cause I didn't even have a chance to take in what the fuck just happened. Wow that owner is a whole new level of evil. Bribing players on the team to stab the Lycaons in the back and possibly make Toua lose a home run. Good episode 7/10 |
| Holy shit, mind games started. That Toua, added to favs. Too bad I have to stop on most of the dialogues because this game is so complicated. |
| I also wondered how suddenly so many people got on base with Toua pitching too. But his mind games were epic, he is very clever indeed. Toua is awesome! |
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| I believe he did that on purpose after the first hit, and then aimed to have the 4th batter hit a ball towards the third baseman. If I recall that was how it played out in the manga, with it being a rather "screw you, bases load? So what I'll just get a triple play" kind of thing. |
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| The owner is an ass. God I hope Toua drains him. |
| I never thought I could be entertained by a baseball game in my entire life, its basically the suspense and stragetic thing of Death Note mixed in with the game of Baseball. I really hate how that manager ruins his baseball team on purpose just for profit |
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| fuck u yoshida |
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| I hate that manager. His plan is probably going to backfire on him. Also, awesome mindgames. |
| Oh wow, can that traitor guy try even harder to not give a fuck? I mean, he could take his role more seriously, he barely try to be subtle. I can't believe that his comrades can't see what he's trying to do. Is it even legal to play with 8 players? I'm pretty sure the umpire would intervene. Anyway, it's fun to see Toua mess with the other players. They look really gullible. |
| «Time is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad.» - Kurisu Makise a.k.a. The Zombie |
| This is epic! |
| This anime is absolutely amazing, this owner though... This owner is retarded. Not only is he retarded, he doesn't know what he's up against. Also he's a complete dipshit asshole retarded piece of shit I can think of. Good luck to him giving his business to Tokuchi lmao. Anyways, hope they all get rekt by Tokuchi. 5/5. |
| "No one knows what the future holds. That's why its potential is infinite.” - Okabe Rintarou "El Psy Congroo." Kirino Kyousake Picture  |
| I'm sure Toua already got into the shortstop's mind, or at least knows what he's up to. Also I think it's legal to play with 8 when the game's already started (not beforehand) I thought it was weird how Toua got to decide that the shortstop should just sit out, or how the umpire didnt intervene at all, coach didnt care though so they thought it would've been an even better chance to lose the game. |
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| Damn , What an intense psychological episode , I really like Toua lines . Great Episode , Loved it . |
| those mind games are kind of stupid |
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| Wow Poor guy, he'll forever get that glove thing when he pitches xD Toua is just so damn cool lol |
| Toua is amazing. I wonder what kind of life he had to become like this. |
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| Lmao at that owner |
| Toua is so cool, the show is awesome, maybe some weird dramatic face sometimes feel forced but it's really good ! |
| I couldn't help but feel bad for that pitcher. Toua completely screwed him over with his strategy : / Although it was pretty much the catcher's fault too, wouldn't he notice if his pitcher actually had a quirk? |
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| That was a strong play, was Toguchi really tricked? |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| They figured out how to get me to like Tokuchi and that's by having characters to hate even more than him. Seeing Tokuchi come up with ways to outsmart the opponents instead of outskill them was really cool. This show had a bit of a rocky start but this episode's probably my favorite so far. |
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| Great episode,the mind games are super entertaining. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| This anime keeps on surprising me. I'm already sad to know that it only has 25 episodes, it's way more than an anime about sports and I have seen a lot of those but can't compare this one to any other cause it's so mature and thoughtful that it inspires you by the protagonist's ambition and his impact on his teamates. I really didn't expect that in this episode, in other sports animes some episodes feel a lot repetitive but unlike those I feel like the writer has a lot of twists and turns ready to blow our minds in the following episodes. |
| Really like Toua mindgames. |
| What did You expect? life sucks from the get go.... |
| Time for a small nitpick... How the fuck did anyone else hear what blondie had to say to the defender? The players don't have mics. |
| The owner is hilarious lol he doesn't mind if his team will lose but no one can outsmart Toua ;) |
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| I freaking love this anime, man. Toua is a monster <3333 Also, can we please replace the owner? >.> he's annoying. |
| That owner of theirs is just happily counting the meager sums of profit that were gained from his own team's downfall and complacent assholes in the team like Yoshida are driving in the nails into the Lycaons' coffin just as long as it means that they'll be taking Toua down with them. He accepted the bet with full confidence and he should stick to his promise until the end. It was epic to see him getting his teammates riled up with the sense of urgency while screwing over the enemy team without having them even remotely realize that they're getting duped. He definitely let Yoshida back in for a reason and I'm excited to find out why he agreed to let him back in. |
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| Im impressed, Toua made baseball passionating Still no batter able to score against him Mizuhashi is now a bad pitcher, rip |
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| Tokuchi is too smart lmfao, I love him |
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| Bro love the mc and hate that owner.. i hope mc will reveal it and force the owner to sell the team to another person or smth, that guy is so fucking corrupt |
| Bro love the mc and hate that owner.. i hope mc will reveal it and force the owner to sell the team to another person or smth, that guy is so fucking corrupt |
| That was a great episode! This team would really be better off without the owner and his minions like the secretary and Yoshida. This game is shaping up to be an interesting one. The way Tokuchi managed to infect Mizuhashi with a tell was clever. I can't wait for Kojima to return. |
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| Ngl this is getting lit. |
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