Sawamura's tense but after some difficulties, they manage to pull of a double play. Due to this practice, Kanemaru isn't scared of getting hit by wild pitches anymore. After combining his original form of raising his knee high and his new wall form, he was finally able to complete his new style. After the coach has revoked Tanba's status as the ace, a match between the first years and their upperclassmen takes place[13]. In Act II, he becomes Seidou's ace in his second year by the start of the Summer Regional Tournament. Sawamura has a habit of throwing to check the runner rather excessively before he pitches whenever he sees the lead of the runner is too big. This is probably my fav game in the series. He calls Coach. What kind of flower will bloom in the future is up to you." Then Kanemaru makes a mistake, fumbles the ball and thus leading the batter to first. Diamond no Ace Plot 'Ace of Diamond' follows the journey of Eijun Sawamura, a very talented pitcher, who ends up getting an invitation to join Tokyo's prestigious Seidou High School after his unusual yet effective style of pitching gets noticed. [1] The series is listed for 52 episodes. After showing a variety of pitches to Kataoka, Miyuki said to the coach that despite some of the still unstable Numbers, Sawamura was able to display good pitching against Ichidai due to his high level of focus and refined pitch command and added that he would like to test how well Sawamura can fare against a top class national level team. Post Spring Tournament - Golden Week Period. With this, Sawamura shows his potential to be the ace for the first time. If you ask for Furuya, look up any episode and its glorifying Furuya. In the next inning, Sawamura strikes Kiryu's Ace Hiromi Tachi out, but in the end Kiryu wins the game. After honing his pitches with Miyuki throughout the off-season, Sawamura's 2-seam fastball now has a visibly similar breaking movement to that of a shuuto, as noted by Miyuki, and is now a part of Sawamura's arsenal. [32] Sawamura however, is almost always seen scowling after bunting because he wishes to hit instead but immediately jumps at the opportunity to lecture and teach his teammates a more perfect technique whenever they attempt to bunt. At times, hefills in as Sawamura's grandfather Eitoku, becoming Eijun's on-campus reality check when it comes to helping him put his feelings in perspective. On top of the 5th, after Toujou and Higasa got on base and at 1 out, Sawamura was up to bat. Due to the lack of proper baseball knowledge earlier in his career, Sawamura did not know about pitching grips and used to grip the ball randomly producing erratic fastball pitches. During the 3rd inning, Sawamura utilizes a variety of pick-off timing to pin down the runner and minimize Hakuryu's mobility advantage; and also managed to retire Mima on his 2nd at bat. I really like how. In the quarter-finals Sawamura replaces Furuya on top of the third inning and faces the top of the lineup. Sawamura became by time a natural violent professional boxer with a tendency to foul when there was reason. Who scouted Sawamura? [24] Kataoka wanted to sub Sawamura in the next inning but Sawamura expresses his desire to continue pitching. The fourth season of The most loved sport drama Diamond no Ace will be released soon for viewers who are anticipating it. On his first day of training, Sawamura oversleeps. During the summer tournament, Sawamura would always ask Haruichi to catch for him to warm up. Sawamura then puts Seidou in the quarter finals by closing out the game on the top of the 5th inning. A mislocated fastball allows Ichinose to hit a Double. With two strikes, the Seido battery decide to bring out their fastball for the first time. During the next at bat, Sawamura faces Yakushi's clean-up. As of the Spring Tournament of his second year, Sawamura's fastballs now reach a speed of 135 km/hr. After three innings, Furuya is out and Sawamura's on the mound. Facing Raichi, Miyuki asked for an inside Cutter to try to get Sawamura over the hump but Sawamura failed the pitch execution resulting in a HR. Sawamura Eijun is a Ray of Sunshine Protective Chris Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Alternate Universe - Reincarnation Boys Kissing Shit ton of it Regret is a strong emotion. This gives Sawamura a notable advantage against right-handed batters, which is the more common type of player in baseball compared to left-handers. During Furuya's pitching debut[14] Sawamura gets angry and tells Chris that he'll never become a soulless player like him. At the beginning of the training camp, Sawamura is enthusiastic and shows significant potential, but it doesn't take long to find out that fielding is his weak point, which is probably because of his little experience due to his baseball history. It was part of Weekly Shnen Magazine from 2006 to 2015. He also announced the reset of the jersey numbers. Sawamura's cutter has a sharp breaking motion when coming close to the plate. Despite how hard Miyuki may be to deal with, Sawamura highly respects him and often does as he is told by Miyuki (despite resisting). At the bottom of the 7th inning, Sawamura comes to relief Kawakami and going with Miyuki's suggestions, the battery opted to use only straight fastball pitches. The umpire seems to be especially strict on high pitches, so Miyuki is making adjustments on the pitch calling and Sawamura finds his rhythm and he gets 3 ups 3 downs. On top of the ninth, Kawakami is on the mound and outs the batter. Sawamura is cheering on his teammates until he is on the mound replacing Furuya, baffling Ochiai who observes from the stands. -, "Don't get so damn flustered over a one point difference! And with 52 episodes, it ended on 31 March 2020. . The cast and staff will reprise their roles from the previous series, with Madhouse returning for animation production. When Kataoka realizes what Sawamura is trying to do, he makes him stop immediately, because it would destroy his form and orders him to practice his outside pitch. During Furuya's pitching debut, Sawamura gets angry at Chris' constant melancholy and yells at him: "You're the one who has given up on returning to the first string. They settled for an inside 2-seamer and Sawamura forced a grounder for a Double Play to close out the inning. Sawamura could not even catch a fly ball to outfield that landed near his position properly and would always commit errors on defense. Does Sawamura become ace? They struck out Todoroki Raichi and Sanada Shunpei back to back. [43], The cutter is the first breaking fastball that Sawamura properly learned. Catching the ball flying back towards him Sawamura gets one out bringing Miyagawa to bat. Did Sawamura become ace? To face off against Narumiya, Miyuki gets aggressive, calling three straight fastballs to the inside that Eijun delivers to strike Narumiya out. His image on the mound today, was exactly that of an ace. After striking out Sawamura, Kuramochi is up and after a few balls and fouls he hits center field getting to first base. Thinking that Sawamura isn't paying attention to him, the runner's lead on base got bigger but Sawamura unexpectedly made a pick-off throw to first, outing the runner. The match turned out to be a tightly contested pitcher duel between Sawamura and Seihou's Ace, Akashi with both pitchers going all out from the beginning, creating a stalemate game. At full count, Miyuki thought they need a pitch that the opponent has no information on and decided to unseal Sawamura's Splitter. At the last second Kuramochi catches the ball near the outfield, resulting in two outs and runner on third. After four days, Sawamura is showing improvement on fielding and is finally allowed to practice in the bullpen on the fifth day. He was then switched out with Kawakami, who closed the game. Furuya, however, could not control his breaking pitches; as a result, he walked many runners throughout the game and Miyuki had to repeatedly fall back to use his straight fastballs. After scoring 5 runs in the 4th inning Seidou makes substitutions to almost all of their positions beside the mid-field positions. At the top of the 4th inning after throwing 4 balls Sawamura gets switched. This is rather a devastating blow than a happy surprise for Sawamura. He has dark brown hair with brown eyes that sometimes appear golden during intense moments. Diamond no Ace Season 4 is one of the most looked forward to sequels by sports anime fans. November 10, 2013 07 Kanemaru, 8-hole, with the coach's words ringing through his head cleanly hits Ichidai's pitcher's curve ball down to the left. Sawamura gets no chance to play in one of these matches, although asking Kataoka's permission to pitch, who however declines. Sawamura, overwhelmed by Furuya's fast pitch, realizes that he has to battle Furuya for the "ace" status. When he first joined Seidou, Sawamura's defensive skills were poor due to the facts that he did not play in any position beside pitcher in his middle school and that his knowledge about baseball were very limited. ", "I told you, didn't I? It doesn't take long until the first years are double digit runs behind and some of them start to give up. He was promoted from the second string to the first string for the Summer Tournament and then from there to the first string for the Fall Tournament. I thought he was nothing more than just your run-of-the-mill relief pitcher, but I can't fathom him." -, "If he didn't have the will to advance forward, he wouldn't have raised his head. A fastball that breaks into the chest of a right-handed batter. Diamond no Ace Act 2 anime, which is the second part of the popular baseball manga series, will be animated. Regardless, Amahisa prevented Seidou's sacrificial bunt and scoring attempts. Fully capitalized on the swinging momentum and Furuya's struggle to command his pitches, Ichidai continued to land hits and quickly widen up their lead to 5 - 2 over Seidou. But with the help and encouragement of his friends and family, he decides to take on his new journey. But, true to their style, they strike out Amahisa with the new pitch, much to his dismay. "We'll get back to this," she assured him, getting up and heading to the hallway to pick up the phone. Sawamura said that because his team has lost there's nothing to talk about which Amahisa disagrees saying that the team is besides the conversation between pitchers and carried on with his questions. The rolling ball died off before touching the left line, making it fair for Toujou to home-in safely and Sawamura records his first RBI in high school[22]. The "Revised Cutter" has as much speed as his straight fastball while also breaks sharply as it comes near the plate, as a result, the pitch appears like it suddenly vanishes from the batter's eyes.[48][49]. Ace of Diamond has aired three seasons so far. He makes an error in judgement and is late on the first day. The one who created this mood is undoubtedly Sawamura, who gets not dejected after facing his roommate, Masuko in a battle of power and loses. There is a chance that Sawamura might not become ace. The teamwork between the new formed battery isn't particularly good. Sawamura is at the bullpen throwing pitches not wanting to just sit and do nothing after seeing how Furuya pitched. She wishes Sawamura good luck on becoming the ace and says that she is cheering for him. Sawamura believes that unless he's able to do so, no matter how much time's passed, he won't be recognized. After an encounter with the coach at the bath the day before, where Sawamrua speaks openly about his feelings, he is allowed to participate in said match. Sawamura is the starting and only pitcher of the match. Ace of Diamond Is Diamond no Ace good? In his 2nd year, Sawamura is capable of varying his runner pick-off patterns and increasing the pace of his slide-step which improves his synergy with Miyuki, allowing the later to pick-off a stealing runner easier.[33]. After eliminating those that were unstable, they have come up with the Numbers which consist of at least 11 types of different pitches. This form causes his throwing arm to come out much later and causes the ball to move more. Furuya is the only pitcher for the match. 18 at the start of the Fall Tournament. I feel like I saw a true ace. With 57% of the votes, Yaku is runner-up and Nishinoya has won the libero popularity poll, remaining undefeated! While it is true that Furuya has more speed, being able to reach a speed around 150 km, and Sawamura is only able to reach a speed of 138 (although it is expected to reach 140 km durin. The 4th batter capitalized on Sawamura;'s wavering moment after the Walk and landed a long hit on the 1st pitch. Seidou faces off against Maimon West High School in the West Tokyo qualifiers. Wakana opened her mouth as though ready to retort, but with excellent timing, the phone rang. Sawamura was motivated to give his best to answer the coach's expectation. 3rd base runner attempted to score but was prevented by Asou's excellent throw, retiring him at home plate. During the top of the tenth, Kawakami is sent to the mound replacing Sawamura. If you have the ace number on your back, then take that one out and get back to the dugout!" Since his 2nd year, Sawamura has considerably improved the speed of his pitch, his control and can connect with the ball now if he does it from the bunting stance. Miyuki thinks that based on the condition of the game, it should be fine to give up 2-3 runs but Sawamura is determined to prevent their opponent from scoring just a single run, although he starts to feel the pressure of Norikane's batters since it's the 2nd go around. Now, he only has one dreamto become the ace pitcher of his team. Ichidai has always been my favorite rival team so I have been pumped about this for a while. Miyuki thinks Sawamura's velocity may get over the 140 km/h mark during the course of the Summer Tournament[42] and Sawamura reached the 140 km/h mark in the SF game against Ichidaisan High. Miyuki uses him as a decoy, but both get punished by Coach Kataoka along with Sawamura's roommates Kuramochi Youichi and Masuko Tooru. Houmei High managed 2 hits in the 8th inning from Sawamura and took back 1 run. The duel lasted 11 pitches and Akashi ended up hitting Sawamura's pitch to outfield. In the sixth inning, Sawamura is back up to pitch and strikes out all three batters getting a three for three. If someday at another place I'm able to catch his pitches " -, "Because he's always surprising us like that, he's standing on the mound." Sawamura isn't happy about the training menu, while Chris is slightly pissed because of Sawamura's stupidity and inexperience. Your very existence is scary. [38][39] This is further affirmed by Sawamura being able to consistently hit the same location of Okumura's mitt when the two do warm up before practice. Kataoka tells Sawamura to practice on his own and to avoid contact with the ball. Sawamura probably feeling a bit pressured and starts off with 3-1 but manages to get Takami with a grounder. Sawamura throws thinking that he hasn't done anything yet, but the pitch is too high for Miyuki to catch, and goes straight to the fence. The second batter, Mori swings and miss for the first pitch and it's a strike. But this time under the name 'Ace of Diamond Act II. In the bottom inning, Masashi's single HR punches a hole in the stalemate and the 3rd years' consecutive hits make it a 2-0 lead for Seidou. During the off-season, with Miyuki's help, Sawamura developed his own repertoire of pitches, the Numbers. [50] However, his peers' feedback wasn't encouraging, pointing out that the pitch's break was too subtle and that it was too similar to Sawamura's normal fastball; hence, the pitch required more refinements. On the final day of the training camp, a three way round robin is held between Seidou, Inashiro Industrial and Shuhoku. 6. Sawamura unknowingly threw a cutter to strike out Sensen's Ace, Maki. A conventional circle changeup taught to Sawamura by coach Ochiai before the match against Ouya. Falling back to his best weapon, the fastball, Sawamura retires the next batter with 1 pitch and proceeded to strike out the following batter in 4 pitches, averting yet another crisis. [26]. Amahisa happened to meet Sawamura in the hallway of the Stadium and began asking questions about Sawamura's new pitch, the Cutter Kai. In the 8th inning, Sawamura presumably retired Ichinose and faces Akashi for the final time. Sawamura Eijun is the protagonist of the series. For the first time since the match against Azuma, Sawamura and Miyuki form a battery. On top of the 5th inning however, Sawamura's pitching started to destabilize as some of the higher Number pitches were still unstable and he ended up walking and hitting 2 batters. A few years later, his teacher introduced him to boxing, sending him to a friend of his, who was the coach of the Nagoya Oniyaritome Boxing Gym. Getting too excited with pitching in the Koshien's environment for the first time, Sawamura tripped on the mound in his first pitch and his face turned red in embarrassment. Kanemaru is Sawamura's classmate who at first refused to acknowledge him, believing Sawamura was all talk. During the practice match[16] against Osaka Kiryu High School, Furuya's on the mound first. On a night practice session between Sawamura and Miyuki, Kataoka appears to watch them. Is Diamond no Ace worth watching? Kawakami then puts it away for Seidou. Sawamura was the captain of the Akagi Junior High baseball team. 5 comfortably but his control on pitch No. The first season began on October 6, 2013 and consisted of 75 episodes. The finals end with Inashiro's win at 5-4. It has become a habit that whenever Sawamura does well on the mound, Kuramochi kicks him to display his appreciation. In Act II, he becomes Seidou's ace in his second year by the start of the Summer Regional Tournament. This shows the battery has complete trust in one another. Is Ace of Diamond finished? He tells Sawamura that he is counting on him. Sawamura continues to strike out Akikawa and the crowd is impressed, as well as Chris and Kataoka who compliments Sawamura. For the first and last time those two form a battery and Sawamura learns firsthand what an amazing catcher Chris is. In Seidou's first official match for the fall, Furuya wears the ace number and shines in both pitching and batting. Originally, Sawamura has extremely erratic throwing motions. Rei says that the way he pumped up his team (composed of amateurs) in junior high, was the mark of a true ace." - Eijun during a match with the first years v.s the upperclassmen -, "I am always amazed by his growth. Hongou however was the more consistent pitcher and he delivered Seidou a complete shutout game with Komadai winning 2 - 0 over Seidou. But when she witnesses a quarrel between Sawamura and a teacher during class, Haruno is inspired by him. On his first day in the baseball training in Seidou High, Sawamura gets pranked by Miyuki Kazuya, but both get punished along with Eijun's roommates Kuramochi Youichi and Masuko Tooru. After enrolling at Seidou, he develops a new pitching form with the help of coach Kataoka and Chris. Haruichi is surprised that Eijun managed to get on base and asks for a player substitution, sending himself as the pinch hitter. ; All of the Other Reindeer: His junior high teammates weren't fond of him due to his . [40] Asada notes that Sawamura is a pitcher who can throw accurately to the chest every time regardless of how far away he is. He says that his qualities as a pitcher are being tested. Again, on 2 April 2019, another Diamond No ace series got aired. Rei takes the chance to introduce Sawamura to the world of high school baseball and let him team up with Miyuki Kazuya (who volunteers to form a battery with him to compete against Azuma Kiyokuni, who Sawamura publicly berated and challenged during his visit. Boy, anyone would be scared out of their mind!" Umemiya hits the pitch and the ball bounces to Sawamura's glove. Calling for a time-out, Miyuki tells Sawamura to focus on the batter. Sawamura doesn't want Raichi to hit and throws a strike just to the inside. Who is Sawamura Eijun in Diamond no Ace amino? Shirasu Kenjir Mimura Ryta Watanabe Hisashi, Sawamura , when his teammates complimented him. -, "You can't play baseball by yourself! [45] Miyuki then reveals that the crossfire Sawamura has thrown in the previous match was in fact a cutter and asks Azuma to help them practice the new pitch.[46]. Miyauchi hates it when Sawamura is too loud in the bullpen, "I will be fine. 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