But this time under the name 'Ace of Diamond Act II. 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. About Diamond no Ace Ace of Diamond is a Japanese shnen baseball manga series by Yuji Terajima and published by Kodansha. ", "Both the pitcher and the catcher comes together as one to create a 'work of art.' 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]. The cast and staff will reprise their roles from the previous series, with Madhouse returning for animation production. So he tells Sawamura to let the team handle the rest. The next batter bunts, allowing Raichi to squeeze into home, putting Yakushi back into lead. It's the best kind of pitching. After some struggles he faces Seiko's clean-up, who hits a two-run HR off Sawamura tying the game at 5-5. Furuya is the only pitcher for the match. She wishes Sawamura good luck on becoming the ace and says that she is cheering for him. Sawamura strikes Hoshida with a breaking ball to the outside corner sharing with us a bit of his thoughts on what type of ace he aims to be. Learning the changeup actually helped unseal Sawamura's breaking pitch potential. During Eijun's running punishment for being tardy on his first day, Kuramochi helped him understand that he's not the only one suffering. ; Affectionate Nickname: Sawamura starts calling him "Cap" in Act 2 and it eventually starts catching on with the team as well. Originally unveiled in the practice game against Hakuryu, Sawamura's Splitter is a supplementary off-pace pitch for his Changeup and it's purpose is to get the batter to chase it as the Splitter is more difficult to differentiate from a fastball than a changeup due to the similar kind of spin it has to a straight fastball. In the top of the sixth inning, Sawamura replaces him. Shortly after their loss against Inashiro, Furuya tells Sawamura that he'll be the "Ace" of the team. He also provided Eijun with some important insights on Chris's early training methods to strengthen his core prior to pitching training. 20 for the Summer Tournament, and later on No. The keystone combo has their pitcher's back once more with Kuramochi sending the ball to Haruichi who sends it to first base getting the teams third out and closing the inning. After he familiarizes himself with the defensive responsibilities and techniques, Sawamura has been gradually solidifying his defensive skills throughout the course of his 1st year. Regardless, Amahisa prevented Seidou's sacrificial bunt and scoring attempts. Luckily, their relationship was repaired and they are back to being friends again. This pitch doesn't break irregularly while also appears to accelerate due to the lack of height drop and deceleration thanks to the high amount of spin Sawamura put on the ball. Sawamura is totally overwhelmed with excitement by this experience, but back in his hometown he feels guilty because he thinks he would betray his former teammates. Kataoka calls for a pitcher change. 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. Because if you have a ball and a bat, you can play baseball." His body is naturally flexible with supple joints, allowing him to immediately change the pitch's direction. His team mostly contained of his friends because he dragged them into baseball. Haruichi is surprised that Eijun managed to get on base and asks for a player substitution, sending himself as the pinch hitter. Sawamura is allowed to play the whole game and at the bottom of the eighth after a combo play from Haruichi and Kuramochi, and three strike outs, Seidou wins and move on to the semifinals. The captain of the opposing team starts to wonder if Sawamura is the real secret weapon of Seidou. Palmball, Sawamura Eijun is the protagonist of the series. With two strikes, the Seido battery decide to bring out their fastball for the first time. Only after seeing his captain crying, Sawamura realizes that they were just one out away from Koshien and he too starts to cry. Sawamura is a hotheaded and loudmouthed youth who usually comes off as obnoxious. After the coach has revoked Tanba's status as the ace, a match between the first years and their upperclassmen takes place[13]. After scoring 5 runs in the 4th inning Seidou makes substitutions to almost all of their positions beside the mid-field positions. 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. Bottom of the 7th, Sawamura faces the biggest challenge of the match after giving up a hit and a walk. ; All of the Other Reindeer: His junior high teammates weren't fond of him due to his . Sawamura then walked Akashi on base; in addition, Okumura dropped the final pitch on the ground, allowing Ichinose to steal to 3rd putting runner in scoring position for the 2nd time in the match. Buy [Ace of Diamond] Rough Fairy Tale Theater (Eijun Sawamura, Akatsuki Furuya, Haruichi Kominato) / chansika online from Japanese stores. But assuming that he does, it might be when Seido is against some powerful school like Komadai Fujisaki and Furuya (not by injury) is losing because the rival school is just that good, they send out Sawamura who manages to save the day and win the nationals and secures the ace position for the next tournament. who expected Sawamura to be a more sensible starter against the left-handed batters dominated core line-up of Ichidaisan. Sawamura throws a changeup for the first pitch and Miyagawa, the third batter, lets it pass and it counts as a strike. 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 could not even catch a fly ball to outfield that landed near his position properly and would always commit errors on defense. It was part of Weekly Shnen Magazine from 2006 to 2015. However, Furuya is again selected the starting pitcher and despite losing 2 early runs, was able to bring out his best pitching to date in a pitcher duel against Hongou where both went toe to toe with each other while racking up strike outs. Hell, even if the entire world thinks it's okay, I'll never accept it." In fact, that's just that, and the proportion of the total number of players is very small. Once again the batter have problems figuring out Sawamura's pitching form and can't get the timing right. Getting riled up from the battle of spirit going on Sawamura pitches a dead ball walking Miyagawa to first base. He also adds that to promote further growth from both of them, switching their status is important which is why he decided to entrust Sawamura with the Ace number instead for this Summer. Kataoka then orders Sawamura to stop and rest for 3 days in preparation for the match with Hakuryuu High, in which he wants Sawamura to be the starting pitcher for. . Umemiya intimidates Sawamura with his fighting spirit while Sawamura struggles with the pressure, triggering memories of the dead ball he threw at Shirakawa last summer. Now, he only has one dreamto become the ace pitcher of his team. As he gains experience through time, and due to the fact that he has been subbed into many difficult situations as a relief pitcher, Sawamura has learned how to maintain consistent focus and has become very capable of handling critical situations. As Miyuki and Sawamura watches the video, Miyuki thinks that Sawamura is trying his best to move on. After Furuya walks the third batter, Kataoka calls for a pitcher substitution and Sawamura takes over. Hoshida come to the plate as his ace steps up to the bullpen wanting to go up to the mound one last time, the bitterness of that last point weighing heavy. Chris tells him that if Sawamura can't pitch to the inside then he doesn't have to, but encourages him to learn throwing low and away instead. On top of the sixth, Furuya faces some difficulties and while Miyuki thinks of what he can do to fix it, Kataoka calls for a pitcher substitution and sends in Sawamura. Sawamura admits feeling overwhelmed by the cheering audience, but both he and Miyuki get excited to silence the crowd. Sawamura continues to practice alone and is surprised when Chris joins him. Sawamura gives his best to fire the first years up and finally gets the chance to stand on the pitching mound. After 6 steady innings, Kawakami held Eigen High to only 1 run and Seidou scoring a lead of 11 - 1 over their opponent. During their next match against Akikawa, the opposing batters don't swing at Furuya's pitches and try to tire Furuya with bunts. Kataoka tells Kanemaru to have Sawamura ice his shoulder properly. He has the habit of pulling a catcher in the bullpen to help him warm up, but he usually get distracted by the game in the field; Miyauchi gets irritated by this while Ono leaves him behind and goes back to the dugout. After asking the coach to let him pitch during the ninth, Kataoka decides to send Furuya instead. Read Ace of Diamond: The Pitcher Returns - v2 Chapter 75 : 1 stick fright online free from your Mobile, PC at www.novelfull.in . With the batter cornered, Sawamura throws another revised splitter for the third pitch and it's a grounder to Kominato for the second out. Kataoka apologizes to Sawamura for making him handle such difficult situation; however, Sawamura was still frustrated and thought about how favorable the Ace is trusted over a relief pitcher like himself. For the first picth, Miyuki asks for number 9- the revised splitter. However, before the SF match with Ichidaisan, Sawamura was trying to come up with a way to force the very disciplined Sankou's lineup to swing for the pitches they wouldn't want to and beat them in the zone. Determined not to get anymore runs Sawamura strikes out the 1st and 2nd hole in the 6th Inning however Miyagawa sends a ball way back into center field allowing the main cannon to step foot onto the plate once again. And with 52 episodes, it ended on 31 March 2020. . He gets hit several times but isn't affected at all which impresses most of the players and encourage them to continue. Sawamura is overjoyed and he roars. Sawamura probably feeling a bit pressured and starts off with 3-1 but manages to get Takami with a grounder. Sawamura throws an imperfect pitch and Kengo hits over the right fielder for a Double. Realizing that they cannot out him with outside pitches alone, Miyuki finally calls for an inside pitch. [29], Perhaps Sawamura's most noticable weakness. Ryota Ohsaka, Eijun Sawamura's voice, teased the audience by hinting at an anime in the future. One of Sawamura's fastball was clocked at 135 km/h. Failing the challenge, Sawamura was not allowed to participate in practice as promised. Sawamura started off by retiring the lead-off batter; however, the 2nd batter got on base due to Sawamura's slip-up on the Changeup. Shirasu managed to preserve Seidou's lead by a well play pass to home-plate. Sawamura's Splitter has been relatively unstable, being on and off at times and rarely sees much usage within a game compare to the remaining pitches. Miyuki started calling for Sawamura's more reliable straight fastball to get him back into shape again and he was able to close out the 5th inning with impressive stats. 18 at the start of the Fall Tournament. Sawamura then stopped the bleeding and closed out the inning. In Act II, he becomes Seidou's ace in his second year by the start of the Summer Regional Tournament. Although it appears that the two don't get along, Kanemaru admires Sawamura for his tenacity. Sawamura maintains his flawless pitching up to the 8th inning, as he delivered 3.7 innings of no-hit to connect to the top of the 9th inning. If you ask for Furuya, look up any episode and its glorifying Furuya. Basically, Sawamura will be made the captain because of his unyielding . During the top of the tenth, Kawakami is sent to the mound replacing Sawamura. Sawamura is cheering on his teammates until he is on the mound replacing Furuya, baffling Ochiai who observes from the stands. And there's no hiding that you're an ex-delinquent, so rooming with you is like living in a cage with a wild animal, you know! He continues to strike the following batters, stopping Teito's momentum. 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. 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. Post Spring Tournament - Golden Week Period. But because of Miyuki's nasty personality and never ending teasing, Sawamura never shows him the same respect as the other senpais, instead treating him as someone of his own age. Diamond No Ace Season 4: The Release Date The first Season of Diamond No Ace got premiered on 6 October 2013. . Kataoka chooses Sawamura as the starting pitcher, for the first time in the Tournament, as he notes that Kasuga Ichi's core lineup consists mainly of left handed batters which makes Sawamura, a southpaw, a better choice. Sawamura overcomes the difficulties during his face-off with Maki Yousuke and passes the baton to Kawakami, who successfully closes the game. The episode premiered on May 25, 2014. 3 hits, 2 walk and dead balls, 7 strike outs and 0 lost run.[20]. Thus, it can make batters swing late and comfortably strikes them out despite its average velocity. Sawamura was motivated to give his best to answer the coach's expectation. Ochiai had to tell Kataoka that a pitcher switch is necessary in order to salvage the game and Sawamura was called in to relief after Furuya walked yet another batter. At the bottom of the sixth inning, Sawamura, who got another chance after his performance against Yakushi because the coach believes in his unwavering spirit, takes the mound. The series has a total of 184 episodes, plus three OVAs. -, "Don't get so damn flustered over a one point difference! [8] Understanding that he is viewed as a lesser pitcher than Furuya from his peers' perspective, Sawamura is always actively seeking new ways and information to improve himself so that he can one day be acknowledged by the team. In the bottom of the ninth Sawamura starts to feel more pressure but continues to attack. After getting a strike with the splitter, the Seido battery throw a change up for the strike out. In the quarter-finals Sawamura replaces Furuya on top of the third inning and faces the top of the lineup. They started working together to slowly polish Sawamura's skills. After regaining his composure, Sawamura does a good job keeping Ouya to two runs. This may adversely affect his straight fastball if he continues to hone the pitch so he sealed it away to avoid that risk ever since until Sawamura demonstrated it to Okumura before the Semi Final of the Tokyo Prefecture Summer Tournament. He tells Sawamura that he is counting on him. However, Miyuki says instead of being greedy, he suggests Sawamura should maintain the usual mindset and focus on the batter in front of him, to which Sawamura agreed. There is a chance that Sawamura might not become ace. Is it Worth Watching? -, "This guy is a great deal more dangerous than we pegged him to be." (there are a lot of opportunities for him to do so in the coming weeks and months as we approach the RL Koshien) The kid has put a sub 1 ERA up for what is approaching nearly 2 months in the Manga (senbatsu is in late march/early april, we are now 1 week away from the Prelims draw and 2 weeks away from the start of koshien . Furuya held Nihou Shouno to 1 run by the 6th inning and Seidou is up by 3 runs. At the bullpen, Sawamura warms-up with Miyuki and unknowingly throws to the inside, surprising his teammates. Sawamura's enthusiasm is back and he begins to cheer for Kawakami. When Umemiya's at bat, Miyuki is aware of his influence on the team and wants Sawamura to focus on striking him out to stop Ugumori's momentum. 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. Seidou begins defense with Sawamura as the starting pitcher. Coach Kataoka explains that this is the result of the opponent going all out. He calls Coach. The Cutter is the first breaking fastball that Sawamura properly learns. [23] Sawamura is seen sweating rather excessively and Kawakami wonders if it was because he has been going all out since the beginning. Then comes Sawamura taking his bunting stance and after fouling the first out he manages to stop it's momentum and make it roll. The two often fight for the mound and who Miyuki will catch for, much to the catcher's distaste. Who is Sawamura Eijun in Diamond no Ace amino? Frustrated with his first round performance, thinking that because he was not good enough, he wasn't granted any pitching time in the 2nd round. Sawamura then "charges" the ball - something Kawakami did for him during their match agains Yakushi - and handles it to Kawakami with the words: "I've charged everything into it." I won't waste even one pitch, one second. Is the pitcher pretending to pitch, with one or more runners on base, when he has no intention of doing so an umpire may call a balk. On the final day of the training camp, a three way round robin is held between Seidou, Inashiro Industrial and Shuhoku. [40] Asada notes that Sawamura is a pitcher who can throw accurately to the chest every time regardless of how far away he is. In junior high nobody could do that. At the last second Kuramochi catches the ball near the outfield, resulting in two outs and runner on third. The team reports Sawamura's performance to Miyuki in the evening, complimenting him for a fine game. Miyuki is good at exploiting Sawamura's potential, giving out aggressive calls that draw out the pitcher's instinct and fighting spirit; on the other hand, Sawamura is able to fearlessly respond to such calls and throw pitches that exceed expectations. Ace of Diamond Is Diamond no Ace good? Miyuki uses him as a decoy, but both get punished by Coach Kataoka along with Sawamura's roommates Kuramochi Youichi and Masuko Tooru. At the lineup, Sawamura is congratulated by one of Maimon's players and shouts that he'll do his best and play for them as well. Amahisa even went as far as requesting to know the grip for the pitch as well as asking for Sawamura's Line contact afterwards, much to the dismay of the latter. The total amount of the Numbers are unknown, but there are at least 11. Your very existence is scary. In Act II, he becomes Seidou's ace in his second year by the start of the Summer Regional Tournament.[6]. He is a left-handed pitcher who was promoted from the second string to the first string as No. Seidou is one out away from their dream stage. After four days, Sawamura is showing improvement on fielding and is finally allowed to practice in the bullpen on the fifth day. He prefers to wear his hat frontwards. 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