", "Both the pitcher and the catcher comes together as one to create a 'work of art.' 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. After polishing his pitch, the second string team has a practice match[15], which is the last chance for Sawamura to get into the first string. 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. Since the start of his 2nd year Sawamura's control over his breaking fastballs has shown considerable improvements as Sawamura is now capable of making his pitches break as he desire and precisely locate his pitches to where Miyuki wants it. A conventional circle changeup taught to Sawamura by coach Ochiai before the match against Ouya. Sawamura tested out a new revised Splitter grip and by having one finger on the seam and one off the seam instead of staying away from the seams completely like a normal Splitter grip, he was able to get behind the ball more and transfer more force into it, giving it more velocity and the pithch also has both the sinking action of a Splitter as well has a tailing action of a 2-seamer/sinker and is akin to a hybrid pitch between the two. He meets Kominato Haruichi and Furuya Satoru along with other first years. In fact, that's just that, and the proportion of the total number of players is very small. After 6 steady innings, Kawakami held Eigen High to only 1 run and Seidou scoring a lead of 11 - 1 over their opponent. Due to having played baseball for so long without proper instruction, Sawamura did not know about pitching grips and often grips the ball very randomly and coupled with his flexible hand result in pitches that change direction right before the batter hits the ball. Sawamura Eijun | Source: Fandom There have been a lot of changes, with a major one being the ace. Feinting a bunt squeeze with Toujou on 3rd, Sawamura then takes a hard swing on the first pitch and despite being jammed, he yanked the ball to the left line. So I don't want to be lectured by someone like you. For the scrimmage against Yakushi, Furuya is Seidou's starting pitcher and impresses the gallery by his performance and especially by overpowering Raichi with his fastballs. He soon learns to point his leading foot towards home-base improving his form. Bottom on the seventh, Sawamura's energy making the rest of the team wanting to answer in kind the batters step up to the plate with strengthened resolve. Catching the ball flying back towards him Sawamura gets one out bringing Miyagawa to bat. In Act II, after Sawamura's repeated pestering about Haruichi's new haircut, Haruichi started acting colder towards him and would usually ignore him except when they were on the field together. This video contains content from TV Tokyo Anime Rights Management, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds Sawamura becomes the ace! That baseball is not that easy!" Before he leaves the dugout, Kataoka makes sure that Sawamura is aware of the situation the team is faced with. 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. Shortly after their loss against Inashiro, Furuya tells Sawamura that he'll be the "Ace" of the team. Sawamura overcomes the difficulties during his face-off with Maki Yousuke and passes the baton to Kawakami, who successfully closes the game. 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. 6. In addition, his throws to bases were erratic since his pitch would break close to the target and would even end up hitting the runner instead. During the weekday following the training camp, the coaches discuss who should be entrusted with the Ace number and despite recognizing Sawamura's stellar and consistent performances, Ochiai suggests Furuya should be entrusted with the Ace number instead as he believes stripping Furuya off his former title may prevent his future growth meanwhile arguing that Sawamura is a man who can grow under extreme pressure. Seidou scored 1 more run in the 9th. In Act II, he becomes Seidou's ace in his second year by the start of the Summer Regional Tournament. Ichidaisan High's scouts watching from the stands reported to their team that there are weaknesses in Furuya's pitching which they can aim to exploit. If you have the ace number on your back, then take that one out and get back to the dugout!" Third member of the Ichinen Trio, Haruichi keeps Sawamura's manners and words in check. They settled for an inside 2-seamer and Sawamura forced a grounder for a Double Play to close out the inning. In the bottom of the inning, after Masashi and Kanemaru didn't get on base, Sawamura gets riled up for his at bat and - although he makes an unnecessarily dangerous base run whilst sliding to first - also gets retired. Though they weren't even interested in sports to begin with, they stuck with him to the end. After witnessing the commotion, Seto notes that Amahisa seems to have changed while Okumura was annoyed saying Amahisa was rude to Sawamura. Bottom of the 4th,. Miyuki goes to Sawamura reminding him that his teammates are there for him. Note that this data is based on the official guidebook!You are free to write about the characters improvements in the Skills section above! Sawamura believes that unless he's able to do so, no matter how much time's passed, he won't be recognized. After some difficulties Miyuki calls for a time-out but Eijun turns it down, explaining that they play baseball and allowing hits is normal. Sawamura asks Kataoka to let him pitch at the fifth inning but Kataoka declines, telling Sawamura that assessing the situation and warming up are important functions of a reliever, shocking Sawamura. 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. Kawakami takes over and tells him that his feelings reached everyone and asks him if he can let them handle the rest. Sawamura accepts as he throws what looked like a powerful pitch that may have made it to the fence only to have the ball break downward when it comes close to it. Top of the 4th, the second hole of Ichidai, Mori is quickly cornered with a 1-2 count, pops the ball which is then caught by Haruichi. During the scrimmage against the third years, Sawamura finds out about Kataoka's resignation. Bakamura (by teammates) Sawamura upped his gear and proceeded to strike out the Clean-up and retire the 5th batter to avert the early crisis. I really like how. After ending the first inning 3 for 3 and establishing a strong start, Miyuki prompted to Sawamura that they should start using the "Numbers" in the later innings. 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." Although it was never noted that he was a good bunter. In the 8th inning Seidou's mood is brought back out by their resident loud mouth and ace and Kawakami showing his support by shadow pitching in the bullpen. [44] Before the Final match with Inashiro, Sawamura became consciously aware his pitch lacks power, thus he has to learn a breaking pitch to limit outfield hits. As of the Spring Tournament of his second year, Sawamura's fastballs now reach a speed of 135 km/hr. After Sensen takes back one run the team tries to lighten the mood so Sawamura can relax, but Miyuki only riles him up. The cutter has became one of the key pitches within Sawamura's repertoire as Sawamura develops his reputation as a gutsy pitcher that fearlessly targets the inside part of the zone. Sawamura too wonders about that. Miyuki asks Furuya if he, too, wants to watch it, but Furuya shrugs saying that he knows what his problem is. Sawamura said during the Spring Tournament that he can pitch up to No. [40] Asada notes that Sawamura is a pitcher who can throw accurately to the chest every time regardless of how far away he is. 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. Does Sawamura become captain? To pitch a ball that moves before reaching the bat is a natural talent. Sawamura's pitching form surprise the batters. Lazybum0, Feb 11, 2017. -, "In the first place, you look like a thug and you speak like a thug. Again, on 2 April 2019, another Diamond No ace series got aired. After regaining his composure, Sawamura does a good job keeping Ouya to two runs. On top of the 7th inning, Sawamura struggles to control his Numbers and ended up walking a runner after getting 1 out. It was a tearful farewell. Thus, it can make batters swing late and comfortably strikes them out despite its average velocity. 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. 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. At 2 outs and with a runner on 2nd base, Zono had an opportunity to tie the score; however, his long hit was caught by an outfielder and Ichidaisan won the game. A sinking moving fastball thrown with a 2-seam grip or by grapping the ball with 5 fingers. Seidou faces off against Maimon West High School in the West Tokyo qualifiers. By the top of the 4th, Sawamura gives up the first hit of the game and the runner gets advanced into scoring position. He tells Sawamura that he is counting on him. Thinking of this, many people put their eyes on Sawamura Eijun. On his first day of training, Sawamura oversleeps. -, "His attitude of moving forward is his best weapon." If it was an average pitcher, he would have given up long before, even so he wasn't bothered by his team's errors, continued to carry his team with relentless pitching. After the loss to Ichidaisan High in Spring, Sawamura is determined to "complete himself" and said that he would practice swinging until his hands have blisters.[31]. In the top of the sixth inning, Sawamura replaces him. During the off-season, with Miyuki's help, Sawamura developed his own repertoire of pitches, the Numbers. Thanks to Chris' guidance, Sawamura learned the pick-off techniques and how to watch out for runners when pitching. ; Affectionate Nickname: Sawamura starts calling him "Cap" in Act 2 and it eventually starts catching on with the team as well. Ryota Ohsaka, Eijun Sawamura's voice, teased the audience by hinting at an anime in the future. Sawamura then raised his level again and shut-out the remaining batters, squandering yet another scoring opportunity for Hakuryu. 11 for the later half of the game. Sawamura probably feeling a bit pressured and starts off with 3-1 but manages to get Takami with a grounder. It is a summary of the story. 18 at the start of the Fall Tournament. Following Seidou's win over Yakushi High in the Fall, Sawamura openly challenged Furuya for the ace title, and the latter accepted it. Sawamura was motivated to give his best to answer the coach's expectation. Diamond no Ace Act 2 anime, which is the second part of the popular baseball manga series, will be animated. Together they score their first run of the game. In Ace of Diamond: Act II, things finally seem to be turning around for him.Ever since he stepped foot onto the fields of Seido as a first-year, his dream has always been to become the ace and lead his team to the National High School Baseball Championship and become champions. [35] Sawamura's pitching form makes it difficult for batters to correctly time their swing while it also makes his pitch seem deceptively faster than it actually is. Sawamura did not pitch in the second round. After combining his original form of raising his knee high and his new wall form, he was finally able to complete his new style. Starting out at Seidou isn't exactly smooth sailing for the ray sunshine that is Sawamura. With the help of Kataoka (who has been watching over him the entire time although seemingly ignoring him for so long) Sawamura is able to polish his own special pitch in just one week. Kataoka tells Sawamura to practice on his own and to avoid contact with the ball. One pitch hits Shirakawa's helmet, shocking everyone. While Shirakawa receives treatment in the dugout, his teammates try to encourage Sawamura but Miyuki notices his change after the dead ball, then sends a signal to their coach. His team was below average, often making mistakes during critical moments and losing almost all their matches. Regardless, Amahisa prevented Seidou's sacrificial bunt and scoring attempts. After a short banter with Furuya, Sawamura cheers loudly from the dugout, delaying cool down to watch the rest of the inning. The first Season of Diamond No Ace got premiered on 6 October 2013. He was surprised when Sawamura achieved this within one week with the help of Coach Kataoka. The two have a kind of big-brother little-brother kind of relationship. [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. 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. Kawakami and Yui battery comes in to relief and despite ceding 1 run, they closed out the game for a win. Who scouted Sawamura? 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. With such a kid on the team, the team is bound to get stronger." Also due the very same reason, Sawamura found it difficult to channel his power to the pitch. On the final day of the training camp, a three way round robin is held between Seidou, Inashiro Industrial and Shuhoku. Again, on 2 April 2019, another Diamond No ace series got aired. After all, his own determination is what matters the most." Sawamura tries to execute but embarrassingly fails. On the stands, Sawamura sat away from the rest of the team to watch the game on his own. Top of the 3rd, Seidou is facing Ichidai's ace, Amahisa, who gives up two strikes wanting to hit the new pitch, number 9. Back to the top of the line up with Chimaru who becomes the third out by failing to hit an outside corner, changeup, and strikes out on an inside corner. 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. Ichidai however like any team who plays to win will not let up. Miyuki, who walked in on their conversation, gets angry and scolds Sawamura. The first season was adapted back in October 2013, then Season 2 came in April 2016 and lastly, Act 2 started its adaptation in April 2019 and has now just ended. The series is listed for 52 episodes. In Act II, he becomes Seidou's ace in his second year by the start of the Summer Regional Tournament. [23] Sawamura is seen sweating rather excessively and Kawakami wonders if it was because he has been going all out since the beginning. Sawamura then starts to observe the practice of the other members and realizes that in order to perfect a strategy, every player has their own role to perform. 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. 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. Calling for a time-out, Miyuki tells Sawamura to focus on the batter. Sawamura unknowingly threw a cutter to strike out Sensen's Ace, Maki. The fourth season of The most loved sport drama Diamond no Ace will be released soon for viewers who are anticipating it. On top of the 5th, after Toujou and Higasa got on base and at 1 out, Sawamura was up to bat. Sawamura yells at Furuya from the bullpen saying not to get flung around by the batters' bunting stance. With Seidou scoring 1 run in the bottom of the 1st inning, Sawamura continued to shut the opponents out and the match become a stalemate since. series, written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate and published in the manga magazine, Weekly Shnen Jump. Seidou's opponent in the Semi Final was Ichidaisan High, one of Seidou's long time established rival in the same block. Sawamura became by time a natural violent professional boxer with a tendency to foul when there was reason. Furuya is again the starting pitcher for the match. Sawamura could not even catch a fly ball to outfield that landed near his position properly and would always commit errors on defense. However, different from his impressive form at Senbatsu, Furuya struggled with command throughout the match and has to pitch under pressure after walking runners on base. They started working together to slowly polish Sawamura's skills. Chris battles Sawamura with fouls but Sawamura finally manages to throw low and away like Chris wanted him to and outs him. [1] The series is listed for 52 episodes. He says that his qualities as a pitcher are being tested. It was part of Weekly Shnen Magazine from 2006 to 2015. Hongou however was the more consistent pitcher and he delivered Seidou a complete shutout game with Komadai winning 2 - 0 over Seidou. 3rd base runner attempted to score but was prevented by Asou's excellent throw, retiring him at home plate. The first season aired in 2013; the second season aired in 2015, and the third season aired in 2019. Okumura wants to use Sawamura's No. I can't believe they had a pitcher that good hidden in Furuya Satoru's shadow." In the 8th inning, Sawamura presumably retired Ichinose and faces Akashi for the final time. Watching from the bullpen, Sawamura was irritated with Furuya's shocking performance. At a conversation with Takashima, Sawamura complains about Chris' apparent lack of motivation. Sawamura, in his own way lets everyone know he's mad, but is aware of the limits of his abilities. Miyauchi hates it when Sawamura is too loud in the bullpen, "I will be fine. And with 52 episodes, it ended on 31 March 2020. . After 5 innings, Amahisa's pitching started stabilizing while in contrast, Furuya was still very unstable. Sawamura retired the lead-off batter Ichinose for 1 out. 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. Other 1st string pitchers and catchers also took interest in this and gather altogether at Miyuki's room, as such Miyuki has been holding a "cram school" in the evening to pass down his expertise and experiences not only for Sawamura but other other pitchers and catchers as well.[27]. 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. The batter's hit was caught by Shirasu on right field but the runner was able to tag-in to score and Sawamura ceded a run. Sawamura however was disappointed with himself that he was tired after only 115 pitches and was subbed out in the 8th inning. 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. 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. Split-finger Fastball Circle Changeup Sawamura has to form a battery with Takigawa Chris Yuu, while Furuya teams up with Miyuki. After the first years showed their resolution to the coach, he allows Sawamura to pitch. Sawamura then puts Seidou in the quarter finals by closing out the game on the top of the 5th inning. After Miyuki, Haruichi was the next person in the team to recognize Sawamura's abilities. In Seidou's first official match for the fall, Furuya wears the ace number and shines in both pitching and batting. 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. Does Sawamura become ace? The teamwork between the new formed battery isn't particularly good. -, "I was sure to watch over Sawamura's hard work along the way, his positive and proactive personality is something that I can honestly respect, although he can be annoying from time to time; but have I expected him to be able to shoulder the ace number this quickly? 20 for the Summer Tournament, and later on No. He was then switched out with Kawakami, who closed the game. She wishes Sawamura good luck on becoming the ace and says that she is cheering for him. [30] However, he still misses a lot so naturally his peers were doubtful. Shirasu managed to preserve Seidou's lead by a well play pass to home-plate. On top of the fifth, Seidou is up by eleven, hence, the game is called and they bag the win. Although it appears that the two don't get along, Kanemaru admires Sawamura for his tenacity. Ichidai has always been my favorite rival team so I have been pumped about this for a while. It's the best kind of pitching. He is a left-handed pitcher who was promoted from the second string to the first string as No. 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. -, "I don't know what you are battling with right now, Furuya. When Sawamura had the yips, Kanemaru was the first one to ask Chris to help Sawamura, implying he was worried about him. When Nanamori's fourth batter, Goda, is up, Miyuki wants to ask for inside pitches but decides to play it safe and calls for an outside. With one out an a runner on base the inning ends with Ichidai getting Kanemaru and Sawamura out one after the other and Ichidai's pitcher reveling in the energy on the field. Before the Final match against Inashiro, Sawamura became unconsciously aware that he lacks power, and thus has to learn a breaking pitch to limit outfield hits. Sawamura gets no chance to play in one of these matches, although asking Kataoka's permission to pitch, who however declines. Miyuki apologizes to Chris for asking him to help out but Chris says that it's something he always wanted to say to him and hopes that it'll help Sawamura get over his fear of throwing to the inside. Mine Fujio later on comments to his fellow journalist that while Seidou continued to win their previous games with their pitcher relay, it was probably the lack of an absolute ace that cost Seidou the win. The finals end with Inashiro's win at 5-4. Thus, Sawamura does the towel drill and image training the night before the 3rd round match to prepare himself to contribute to the big upcoming match. [37] Known to most in-universe characters as Sawamura's winning or strike-out pitch. In the seventh and final batter of the seventh, the match between Seido and Yaya Prince is on. A fastball that breaks into the chest of a right-handed batter. Sawamura throws a changeup for the first pitch and Miyagawa, the third batter, lets it pass and it counts as a strike. 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. An anime adaptation of Ace of Diamond Act IIhas been announced, and it premiered on April 2, 2019. 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. The anime follows the manga, so it makes no difference if you read it or watch it. On top of the ninth inning Tanba and Miyuki close out the game. The third batter makes a slug bunt, despite being jammed which enables Yura to score the first run. -, "The ability to cleanly pitch to the corners of the zone and calm judgement on the mound in a crisis. [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. 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. Sawamura realizes that he has to move on too and asks Miyuki if he could watch the finals video again. Diamond no Ace is a story which follows Eijun Sawamura, a pitcher who is invited by a scout to Tokyo's prestigious Seidou High School after seeing the potential in his unusual pitching style and his spirit. Kawakami has said that it's probably because he's not afraid of the pitch that he's so good at it. 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. With 2 outs, Sawamura retires Ouno in the 9th inning to closes the game. After eliminating those that were unstable, they have come up with the Numbers which consist of at least 11 types of different pitches. Eijun Sawamura lost his last middle school baseball game because of a stray pitch. On the field, Kanemaru surprisingly has a nickname for Sawamura whenever he's doing well - "Wamura.". Realizing that they cannot out him with outside pitches alone, Miyuki finally calls for an inside pitch. He suggested Miyuki to call for the Numbers inside the zone early so he can contain his pitch count in the first half of the game which should enable him to pitch a complete game. 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. Seidou's regular players are switched in as pinch hitters and their efforts earned Seidou another run. 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