Chris too became affected by Sawamura's optimism and passion and started to regain his former mentality during in the short time they formed a battery. Chris battles Sawamura with fouls but Sawamura finally manages to throw low and away like Chris wanted him to and outs him. Sawamura continues to practice alone and is surprised when Chris joins him. During their next match against Akikawa, the opposing batters don't swing at Furuya's pitches and try to tire Furuya with bunts. 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! With such a kid on the team, the team is bound to get stronger." When coupled with Miyuki's smart game calling, Sawamura was able to strike out notable batters including Todoroki Raichi and Sanada Shunpei through the use of the Changeup - Fastball Combination. A player who really came from Asia and became famous. Coach Raizou correctly assumes that Sawamura's pitch is a moving fastball. Sawamura yells at Furuya from the bullpen saying not to get flung around by the batters' bunting stance. With this, Sawamura shows his potential to be the ace for the first time. Seidou's regular players are switched in as pinch hitters and their efforts earned Seidou another run. In Seidou's first official match for the fall, Furuya wears the ace number and shines in both pitching and batting. Calling for a time-out, Miyuki tells Sawamura to focus on the batter. Sawamura was gearing up to pitch a complete game on his own, understanding the importance of being handed the starting role for the toughest practice game of the bunch. He comes from the prefecture of Nagano (Ina, Nagano), where he played baseball at Akagi Junior High. Miyuki isn't pleased with Sawamura not following his lead and throws the ball back to Sawamura as hard as possible. 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. 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. They have the habit of checking each other's faults and even openly commenting on it. This video contains content from TV Tokyo Anime Rights Management, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds Sawamura becomes the ace! With Seidou leading by 10 runs, the game was called after the 7th inning. Sawamura's 2-seam fastball breaks down and away from right-handed batters as it comes close to the plate. Sawamura believed to be Chris uncommitted to the team and unhelpful to him, while Chris only saw Eijun as an immature and annoying underclassman. Facing the 4th and 5th batter with bases loaded, Sawamura pitches tight to the corners and quickly scores 2 strike outs to close out the inning, effectively stopping Ichidai's momentum. An anime adaptation of Ace of Diamond Act II has been announced, and it premiered on April 2, 2019. Ace of Diamond has aired three seasons so far. Sawamura thinks that he is yet to be acknowledged by the coach. [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 has developed his cutter into what is referred to as the "Revised Cutter" by his 2nd year. After four days, Sawamura is showing improvement on fielding and is finally allowed to practice in the bullpen on the fifth day. Sawamura specializes in throwing idiosyncratic pitches or commonly known to Western fans as "breaking fastball pitches". Here are the rankings, result summaries in the comments, on Sunday we'll be starting the middle blocker popularity poll, can't wait. Bottom of the 7th, Sawamura faces the biggest challenge of the match after giving up a hit and a walk. But with the help and encouragement of his friends and family, he decides to take on his new journey. As of the Spring Tournament of his second year, Sawamura's fastballs now reach a speed of 135 km/hr. 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. Sawamura throws to the outer edge for the first pitch giving Miyuki goosebumps. By the top of the 4th, Sawamura gives up the first hit of the game and the runner gets advanced into scoring position. [51], Sawamura also possesses another type of changeup known as the Palmball, while Miyuki refers to this pitch as Sawamura's "high speed changeup". Shirasu managed to preserve Seidou's lead by a well play pass to home-plate. [40] Sawamura's accurate control allows him to get strike on the corners more reliably compared to his first year and, when coupled with the rich variety of pitches he possesses, gives batters a difficult time predicting what type of pitch he may throw next. 20 for the Summer Tournament, and later on No. This is rather a devastating blow than a happy surprise for Sawamura. Kawakami is then subbed in by the 7th inning to replace Furuya to keep him fresh as the coaches considered the possibility of the looming 3rd round match against Komadai. Kawakami has said that it's probably because he's not afraid of the pitch that he's so good at it. All together, Ace of Diamond has had 174 episodes across its three seasons. Weekly Shnen Magazine has serialized it from 2006 to 2015. Sawamura faces Narumiya, who sees this as an insult. Not her cellphone, but the actual land-line in the Sawamura house. Sawamura then puts Seidou in the quarter finals by closing out the game on the top of the 5th inning. Diamond no Ace Season 4 is one of the most looked forward to sequels by sports anime fans. After 6 steady innings, Kawakami held Eigen High to only 1 run and Seidou scoring a lead of 11 - 1 over their opponent. After eliminating those that were unstable, they have come up with the Numbers which consist of at least 11 types of different pitches. However, she has been shown to have feelings for him after he left for Seidou. Despite jamming the batter, the ball flies above the drawn in fielders. But not Sawamura - when he's at bat, he barely gets on base due to an error of the catcher. Sawamura unknowingly threw a cutter to strike out Sensen's Ace, Maki. [36] This prompts Ochiai to have to re-evaluate Sawamura's value as a pitcher. Furuya is again the starting pitcher for the match. 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. In the quarter-finals Sawamura replaces Furuya on top of the third inning and faces the top of the lineup. He also arranged a meeting with Miyuki to discuss about game calling which ended up becoming a group meeting for all pitchers and catchers within the team. At the top of the ninth, a batter bunts the first pitch, but Sawamura dives for the ball, successfully catching it in the air for the out. Coupled with his late release form, Sawamura's fastball appears faster to the batter. Miyuki goes to Sawamura reminding him that his teammates are there for him. Second pitch hits a grounder to first and it's three outs with only 6 pitches thrown. The fourth season of The most loved sport drama Diamond no Ace will be released soon for viewers who are anticipating it. On the top of the 3rd inning, Miyuki began mixing up a few of the Numbers' pitches into his lead in combination with Sawamura's straight fastball to great success and he was able to get another 3 up 3 down. Sawamura suggests this idea to Miyuki and Chris who immediately ignore himonly to come back later to ask what type of pitch Sawamura's looking to learn, which he suggests the cutter. What sport is Diamond no Ace? Sawamura throws the ball to Kuramochi, who throws to Maezono. Sawamura was motivated to give his best to answer the coach's expectation. Again, on 2 April 2019, another Diamond No ace series got aired. 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]. 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. 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. Sawamura is at the bullpen throwing pitches not wanting to just sit and do nothing after seeing how Furuya pitched. Bitter than pain and grief. He is a pitcher who throws with his feelings and is never ashamed to show everyone what's on his mind. Next up is Ouya's clean-up and Miyuki again calls for the changeup, which Sawamura successfully executes, striking the batter out. Is it Worth Watching? With the batter cornered, Sawamura throws another revised splitter for the third pitch and it's a grounder to Kominato for the second out. Sawamura remembers all that he's learned from Chris. He says that his qualities as a pitcher are being tested. Chimaru hits the first pitch with a grounder to third caught by Kanemru and easily threw to Maezono at first for the first out. 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. The 4th batter capitalized on Sawamura;'s wavering moment after the Walk and landed a long hit on the 1st pitch. Tachi tells Sawamura, Haruichi and Furuya that watching them play reminded him of his old days, then tells them to work hard. Lazybum0, Feb 11, 2017. During the top of the tenth, Kawakami is sent to the mound replacing Sawamura. 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. [37], Sawamura tested out the breaking pitches, the Slider and the Curveball during the Winter off-season; however, Miyuki note that because when he pitches the breaking pitches, his elbow drops a bit as he's trying too hard to make the ball bends. They start to connect with his pitches but Sawamura gets out of the jam without ceding a run. Also due the very same reason, Sawamura found it difficult to channel his power to the pitch. Sawamura too wonders about that. 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. 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. Hakuryu scores 1 run in the 8th inning on a failed double play attempt by Seidou. Sawamura laughs and apologizes for passing on the baton in a pinch. [40] Asada notes that Sawamura is a pitcher who can throw accurately to the chest every time regardless of how far away he is. About Diamond no Ace Ace of Diamond is a Japanese shnen baseball manga series by Yuji Terajima and published by Kodansha. Mima hits a Double on a fastball and put Hakuryu in an early scoring position. At the last second Kuramochi catches the ball near the outfield, resulting in two outs and runner on third. 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." They started working together to slowly polish Sawamura's skills. After all of Seidou's batter gets striked out in the top of the seventh some players start to look dire, prompting Sawamura to yell out some words of encouragement. The first years start to get lively again and the one who created this mood is undoubtedly Sawamura. Sawamura's cutter has a sharp breaking motion when coming close to the plate. At school, students muse why Sawamura is included in the roster when he's doing so poorly at practice. Sawamura, overwhelmed by Furuya's fast pitch, realizes that he has to battle Furuya for the "ace" status. Only after seeing his captain crying, Sawamura realizes that they were just one out away from Koshien and he too starts to cry. But, true to their style, they strike out Amahisa with the new pitch, much to his dismay. 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. 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. The series has a total of 184 episodes, plus three OVAs. He was surprised when Sawamura achieved this within one week with the help of Coach Kataoka. (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 . Thanks to Chris' guidance, Sawamura learned the pick-off techniques and how to watch out for runners when pitching. Coach Kataoka explains that this is the result of the opponent going all out. Shortly after their loss against Inashiro, Furuya tells Sawamura that he'll be the "Ace" of the team. During Furuya's pitching debut[14] Sawamura gets angry and tells Chris that he'll never become a soulless player like him. The duel lasted 11 pitches and Akashi ended up hitting Sawamura's pitch to outfield. The first Season of Diamond No Ace got premiered on 6 October 2013. 18 at the start of the Fall Tournament. [23] Sawamura is seen sweating rather excessively and Kawakami wonders if it was because he has been going all out since the beginning. Haruichi is Sawamura's close friend. In the next inning, Sawamura strikes Kiryu's Ace Hiromi Tachi out, but in the end Kiryu wins the game. 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]. Diamond no Ace is a fantastic anime with a very accurate portrayal of baseball. He has a habit of saying things bluntly and often praises either Furuya or Eijun, causing them to compete against each other frequently. Furuya held Nihou Shouno to 1 run by the 6th inning and Seidou is up by 3 runs. Does Sawamura become captain? Hell, even if the entire world thinks it's okay, I'll never accept it." After learning the changeup grips and understanding how different grips can effect the speed of a pitch, Sawamura fastball's velocity began to improve as he gained more feels on his fingertips and that he could transfer the power to the pitch much better. The next batter bunts, allowing Raichi to squeeze into home, putting Yakushi back into lead. So on top of the 2nd inning Sawamura stands on the pitching mound with the determination to live up to the expectations including those of his teammates on the bench. Note that this data is based on the official guidebook!You are free to write about the characters improvements in the Skills section above! 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. Circle Changeup Since Sawamura is a left-handed pitcher, his Cutter breaks into the body of a right-handed batter, frequently able to induce jams and ground balls. Miyuki approves and Sawamura successfully throws to the inside and gets over-excited. [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. Sawamura overcomes the difficulties during his face-off with Maki Yousuke and passes the baton to Kawakami, who successfully closes the game. The person he respects: His grandfather -, Hobbies/Special Skill: Catching beetles, watching sumo, and fishing, Because Sawamura often reads old books like "The Book of Five Rings", he tends to call his superiors old Japanese military ranks and switch his speech pattern to flowery old language from time to time. Ochiai observes Sawamura before their game against Teito and asks if he wants to switch to sidearm pitching, thus suggesting becoming a practice pitcher for the team. Originally, Sawamura has extremely erratic throwing motions. Sawamura then stopped the bleeding and closed out the inning. Furuya is Seidou's starting pitcher and only at the top of the eighth, Sawamura is sent to the mound. [25] 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. It was a tearful farewell. They settled for an inside 2-seamer and Sawamura forced a grounder for a Double Play to close out the inning. On top of the ninth, Kawakami is on the mound and outs the batter. Sawamura did not pitch in the second round. He gets hit several times but isn't affected at all which impresses most of the players and encourage them to continue. Despite Sawamura's endless antics, Haruichi has full respect towards him, especially for his boundless optimism and perseverance. Split-finger Fastball Since the Winter training camp, Sawamura started to make contact with the ball while using the bunting stance and bragged about overcoming his weakness. Chris then taught him how to pitch low outside, telling him that this was the pitch he always wanted him to learn. Later on, Wakana confesses that she wanted to watch Sawamura on his great development as a pitcher more closely. During this match Sawamura wants to show Chris his growth, but Ono can't catch his balls. March 2020 is when the third season ended. Ichidai however like any team who plays to win will not let up. On top of the fifth, Seidou is up by eleven, hence, the game is called and they bag the win. By the 4th inning, Seihou's batters made adjustments to their batting mechanics and stopped using a leg kick to counter Sawamura's moving fastballs and deceptive pitching delivery. 18 at the start of the Fall Tournament. He also announced the reset of the jersey numbers. At the day of his departure, after Sawamura gets on the train, his friends reveal that they really loved playing baseball with him and secretly wanted him to stay and form a team with them anew. He thinks of Kataoka's advice of not needing to throw to the inside, but still decide to call for a cutter to the inside. After striking out Sawamura, Kuramochi is up and after a few balls and fouls he hits center field getting to first base. Will the ace number of the blue road be taken by either Sawamura or Furuya this summer? Now, he only has one dreamto become the ace pitcher of his team. One pitch hits Shirakawa's helmet, shocking everyone.
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