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. Bitter than pain and grief. In the bottom of the seventh Miyuki and Sawamura prevail against Yakushi's clean-up batters, striking out Raichi on a fastball and Sanada on a changeup in succession. He is shown to be regretful about his actions afterwards, such as his conflict with Chris when he first joined the team. Sawamura finished the game pitching 8 innings with 2 lost runs and 7 hits in a 4 - 2 victory against Kokonoe. He is often seen with a smile. Sawamura is petrified. At first, Haruno, thought that she was only a nuisance to others, namely the other managers. Seidou regulars then went on to watch the remaining semifinal match between Inajitsu and Teitou while the rest of the team returned to school. 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. Getting riled up from the battle of spirit going on Sawamura pitches a dead ball walking Miyagawa to first base. Ryota Ohsaka, Eijun Sawamura's voice, teased the audience by hinting at an anime in the future. Lazybum0, Feb 11, 2017. Sawamura shakes off the sign understanding the batter, and wants to pitch to the inside. 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. [26]. 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. Kawai of Seidou [1] At the start of the first inning Miyuki tells Sawamura to be himself and pitch like usual. After that, Sawamura was completely rattled and he gives up more hits and walks another batter. Sawamura is cheering on his teammates until he is on the mound replacing Furuya, baffling Ochiai who observes from the stands. After several attempts and defeats during practice matches, Chris is the one who tells him that his moving ball is the quality that defines him - his strong point. He won't let you leave even one grain of rice in your bowl, for he is a supervisor from hell." 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. On the final day of the training camp, a three way round robin is held between Seidou, Inashiro Industrial and Shuhoku. Kawakami has said that it's probably because he's not afraid of the pitch that he's so good at it. Kuramochi often practices his wrestling moves on him, and because of Sawamura's flexible body Kuramochi does not have to worry about hurting him much. 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. Bottom of the 7th inning, Miyuki said he wants to mix in more Numbers to get batters out quickly and Sawamura complied, saying he has complete trust in Miyuki's lead. There is a chance that Sawamura might not become ace. 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. The next batter targets the 1st pitch and put runner in scoring position again at 1st and 3rd. In the next inning, Sawamura strikes Kiryu's Ace Hiromi Tachi out, but in the end Kiryu wins the game. 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. Originally, Sawamura was quite boastful; however, after learning it the hard way through the defeat to Inajitsu and the yips period, he became aware of his own standing within the team and understood that it was necessary to place the team's priority over his own. The grips with stable pitching became official numbers. 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." Hongou however was the more consistent pitcher and he delivered Seidou a complete shutout game with Komadai winning 2 - 0 over Seidou. [51], Sawamura also possesses another type of changeup known as the Palmball, while Miyuki refers to this pitch as Sawamura's "high speed changeup". The first years start to get lively again and the one who created this mood is undoubtedly Sawamura. Seidou begins defense with Sawamura as the starting pitcher. When Raichi is once again at-bat he hits the ball and it goes over the left field fence, bringing in two runs for Yakushi. [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. They started talking about how Seidou have been winning a lot of their practice matches and how strong they are looking. Here are the rankings, result summaries in the comments, on Sunday we'll be starting the middle blocker popularity poll, can't wait. Before he leaves the dugout, Kataoka makes sure that Sawamura is aware of the situation the team is faced with. Split-finger Fastball Kataoka then entrusts Sawamura the eighth, who manages to hold the Yakushi batters down. Sawamura assures Kanemaru that everything is okay and stays focused. 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. 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. -, "You can't play baseball by yourself! 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. 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]. She says that she really likes people who are as "stupid" as him. Sawamura is at the bullpen throwing pitches not wanting to just sit and do nothing after seeing how Furuya pitched. Sawamura started playing baseball because of. 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. Answer (1 of 3): As of right now in the anime is Sawamura. He continues to strike the following batters, stopping Teito's momentum. [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. One of Sawamura's fastball was clocked at 135 km/h. 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. As the story progresses, they become friendlier with each other and even exchange advice on how to throw breaking balls. At the bullpen, Sawamura warms-up with Miyuki and unknowingly throws to the inside, surprising his teammates. Sawamura's strengths are his infallible spirit, bunting, infield defense, and his idiosyncratic pitches. They should switch gears and move on. 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. Calling for a time-out, Miyuki tells Sawamura to focus on the batter. He even went as far as to become a practice pitcher on Coach Ochiai's advice, at his own risk. Sawamura is overjoyed and he roars. 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. But Sawamura is eager to learn new things even after making mistakes, which he tries to realize and prevent in the future. 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. Since Kanemaru was Chris's roommate, he was often asked by the third year to take care of Sawamura. After the game during a brief meeting, it's revealed that Sawamura suffers from the yips[17]. Sawamura was motivated to give his best to answer the coach's expectation. Sawamura thinks that he is yet to be acknowledged by the coach. Sawamura believed to be Chris uncommitted to the team and unhelpful to him, while Chris only saw Eijun as an immature and annoying underclassman. -, "In the first place, you look like a thug and you speak like a thug. Wakana is Sawamura's childhood friend who cares deeply about him. After witnessing the commotion, Seto notes that Amahisa seems to have changed while Okumura was annoyed saying Amahisa was rude to Sawamura. Third member of the Ichinen Trio, Haruichi keeps Sawamura's manners and words in check. With this, Sawamura shows his potential to be the ace for the first time. 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. 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 -. 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. But he throws way too low and he unconsciously run away from the inside corner of the zone, which was his strength. Furuya reveals that he only came to Seidou because of his hopes that Miyuki can catch his pitches. He is also shown to have no sense of personal space or respect for another person's privacy as shown when he broke into Wakana's bathroom while she was taking a bath and burst into Miyuki's room while the catcher was sleeping.[11][12]. Sawamura Eijun has replaced Furuya Satoru as the ace. He helps Sawamura with his classwork (because the latter needs constant cramming in order to pass his exams) and often stands in the batter's box when Sawamura practices pitching. Furuya and Eijun become instant rivals because they both wanted to be ace. 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. He gets hit several times but isn't affected at all which impresses most of the players and encourage them to continue. It has become a habit that whenever Sawamura does well on the mound, Kuramochi kicks him to display his appreciation. The Numbers are various grips that Sawamura and Miyuki have tested. The series is listed for 52 episodes. He has a habit of saying things bluntly and often praises either Furuya or Eijun, causing them to compete against each other frequently. With their success and deep run in the Fall Season, Seidou was seeded for the Tournament and was bypassed to the 3rd round. After the match, Sawamura finally sees his old Junior High team again who came to cheer for him. 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." Starting out at Seidou isn't exactly smooth sailing for the ray sunshine that is Sawamura. Then comes their ninth batter, Miyamoto but Sawamura quickly strikes him out while making his beating his fastest record with a 140 km pitch. 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 was the starting pitcher and he pitched 4 scoreless innings while struck out 4. Dubbed as the "Bunting Master" by his teammates, Sawamura is a gifted bunter, being able to effortlessly bunt any pitch, even that with a speed of 150 km/h. He performs stable until he faces Inui Kengo on the top of the eight. He is a left-handed pitcher who was promoted from the second string to the first string as No. It was a tearful farewell. Does Sawamura become captain? Seidou's regular players are switched in as pinch hitters and their efforts earned Seidou another run. During the next at bat, Sawamura faces Yakushi's clean-up. Chimaru hits the first pitch with a grounder to third caught by Kanemru and easily threw to Maezono at first for the first out. Due to this practice, Kanemaru isn't scared of getting hit by wild pitches anymore. Sawamura did not pitch in the second round. 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. 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. He is a left-handed pitcher who was promoted from the second string to the first string as No. Diamond no Ace Wiki is a FANDOM Anime Community. Houmei High managed 2 hits in the 8th inning from Sawamura and took back 1 run. After four days, Sawamura is showing improvement on fielding and is finally allowed to practice in the bullpen on the fifth day. 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. 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. Shirakawa is at bat next and battles it out with Sawamura, who starts to pitch harder. Seidou faces off against Maimon West High School in the West Tokyo qualifiers. A conventional circle changeup taught to Sawamura by coach Ochiai before the match against Ouya. Sawamura too is awed and recalls Furuya telling him that he'll be the one taking the ace title. Back in the fall, we, too, got our butts kicked because of the devil's own guts that boy has." 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. Miyuki ends the game by hitting a walk-off 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. He gets through the 2nd inning without losing any runs. Seidou's opponent in the Semi Final was Ichidaisan High, one of Seidou's long time established rival in the same block. His team was below average, often making mistakes during critical moments and losing almost all their matches. Miyuki and Chris teach Furuya about control and pacing while Sawamura has to practice pitching with the net. Together they score their first run of the game. Sawamura then stopped the bleeding and closed out the inning. Kanemaru, 8-hole, with the coach's words ringing through his head cleanly hits Ichidai's pitcher's curve ball down to the left. 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]. So he tells Sawamura to let the team handle the rest. who expected Sawamura to be a more sensible starter against the left-handed batters dominated core line-up of Ichidaisan. After performing good and receiving praise from Kataoka, the game is put into a temporary halt due to the rain. It was part of Weekly Shnen Magazine from 2006 to 2015. She is often mistaken (usually by Kuramochi) to be Sawamura's girlfriend, but Sawamura insists they are just childhood friends. [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. 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 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. Feeling frustrated with his own inability that he couldn't and wasn't allowed to contribute in the match, Sawamura decided to take home some of the soil from the bullpen where he stood the whole match watching his teammates instead of the soil from the mound or the dugout like common practice. -, "If he is able to improve his control, he would become an impressive pitcher." During the practice match[16] against Osaka Kiryu High School, Furuya's on the mound first. Sawamura walked the next batter creating the first crisis Seidou faced in the match. Miyuki uses him as a decoy, but both get punished by Coach Kataoka along with Sawamura's roommates Kuramochi Youichi and Masuko Tooru. 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. Sawamura tries to execute but embarrassingly fails. Miyuki then calls for a changeup, which Sawamura learnt before the quarterfinals thanks to the advices from Ochiai. For the first time since the match against Azuma, Sawamura and Miyuki form a battery. Sawamura witnesses Miyuki's clever game calling firsthand when he visits to watch Seidou's practice and is overwhelmed, secretly wishing to play baseball with someone as incredible as Miyuki in the future. Sawamura then raised his level again and shut-out the remaining batters, squandering yet another scoring opportunity for Hakuryu. On top of the 7th inning, Sawamura struggles to control his Numbers and ended up walking a runner after getting 1 out. Is Diamond no Ace worth watching? He is respectful towards majority of his senior teammates like Chris, Yuuki, Isashiki, and Ryosuke, but he is more familiar towards his roommates Kuramochi, Masuko and Asada, as well as Miyuki. Sawamura understands the message and starts pitching to Miyuki's mitt. Ace of Diamondis an animeseries based on the mangaby Yuji Terajimaserialized in Weekly Shnen Magazine. After a short banter with Furuya, Sawamura cheers loudly from the dugout, delaying cool down to watch the rest of the inning. Okumura wants to use Sawamura's No. She wishes Sawamura good luck on becoming the ace and says that she is cheering for him. -, "Just now, it really felt like I managed to transfer my power to the ball!" The two have a kind of big-brother little-brother kind of relationship. This form causes his throwing arm to come out much later and causes the ball to move more. With regards to performance, they recognize each other's abilities, though they both rarely admit it. 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. On the bottom inning, Seidou targets Ouno's Slider and widen their lead to 3 - 0. Post Spring Tournament - Golden Week Period. 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. Sawamura continues to strike out Akikawa and the crowd is impressed, as well as Chris and Kataoka who compliments Sawamura. Wamura (by Kanemaru) 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. In the bottom of the seventh Sawamura finally is allowed to pitch. Sawamura's pitching form surprise the batters. [37] Known to most in-universe characters as Sawamura's winning or strike-out pitch. Despite this, Sawamura appears unfazed. This eventually changed after Sawamura found out that Chris was leaving practice early not because he had given up, but for rehab due to an injury.
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