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getchman
He started it
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 10:15 pm
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wow, animation quality took a nose dive this episode
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DuskyPredator
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 10:00 am
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Episode 11
What a win, he won from instinctively putting his racket in front of his face to block a risky move by his opponent and just happened to hit it too far for it to be returned. He is starting to think a bit more beyond just a lot of the technicalities, good to see him think more tactically.
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DuskyPredator
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 9:34 am
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Episode 12
A day of mental training and Eiichiro improves heaps, he had the spectators shocked. I liked that Mike guy, he seemed to be having fun messing around a bit, but he still knew what he was talking about.
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Gewürtztraminer
Joined: 14 Nov 2007
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Location: Texas - Its like whole other country.
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 3:02 pm
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I am surprisingly hooked on this show.
Getting a framework of Eiichiro's abilities, has led to a believable level of progress in a year's time. Someone with his eyesight, level of study/thinking, and dedication could become scarily good in a year, in most any sport.
The main hurdles as always are mental.
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DuskyPredator
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:48 am
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Episode 25 (final)
It is done, but there will be a second season, and I am kind of looking forward to it. This has not been the best current airing sports anime, that honor belongs to Haikyuu (the last episode of which I am watching after this), but that is unfair. Baby Steps is not flashy, character models look off and pacing it does lag a bit terms of pace, but it is still rather fun and informative, I think is rather realistic. While second fiddle, it does do some things that are missing from Haikyuu and the two complement each other pretty well. I do have to note that having watched all of a certain road racer anime, this was much easier to watch.
I like him and Natsu, a date episode was a good thing to finish off with, as is the promise of him going to America for a trip, I really want to see that. For a rating of the series, I give it a Decent, there were times I was shrugged a little that it would be a bit boring, but I did not lose my time watching it, I think it just propped itself up from So-so.
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DuskyPredator
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:04 am
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Season 2, Episode 1
Hmm, this series is not linked to on the Series Discussion Index.
Not bad first episode back, we got right into the institution of him on the trip. I do have the thought that everyone is able to speak Japanese a little odd, but I guess that I will instead assume that it is him who is speaking English or something.
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Stark700
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:12 am
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I like it so far as this is my favorite arc and they introduced quite a bit of characters including Marica. We'll see how much Eiichiro will improve from here though as he has yet to show all of his potential in America.
Some pro players like Alex should really help his training quite a bit!
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dtm42
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 12:53 pm
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A solid start to the new season.
Playing such high-level opponents is going to be a huge boon for him. What he needs now more than anything else is experience at playing against powerful yet skilled opponents. If he learns how to hold his own against pros he'll have the knowledge to win against amateurs.
DuskyPredator wrote: | I do have the thought that everyone is able to speak Japanese a little odd, but I guess that I will instead assume that it is him who is speaking English or something. |
That's what I thought too. He's a straight-A student so maybe he knows enough English to get by.
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Gewürtztraminer
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:19 pm
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It is shocking how easily I came back into this show within a few minutes of the newest episode.
Pleasant entertainment for me.
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DuskyPredator
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:27 am
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Season 2, Episode 2
Good seeing that some parts like the OP and ED of season 1 are finally having relevance now, especially the series mantra of "Believe in yourself".
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Gina Szanboti
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 4:26 pm
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Yeah, Alex is practically writing the OP with his homilies. Do these things carry more weight when spoken in English?
Last episode seemed like the animation had a bit more polish than I remember, but this one seems back to the usual level, although not as wonky as some episodes got last season. The OP is greatly improved though, I think.
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Stark700
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:41 pm
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I hope Eiichiro doesn't go on another losing streak like that, although he did manage to break it at long last. Welp, this is definitely a warm-up for events to come soon. America's a tough world for new people so he'll have to adapt.
I think his chemistry with the others especially Marcia so far is quite interesting. Kinda curious to see when Natsu will make her on-screen debut this season too.
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DuskyPredator
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 9:51 am
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Season 2, Episode 3
Don't get too into thinking that Maruo's chemistry with Marcia is great, she is apparently only 13. Perhaps he has not seen that many young foreigners? Best part was seeing two characters looking for the top to evolve in a game.
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Stark700
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 11:33 am
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I think a good moral for this week's episode would be:
NEVER underestimate the book man!
No but seriously, good to see that Eiichiro is picking up the game here after taking a lot of losses previously.
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Stark700
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Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:34 am
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Season 2, episode 4:
Imo, the win for Eiirchirou was more like a fluke considering that Alex's last hit was out of bounds. Now, I do give him a lot of credit for playing even with a leg cramp though. I mean, risky but the guy has guts.
I want to see a rematch between them someday too.
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