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. He says that his qualities as a pitcher are being tested. Sawamura confronts Chris and apologizes, asking for another chance. ", "Both the pitcher and the catcher comes together as one to create a 'work of art.' The third season of the anime, titled 'Ace of Diamond Act II', released on April 2, 2019, and also with a total amount of 52 episodes, it finished broadcasting on March 31, 2020. Who animates Diamond no Ace? In the 7th inning with 2 outs and no runners, putting his feelings of not wanting to see his sempais go Sawaura strikes out the third batter with a pitch on the outside corner keeping up one of the best performances of him we'd seen all summer. Miyuki ends the game by hitting a walk-off HR. Kanemaru is Sawamura's classmate who at first refused to acknowledge him, believing Sawamura was all talk. [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. 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. Watching from the bullpen, Sawamura was irritated with Furuya's shocking performance. 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. During the top of the tenth, Kawakami is sent to the mound replacing Sawamura. Born in the Kanagawa Prefecture, he is a very calm and quiet person, often acting as tsukkomi to Sawamura Eijun's boke. From the dugout Sawamura observes Yakushi's ace Sanada, who is quick to ease the worries of his teammates with his optimism, and remembers what Chris had told him about handling things after a homerun. Haruichi is Sawamura's close friend. 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. He even went as far as to become a practice pitcher on Coach Ochiai's advice, at his own risk. -, "The ability to cleanly pitch to the corners of the zone and calm judgement on the mound in a crisis. They settled for an inside 2-seamer and Sawamura forced a grounder for a Double Play to close out the inning. Ouya starts to play mind games on Sawamura, first making him commit a balk[18] followed by a RBI. Coach Raizou correctly assumes that Sawamura's pitch is a moving fastball. For the first time since the match against Azuma, Sawamura and Miyuki form a battery. 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. 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. 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. 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. He is also surprisingly level-headed in critical situations, but can also be swayed negatively, causing his performance to drop. Tanba gives the ball to Sawamura and says that he's the ace now. Sawamura's showing that off again and impresses the coach. 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. On top of the 6th inning, the battery faces Mima again and uses everything within their arsenal against him while Mima was unfazed by the challenge and he continued to foul one pitch after another. Sawamura closes out the top of the 2nd inning cleanly with 3 ups and 3 downs. Eijun Sawamura lost his last middle school baseball game because of a stray pitch. He also announced the reset of the jersey numbers. Sawamura specializes in throwing idiosyncratic pitches or commonly known to Western fans as "breaking fastball pitches". It doesn't take long until the first years are double digit runs behind and some of them start to give up. 20 for the Summer Tournament, and later on No. After Furuya walks the third batter, Kataoka calls for a pitcher substitution and Sawamura takes over. 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. After scoring 5 runs in the 4th inning Seidou makes substitutions to almost all of their positions beside the mid-field positions. The next batter bunts, allowing Raichi to squeeze into home, putting Yakushi back into lead. What happens in Diamond no Ace? Furuya reveals that he only came to Seidou because of his hopes that Miyuki can catch his pitches. [1] The series is listed for 52 episodes. Sawamura jams the next batter, getting out of the pinch. He then ordered Sawamura to pay more attention to his grips and how they influence the pitch. 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. Sawamura is the type of guy that want to be friends with as he just exudes positivity and genuine emotional power from every scene he's in. But this time under the name 'Ace of Diamond Act II. The Numbers are various grips that Sawamura and Miyuki have tested. 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. Only a few days later he is allowed to join the batting and fielding practice. 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. Also due the very same reason, Sawamura found it difficult to channel his power to the pitch. Despite his timing being off, Hoshida bats with one hand, resulting in a hit to deep cf. Sawamura has to form a battery with Takigawa Chris Yuu, while Furuya teams up with Miyuki. "We'll get back to this," she assured him, getting up and heading to the hallway to pick up the phone. The upperclassmen have problems to grasp his pitching style. 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. In the quarter-finals Sawamura replaces Furuya on top of the third inning and faces the top of the lineup. With no outs and runners on second, Ichidais fifth batter, Sasaki, bunts at the first pitch, resulting in runner on third with one out. At the start of the first inning Miyuki tells Sawamura to be himself and pitch like usual. Will there be a season 4 of Diamond no Ace? Ichidai mounted their come back in the bottom of the 5th after Furuya walked a couple of batters and Yuki Masashi's fielding error. Sawamura thinks that he is yet to be acknowledged by the coach. After getting a strike with the splitter, the Seido battery throw a change up for the strike out. With such a kid on the team, the team is bound to get stronger." 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. Miyuki then calls for an inside pitch but Sawamura hits the batter, resulting in an unstable performance. Kawakami and Yui battery comes in to relief and despite ceding 1 run, they closed out the game for a win. 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. Sawamura was then subbed out along with Okumura. Sawamura then raised his level again and shut-out the remaining batters, squandering yet another scoring opportunity for Hakuryu. A player who really came from Asia and became famous. Sawamura is overjoyed and he roars. Sawamura could not even catch a fly ball to outfield that landed near his position properly and would always commit errors on defense. . [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. 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. Failing the challenge, Sawamura was not allowed to participate in practice as promised. Getting too excited with pitching in the Koshien's environment for the first time, Sawamura tripped on the mound in his first pitch and his face turned red in embarrassment. 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. After combining his original form of raising his knee high and his new wall form, he was finally able to complete his new style. During this match Sawamura wants to show Chris his growth, but Ono can't catch his balls. Starting out at Seidou isn't exactly smooth sailing for the ray sunshine that is Sawamura. The only time in which he shakes off Miyuki's sign is in their match against Nanamori Gakuen. 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. The series has a total of 184 episodes, plus three OVAs. Does Sawamura become ace? One pitch hits Shirakawa's helmet, shocking everyone. As Miyuki and Sawamura watches the video, Miyuki thinks that Sawamura is trying his best to move on. Sawamura scores a strike with Number 7, the Cutter Kai, and receives much attention from Ichidai's Ace, Amahisa. Fifth batter is Adachi hits a grounder which is caught by Haruichi and gets him out. Ace of Diamond has been a long and tumultuous road for main character and pitcher Eijun Sawamura. The episode premiered on May 25, 2014. The coach realizes that Chris is probably the only catcher who can play alongside Sawamura right now. Bakamura (by teammates) A conventional circle changeup taught to Sawamura by coach Ochiai before the match against Ouya. Sawamura faces Akashi next and jams him with a fastball inside; however, the batter brought Sawamura's pitch to center field for a Single. Miyuki apologizes to Sawamura for the wrong lead but Sawamura is shaken and throws four balls, prompting Kataoka to sub him out with Kawakami. [6], On July 5th, the Opening Ceremony for the Summer Regional Tournament of Tokyo Prefecture is held. Does Sawamura become captain? At first, Haruno, thought that she was only a nuisance to others, namely the other managers. He makes an error in judgement and is late on the first day. The two have a kind of big-brother little-brother kind of relationship. [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 a hotheaded and loudmouthed youth who usually comes off as obnoxious. Sawamura throws the ball to Kuramochi, who throws to Maezono. -, "If he didn't have the will to advance forward, he wouldn't have raised his head. Seidou wins. During their next match against Akikawa, the opposing batters don't swing at Furuya's pitches and try to tire Furuya with bunts. Sawamura upped his gear and proceeded to strike out the Clean-up and retire the 5th batter to avert the early crisis. Ace of Diamond Is Diamond no Ace good? 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. On the bottom of the 7th inning, Yuki scored a 2 runs game-ending homerun earning Seidou yet another called game victory over their opponent and moving on to the Semi Final. Various schools notice the Seidou team as they walk by. They struck out Todoroki Raichi and Sanada Shunpei back to back. In the evening of the SF match, Seidou held a meeting to reflect on the lost where Kataoka commends Sawamura for displaying pitching that allowed the team to regroup during the bleak moments. When Sawamura had the yips, Kanemaru was the first one to ask Chris to help Sawamura, implying he was worried about him. Sawamura overcomes the difficulties during his face-off with Maki Yousuke and passes the baton to Kawakami, who successfully closes the game. Sawamura's 2-seam fastball breaks down and away from right-handed batters as it comes close to the plate. [19] Sawamura got 3 consecutive strike outs and quickly closed out the inning. ; All of the Other Reindeer: His junior high teammates weren't fond of him due to his . The rolling ball died off before touching the left line, making it fair for Toujou to home-in safely and Sawamura records his first RBI in high school[22]. He is often seen with a smile. November 10, 2013 07 Chris has a high opinion of Sawamura, both as a teammate and as a pitcher. Luckily, their relationship was repaired and they are back to being friends again. Sawamura fueled by Nori enters the 'mode' for the first time in this tournament to Miyuki's greatest pleasure and strikes out Ichidai's ace showing off his new back-door pitch. After 6 steady innings, Kawakami held Eigen High to only 1 run and Seidou scoring a lead of 11 - 1 over their opponent. Since the Winter training camp, Sawamura started to make contact with the ball while using the bunting stance and bragged about overcoming his weakness. Ichidai however like any team who plays to win will not let up. 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. A cutter thrown for the second pitch and it's fouled. Sawamura was given the responsibility of starting and lead the non-regular members in the match vs. Seihou High, a Koshien powerhouse from Aichi Pref. Since Kanemaru was Chris's roommate, he was often asked by the third year to take care of Sawamura. He was very bad at batting and was almost hit-less during the first year of his high school career. Originally, Sawamura has extremely erratic throwing motions. He tells Sawamura that he is counting on him. -, "I am always amazed by his growth. Does Sawamura get the ace number? One of Sawamura's fastball was clocked at 135 km/h. Thus, it can make batters swing late and comfortably strikes them out despite its average velocity. With two outs and a runner on first Hoshida manages to hit a grounder but true to skill Haruichi is there to get him out. 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. In the sixth inning, Sawamura is back up to pitch and strikes out all three batters getting a three for three. 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. In the bottom of the seventh Sawamura finally is allowed to pitch. Sawamura said that because his team has lost there's nothing to talk about which Amahisa disagrees saying that the team is besides the conversation between pitchers and carried on with his questions. Kawakami lost 2 runs against Nihon Shouno but with Seidou batters repeatedly able to widen the score gap to 7 - 3 by the 9th inning, he regained composure and closed out the match. The cast and staff will reprise their roles from the previous series, with Madhouse returning for animation production. Sawamura was the captain of the Akagi Junior High baseball team. Because the infinite what ifs, can ruin somebody. 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. In the 8th inning, Sawamura presumably retired Ichinose and faces Akashi for the final time. Since his 2nd year, Sawamura has considerably improved the speed of his pitch, his control and can connect with the ball now if he does it from the bunting stance. On top of the ninth inning Tanba and Miyuki close out the game. Seidou batters opened up with 2 early runs from Amahisa in order to help ease up Furuya when he pitches. Though they weren't even interested in sports to begin with, they stuck with him to the end. Despite jamming the batter, the ball flies above the drawn in fielders. Sawamura started playing baseball because of. During the scrimmage against the third years, Sawamura finds out about Kataoka's resignation. On the final day of the training camp, a three way round robin is held between Seidou, Inashiro Industrial and Shuhoku. She is often mistaken (usually by Kuramochi) to be Sawamura's girlfriend, but Sawamura insists they are just childhood friends. The Seido infield executes a defensive shift, drawing in closer to prevent a squeeze play. His image on the mound today, was exactly that of an ace. -. Sawamura then puts Seidou in the quarter finals by closing out the game on the top of the 5th inning. Tachi tells Sawamura, Haruichi and Furuya that watching them play reminded him of his old days, then tells them to work hard. Kanemaru brings the ice and is worried about his teammate, because Sawamura didn't say anything since he got subbed and just sat silently on the bench. He continues to strike the following batters, stopping Teito's momentum. 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 anime currently has three seasons. March 2020 is when the third season ended. He leaves the mound crying. 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. A sinking moving fastball thrown with a 2-seam grip or by grapping the ball with 5 fingers. 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. Then Kanemaru makes a mistake, fumbles the ball and thus leading the batter to first. The first years start to get lively again and the one who created this mood is undoubtedly Sawamura. He won't let you leave even one grain of rice in your bowl, for he is a supervisor from hell." All together, Ace of Diamond has had 174 episodes across its three seasons. -, "You can't play baseball by yourself! Buy [Ace of Diamond] Rough Fairy Tale Theater (Eijun Sawamura, Akatsuki Furuya, Haruichi Kominato) / chansika online from Japanese stores. Next up is Ouya's clean-up and Miyuki again calls for the changeup, which Sawamura successfully executes, striking the batter out. Naruta Tech is a powerhouse from Chiba that visited Seidou for a practice match and the school is famous for possessing a famous "South Paw Killer" cleanup in their team. -, "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? [9][10], He treats his teammates depending on how they treat him. They never told him about their reluctant feelings before because they knew that Sawamura wouldn't go otherwise. Who scouted Sawamura? 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. Ace of Diamondis an animeseries based on the mangaby Yuji Terajimaserialized in Weekly Shnen Magazine. This form causes his throwing arm to come out much later and causes the ball to move more. Again, on 2 April 2019, another Diamond No ace series got aired. Furuya comes to replace Sawamura in the 6th inning and worked through 2 quick innings. After the game during a brief meeting, it's revealed that Sawamura suffers from the yips[17]. Coming to the mound, Sawamura loudly states he fully understands what is expected from him in such situation. At a conversation with Takashima, Sawamura complains about Chris' apparent lack of motivation. 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. Sawamura throws to the outer edge for the first pitch giving Miyuki goosebumps. A mislocated fastball allows Ichinose to hit a Double. With this, Sawamura shows his potential to be the ace for the first time. [54]. -, "Flawless! Despite his outer attitude towards Sawamura, he has displayed at more concerned side to him, such as when Sawamura had the yips. -, "I don't know what you are battling with right now, Furuya. Miyuki calls for a ball for the first pitch to see how Raichi reacts. Up next is Ichidais captain, Adachi. Kawakami has said that it's probably because he's not afraid of the pitch that he's so good at it. However, she has been shown to have feelings for him after he left for Seidou. Episode 52 of Season 3 will air on March 31, 2020. 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. 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. 3 hits, 2 walk and dead balls, 7 strike outs and 0 lost run.[20]. The Seidou team members prepare for the tournament ahead. To face off against Narumiya, Miyuki gets aggressive, calling three straight fastballs to the inside that Eijun delivers to strike Narumiya out. He is a left-handed pitcher who was promoted from the second string to the first string as No. Sawamura, in his own way lets everyone know he's mad, but is aware of the limits of his abilities. Ichidai's lead-off man, Chimaru, bats first. At game time, following Ouya's defense Sawamura, who is the starting pitcher and seemingly on a roll, strikes out Ouya's first and second batters. Seidou is one out away from their dream stage. With two strikes, the Seido battery decide to bring out their fastball for the first time. Batting in the 6th inning, Sawamura hits a Double from Amahisa much to the surprise of his peers. They started working together to slowly polish Sawamura's skills. -, "His attitude of moving forward is his best weapon." But when she witnesses a quarrel between Sawamura and a teacher during class, Haruno is inspired by him. 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 was scheduled to play 4 practice matches after the Summer Training Camp in which Sawamura was slotted to start the game against Kokonoe, a powerhouse from Kanagawa. The next batter's RBI Single reduces Seidou's lead to 2-1. 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. 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. 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. Seidou's regular players are switched in as pinch hitters and their efforts earned Seidou another run. Basically, Sawamura will be made the captain because of his unyielding . 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. 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. 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. In the fourth inning Sawamura is pitching and Yakushi takes the lead. 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. [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. Seidou is eliminated and failed to qualify for the Kantou Tournament. Kataoka tells Sawamura to practice on his own and to avoid contact with the ball. Wakana opened her mouth as though ready to retort, but with excellent timing, the phone rang. The crowd is heavily cheering for Ugumori. To pitch a ball that moves before reaching the bat is a natural talent. Because of Eijun's stupidity and inexperience, Chris tells Sawamura that he won't be able to be the ace in the future. What kind of flower will bloom in the future is up to you." Chris was the one who made Sawamura think about his weapon his moving ball and told him to polish it. The third batter makes a slug bunt, despite being jammed which enables Yura to score the first run. Ryota Ohsaka, Eijun Sawamura's voice, teased the audience by hinting at an anime in the future. 7 and No. The Ace: Called "the best catcher of his generation", in his third year, Miyuki's an all around successful player as a top draft pick. His team mostly contained of his friends because he dragged them into baseball. After witnessing the commotion, Seto notes that Amahisa seems to have changed while Okumura was annoyed saying Amahisa was rude to Sawamura. Your very existence is scary. 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