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Old 2012-10-16, 07:43   Link #87
Aspirety
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Otowa, Australia
Age: 32
On the note of "why baseball", I guess it's just because I relate to it better, but it was all outlined in episode 1.
Kyousuke stated that he wants to do something to define himself, something to express his individuality and freedom as a human being, to do something against the expectations of society and his peers. An expression of free will, if you will. Spontanaeity is something I can really relate to.
So, why baseball? Why not baseball? They had the gag about starting a band in episode 2, which makes it clear that Kyousuke never really cared about the baseball. He just wants to do something with his friends, make some memories, leave a mark before he's off to the real world. That's why they're playing baseball, it's not complicated at all.

And given that, I think it's easy to see that baseball itself isn't the real focus of the story. People calling this a sports anime are probably going to be gravely mistaken.
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