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Originally Posted by Katapan

Why must episode 7 be over, already... ;_;

Spoiler for ep7:

Well, wow. I truly loved this episode. It really had everything: the exciting factor, the usual great character interaction, and even the best humor so far.

Momoe sure enjoyed the game a lot... maybe more than we did? You just have to see her random faces when Sakaeguchi gets to bat

It was a bit unexpected to see Tajima actually go get Mihashi to get back on the bench. Not that it was a bad thing, but you really get used to seeing Mihashi and Abe always together Speaking of Tajima, he was his usual fun self. I kept telling myself that he wasn't going to hit it, because he's already demonstrated lots of skills, but I guess he can just get even better. Hey, Nishiura got their first victory, I'm not complaining!

Spoiler for Episode 7: Tajima:

Tajima shows that there is more to him that he lets on. He's aware of Mihashi beating himself up and staying from the dugout due to his fear that his new team mates at Nishiura may be unhappy with him. While the rest are focussed on the game at hand, Tajima is the one that goes over and wants Mihashi to see that his team mates do not blame him and are they to fight for him. We also see his serious side when it comes to the crunch in batting with the count against him and he adjusts his swing in time to the change-up.

Originally Posted by Katapan

Spoiler:

The scene after the match with the whole Nishiura team apologizing to Mihashi and asking him to come back also seemed very well handled to me. We even got a serious BGM and all. It got lighter at the end though, with Hatake still claiming that Kanou is the best pitcher. Even though they've lost, as Kanou says. ^^

Spoiler for More on Episode 7:

Definitely well handled. But it's the Mihoshi team members who were at Mihoshi middle school apologising to Mihashi and not the Nishiura team as Mihashi is now with Nishiura. Anyway, they belated realised that they should have given Mihashi the chance and the support instead of just resenting him. When Mihashi turns around to look at his new team mates at Nishiura, he knows he has found a place for himself with them.

Originally Posted by Katapan

Spoiler:

You kind of end up feeling sorry for Kanou - I can't really say if he really liked Mihashi, but he does seem to feel lonely after seeing how close he's already become with the rest of the Mihoshi players. I think that part is definitely going into the BL moments listing in Seleria's upcoming entry.

Spoiler for On Kanou:

I think Kanou was the only one amongst the Mihoshi team members in middle school who is truly aware that Mihashi is really a good pitcher with great ball control. Someone mentioned elsewhere that there's an omake that Kanou and Mihashi have been friends for a long time too.