2010-01-05, 03:37 | Link #2302 |
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Taking into account the time zone difference, it's more precisely, 4 days, 16 hours, 23 minutes, and 15... 14... 13... 12... 11.....................
PS. Apparently Tsukishima's household grave showed up in Q&A 8.
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2010-01-05, 07:09 | Link #2304 | |
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2010-01-06, 08:08 | Link #2305 |
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Roughly 5 more days. Kimi ni Todoke and Kobato just aren't doing enough to stave off withdrawal.
So to lighten up the mood, does anyone think that to make up for this week not having Cross Game, something will happen next week that is so balls-shatteringly awesome?
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2010-01-07, 04:23 | Link #2307 |
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Just dropping buy to tell you guys your advertisement here in the forum worked on me <.<;
Cross Game had me at "So it's that simple .. I just have to cry." ._. Cross game looked so unapealing to me .. I mean a sports series? And the art put me off, too. And now I already rushed through all 39 episodes and think it's one of the best slice-of-life shows I watched. I even start to like the drawing style for what it is - different and imperfect. I still get a little bored when the baseball matches take more then one episode, though. I dont understand the tactics .. I'm kind of on the same knowledge level then the stupid fangirls watching the games for the guys .. "What is a foul again? .. and ball was when .. uhm ". And god Daimon is kind of stupid. I can see how teenagers are so serious about their sport, but grown men? Baseball is serious business indeed . At least Daimon and that acting principle didn't aim for world domination ... Well, I guess I'm thankful to you all for advertising this series whenever, I wouldn't watch it, if you hadn't . One doesn't come across such good characters and such dry humor that often. But I guess, I still hate you for making me watch another running series. I hate the waiting :P |
2010-01-07, 11:43 | Link #2309 | |
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2010-01-07, 17:09 | Link #2310 |
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Heh, you description rather fits my first encounter with Mitsuru Adachi's works - though in my case, the first one of his works I encountered wasn't one of his sports stories, but rather "Miyuki" (still slice of life though). But that one really encouraged me to go on to read many of his other works related to sport, even though I'm not very interested in sport (and knows - well, knew - nothing of baseball for one thing) .
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2010-01-08, 03:34 | Link #2311 | |
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2010-01-08, 04:52 | Link #2312 | |
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But right now, it gradually shifts as soccer has becomes new trend since the world 8 years ago... CMIIW... |
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2010-01-08, 11:17 | Link #2314 | |
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Gotta say I already learnt a lot about baseball. The dialogues make it followable, even for baseball noobies like me. Quote:
The obsession of Daimon just seems out of proportion for me, but maybe he just hasn't anything else to do~ Every series needs some evulz after all. But I was wondering what kind of school is Seishu anyway? Judging by the school building and grounds it seems quite loaded; is it a private school? They seem to have A+ grounds for every sports team. |
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2010-01-08, 11:26 | Link #2315 | |
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2010-01-08, 11:26 | Link #2316 |
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I think the big difference vs. the US is not that baseball is more popular than soccer in japan, but that HS baseball is just as big a deal as pro baseball. HS baseball is almost non-existent in the media here, but the Koshien is as big a sporting event in Japan as there is, except perhaps for the World Cup - which only occurs once every four years.
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2010-01-08, 20:32 | Link #2317 |
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Being Canadian, I find baseball in Japan is actually more akin to hockey in Canada. With the Koshien being more or less equal to the IHF World JR Hockey Championships in terms of prestige.
So yeah, serious business indeed, if the terms hockey mom/dad is of any indication in my country... XD
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2010-01-08, 21:12 | Link #2318 |
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hs baseball sure is a serious business in japan.
kikuchi yuusei, the hs baseball lefty pitcher who just graduated last year, now has been drew by a professional team, and the medias reported that he would make 100 million yen this year.
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