r/anime • u/Eat_More_Asbestos https://myanimelist.net/profile/The_Asbestos • Oct 20 '13

[Spoilers] Diamond no Ace episode 03

First day of practice.

Miyuki is my hero. I love the freshman bullying, too much fun.

I feel that Satoru is gonna have god-like endurance by the end of this. Should help get him a starter position fairly quickly.

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u/coolguyblue https://myanimelist.net/profile/Debaser Oct 20 '13

What sports anime have you seen before that you think is better? I'm enjoying this show along with Log Horizon and Samurai Flamenco the most out of the anything else in this season. I'm interested to see the MC grow into a badass pitcher.

My fav sport anime are: Chihayafuru, Eyeshield 21 (manga is a lot better), Hikaru No Go, Beyblade G Revolution.

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u/Ch4zu Oct 20 '13

I'd say Hajime no Ippo (boxing) or Kuroko no Basket (basketball) both top Ace no Diamond. Although so far it's hard to really rate Ace no Diamond because we haven't had a real game. However, if they can stray away a bit from action scenes and drop in some character development I'd be happy as well.

But to get bck to your point: Hajime no Ippo has a lot of action, the story is fast-paced (perhaps a bit too much if you see where he ends after the first season?) but the MC has some great development in mindset and attitude, albeit he still is a generic anime-young man on every front but boxing.
Kuroko no Basket on the other hand has a nice first season and because it is a teamsport, it has a nice change compared to something like boxing as the series focusses on how both one extremely talented player and both a mediocre team working together both have their talents. If you actually read into it a bit you'll see that Kuroko no Basket doesn't scream "believe in yourself and you can become the best!" but yet pushes the importance of teamwork without trying to make it say that teamwork beats skill. Season 2 so far seems VERY promising and I honestly believe it'll be at least twice as good as season 1.

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u/Cryzzalis https://myanimelist.net/profile/Charaxify Oct 20 '13

Personally I love the pace of Ippo however I do think the new season is a bit fast paced, Kuroko is also a great series definitely by top 2 sports animes, I really like Area no Kishi as well though I wish it'd be longer and I'm looking forward too seeing what Ace of Diamond has to offer... also DAT BEAR!!!

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u/Ch4zu Oct 20 '13

I don't know, it just seem so weird that Hajime no Ippo spoiler.

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u/Fenrils Oct 21 '13

Seeing as the original series has been out for over a decade, I don't think spoilers are needed for his Japanese title. That said, they sort of explained it by his natural "hard hitter" build which came from years of working as a fisherman. Also keep in mind that his title is the featherweight title and that there are 17 different weight classes in boxing so that narrows down your field significantly. Two years is for sure fast but a boxing career rarely lasts longer than a decade so it isn't unheard of for talents to start making waves in under three years since the field changes pretty quickly. Ippo also has MC powers to help him.