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/Falconhaxx Oct 20 '13

The first 2 episodes were great. I loved them.

Sadly, this third episode had the MC be a generic sports anime MC. He's late, he gets punished, he does worse than everyone else, then he has a big speech about how he's special, etc. Also, he's even more of a brat than earlier.

Yeah, it doesn't interest me anymore. There's nothing here that I haven't seen before.

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

Thanks. I was already going to watch those two but now I'm going to have to move them way up my watch list, I'll check out Kuroko No Basket tonight.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '13

If you like baseball, major is the best baseball anime out there. Eye shield is awful if you want it to be semi-realistic. Giant Killing is also amazing.

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u/coolguyblue https://myanimelist.net/profile/Debaser Oct 21 '13

I like super crazy powers in sports, reminds of the live action movie Shaolin Soccer.

I heard Cross Game is good as well, how does it compare to Major? If you've seen Cross Game of course.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '13

Cross Game is good as well. I'm biased towards Major because it progresses thru the protagonist's life, from the age of 4 all the way till adulthood. I loved the progression