The Worst Episodes of Ace of the Diamond

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7.0/10(43 votes)
#1 - Path, Eijun Sawamura to the Scorching Mound
S1:E284/20/2014
This episode serves as a recap of the first 27 episodes, showing how Eijun Sawamura joined the Seido High School Baseball team, his struggles with the JV, and his eventual rise to play in the tournament all while hoping to become the ace of the team.
Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Kenji Konuta
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Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Kenji Konuta
7.2/10(33 votes)
#2 - The Kings of Summer
S2:E34/20/2015
Tanba got a leg cramp and couldn't continue, so Sawamura came out at the bottom of the seventh. Yuki turned the game around in the top of the eighth. Sawamura continued to pitch well throughout the bottom, but...
Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Kenji Konuta
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Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Kenji Konuta
7.3/10(37 votes)
#3 - Howling In The Summer
S2:E14/6/2015
At the Baseball Kingdom magazine office, Mine looks back to the summer tournament. The game between Yakushi and Seido was an exciting watch. Seido played their pitcher relay in order to face Yakushi's powerful batting lineup.
Directors:Mitsuyuki Masuhara, Asami Kawano
Writers:Kenji Konuta, Daishiro Tanimura
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Directors:Mitsuyuki Masuhara, Asami Kawano
Writers:Kenji Konuta, Daishiro Tanimura
7.5/10(33 votes)
#4 - The Summer Heat Haze
S2:E24/13/2015
Inashiro and Seido met in the final. Inashiro played around their unparalleld ace, Narumiya. Whereas Seido relied on their 4-man pitcher relay. The first-year pitchers, Furuya and Sawamura, played key roles in the game.
Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Kenji Konuta
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Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Kenji Konuta
8.0/10(87 votes)
#5 - The One Pitch
S1:E110/6/2013
Game set. Eijun Sawamura, the pitcher of a novice junior high baseball team, meets with a bitter walk-off loss. For Sawamura, that became his last game in junior high, so he sets a new goal of going to the nationals in high school with his teammates. As he begins his hard quest on studying, a guest arrives unannounced. Her name is Rei Takashima, and she is the assistant director of the prestigious Seidou High School Baseball Team. Takashima invites Sawamura to Seidou after seeing his potential, but Sawamura's reply was far from what she had expected.
Director:Hironori Aoyagi
Writer:Kenji Konuta
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Director:Hironori Aoyagi
Writer:Kenji Konuta
8.1/10(61 votes)
#6 - Not Qualified to Be a Pitcher?
S1:E310/20/2013
Eijun is nervous about rooming with older teammates, but they make him feel a too little at home on his first night. Eijun ends up oversleeping and shows up late when it's time to meet Coach Tesshina Katoka, a former Japanese pro pitcher. Miyuki also shows up late, but he uses Sawamura as a decoy to sneak into his line. Katoka shows no mercy and says Eijun can never become a pitcher if he can't show up on time. He also makes Miyuki run laps. Sawamura is determined to prove he can be the ace though, so Coach Katoka gives him a special challenge, saying until he can complete this challenge, he can't play in a baseball game for Seidou.
Directors:Mitsuyuki Masuhara, Mitsutaka Noshitani
Writer:Junichi Fujisaku
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Directors:Mitsuyuki Masuhara, Mitsutaka Noshitani
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8.1/10(51 votes)
#7 - Lead with Your Plays!
S1:E151/19/2014
The training camp continues. The first-years can barely keep up with the harsh training. As Sawamura improves little by little, he is called to Miyuki's room for some reason. There, he found his upperclassmen waiting, and...
Directors:Yoriyasu Kogawa, Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Kenji Konuta
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Directors:Yoriyasu Kogawa, Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Kenji Konuta
8.1/10(48 votes)
#8 - Precision Machine
S1:E243/23/2014
The match between Seido and Puplic Murata East ends with Seido getting another called game, 10-0 after 5 innings. Seido sticks around to watch the next game and sees Akikawa Academy's Shunshin Yeung and his clockwork control. Yeung pitches mostly to the outside corners, and his rotation of the spots makes it hard for batters to predict where it will be. Seido begins planning immediately to combat it. Scouts and magazine writers head to Seido to watch Furuya pitch. However Miyuki realizes Furuya's body isn't used to Tokyo's heat after coming down from Hakkiado and limits him to 10 pitches. Everyone that sticks around gets to watch Sawamura work o nhis inside control with Kanmemaru in the batting circle. The next day the reporters head to Akikawa where they are shocked to see Yeung is th epitcher for the practice sessions. They also see the pitching machine turned up full throttle so Akikawa's players can get used to seeing the speed with their eyes, even if they can't hit it.
Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Junichi Fujisaku
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Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Junichi Fujisaku
8.1/10(42 votes)
#9 - Outsider
S1:E661/25/2015
The night before the national final, Narumiya lowers his head to his teammates and surprises everyone. Next day, Narumiya walks on to the Koshien mound, motivating Sawamura to practice harder as he watches it on TV. Later, an unfamiliar man comes to observe Seido's practice.
Directors:Mitsuyuki Masuhara, Mitsutaka Noshitani
Writer:Kenji Konuta
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Directors:Mitsuyuki Masuhara, Mitsutaka Noshitani
Writer:Kenji Konuta
8.1/10(40 votes)
#10 - The Ace Title
S1:E682/8/2015
To everyone's surprise, the game against Yakushi is a pitcher's game. Furuya takes Raichi out going three for three that inning, and the Seido team sees Furuya's growth. In the bullpen, Sawamura feels threatened as Furuya's growth shines on the mound.
Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Takahiro Udagawa
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Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Takahiro Udagawa
8.1/10(39 votes)
#11 - The Kick
S1:E672/1/2015
The new team at Seido isn't meshing well just yet. The result of the practice games has been 8 wins and 4 losses with no explosiveness from the batters. Coach Kataoka accepts the practice game Yakushi requested in hopes of raising the team's morale. Sawamura is fired up, but Miyuki isn't happy with his lack of control.
Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Junichi Fujisaku
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Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Junichi Fujisaku
8.2/10(66 votes)
#12 - Partner
S1:E210/13/2013
Kazuya Miyuki becomes the catcher for Sawamura in a contest against Seido's dangerous clean-up batter, Kiyokuni Azuma. As Eijun tries to pitch down the middle, he finds himself tense and unable to control the ball. Kazuya immediately calls time and comes out to give him some words of encouragement. The words have the desired effect as Eijun finds more control than ever before and unveils a dangerous weapon he didn't know he had. Seeing how people like Kazuya can alter his pitching, Eijun decides to come to Seido as long as he can become the ace of the team.
Directors:Tatsuya Shirashi, Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Kenji Konuta
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Directors:Tatsuya Shirashi, Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Kenji Konuta
8.2/10(65 votes)
#13 - With Chagrin in His Heart
S1:E912/1/2013
Sawamura begins to follow Chris every where to try and learn more about baseball. He also sits out of some practices so he can learn how the communication of a team works. Chris finally gives in to Eijun's persistence and catches a few of his pitches. After catching them, Chris informs Eijun he must find his specialty if he is to be truly effective as a pitcher. At first Sawamura is confused. he knows his speed isn't the best and he can't throw breaking balls, so what could be his specialty. Eventually Sawamura decides his specialty is his control, but focusing solely on control lowers his speed and allows him to get slaughtered in weekend a game. Can Sawamura figure out what his specialty truly is before being demoted?
Directors:Shu Watanabe, Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Junichi Fujisaku
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Directors:Shu Watanabe, Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Junichi Fujisaku
8.2/10(64 votes)
#14 - The Two Batteries
S1:E711/17/2013
The game concludes, and Furuya and Masuko are promoted to varsity while Eijun and Haruichi are promoted to JV. Along with the promotion comes additional pitchers training for Furuya and Eijun. However their training can only be done with the partners that Coach Katoka assigns them. Furuya is assigned to work with Miyuki while Sawamura is assigned to work with Chris. However instead of catching Eijun's pitch, Chris continually gives him additional work that isn't pitching, making Eijun think the coach has gotten the last laugh and that he won't succeed at Seidou.
Directors:Junpei Nakagawa, Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
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Directors:Junpei Nakagawa, Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
8.2/10(58 votes)
#15 - Are You Like Me?
S1:E410/27/2013
Seido faces off against Ichidai Third High School, the school that beat them last year. While their top-level offense rakes in runs, the ace Tanba struggles, and the game turns into a batting contest. However Sawamura isn't present. Instead he is training back at school. During his training Furuya, another first-year pitcher, approaches him. Showing sympathy to Sawamura's peculiar training method, Furuya offers to play catch with him. Sawamura is in a cheery mood with Furuya's kindness, but the speed of Furuya's throws far exceeds his expectations.
Directors:Akira Kusune, Mitsuyuki Masuhara, Kazunobu Shimizu
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
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Directors:Akira Kusune, Mitsuyuki Masuhara, Kazunobu Shimizu
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
8.2/10(58 votes)
#16 - A Clash
S1:E511/3/2013
Coach Katoka, or Shades as Onoda calls him, organizes a game between the first years and the non-starters on the second and third year teams. The goal is to determine who will join the starters for upcoming practice games. When Onoda comes across Katoka in the bath, the coach gives him one final chance to answer his question. After the answer is given, Onoda is allowed into the upcoming game, but when he starts as an outfielder, it could spell doom for any chance he has on the varsity team.
Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Takahiro Udagawa
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Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Takahiro Udagawa
8.2/10(48 votes)
#17 - Fate
S1:E192/16/2014
A 3-set of matches takes place to end the training week of hell as Inashiro Industrial vs. Seido, Inashiro Industrial vs. Shuuhoku, and Shuuhoku vs. Seido on Seido's field. Kawakami pitches the game vs. Inashiro Industrial with Miyauchi while Tanba is forced to work with Miyuki. None of the starters play in the match vs. Inashiro Industrial, though Furuya is positioned in left field for the entire game. Inashiro Industrial brings out their starters for the second game, including southpaw ace Narumiya Mei. Mei already has a wicked slider, curve ball, and fast ball, but in the game he debuts a change up pitch that could make him unbeatable. Finally we start the Shuuhoku vs. Seido match. Through 6 innings Miyuki has Tanba throw nothing but curveballs and fastballs, but in the seventh inning Tanba debuts his new fork ball.
Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
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Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
8.2/10(42 votes)
#18 - It's the Semifinal
S1:E417/27/2014
The results of the quarterfinals are shown. Seido learns they will be facing a giant who is a curve ball specialist in the semifinals. Furuya is informed he won't pitch in the semifinal. Instead they hope he recovers from his fatigue. The team only has 1 day to prepare for the semifinal match. In an effort to help the team advance, the seniors raise the mound and the coach acts as the pitcher for a special batting practice. As the morning of gameday arrives, one of Seido's players accidentally shaves his head bald. Sawamura also learns his friends from home will be attending the semifinal to root for him. Meanwhile Haruchi's brother reveals only 18 players can move on to nationals, and he reveals if he doesn't make it to nationals, he will retire from baseball. This episode covers chapters 121 to 123.
Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Junichi Fujisaku
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Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Junichi Fujisaku
8.2/10(42 votes)
#19 - At the Dorm
S1:E489/14/2014
As Seido finish reviewing Narumiya's pitching, Yuki talks about the confidence he has toward the final. His words were backed by the hard work everyone has put in. At Inashiro, they are also carefully preparing for the Seido game.
Directors:Mitsuyuki Masuhara, Mitsutaka Noshitani
Writer:Junichi Fujisaku
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Directors:Mitsuyuki Masuhara, Mitsutaka Noshitani
Writer:Junichi Fujisaku
8.2/10(41 votes)
#20 - The Giant Looks Down
S1:E428/3/2014
The battle between Sensen and Seishun gets underway. Sawamura's friends arrive in the fourth inning to see that Seido trails 1-0. In the fourth Seido begins to make contact with Hino's curve ball. Seido manages to load the bases, but a dramatic double play fly out, tag out at home keeps Seishun locked at zero. As we reach the sixth inning Ryousan gets on base. Haruchi is told to start warming up his batting skills, and Sawamura is told to warm up in the bullpen. Ryousan manages to steal home on a ground ball to third, tying the score at 1 a piece. This episode covers chapters 124 to 127.
Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
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Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
8.2/10(41 votes)
#21 - Can't Lose
S1:E692/15/2015
Furuya closes six innings without conceding any runs, and the crowd is excited to see the making of a true ace at Seido. Yakushi brings out their ace, Sanada, to the mound, and his presence overwhelms Seido. After seeing them both pitch, Sawamura can't hold himself back.
Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Kenji Konuta
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Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Kenji Konuta
8.2/10(40 votes)
#22 - That Summer
S1:E479/7/2014
After the game, Narumiya bumps into Miyuki. "Remember the last time all of us got together?" Carlos asks, as everyone Narumiya invited to Inashiro was present. That is of course, Miyuki included.
Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Junichi Fujisaku
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Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Junichi Fujisaku
8.2/10(39 votes)
#23 - In The Sun
S1:E651/18/2015
As the new captain, Miyuki tells the team his will, "I want to be greedy about winning." The second-years who were overshadowed before by the third-years show their potentials for the new team. However, Kawakami is still stuck in the past.
Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Takahiro Udagawa
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Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Takahiro Udagawa
8.2/10(37 votes)
#24 - The Fall Tournament Begins!
S2:E44/27/2015
Seido draws into the most competitive bracket in their attempt to win the tournament. The first opponent is Teito, and they have a first-year pitcher who's already been to nationals forming a battery with their captain. They're trying to take nationals.
Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Kenji Konuta
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Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Kenji Konuta
8.3/10(64 votes)
#25 - Hone Your Moving Fastball
S1:E1012/8/2013
Chris finally tells Eijun what sets him apart is his moving fastball. He reveals all the training he's given Eijun could make him the ace if he does it regularly for one year. However Eijun wants to thank Chris personally by delivering his best pitch to him in a game. One night when he's doing secret practices, Coach Katoka catches him and threatens to split him up from Chris. When Eijun tells him his reason for practicing this way at night, he recommends Eijun start a towel exercise that will improve his flexibility and control. Now with his speed back and his movement becoming better than ever, Sawamura is ready for his final JV game. The only question is will there be a catcher available to help him and catch his moving fastball?
Directors:Takeyuki Sadohara, Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Junichi Fujisaku
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Directors:Takeyuki Sadohara, Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer:Junichi Fujisaku