Miyuki uses him as a decoy, but both get punished by Coach Kataoka along with Sawamura's roommates Kuramochi Youichi and Masuko Tooru. Third member of the Ichinen Trio, Haruichi keeps Sawamura's manners and words in check. Sawamura was then subbed out along with Okumura. Since Kanemaru was Chris's roommate, he was often asked by the third year to take care of Sawamura. Fourth to bat is Sasaki hits the outside pitch bringing home Ichida Sankou marking the first point of the game. After all of Seidou's batter gets striked out in the top of the seventh some players start to look dire, prompting Sawamura to yell out some words of encouragement. He is a left-handed pitcher who was promoted from the second string to the first string as No. Ichidai however like any team who plays to win will not let up. The rolling ball died off before touching the left line, making it fair for Toujou to home-in safely and Sawamura records his first RBI in high school[22]. Sawamura throws the ball to Kuramochi, who throws to Maezono. All together, Ace of Diamond has had 174 episodes across its three seasons. Determined not to get anymore runs Sawamura strikes out the 1st and 2nd hole in the 6th Inning however Miyagawa sends a ball way back into center field allowing the main cannon to step foot onto the plate once again. For the first and last time those two form a battery and Sawamura learns firsthand what an amazing catcher Chris is. He continues to strike the following batters, stopping Teito's momentum. After 5 innings, Amahisa's pitching started stabilizing while in contrast, Furuya was still very unstable. Top of the 3rd, Seidou is facing Ichidai's ace, Amahisa, who gives up two strikes wanting to hit the new pitch, number 9. Hongou however was the more consistent pitcher and he delivered Seidou a complete shutout game with Komadai winning 2 - 0 over Seidou. Miyuki, who walked in on their conversation, gets angry and scolds Sawamura. -, "If he is able to improve his control, he would become an impressive pitcher." After combining his original form of raising his knee high and his new wall form, he was finally able to complete his new style. If someday at another place I'm able to catch his pitches " -, "Because he's always surprising us like that, he's standing on the mound." ; Action Duo: With his batterymate Sawamura Eijun. Who scouted Sawamura? With Nori out it's on him and Furuya to pitch this game. With such a kid on the team, the team is bound to get stronger." With big help from the fielders, Furuya was able to scrap through the game with minimal loss, losing 2 runs. In fact, that's just that, and the proportion of the total number of players is very small. However, this makes catching the ball difficult, as most catchers cannot predict where the ball will end up as well as making a challenge for Sawamura himself to properly control his pitches. So I don't want to be lectured by someone like you. Up next is Ichidais captain, Adachi. Again, on 2 April 2019, another Diamond No ace series got aired. On top of the 7th inning, Sawamura struggles to control his Numbers and ended up walking a runner after getting 1 out. It was a tearful farewell. The Ace: Called "the best catcher of his generation", in his third year, Miyuki's an all around successful player as a top draft pick. After performing good and receiving praise from Kataoka, the game is put into a temporary halt due to the rain. With this, Sawamura shows his potential to be the ace for the first time. Seidou's regular players are switched in as pinch hitters and their efforts earned Seidou another run. Sawamura is totally overwhelmed with excitement by this experience, but back in his hometown he feels guilty because he thinks he would betray his former teammates. Ace Of Diamond Season 3 will come to a close in 2019 as we near the end of the road. Bunt Master ( Banto Shbainin) But not Sawamura - when he's at bat, he barely gets on base due to an error of the catcher. Sawamura gets no chance to play in one of these matches, although asking Kataoka's permission to pitch, who however declines. Sawamura Eijun has replaced Furuya Satoru as the ace. Feeling frustrated with his own inability that he couldn't and wasn't allowed to contribute in the match, Sawamura decided to take home some of the soil from the bullpen where he stood the whole match watching his teammates instead of the soil from the mound or the dugout like common practice. Sawamura closes out the top of the 2nd inning cleanly with 3 ups and 3 downs. Rei says that the way he pumped up his team (composed of amateurs) in junior high, was the mark of a true ace. Note that this data is based on the official guidebook!You are free to write about the characters improvements in the Skills section above! After that, Sawamura was completely rattled and he gives up more hits and walks another batter. Sawamura shakes off the sign understanding the batter, and wants to pitch to the inside. Sawamura faces Akashi next and jams him with a fastball inside; however, the batter brought Sawamura's pitch to center field for a Single. After showing a variety of pitches to Kataoka, Miyuki said to the coach that despite some of the still unstable Numbers, Sawamura was able to display good pitching against Ichidai due to his high level of focus and refined pitch command and added that he would like to test how well Sawamura can fare against a top class national level team. He has a habit of saying things bluntly and often praises either Furuya or Eijun, causing them to compete against each other frequently. After asking the coach to let him pitch during the ninth, Kataoka decides to send Furuya instead. Originally, Sawamura has extremely erratic throwing motions. Miyuki ends the game by hitting a walk-off HR. During Furuya's pitching debut, Sawamura gets angry at Chris' constant melancholy and yells at him: "You're the one who has given up on returning to the first string. Hakuryu scores 1 run in the 8th inning on a failed double play attempt by Seidou. During the 3rd inning, Sawamura utilizes a variety of pick-off timing to pin down the runner and minimize Hakuryu's mobility advantage; and also managed to retire Mima on his 2nd at bat. Houmei High managed 2 hits in the 8th inning from Sawamura and took back 1 run. Sawamura yells at Furuya from the bullpen saying not to get flung around by the batters' bunting stance. 5 comfortably but his control on pitch No. When Sawamura takes the mound he only throws to the outside, displeasing Ochiai who again watches from the stands. Despite his timing being off, Hoshida bats with one hand, resulting in a hit to deep cf. Learning the changeup actually helped unseal Sawamura's breaking pitch potential. Sawamura's Splitter has been relatively unstable, being on and off at times and rarely sees much usage within a game compare to the remaining pitches. The one who created this mood is undoubtedly Sawamura, who gets not dejected after facing his roommate, Masuko in a battle of power and loses. On the final day of the training camp, a three way round robin is held between Seidou, Inashiro Industrial and Shuhoku. However, Sawamura always had an extremely strong spirit which, no matter how hopeless the situation got, inspired his teammates to continue playing their best. After eliminating those that were unstable, they have come up with the Numbers which consist of at least 11 types of different pitches. However, before the SF match with Ichidaisan, Sawamura was trying to come up with a way to force the very disciplined Sankou's lineup to swing for the pitches they wouldn't want to and beat them in the zone. But this time under the name 'Ace of Diamond Act II. [40] Sawamura's accurate control allows him to get strike on the corners more reliably compared to his first year and, when coupled with the rich variety of pitches he possesses, gives batters a difficult time predicting what type of pitch he may throw next. Your very existence is scary. What kind of flower will bloom in the future is up to you." The next dispute follows immediately and Sawamura claims that he came to Seidou to be the ace. In the bottom of the seventh, after a cramp, Tanba's pitching is affected. Seidou begins defense with Sawamura as the starting pitcher. -, "Just now, it really felt like I managed to transfer my power to the ball!" Does Sawamura get the ace number? After he arrives at Seidou, he quickly makes himself known for his stupidity, especially because of his strange antics and his mediocre knowledge about baseball. He is also shown to have no sense of personal space or respect for another person's privacy as shown when he broke into Wakana's bathroom while she was taking a bath and burst into Miyuki's room while the catcher was sleeping.[11][12]. Furuya is Seidou's starting pitcher. After a short banter with Furuya, Sawamura cheers loudly from the dugout, delaying cool down to watch the rest of the inning. Mima hits a Double on a fastball and put Hakuryu in an early scoring position. Watching from the bullpen, Sawamura was irritated with Furuya's shocking performance. After witnessing the commotion, Seto notes that Amahisa seems to have changed while Okumura was annoyed saying Amahisa was rude to Sawamura. Has this school that's known for baseball forgotten the importance of that?" With the batter cornered, Sawamura throws another revised splitter for the third pitch and it's a grounder to Kominato for the second out. With their success and deep run in the Fall Season, Seidou was seeded for the Tournament and was bypassed to the 3rd round. However, Miyuki says instead of being greedy, he suggests Sawamura should maintain the usual mindset and focus on the batter in front of him, to which Sawamura agreed. Is Diamond no Ace worth watching? When Kataoka realizes what Sawamura is trying to do, he makes him stop immediately, because it would destroy his form and orders him to practice his outside pitch. On top of the 6th inning, the battery faces Mima again and uses everything within their arsenal against him while Mima was unfazed by the challenge and he continued to foul one pitch after another. Thus, it can make batters swing late and comfortably strikes them out despite its average velocity. Sawamura is the starting and only pitcher of the match. Kataoka tells Sawamura to practice on his own and to avoid contact with the ball. [32] Sawamura however, is almost always seen scowling after bunting because he wishes to hit instead but immediately jumps at the opportunity to lecture and teach his teammates a more perfect technique whenever they attempt to bunt. The series is listed for 52 episodes. During this match Sawamura wants to show Chris his growth, but Ono can't catch his balls. Okumura wants to use Sawamura's No. Seidou's batting line up continued to connect successfully throughout the game and Houdai Ichi was taken down in a called game by the 7th inning. [54]. He calls Coach. He is stunned and immediately regrets his harsh words. His team was below average, often making mistakes during critical moments and losing almost all their matches. Sawamura then raised his level again and shut-out the remaining batters, squandering yet another scoring opportunity for Hakuryu. Does Sawamura become ace? But when she witnesses a quarrel between Sawamura and a teacher during class, Haruno is inspired by him. -, "His attitude of moving forward is his best weapon." [37] Known to most in-universe characters as Sawamura's winning or strike-out pitch. Because if you have a ball and a bat, you can play baseball." Furuya, however, could not control his breaking pitches; as a result, he walked many runners throughout the game and Miyuki had to repeatedly fall back to use his straight fastballs. (there are a lot of opportunities for him to do so in the coming weeks and months as we approach the RL Koshien) The kid has put a sub 1 ERA up for what is approaching nearly 2 months in the Manga (senbatsu is in late march/early april, we are now 1 week away from the Prelims draw and 2 weeks away from the start of koshien . Sawamura finished the game pitching 8 innings with 2 lost runs and 7 hits in a 4 - 2 victory against Kokonoe. He is shown to be regretful about his actions afterwards, such as his conflict with Chris when he first joined the team. After an encounter with the coach at the bath the day before, where Sawamrua speaks openly about his feelings, he is allowed to participate in said match. After facing some difficulties, Sawamura's teammates try to loosen him up by telling him that they are starting to acknowledge his abilities Sawamura is flattered. 20 for the Summer Tournament, and later on No. After several attempts and defeats during practice matches, Chris is the one who tells him that his moving ball is the quality that defines him - his strong point. Kuramochi, next to Miyuki, is the person who always teases Sawamura. The crowd cheers and so does Sawamura, who impress both Miyuki and Furuya with his attitude. The first season began on October 6, 2013 and consisted of 75 episodes. He also arranged a meeting with Miyuki to discuss about game calling which ended up becoming a group meeting for all pitchers and catchers within the team. Tachi tells Sawamura, Haruichi and Furuya that watching them play reminded him of his old days, then tells them to work hard. He is a left-handed pitcher who was promoted from the second string to the first string as No. In his 2nd year, Sawamura is looking to learn more about game calling to have a better understanding of Miyuki's call in order to improve himself. On the stands, Sawamura sat away from the rest of the team to watch the game on his own. He makes an error in judgement and is late on the first day. Sawamura tested out a new revised Splitter grip and by having one finger on the seam and one off the seam instead of staying away from the seams completely like a normal Splitter grip, he was able to get behind the ball more and transfer more force into it, giving it more velocity and the pithch also has both the sinking action of a Splitter as well has a tailing action of a 2-seamer/sinker and is akin to a hybrid pitch between the two. Ace of Diamond has aired three seasons so far. The "Revised Cutter" has as much speed as his straight fastball while also breaks sharply as it comes near the plate, as a result, the pitch appears like it suddenly vanishes from the batter's eyes.[48][49]. He is often seen with a smile. Sawamura continues to practice alone and is surprised when Chris joins him. Bitter than pain and grief. Did Sawamura become ace? She is often mistaken (usually by Kuramochi) to be Sawamura's girlfriend, but Sawamura insists they are just childhood friends. Sawamura unknowingly threw a Cutter to strike out Sensen's Ace, Maki. Last edited: Feb 11, 2017. Sawamura has developed his cutter into what is referred to as the "Revised Cutter" by his 2nd year. Sawamura's fastball velocity has been recorded at 135 km/h. Facing Raichi, Miyuki asked for an inside Cutter to try to get Sawamura over the hump but Sawamura failed the pitch execution resulting in a HR. At school, students muse why Sawamura is included in the roster when he's doing so poorly at practice. Sawamura is overjoyed and he roars. An anime adaptation of Ace of Diamond Act II has been announced, and it premiered on April 2, 2019. With Umemiya out, Ugumori lost their vigor and Sawamura then retires the 5th batter to win the game. The reason Sawamura's batting is so poor is because instead of trying to watch the ball closely and decide to swing or not, he would always swing at every pitch and for the majority of the time, missing spectacularly. A sinking moving fastball thrown with a 2-seam grip or by grapping the ball with 5 fingers. [28] She often comes to watch his decisive games (together with their friends or with Sawamura's father and grandfather). ", "No matter what kind of situation, I will carry out my duty! Miyuki then calls for an inside pitch but Sawamura hits the batter, resulting in an unstable performance. Failing the challenge, Sawamura was not allowed to participate in practice as promised. 7 and No. After their last match, Sawamura gets scouted by Takashima Rei, the assistant director of Seidou High. Fifth batter is Adachi hits a grounder which is caught by Haruichi and gets him out. At 2 outs and with a runner on 2nd base, Zono had an opportunity to tie the score; however, his long hit was caught by an outfielder and Ichidaisan won the game. Sawamura could not even catch a fly ball to outfield that landed near his position properly and would always commit errors on defense. They never told him about their reluctant feelings before because they knew that Sawamura wouldn't go otherwise. In the bottom inning, Masashi's single HR punches a hole in the stalemate and the 3rd years' consecutive hits make it a 2-0 lead for Seidou. 18 at the start of the Fall Tournament. Up next to bat is Sanada, while Raichi goes for a steal and succeeds. Sawamura was the captain of the Akagi Junior High baseball team. Haruichi is surprised that Eijun managed to get on base and asks for a player substitution, sending himself as the pinch hitter. Calling for a time-out, Miyuki tells Sawamura to focus on the batter. Ichidai mounted their come back in the bottom of the 5th after Furuya walked a couple of batters and Yuki Masashi's fielding error. Miyuki is good at exploiting Sawamura's potential, giving out aggressive calls that draw out the pitcher's instinct and fighting spirit; on the other hand, Sawamura is able to fearlessly respond to such calls and throw pitches that exceed expectations. Again, on 2 April 2019, another Diamond No ace series got aired. In the second series it seems it will finilly be the turn for Sawamura to shine in the koshien , it seems lol. Haruichi is Sawamura's close friend. A conventional circle changeup taught to Sawamura by coach Ochiai before the match against Ouya. Sawamura throws to the outer edge for the first pitch giving Miyuki goosebumps. This gives Sawamura a notable advantage against right-handed batters, which is the more common type of player in baseball compared to left-handers. Following Seidou's win over Yakushi High in the Fall, Sawamura openly challenged Furuya for the ace title, and the latter accepted it. The rest of the third years struggle to perfectly hit Sawamura's outside pitch and the game ends in a tie. -. 20 for the Summer Tournament, and later on No. On the bottom of the 7th inning, Yuki scored a 2 runs game-ending homerun earning Seidou yet another called game victory over their opponent and moving on to the Semi Final. During the weekday following the training camp, the coaches discuss who should be entrusted with the Ace number and despite recognizing Sawamura's stellar and consistent performances, Ochiai suggests Furuya should be entrusted with the Ace number instead as he believes stripping Furuya off his former title may prevent his future growth meanwhile arguing that Sawamura is a man who can grow under extreme pressure. -, "The spice called motivation gives birth to good synergy. Sawamura walked the next batter creating the first crisis Seidou faced in the match. The batter's hit was caught by Shirasu on right field but the runner was able to tag-in to score and Sawamura ceded a run. On the top of the 3rd inning, Miyuki began mixing up a few of the Numbers' pitches into his lead in combination with Sawamura's straight fastball to great success and he was able to get another 3 up 3 down. Sawamura did not pitch in the second round. Umemiya intimidates Sawamura with his fighting spirit while Sawamura struggles with the pressure, triggering memories of the dead ball he threw at Shirakawa last summer. They struck out Todoroki Raichi and Sanada Shunpei back to back. At the beginning of the training camp, Sawamura is enthusiastic and shows significant potential, but it doesn't take long to find out that fielding is his weak point, which is probably because of his little experience due to his baseball history. Since Sawamura is a left-handed pitcher, his Cutter breaks into the body of a right-handed batter, frequently able to induce jams and ground balls. Sawamura Eijun is the protagonist of the series. Does Sawamura become captain? I'm going to make him acknowledge me. Kanemaru brings the ice and is worried about his teammate, because Sawamura didn't say anything since he got subbed and just sat silently on the bench. As the story progresses, they become friendlier with each other and even exchange advice on how to throw breaking balls. Sawamura suggests this idea to Miyuki and Chris who immediately ignore himonly to come back later to ask what type of pitch Sawamura's looking to learn, which he suggests the cutter. Amahisa and Miyamoto are also taken out by grounders to second base. While Shirakawa receives treatment in the dugout, his teammates try to encourage Sawamura but Miyuki notices his change after the dead ball, then sends a signal to their coach. He is also surprisingly level-headed in critical situations, but can also be swayed negatively, causing his performance to drop. With 57% of the votes, Yaku is runner-up and Nishinoya has won the libero popularity poll, remaining undefeated! Sawamura retired the lead-off batter Ichinose for 1 out. [35] Sawamura's pitching form makes it difficult for batters to correctly time their swing while it also makes his pitch seem deceptively faster than it actually is. In the dugout Kataoka explains that he didn't want to give their opponents anymore openings to exploit. For the scrimmage against Yakushi, Furuya is Seidou's starting pitcher and impresses the gallery by his performance and especially by overpowering Raichi with his fastballs. Furuya reveals that he only came to Seidou because of his hopes that Miyuki can catch his pitches. Who is Sawamura Eijun in Diamond no Ace amino? Facing the 4th and 5th batter with bases loaded, Sawamura pitches tight to the corners and quickly scores 2 strike outs to close out the inning, effectively stopping Ichidai's momentum. Ace of Diamond Is Diamond no Ace good? Luckily, their relationship was repaired and they are back to being friends again. He runs into Miyuki who is also late. Still with runner on 3rd, and 2-0 down in the count, Sawamura regrouped, took the batter to full count and closed the inning with a powerful inside fastball that jammed the batter and retired him at 1st. Despite Sawamura's endless antics, Haruichi has full respect towards him, especially for his boundless optimism and perseverance. During the scrimmage against the third years, Sawamura finds out about Kataoka's resignation. Miyauchi hates it when Sawamura is too loud in the bullpen, "I will be fine. Sawamura accepts as he throws what looked like a powerful pitch that may have made it to the fence only to have the ball break downward when it comes close to it. Furuya comes to replace Sawamura in the 6th inning and worked through 2 quick innings. In Act II, he becomes Seidou's ace in his second year by the start of the Summer Regional Tournament. 6. During the summer tournament, Sawamura would always ask Haruichi to catch for him to warm up. He has the habit of pulling a catcher in the bullpen to help him warm up, but he usually get distracted by the game in the field; Miyauchi gets irritated by this while Ono leaves him behind and goes back to the dugout. With two strikes, the Seido battery decide to bring out their fastball for the first time. The upperclassmen have problems to grasp his pitching style. Sawamura's tense but after some difficulties, they manage to pull of a double play. Sawamura throws a changeup for the first pitch and Miyagawa, the third batter, lets it pass and it counts as a strike. Sawamura jams the next batter, getting out of the pinch. The series has a total of 184 episodes, plus three OVAs. However, after learning the proper pitching grip for the 4-seam fastball, Sawamura's fastball stabilized and stopped breaking irregularly. Weekly Shnen Magazine has serialized it from 2006 to 2015. Originally, Sawamura was quite boastful; however, after learning it the hard way through the defeat to Inajitsu and the yips period, he became aware of his own standing within the team and understood that it was necessary to place the team's priority over his own. 3rd base runner attempted to score but was prevented by Asou's excellent throw, retiring him at home plate. In the 7th inning with 2 outs and no runners, putting his feelings of not wanting to see his sempais go Sawaura strikes out the third batter with a pitch on the outside corner keeping up one of the best performances of him we'd seen all summer. Furuya held Nihou Shouno to 1 run by the 6th inning and Seidou is up by 3 runs. Sawamura said during the Spring Tournament that he can pitch up to No. To face off against Narumiya, Miyuki gets aggressive, calling three straight fastballs to the inside that Eijun delivers to strike Narumiya out. With two outs and a runner on first Hoshida manages to hit a grounder but true to skill Haruichi is there to get him out. When Sawamura had the yips, Kanemaru was the first one to ask Chris to help Sawamura, implying he was worried about him. At the bullpen, Sawamura warms-up with Miyuki and unknowingly throws to the inside, surprising his teammates. Sawamura unknowingly threw a cutter to strike out Sensen's Ace, Maki. 11 for the later half of the game. The fourth season of The most loved sport drama Diamond no Ace will be released soon for viewers who are anticipating it. Seidou gets out of the 1st inning with two lost runs. Bottom of the 7th inning, Miyuki said he wants to mix in more Numbers to get batters out quickly and Sawamura complied, saying he has complete trust in Miyuki's lead. He also adds that to promote further growth from both of them, switching their status is important which is why he decided to entrust Sawamura with the Ace number instead for this Summer. -, "I don't know what you are battling with right now, Furuya. It doesn't take long until the first years are double digit runs behind and some of them start to give up. Amahisa happened to meet Sawamura in the hallway of the Stadium and began asking questions about Sawamura's new pitch, the Cutter Kai. After Sensen takes back one run the team tries to lighten the mood so Sawamura can relax, but Miyuki only riles him up. Diamond no Ace Season 4 is one of the most looked forward to sequels by sports anime fans. After striking out Sawamura, Kuramochi is up and after a few balls and fouls he hits center field getting to first base. On top of the ninth, Kawakami is on the mound and Seidou wins. The first inning ends with 2 runs for Yura and 1 run for Seidou. He gets hit several times but isn't affected at all which impresses most of the players and encourage them to continue. 1 / 2. Then comes their ninth batter, Miyamoto but Sawamura quickly strikes him out while making his beating his fastest record with a 140 km pitch. Kataoka calls for a pitcher change. I won't waste even one pitch, one second. Furuya is Sawamura's rival within Seidou. Sawamura asks Kataoka to let him pitch at the fifth inning but Kataoka declines, telling Sawamura that assessing the situation and warming up are important functions of a reliever, shocking Sawamura. Pairing up with Sawamura was Okumura, whose game calling was to place emphasis on Sawamura's fastball going against Seihou's lineup. This shows the battery has complete trust in one another. Kataoka chooses Sawamura as the starting pitcher, for the first time in the Tournament, as he notes that Kasuga Ichi's core lineup consists mainly of left handed batters which makes Sawamura, a southpaw, a better choice. Shirakawa is at bat next and battles it out with Sawamura, who starts to pitch harder. In the bottom of the inning, after Masashi and Kanemaru didn't get on base, Sawamura gets riled up for his at bat and - although he makes an unnecessarily dangerous base run whilst sliding to first - also gets retired. Kawakami was the starting pitcher for the first match of the Tournament for Seidou while Sawamura is in reserve and Furuya playing outfield. If you have the ace number on your back, then take that one out and get back to the dugout!" Since Sawamura is a left-handed pitcher, his circle changeup breaks down and away from a right handed batter, making it an effective pitch against right-handed players; however, due to the very same reason, it is a disadvantage when used against a left-handed batter unless Sawamura can precisely nail his control.
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