Cross Game > Season 1 online - S1

Considering the way that this series opened, with Wakaba getting killed, having bad things happen shouldn't be a surprise with Cross Game. There've been a number of ups and downs over the course of the show, but it's largely been a quiet but hopeful more

Cross Game's previous episode which featured the second half of the game against Sannou was their way of playing the team by showing them one thing with the scouts and then unleashing the full potential in the game. But not from the start, rather th more

From start to finish, Cross Game has been a very interesting series and one unlike most other sports series out there. From those first few episodes, we got a real feel for the style and nature of the series which has largely held up throughout its fifty more

The game has been played hard throughout and as it gets closer to the end, the tension really ramps up a lot. There's something to be said for the somewhat understated approach Cross Game uses with its sports moments as it gives it a certain kind of tensi more

With Akane's surgery having gone off without a hitch, Ko is able to put all of his focus squarely on the game itself. He's been a bit cagey with his friends about what's gone on and all that was involved with it, even keeping aspects of it secret from Aka more

Cross Game has finally nudged Ko into going to see Akane in the hospital and it's one of those strangely pleasant yet quiet kind of moments. Ko's relationship with her does feel odd at times with how it's been unfolding, though in some ways it feels decid more

Coming up with ways of talking about team performance without it seeming like bragging can be a challenge, but they have a nice way of doing it here as Aoba and Akaishi end up visiting Akane and she's asking how things are doing and that leads to a bit of more

Cross Game is reaching an interesting point where certain things are becoming apparent. While the game they're in gets called on account of rain as some torrential downpours have hit, Ko is getting some grief for rushing while pitching which is what was m more

The game against Sena doesn't take long to get underway and there's some really neat little things about it that comes out early on. The revelation that the team's captain is just a social studies teacher with no experience is certainly something that wou more

When the game gets rolling, there's some amusing aspects to it as they basically roll over on the competition as most of the guys have asked for dates depending on how they perform with Aoba. Well, Azuma didn't which isn't a surprise, but the way they han more