The lives of the guys playing for Seishu has certainly gotten more
interesting now that Junpei has signed on to do batting practice with
them as the coach has been injured a bit doing things he shouldn't have.
With Aoba helping with pitching coaching and Junpei on the batting
side, the team is getting worked over well with people who have
enthusiasm and serious connections to some of those involved. They're
all making progress and even the players recognize that there's
something special in the coaching that's going on that may give them the
edge.
The personal side of the show is where things usually
shine and this episode is no exception. Azuma's birthday is about to hit
and Ko is doing his best to nudge things along about it by reminding
Aoba about it constantly, though he tries to play it up by giving her
money to get a cake for him and he'll bring him over to her place. It's
cute how he's working the situation in a way to help those two get a bit
closer together, but at times it's hard to tell if it's really
conscious or not. The way Aoba deals with it seems to be conflicted at
times because she pushes back on Ko that she can afford a cake herself
and doesn't need the constant reminders, yet in the end she doesn't
actually do anything. While she deals with this, she's also getting to
know Akane better and the two even play a little catch together and talk
about Wakaba some, though more about the relationship she and Ko had
when they were kids. It's a charming and disarming segment that shows
how the mild frost between them has definitely thawed.
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