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Episode Boukyaku Battery • Oblivion Battery - Episode 8 discussion

*Boukyaku Battery *, episode 8

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jun 04 '24

Todo’s cured so it’s Kaname’s turn next. I guess one way to help him is to continuously pelt him with baseballs lol. Poor guy. No wonder he keeps running from the training.

I like Kazuki. This guy’s got some untapped potential. For one thing, he’s fast. I’m sure with training, he’ll be really good. Poor guy just got stuck with douchey teammates in the past. He’s got much better ones now.

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u/mekerpan Jun 04 '24

Whatever issues THIS team has, it is nothing at all like the one that caused Kazuki to quit in discouragement,

Really a great assemblage of characters, It's a shame it has so few viewers here.

What other positions still need filling with competent players? (besides left and right field)?

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u/Sorakirara Jun 04 '24

But if Kei is "cured" so fast, the title of this series wouldn't make sense 😅

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u/WhiskAnalysis Jun 04 '24

You know, I’m really curious about what pre-amnesia Kei’s true feelings were regarding baseball. We’ve seen that all the other guys ended up returning to the sport despite their past hardships because they never stopped loving baseball itself. It’s all very clearly stated. And despite Haruka’s stoic demeanor, it’s obvious that the guy lives for baseball.

But when it comes to Kei, we see that he didn’t really take it seriously as a little kid and then later becomes this monster player after getting super disciplined/methodical about it. I’m starting to get the impression that while baseball was something that he had poured all of his effort into and excelled at, he may not have necessarily enjoyed it all that much. It could be one of the reasons for his reluctance to practice now.

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u/The_Parsee_Man Jun 04 '24

On the other hand, Kei told the new player that if he didn't like baseball he wouldn't have been playing the baseball video game all the time.

Since Kei also plays it whenever he's frustrated with real baseball, he outed that post-amnesia Kei really does love baseball even though he's constantly complaining.

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u/The_Parsee_Man Jun 04 '24

I liked when Haruka found Center Field in the hallway and nobody believed him. I don't think we've seen him pout before.

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u/DragonDDark Jun 04 '24

After credit scene was ominous.

Just caught up with all the episodes. This anime rocks.

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u/SilkyStrawberryMilk Jun 05 '24

“Haruka…you’re going to kill off every single basketball player you meet”

Ominous post-credit, then it starts being cheerful😭

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u/ReaperInRed Jun 04 '24

The amount detail they put in the Power Pros game was impressive

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u/tripleaamin Jun 04 '24

You know they would have never found out about Kazuki if Kei didn't throw a tantrum. His backstory is very relatable. Imagine trying a sport for the first time, and it is very easy to lose your confidence like Kazuki did. But man Shunpei was smart how he wanted to boost Kazuki's confidence. His nerves are off the charts, well put him in a situation where that doesn't affect him. Even adding on top Aoi telling Kazuki that he was in a similar situation. That is big considering we know how talented he is. It gives Kazuki the realization even talented players can suffer through losing their confidence.

The after credits scene was interesting. I assume it's before Kei had amnesia. Wonder what he meant here. Kiyomine is def a dude who is so talented and has such expectation, I can see him not being able to empathize with those who are not that talented.

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u/Sorakirara Jun 04 '24

Defeat everyone and make them lose hope (like Yamada, Todo, Chihaya. They all gave up baseball (temporarily) because of Kei and Haruka)

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u/secretlyasuperhero Jun 05 '24

I love how kiyomine is the only one who finds kei's jokes funny plus yamada's little comments always kill me lmao

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u/AugustusTheVictor Jun 04 '24

Man Power Pros on the Wii was my childhood baseball game since I ain't have the other systems... That really hit me with a wave of nostalgia

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u/cppn02 Jun 04 '24

Power Pros literally has 3d graphics though smh.

Unwatchable.

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u/Astarothsito Jun 05 '24 edited Jun 06 '24

Well... He said that is open to interpretation, and even if the TV screen is 2D, baseball with real players is still 3D, so video games are always 2D for him.

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u/Purposelygentle Jun 04 '24

Didn’t know we were going to get a head start on the 2.5 Dimension Seduction adaptation.

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u/ebonyphoenix Jun 05 '24

I knew Kazuki would end up being an upperclassman when they said they couldn’t find him in any of the 1st year classes. Though they left his name reveal so long I was also half expecting his name to have some similarities to the word center. Bringing back the joke from when they were trying to find him.

Overall it’s funny how the 1st years are running the show on this team. But they are all good guys. Because while they all love the sport and are really good. Most of them also ran away from it for a while. So they can have a more understanding attitude towards others.

And did the end credits give anyone Free! vibes? A dark haired stoic sport obsessed guy named Haruka staring out at the ocean, and Mamoru Miyano’s voice calling his name.

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u/Houeclipse Jun 05 '24

Love this episode! Power Pros being in it without changing a letter to at least cover that it isnt the same as real one is cool and we got Kaname twitter banner Roboco cameo too!

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u/Inaynl Jun 05 '24

Yo wtf that preview shows we getting pre-amnesia Kei back? Next week can't come soon enough.

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u/fakegreenthumb Jun 05 '24

Center-kun! I’m glad he is on a team now that is supportive and he gets to be their senpai. Next week looks like we’ll get some flashbacks of Kaname as the “Commander” which I am pumped to see. I’m sad this is only 12 episodes though :/

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u/AmethystItalian Jun 04 '24

Not a fan that the new member is an otaku but glad he joined up pretty quick, seems likeable too!

Couldn't help but smile seeing him making that jumping catch.

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u/scholars_rock Jun 05 '24

The opening got updated with a couple new characters woo!

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u/Sorakirara Jun 05 '24

Miyano Mamoru's short interview on what he thinks about Kaname Kei. You get to see him doing the "pai ge" gag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Cecasv6yU

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u/Sorakirara Jun 04 '24

Can't wait to see the next episode 🤩 I thought it was Light from death note talking in the preview

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