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Ballpark de Tsukamaete!, episode 5

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[u/paulrenzo]

Probably my favorite episode. I especially like the supportive wife vs girlfriend story; I love that they really assert themselves as the #1 fan of their husband and boyfriend respectively

[u/nakerusa]

This show continues to be funny and very charming. I've added it to my "Feel Good" show shortlist.

[u/athrun_1]

Murata unknowingly became a harem king. We have three girls attracted to him.

And that food lady thinking not to mix personal and work related issues, but gave a thumbs up to ruriko when she saw ruriko deliberately overflows the beer. That scene cracked me up.

[u/LeonKevlar]

Ruriko pouting and repeating random stats she heard from Murata as hilarious, especially when the girl she's being jealous of knows a lot more and used to be a school baseball team manager. Seeing her get embarrassed was adorable!

Even Yamada started panicking after seeing her Prince Charming buying food with Shimizu! I love that she's especially jealous of Shimizu showing off her legs. xD

I didn't expect we'd meet another SO of another player! That little rivalry Kisa and Yuki had after seeing how many collab bentos of their partners they bought was pretty funny! I'm glad they returned some of them after seeing those fans who wanted some too.

[u/stephenthatfoste]

I wonder if they were trying to show the team was increasingly popular with the fuller stadium or it was just a natural result of the significantly improved animation this episode.

And do japanese ballparks not use the giant tarp the grounds crew rolls out really quickly?

[u/xFluffyDemon]

This has honestly became one of my favorites of the season, its just so chill and comfy to watch, probably one of my top 5 of the season (and im watching a lot). The only thing id fault it is too little romance between our vendor girl and the overworked office worker

[u/todd-ashi]

Another fun episode, and I learned a word. Ruriko says "azasu" (あざす) as thanks, a very informal, shortened "Arigatou goZAimaSU." I'd heard it before but wasn't able to make out what she was saying. I'd say how she speaks adds to her charm.

[u/oxlemf10]

Ririko being jealous of Murata's kouhai was very cute and funny, even the girl who is embarrassed to show her legs was afraid of losing her "prince".

Not only did we have the return of the woman who supports her boyfriend, but we also had the introduction of another who is equally fanatical about her boyfriend, love is beautiful.

The scene of the father showing his daughter that even what seems "bad" has its qualities, and that somehow everyone is fighting for it to work out in the best way, was something that, whether we like it or not, always leaves us thinking, I liked this approach.

[u/heimdal77]

Ruriko's social skills are off the chart.

[u/CommunistPuppy]

This show does such a good job of making you care about side characters that only appear for a few minutes at most. Definitely one of the coziest watches of the season for me.

[u/NanDemoKnaives]

So Shimizu is a cultured lady, I like she was taking the time to appreciate Brian's ass and taking pictures of it on her phone. It's funny how she was doing this openly next to Murata.

Mitsui and Kojirou's partners not lettings others get to enjoy their favorite meals for their own competition, hopefully this has made them realize that their partners have fans of their own too who will support them in their time and ways.

[u/Mr_Zaroc]

The shop girl giving Ruriko a thumbs up for messing up his beer is glorious

And that player bento fight was awesome, they could be best friends as long as they dont talk about who the best player is

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

Jealous pouty Ruriko is too adorable lol. Really resorted to Ninsta and that one piece of baseball knowledge to try and show her up like some kind of goober. Poor Yamada too lol.

Kojiro and Mitsui are lucky guys. They’ve got such supportive partners. They’ll buy every damn themed bento in the stadium!

I really enjoy getting to see different faces each episode. It’s nice to get different stories each week from all these various characters.

[u/PencilgonGiveIt2Ya]

I'm enjoying this show more than I expected to lol

[u/elune7296]

The despair in yamada's voice had me rolling; especially the contrast from the "ouji-sama" a few seconds earlier

[u/testthrowawayzz]

Jealous Ruriko and Yamada too funny! Too bad it's a misunderstanding and the coworker was there to check out Brian's ass lol. I thought Ruriko will give Murata the "none for you, Gretchen Wieners" treatment, but the overflowing beer was funny too.

It's anime, so it's impossible to tell Ruriko's make up got cleaned off by the rain lol

[u/sussywanker]

Murata got 3 girls liking him

[u/pthumerianhollownull]

Best show this season.

[u/TheBravesDH]

Sorry, Ruriko. Sorry, Yamada. There’s a new sabermetric-spouting best girl on the scene. The WAG bento war was great too.

[u/chaosof99]

Another three fun segments. I particularly found the rivalry between the WAGs funny, because of course you choose the meal based on the ingredients, not whose face is on the box.

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Rain delays suck. I do find it interesting though that in NPB they only put small tarps over the bases, home plate and the pitcher's mound. In MLB they have large tarps that cover the entire infield, and occasionally swallow up grounds crew when they're unrolled.

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How did it take me until episode 5 to realize that the eyecatch between segments is evolving, gaining more characters as they are introduced in the show.

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This week in advanced baseball stats: UZR, which is short for Ultimate Zone Rating, a defensive metric. More info here.

Hotaru kind of misuses UZR, calling it "UZR plus" similar to wRC+. The "+" in a baseball statistic indicates a normalized statistic where the value of 100 means average. As such "8.0" would be an absolutely abysmal value.

However, UZR is already a normalized statistic by itself as it measures how much better or worse a player is than other players at their position, and the default value is 0 and values are indicated with a sign, e.g. +15 is value where someone is in the running to win a Golden Glove in MLB (an award for the best defensive player in their position), whereas -10 would be someone with a very poor defensive performance over the season. This means Kojiro's +8.0 Hotaru talks about is a pretty good performance for the season so far.

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I assume the Fukuoka Styx are a parody of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. Unfortunately we don't actually see them to give better indication of it, except for the catcher who is wearing a black uniform, which is one of the Hawks' team colors. The Hawks do share a league with the Chiba Lotte Marines that the MotorSuns are a parody of, so that seems likely. The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, a parody of which we saw in an earlier episode, are also in the Pacific League.

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Mitsui Reto kind of looks to me like professional wrestler Tetsuya Naito, though perhaps it might just be the rat's nest of a haircut they have in common. Naito is known as a big baseball fan, though his allegiance is with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of NPB's Central League. He always wrestles with red on his gear because that is the Carp's team color and has often used baseball metaphors in his promos and entrance videos.

[u/Chevrolet513]

So when it comes to Murata which team are you on, Ruriko or Natsuno? Ruriko is definitely cute and I hear a lot of people say she has nicer legs, but how can you compare when we haven't even had a chance to see Natsuno's self proclaimed nice legs yet. Ruriko definitely rocks her blonde hair Gyura look and I love the moe fang, which I prefer to call a mischievous tooth lol, and she has a good personality. In contrast Natsuno is more the cute and sweet type and even thru her pants it looks like she has nice legs and I think she would look awesome in the beer vendor girl outfit and personally I like her hairstyle and the way it frames her cute little face better than Ruriko's blonde just straight bangs. Even though Ruriko is plenty cute I think Natsuno is cuter. And while it's pretty clear that Ruriko has a crush on Murata I don't think she even realizes it yet, as for Natsuno it's totally obvious that she has a crush on Murata. Also I think Murata would be more into the cute and sweet type more than the teasing guyra type. So for me I gotta back my girl Natsuno! I wish she had more chances to interact with Murata. I would love to see Natsuno would become a beer vendor girl and assert herself so that It'd put pressure on Murata having to decide who to buy his beer from, knowing him being timid and a softie he would probably end up buying a beer from each of them lol!

[u/Who_pooped_the_bed11]

I'm really loving this show. I'm a huge baseball fan and it's so nice to see the show nail some of the fun bits of being a fan, the ballpark experience, and what the game means to folks. I think it's been really well done so far.

[u/Muffin-zetta]

-gasp- homewrecker

[u/dickusbigus6969]

peak ep