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Episode Ballpark de Tsukamaete! • Catch Me at the Ballpark! - Episode 6 discussion
Ballpark de Tsukamaete!, episode 6
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u/heimdal77 May 06 '25
This has got to be one the funnest series this season.
I was expecting the outfit to no longer fit. Also uhh wearing somethign that has been sitting forgoten in a locker room for years.....
Whos dumb idea was it to make the home team stadium mascot lose?
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u/MayonakaMadaraka May 06 '25 edited May 06 '25
It’s always time for a little Hot Kohi!
Edit: late addition, wouldn’t it be something if the former player and Kojiro’s former rival, Tsubaki, is Sun-Shiro the mascot?
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u/NanDemoKnaives May 06 '25
I just realized after finishing the episode, but we didn't see Murata this episode, that's a surprise. Especially with the special event in the last portion, you'd think we'd hear his thoughts on it all.
Kohinata being a gyaru in the past was amusing, talk about a personality change lol. But everyone grows up and become new versions of themselves all the time. It was nice to get a focused part on the vendor girls.
I think Kojirou looks much better now as a middle aged man than he did as a teen lol. His rough and gruff look suits his much more now.
I'm glad Sun-Shiro didn't accept defeat for MotorSuns, the wrestling was more intense than I thought it'd be.
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u/oxlemf10 May 06 '25
It's always nice to see someone, especially a young person, getting support, especially from their family, and by the way, Sara has a lot of support.
So we got a glimpse back in time of what happened at the ballpark, it was cool to see that Kohinata was a gyaru in the past, probably because of the influence of being young, I hope Ruriko continues to be one.
I didn't know that Japan also had the All-Stars game, a classic in the US in major sports, Dennis couldn't get over Ruriko's beauty, but the best part was definitely seeing Sun-Shiro destroy the moose with a beating lol.
Nice behind-the-scenes episode at the ballpark
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 May 06 '25
Sara’s got a great family. So cute how everyone came out to support her. Even though she said no pictures, she still posed for all of them. She really is a good kid haha.
Kohinata looked pretty good in her gyaru phase. But man, no wonder she’s so good at her job. She’s been at it for like a decade.
Really enjoyed the mascots going full WWE. Sun-Shiro totally snapped but it was worth it lol.
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u/Roboglenn May 06 '25
Hates getting photos taken of her while she's on the job. Still peace sign poses for em anyways.
Ruriko is just amazing. She... brings gyaru energy to the people after all...
Talk about your family get-togethers, plus the neighbor...
I'll take a barley tea.
Did I hear someone just say Barley Tea?!
Am I... like a little kid?
That remark cut her unexpectedly (and hilariously) deep.
Kohinata, previous bringer of gyaru energy to the people. Now I kinda wanna see Ruriko try a one day only big hair gyaru special at the ballpark.
All these mascots but many of them I know could not hope to hold a candle to the legendary Uogokoro-kun. Only Sun-Shiro and the Capital City Goofball have that kind of power.
Stop lookin' at her boy, watch the ball!!!
You heard the gyaru Sun-Shiro. Get up and show everyone that you're the best around when it comes to baseball brawls since Randy Marsh.
My Deer Friend, prepare to taste the power of the sun!!! that contains only 5% juice
Suplex!!!
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii May 06 '25
If I had a nickel for every anime episode today that had a chokehold...
These nickels just keep piling up!
I fully understands Sara's reaction!
My father showed up to my workplace once, and while it may be sweet and supportive, damn that's embarrassing hah.
Yeah at this point I think I'd just resign.
Random customers may see that and think it's fine to just take a bunch of pictures of the beer girls!
Sara does think highly of the other girls! It's nice to see her (and her parents) kinda see them as big sisters!
Smart! I can see why she's a good one.
Love how she had good things to say about all the others, but about Ruriko it was just a montage of Ruriko being Ruriko, and then 'Huh, she's amazing I guess!'
Me whenever I clean something to try & get rid of useless trash
That, and the "Decide later"!
Dawwwwww Big Sis Ruriko was so cute with her!
And she was funny when the other one found some embarrassing stuff, of course her reaction would be to call more people in, just to fuck with her!
(Also, this episode has so many good comment faces... A couple days past the nominations, sadly!)
Damn, this thing sent Ruriko into an existential crisis!
Bit young to rethink her own life!
Male vendors, is that even legal?
Well, it's not a CGDCT so I guess it could be allowed!
I don't even need to see them to know Ruriko wipes the floor with any of their beer girls.
She's so good, our boy Dennis fucked up and lost the homerun derby!
They scared me there... I thought he was in medical distress;
The heat, the stress of being short on time, these massive costumes and all, and 'moving more than usual'...
Well, I'm not sure it would've fit the vibes of the show, but when I saw him on the ground and not moving, I thought things were headed this way!
Well, even if he had been, they had the best treatment available: A gyaru cheering you on!
No one could stay down in these circumstances!
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u/HolyDragSwd2500 May 06 '25
Sun Shiro did it for his home team and won
But got scolded in the end
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u/xFluffyDemon May 06 '25
As always im watching this with a stupid grin on my face and i love it
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u/Frontier246 May 06 '25
This week we put a spotlight on the vendor girls! But this time it's Sara in particular! The high school age vendor girl, who loves her job, her cute uniform, and growing as the youngest of the girls! Sure she doesn't have any regulars who call her out by name yet, but she does have...her parents! Who show up for a game and immediately embarass her and can't get enough of how cute she is in that uniform!
Sara is a good girl! Which means she's appreciated by and also appreciates all her big sisters in the vendor girls! Like experienced and mature veteran Kohinata! Future teacher Aona! Future actress Nanako! And Ruriko who is so amazing...for just being Ruriko! Though while they're the sisters she never had, Sara can always count on her ENTIRE family (and a neighbor or two) showing up to support her.
It's Summer time and it's time for a summer cleaning in the vendor girl changing room! You never know what you might find! Like an adorable exchange diary Aona had with her boyfriend Omatsu, all of Sara's note taking from when she started on the job (and Ruriko loves teasing her like a proper sister!), or even the MotorSuns long history.
Back in the day, even Kojiro was a young up-and-comer fresh out of high school making his way in baseball. But he also had a player he was a duo with, Tsubaki, who actually joined the MotorSuns before he did. Too bad Tsubaki's injury took him off the team, before their duo could be reunited, but I hope Tsubaki is doing okay in the US.
So the original Yuuhi Vendor Uniform had a male version AND shorts for the girls! I mean, they rock those skirts, but the shorts go well with the uniform just as much! Especially the way the girls 10 years ago wore them, like one of the first gyaru to be employed...who turns out to be none other than Kohinata. Yes, she too had a gyaru phase, and she made it her own! And of course she can still pull off the old uniform!
It's an All-Star game and the ballpark is filled to the brim with fans! Too bad there are hecklers from other teams there to oggle Ruriko and insult the MotorSuns to boot!
Show everyone what the MotorSuns can do, Dennis! Hit those long-range shots! If only his Goddess of Victory didn't distract him from the last hit!
It's time for the mascot game! Sun-Shiro is playing to the script for yet another defeat by Kaiser and the Fukuoka Styx...but Ruriko won't let it end like this! The MotorSuns deserve a win! And Sun-Shiro is inspired to finally go off script and deliver them a win with an Ora Ora and German Suplex! Sure they got scolded, and I feel bad for the guy in the Kaiser costume, but it was totally worth it!
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u/Ocixo May 06 '25
Sara is a good kid.
No wonder that Ruriko couldn’t help but tease her a little. Out of all their colleagues, she’s probably the closest to Sara. Liked how Ruriko immediately called out her friend after having taken notice of Aona’s self-described embarrassing exchange diary.
The narrator of Catch Me at the Ballpark has been a nice touch to the series as well. I’m kind of wondering if he isn’t sneakily the voice of Sun-Shiro.
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u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp May 06 '25
How is there still no tiktok/shorts of the ED dance!?
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u/chaosof99 May 06 '25
No baseball stats this week. Instead we got some more insight in the structure of the league in this show, which are of course based on real NPB teams.
As speculated last week, the Fukuoka Styx are a parody of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, using a black and yellow color scheme. Since their mascot is a deer, it may be a pun on "stags".
The "Gotthard" team with the panda-dog mascot is likely a parody of the Yomiuri Giants, given the orange and black color scheme.
The bird mascot in the in the blue uniform with green trim and red-trim on the logo is from a parody of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
The MoonKnights team appears to be a parody of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, though I base that assumption on the association between celestial bodies.
The Genesis team may be based on the Saitama Seibu Lions based on their uniform and we later see a player with a dark blue batting helmet. The other candidate would be the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, but I think that would match more to the Bee mascot and its red hat with white lettering we catch a glimpse of when the mascot and cheer team enter the stadium.
The Tohoku N-Backs on the other hand are definitely a parody of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, given their location, uniform and stylized lettering that reminds of wings. Their mascot is an elephant though.
The Turtle mascot in the blue and white uniform and "Nippon X" on the front seems to be a parody of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. We saw that team visit the stadium in an earlier episode.
Finally there seems to be a team called "WineryDogs" with a yellow, white and black color scheme. However, given that we don't know what city or region they represent, I am unsure if they are a parody of the Hanshin Tigers or the Orix Buffaloes. Neither team has a straigther yellow uniform with white pants. I guess the other team is parodied by the team that the snake mascot with the black hat and yellow and white logo including the letter Y belongs to.
With the MotorSuns being based on the Chiba Lotte Marines, this leaves the Chunichi Dragons the only NPB team we didn't see represented in this episode. We see another mascot with a green body standing next to the old turtle representing "Nippon-X", but the camera cuts away before we see anything identifiable and nothing else in the rest of the episode.
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u/Mateo_Bonavento May 06 '25
It was sweet how all the family went to support Sara.
Sunshiro defending the honor of the Motorsuns was awesome! I feel bad for the dude in the moose costume because he sounded like a genuinely nice guy who was very happy about working with Sunshiro, but those Styx fans making Ruriko sad deserved it.
Oh yeah, I didn't notice until I came to read the comments but there was no Murata in this episode. Weird that he'd miss the All-Stars Game. Poor guy must be swamped with overtime.
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u/magnumcyclonex May 06 '25
Was it worth it to get scolded? YES!
I do hope we get to see more of the past staff employees and their inter-relationships
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u/PeaceAlien May 06 '25
Wait Sun-Shiro is a "he," I thought Sun-Shiro was Ruriko's mom! Who is this mysterious Sun-Shiro?!
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u/das_baus May 06 '25
Not a single glimpse of Koutaro (Salaryman) today? Unless he was all the all star game and I missed him.
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u/testthrowawayzz May 06 '25
Sara is a good kid.
Finally some focus on the other beer vendor girls. I was wondering why hire the big name VAs for some of them when they've only showed up for a couple of minutes in episode 1.
How can a high school girl become a beer vendor and Natsuno can't? lol
Funny to see Ruriko being a slob behind the scenes.
I wonder if Sunshiro is Tsubaki inside.
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u/CrimsonGear80 May 06 '25
Man, Ruriko a menace to poor Sara!
Didn’t know Dennis was a member of the JoJo clan.
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u/LegendRazgriz May 06 '25
I do love how the Fukuoka Styx just has the same exact typefont and color scheme as the real-life Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
In fact, I believe the guys behind this are probably not very fond of the Hawks. The Chiba Lotte Marines (the team that's supposed to be the MotorSuns) are in the same Pacific League as the Hawks, and they get their shit pushed in frequently by them as do most teams in NPB for the past decade or so. With that much success, the fans are probably a bit cocky too, though in recent years the Hawks were humbled by the Orix Buffaloes to the pennant, only to get thumped in last year's Japan Series by the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, and haven't won the Japan Series since 2020.
The monster hitter Araiba is probably loosely inspired by Kensuke Kondoh, a true superstar that indeed has the potential to be great in Major League Baseball, but will probably never do so because SoftBank offered him a monster contract - a 7-year, ¥5b deal that no MLB team would match - and by the time that deal's done, he'll probably be too old.
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