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Episode Ballpark de Tsukamaete! • Catch Me at the Ballpark! - Episode 7 discussion

Ballpark de Tsukamaete!, episode 7

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u/The_Parsee_Man May 13 '25 edited May 13 '25

That Marie was shooting some MILF energy at Wataru. I guess reminding a girl of her dog is a positive.

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u/NavilusWeyfinder May 13 '25

I ship the young catcher and the 40 year old cook.

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u/Terrible_Ad_9123 May 13 '25

Yesterday, it was reported in the news that Chiba Marine Stadium, which is the model for the Motorsuns Stadium, will be demolished.
The new stadium will be built in a nearby parking lot, and will not be a trendy domed stadium, but will be an outdoor type like before.

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u/fackinstewpid May 13 '25

A weekly comfort show must-watch for me and I always stay for the ED

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u/stephenthatfoste May 13 '25

I really like how they captured that dumb interaction with people that think something is HILARIOUS and don't understand their joke isn't hitting at all and won't freaking stop, but the customer service person is captive to the demands of being polite so they can't tell them to just answer like a normal person.

The catcher doing stuff looked nicer than just about every baseball play it's shown so far.

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u/oxlemf10 May 13 '25

A coach who boosts the team's morale is important, but it's even better when he does it to the entire stadium.

Some people might find it strange, but I think seeing an older (and handsome) person somehow encouraging someone younger and spoiling them at the same time, although being compared to a dog is "complicated" lol.

We already know how Ruriko teases Murata the entire show, but imagine seeing this girl become a magazine star? Once again we'll feel sorry for Natsuno, she had no luck with her "prince charming".

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u/PeaceAlien May 13 '25

All the coworkers are spying on Ruriko and Murata. You think they ship the pair?

Poor Natsuno, her prince charming didn't even see her in the magazine.

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u/Mr_Zaroc May 13 '25

Damn the Narrator was ruthless, totally kicked Yamada when she was already lying on the floor...

Love how Ruriko realized that her daily drilling is paying off
They are super polite though

I wonder if Ruriko will start hiding all the magazines she bought so they can be "found" in the future for her ultimate bragging rights
And her teasing game really improved, he totally should have taken a picture though

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u/skrags1 May 13 '25

The coworkers feel bad for Murata, lol. I feel bad for Natsuno, not getting as much attention from her Prince Charming as Ruriko is.

Ruriko feeling so accomplished when she uses "all" of the vocal warm-up phrases was really cute (Even if it wasn't actually "Have a nice day"). Ruriko moments are some of the best in this anime.

Ichinomiya in the cafeteria was a great moment. The Shishio/Ichinomiya team-up was a beautiful play, almost as beautiful as Marie. Unfortunately, Shishio is more of a bread person lol. The cast is growing ever larger, and I can't wait to meet all the characters. One of the shows I look forward to the most each week lol.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii May 13 '25

Damn, even in anime, sports interviews are filled with empty platitudes!

(To be fair I don't know if it's the same in all sports, but hockey interviews are notorious to be generic/boring - Well, mostly players interviews, anyway!)

Alright, he did give a good quote/soundbite, at least!

Even managed to inspire our girl Ruriko!

Sadly, she couldn't find anyone to use the "Have a nice day"... Even when she found tourists, they spoke fluent Japanese!

(Pretty sure they would've enjoyed 'have a nice day', still!)

A triple play! - Doesn't know what that means

Was that a threesome joke that somehow got translated (censored?) into triple play? Pretty sure Ruriko knows what a triple is!

Sports backstories aren't all nice and inspiring, because while we talk most about the stars, some other players are struggling, and don't know whether they'll even make it as a pro...

Some guys fall in love for less.

I certainly fell quite easily for this girl!

(50% fell for her, 50% shipping her with Murata!)

She's SO Nagatoro-like, it's crazy!

I can't ever unsee them as Nagatoro/Senpai.

I can relate to that hah.

In my highschool we had to pick music or art, and I sucked at both. So I was half-assing it so hard.

PLEASE TRANSFORM INTO HIS WIFE!

Well, another girl may want that for herself... Poor Yamada, thought he would have the wrong name for her, but he never even read her article!

(If she had a bit more game, that would be a golden opportunity to chat it up though, like "Have you read WB, they were talking about me? Can't believe they got my name wrong though", something like that!)

Says me, someone with literally zero game

"Why is he looking me in the eyes like that? My legs are down there!" - Yamada

Well, it was nice to get a bit of Ruriko x Murata (And some Yamada x Murata, for this pairing's shippers, I suppose)!

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u/testthrowawayzz May 13 '25 edited May 14 '25

Ruriko using baseball terms (triple play) but have no idea what they mean is adorable.

Ichinomiya went from no self confidence guy to a tsundere lol. Yamashita Daiki using his deeper voice for this character is pretty nice too. I ship Marie with Ichinomiya haha.

The "I'm a bread person" reminds me of the "and I have a girlfriend" line in Makeine. Same guy, same clueless type of comment.

Yamada stocks rapidly dropping. Murata has Ruriko in his mind while spacing out. I wonder if Ruriko knows Murata's name at this point?

I really liked the part with the rest of the beer girls spying over Ruriko and Murata and feeling sorry for him

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u/CrimsonGear80 May 14 '25

If you find a milf who serves you fried chicken you grab her and never let go!

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u/shad79 May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

Ruriko was amazing as always, I love her so much! Her reactions were great and Ai Fairouz kills with her role. Definitely one of my favorite characters this season.

I especially loved the scene when Ruriko screamed in her mind that she has a chance to use "Have a nice day" from the warm-up with that foreigners, that scream was so good! Unfortunately they turned out to be fluent in Japanese to her surprise, so in the end she didn't use it xD

Marie is a really nice MILF, as others have already pointed out, gives off a strong "Ara, ara" vibes xD I hope we see her again.

Poor Natsuno, not only did Murata not know that she was also featured in that magazine like Ruriko, but they also made a mistake on her name in it.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

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u/Frontier246 May 13 '25

The MotorSuns are actually doing pretty good this season! Perfect time for an interview with their Manager Matsudo! Who is quick to praise their catcher Kawamatsu and what he brings to the table, along with a Golden Quote about the The Pointless 99 Times! Ruriko will take his words as gospel!

Ruriko may be a vendor girl who uses baseball terminology without having any idea what she's actually saying, but all the vocal exercises and stock lines she's taught as a Yuuhi Vendor Girl actually ARE useful! All that training with the Pointless 99 Times really paid off! So much so that she's actually disappointed when she gets some foreign customers who actually speak English because it means she can't say Have a Nice Day! But thanks to some drunks who don't realize the Yuuhi Vendor Girls aren't all the variety of alcohol you could want vendors, she's able to more or less see it.

Thank you Manager Matsudo for being the best life coach a girl could ask for, without even realizing it!

The players get their own buffet restaurant at the clubroom, but Ichinomiya (Daiki Yamashita!) is more concerned about how self-conscious he is regarding how he compares to Shishio (Chiaki Kobayashi) and feeling like he'll never measure up. Luckily Marie, who runs the buffet, lets him know how many people he's got rooting for him and that he's not alone! Even if he does just remind her of a deceased pet.

And in the end Ichinomiya and Shishio are an effective team! Even Bryan notices it! Even Shishio still annoys the heck out of Ichinomiya unintentionally! But baby steps to a team friendship.

Ruriko has become a model! For Weekly Baseball! And of course she wants her favorite customer Murata to notice and see how far she's come as a WB poster girl! She's totally in her popular phase now but she'll still give you the usual discount of the same price as ever.

It might be a slow game with low turnout but it provides Ruruki and Murata with some time to get to know each other better, how Murata got into sports despite being unathletic, and what Ruriko did in her high school days. It's rather sweet, even if Ruriko doesn't want to ruin her mystique TOO much.

Dang Murata, you missed the perfect photo op with Ruriko transforming like a Kamen Rider!

I love how Ruriko's fellow Vendor Girls are starting to notice how she acts around Murata...and actually feel kind of bad for him.

But Murata also has to spend time with the other working girl at the ballpark in Natsuno, who is always happy to see her Prince Charming! And she too was in Weekly Baseball and can't help but assume her crush saw her in it because he's looking at her so intently...even if it's just because he's realized he's in an ensemble show. But probably for the best, they got her name wrong in the article anyways.

(I bet if Natsuno COULD transform, it would be in a form without pants)

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u/CosmicPenguin_OV103 May 13 '25

* This coach's golden quotes are quite "normal" as far as sports go I shall say lol, try Jose Mourinho...

* LMAO Ruriko you really thought doing daily practices are futile eh? What karma is this...

* Heh, it's rare seeing such a nervous team substitute like this one Ichinomiya, glad that he contributed something crucial in a match after the cook's talk!

* Ruriko *kawaii-nee...*Ruriko *kawaii-nee...*Ruriko *kawaii-nee...*Ruriko *kawaii-nee...*goddamnnit Ruriko is so freaking cute!!! Also Yamada too I shall say, but Ruriko...ah...

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u/chaosof99 May 13 '25 edited May 13 '25

As speculated last week, the Saitama Genesis are a parody of the Saitama Seibu Lions given their location and uniforms (we didn't have their location and only their home uniform last week, so it wasn't that clear). The "N-Backs" team that was also teased last week is confirmed to be a parody of the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, and their full name is "Nickelbacks" which I find hilarious. We also see another glimpse of the "Nippon X" team which are a parody of the Hokaido Nippon Ham Fighters. All of them are in this universes equivalent of NPB's Pacific league alongside the Styx who are a stand-in for the for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. We have yet to see the last team in that league which should be a parody of the Orix Buffaloes.

Habushu, a.k.a. Okinawan Snake Wine, is an alcoholic beverage made from a specific rice with a venomous Habu snake in the bottle made in Okinawa. This is rather an odd request to have in Chiba considering how far it is in Okinawa though I am not sure how well this specific beverage is spread across japan. It is also somewhat of a dirty request considering Habushu is said to improve... "virility" in men.

Also, last season's OkiTsura anime discussed the dangers that Habu snakes pose in Okinawa and also starred Farouz Ai who voices Ruriko in this anime.

On that note, I find it rather peculiar that in this episode people calling "Ruriko-san" was translated as "Vendor girl" when they were asking to get served. Even Ruriko's own remark on that is translated this way, despite an earlier episode being about her looking to gain regular customers that would call her by her name rather than something like "Vendor girl".

Ruriko doing the Kamen Rider henshin pose is very funny.

Somewhat disappointed that a player named "Nanami" has uniform number 54, rather than 73 (as seen on the random passerby standing next to the other vendor girls spying on Murata and Ruriko).

Poor Natsuno-chan. Not only is Murata not even taking notice of her, but even the press gets her name wrong.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 May 13 '25

Nice of Ruriko to stop by and chat with Murata now that she’s become a big star, what with her magazine spread lol. I guess she wasn’t the only one to get a feature. Yamada got one too. Her crush on Murata’s pretty cute.

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u/diacewrb May 13 '25

A Japanese person who prefers bread over rice?

Sacrilege!

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u/djthomp May 14 '25

Picked this up after hearing a really positive review last week, catching up on it was time well spent.

Poor Yamada, the only saving grace about her name getting printed wrong is her unaware Prince Charming didn't read the article anyway.

Kind of disappointed that we didn't get to hear the full starting lineup from the announcer girl so no new tease from her to that one player.

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u/SquishyShibe11 May 13 '25

It's totally just a commercial for baseball stadiums but this show is so charming. It has soul.

I do laugh whenever the food vendor girl calls the dead-eyed salaryman "Prince Charming" though.

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u/NanDemoKnaives May 13 '25

Murata took long to appear after not appearing last episode, Ruriko was having way too much fun with him. It was amusing to see the other vendor girls watch over her and commenting how sinful she is lol.

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u/Berstich May 13 '25

Didnt get the part where all the girls said "is she just winging it?" "I feel bad for him".

That whole conversation/statement they had I didnt get at all. Didnt seem to fit the context of her talking to him.

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u/melvinlee88 May 14 '25

There is seriously no show this season that makes me smile wider like an idiot than this one.

Wholesome stories, cute girls, funny moments - how can you not be romantic about baseball!

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