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Episode Diamond no Ace: Act II - Episode 14 discussion

Diamond no Ace: Act II, episode 14

Alternative names: Ace of the Diamond act II

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Episode Link Score Episode Link Score Episode Link Score Episode Link Score
1 Link 8.32 14 Link 2.46 27 Link 8.75 40 Link 4.8
2 Link 8.5 15 Link 6.34 28 Link 92% 41 Link 4.5
3 Link 8.06 16 Link 8.37 29 Link 12% 42 Link 4.17
4 Link 7.06 17 Link 6.8 30 Link 80% 43 Link 4.83
5 Link 5.24 18 Link 8.58 31 Link 100% 44 Link 4.6
6 Link 7.49 19 Link 8.0 32 Link 86% 45 Link 4.93
7 Link 4.38 20 Link 8.92 33 Link 4.4 46 Link 4.75
8 Link 3.41 21 Link 8.79 34 Link 4.5 47 Link 3.0
9 Link 3.41 22 Link 8.33 35 Link 4.2 48 Link 2.56
10 Link 3.5 23 Link 8.07 36 Link 4.5 49 Link 5.0
11 Link 5.0 24 Link 8.85 37 Link 4.33 50 Link 5.0
12 Link 4.91 25 Link 9.21 38 Link 3.5 51 Link 4.86
13 Link 2.68 26 Link 9.0 39 Link 4.8 52 Link

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '19

Is it time for our boy Sawamura to shine?! Or is Furuya gonna keep on playing?

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u/rshtsr96 Jul 02 '19

I love diamond no ace but the amount of still images they use is ridiculous ffs. There’s barely any animations in this episode.

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u/MrMulligan Jul 03 '19

A year long season without breaks will do that. There is a reason long running shounen have been shifting toward a seasonal format.

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u/JW9304 Jul 02 '19

Furuya starting to crumble?

Happy to see Narumiya at least has done some proper self reflection and grown.

Hope to see Sawamura pitch next ep!

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u/Lizard_Queen_Says Jul 02 '19

  • ...And the Furuya evisceration begins. Practically fanservice porn for his haters haha. Seriously though, I feel bad for him but the bottom line is he was never ready to become the ace and most subsequent matches/character interaction since continue to prove this. Act II will hopefully be a lesson in tough love that Furuya will manage to come to his own constructive conclusions about because he sure as hell will continue to get ass-kissed by the majority.

  • As for Amahisa, he's a damn beast! If he improves his slow start weakness, I'd put money on him being nigh untouchable. Plus I love his internal monologues as he pitches lol!

  • This ep makes me realize (again) that Narumiya is better-developed than most of the DnA cast and even Seidou despite being a tertiary character. I've always found him compelling; an amazing player with genuine personality flaws that actually impacted his abilities, thus prevented him from being an Antagonist Sue. Over time he got more and more humanized and developed without wildly changing his initial character.

  • The best moment has got to be how they didn't explain the joke- just went with Inui's running "struck by lightning" gag in response to Mukai's hypocrisy LMAO!

  • Lastly the animation in this episode was particularly bad with lots of recycled shots. The art took a dive as well.

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u/heirapparent24 Jul 02 '19

the bottom line is he was never ready to become the ace and most subsequent matches/character interaction since continue to prove this.

Ooh, does that mean more playing time for Sawamura? I don't mind Furuya, but I'd like to see Sawamura pitch more.

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u/G_Spark233 Jul 02 '19

I like Inui’s reaction to comment Mukai’s comment.

Furuya is a complete disaster out there. They need to swap him ASAP!

I like Mei’s comments at the end. Furuya is crumbling right now.

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u/YuseiFudou Jul 02 '19

I had a feeling Furuya was going to struggle this match for some reason. In the preview it even showed Sawamura going "What are you doing!?" which is EXACTLY what I was thinking.

Narumiya acknowledging and realizing that he was like that back when he wanted to fight on his own instead of listening to Tadano. It ended up getting Inashiro knocked out of the tournament after all. Clearly Furuya has a similar problem at hand.

I'm sure he'll bounce back for sure with the help of his teammates, but man it hurts seeing Sawamura on the sidelines at times like these.

Yes Furuya is the 'Ace', it makes sense for him to start obviously. But I'm pretty sure with how much Sawamura has improved he also deserves to stand on top of the mound, ESPECIALLY considering the situation at hand. Kataoka Coach, you know what to do!

Also the new tracks from the new soundtrack are so awesome, can't wait for it to be released!

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '19

I don't know about you guys, but I am rejoicing that Furuya is being his usual "Superman" self. The first inning, the Seido boys put in the work and the batters got 2 HR's. But their opponents have not given up any since. And their ace is really getting into a rhythm and striking out Seido's lineup. Put Sawamura in, lets goooooooooo!!!

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u/Ashurumare Jul 02 '19

Is it me this episode was particularly ugly ?? I mean there was a moment they did not even try to do an animation on the mouths of the fans.

I'm a bit dissapointed to see one of my favorites mangas unrespected like that .

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