I have the same opinion as you are. Sawamura has the ability and attitude of an ace, regardless how furuya perform and not to mention that furuya instability will (has already) cost the team alott if they still keep him as ace. It just... If the ace number is still given to furuya this time, I cannot even imagine how sawamura gonna feel.. Maybe it's just gonna broke his heart and regardless that, do his best to bring team to koshien while furuya is being praised as the ace of a team that goes to koshien.. ╥﹏╥
i know!! And that's what infuriates me tbh. Bcs to me it seems terajima doesn't like eijun as much as he likes furuya. He has been making eijun to be the butt of the jokes so many time already. Like the time when his jhs friends and family come to watch his match for the first time, and he hit dead ball and had yips after. Then again on his first time on the mound in the spring koushien, eijun trips and embarrassed himself thus not being able to show his all, and later known as someone who stumbles his first pitch. While furuya is known as some cool first year who's fastball look alive or some shit. That's all the author decision, tbh if terajima really decides to still give furuya the ace number, i'm done with this manga.
If that is true (furuya get the ace number), I'm gonna train in mountain to get power to slap people over internet, and the first one to be slap is kataoka kantoku, then...well, kill furuya ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ i am coming too
y'know what, at this point nearing the number assignment, it seems like terajima is hyping up furuya's comeback more and more.
Idk whether his intention is to make the "will he or will he not be the ace" between furuya and eijun more suspenseful or it's to justify his decision later when he'll give the ace number to furuya.
Frankly, i no longer give a fuck how's furuya making his comeback, bcs even during his yips, furuya was still regarded as the ace, that they trust furuya will make a comeback and still hold onto the ace number. Despite eijun CONSTANTLY proving himself to them that he's qualified to be the ace.
Eijun saves them from dire situations that furuya gets the team into MOST of the time. Trained his accuracy, increase his arsenal by practicing various breaking balls, he paces himself really well, and is able to keep calm even when he's cornered. He's also good at communicating and encouraging his team mates on and off the field. His tenacity and determination knows no bound, when literally almost all the first strings doesn't think he's quite there yet.
Honestly what's furuya got is that one super fast ball that apparently looks alive at the base, for whatever that means. He still thinks he's playing baseball by himself, for 400+ chaps he still doesn't get that, maybe, the responsibility to strike out batters isn't only his to bear. Just for comparison's sake, it took kageyama 200 chaps to fully understand how to trust and rely on his team mates instead of just hinata.
I sound so bitter, but to my defense i've held my tounge since ch 79, right after they beat mima's team (i forgot the name sorry). Is that really the attitude someone that doesn't have a stable record could have? I know it's seems like furuya was being a tsundere to sawamura, but that to me looks plain arrogant and no self-reflection at all.
I genuinely want sawamura to take the ace number from furuya when he's at his peak instead of having yips. But i don't trust terajima yuuji at all, he's shown how much he likes furuya since dna act 1. As i see it, sawamura's chance at getting the ace number is getting slimmer by the day no matter how awesome of a game he plays. So rather than getting my hopes up, i'd just stop hoping eijun get the #1. If he does then good for him, if he doesn't fuck terajima yuuji that's what.