seriously, i am so soft for these adorable shoujo manga where the male lead and female lead learn about love together after falling for each other
MY HEART IS BEATING SO FAST WHAT THE FUCK THIS IS INSANE I SERIOUSLY CANT WAIT FOR THE UPCOMING CHAPTERS IM LITERALLY STRUGGLING TO BREATHE RN
literally, this whole manga is literally just about sakurai making people fall in love with him
i can see a lot of people complaining about the chapters for the seido vs ichidai match and how eijun isn't having it easy and all, but isnt that what we want? eijun has never walked down a straight road, and all of this is for his growth as a pitcher, baseball player and his character as a whole. in this chapter, he calmly pitched against the next batter brilliantly, resulting in a quick out. if you remember in past games (even in this arc), when a run was lost or if he made a mistake, eijun would pitch a little more carelessly, resulting in the "pinch" increasing. all of those hard moments are to build him up for these moments - someone who will calmly play even after a turn of momentum. i love eijun a lot, and im not one of those "ride or die" fans that'll agree and defend the mangaka's every move, but i do feel like this is all for eijun's future growth. i do think the mangaka isn't doing eijun a disservice. eijun is looking more and more like the nation's ace anyway.
though i do agree with the people saying that seido hitting against amahisa only when he is crumbling is a poor move (if that's what is going to happen here). seido have really strong batters, and regardless of amahisa's condition, they can and they will hit his pitch. i definitely agree with those who say that by doing that, that'll make the game underwhelming. i hope amahisa comes up from this slump??? condition??? just so seido can crush him at his best, that's the only option. someone mentioned eijun hitting his pitch, and i bet that'll happen. eijun hit amahisa's pitch during the spring tornament and his batting has massively improved, so i bet like the ace he is, he will come through.
i agree with u, i think people are just scared that the author will fuck him over and get Eijun out of the game. Frankly i'm kinda tired of that happening
i feel really bad for miku (like really bad for miku, because she is a victim here) but her behaviour really really rubs me the wrong way in chapter 6. her telling hikaru that she was dirty and blaming him for being assaulted was wrong, considering how she knows how hikaru feels about what happened to his sister. whether she believes she is dirty or not, im not sure but she knew what she was doing when she said what she said to hikaru. guilt tripping isnt fair.
that aside, i want to know how miku really feels about being raped because i cant tell if she is indifferent or really traumatised