But with the help and encouragement of his friends and family, he decides to take on his new journey. During the summer tournament, Sawamura would always ask Haruichi to catch for him to warm up. Seidou was scheduled to play 4 practice matches after the Summer Training Camp in which Sawamura was slotted to start the game against Kokonoe, a powerhouse from Kanagawa. During Furuya's pitching debut[14] Sawamura gets angry and tells Chris that he'll never become a soulless player like him. Despite jamming the batter, the ball flies above the drawn in fielders. Fifth batter is Adachi hits a grounder which is caught by Haruichi and gets him out. He is a left-handed pitcher who was promoted from the second string to the first string as No. On top of the 5th, after Toujou and Higasa got on base and at 1 out, Sawamura was up to bat. On the final day of the training camp, a three way round robin is held between Seidou, Inashiro Industrial and Shuhoku. By the 4th inning, Seihou's batters made adjustments to their batting mechanics and stopped using a leg kick to counter Sawamura's moving fastballs and deceptive pitching delivery. When he found out that Sawamura was suffering from the yips, he was sure that Sawamura would get over it and become stronger from it. But he throws way too low and he unconsciously run away from the inside corner of the zone, which was his strength. Sawamura was gearing up to pitch a complete game on his own, understanding the importance of being handed the starting role for the toughest practice game of the bunch. Only a few days later he is allowed to join the batting and fielding practice. As of how things are going currently in the manga, its not a question of will he become the ace, but rather one of when will terajima draw the chapter of him as the ace. Sawamura has to form a battery with Takigawa Chris Yuu, while Furuya teams up with Miyuki. Answer (1 of 3): As of right now in the anime is Sawamura. In the bottom of the ninth Sawamura starts to feel more pressure but continues to attack. Coming to the mound, Sawamura loudly states he fully understands what is expected from him in such situation. Right at the start Yura's 1st batter pulls a safety bunt, but Sawamura gets the ball (before Kanemaru) and throws to 1st; but its' a wild throw and the runner gets on base. He is often seen with a smile. Seidou is one out away from their dream stage. Catching the ball flying back towards him Sawamura gets one out bringing Miyagawa to bat. Pairing up with Sawamura was Okumura, whose game calling was to place emphasis on Sawamura's fastball going against Seihou's lineup. Seidou's regular players are switched in as pinch hitters and their efforts earned Seidou another run. Once again the batter have problems figuring out Sawamura's pitching form and can't get the timing right. -, "To abuse the friends who take the time to practice with you? Sawamura's enthusiasm is back and he begins to cheer for Kawakami. It doesn't take long until the first years are double digit runs behind and some of them start to give up. The Cutter is the first breaking fastball that Sawamura properly learns. On the bottom of the 7th inning, Yuki scored a 2 runs game-ending homerun earning Seidou yet another called game victory over their opponent and moving on to the Semi Final. So I don't want to be lectured by someone like you. Who scouted Sawamura? Seidou batters opened up with 2 early runs from Amahisa in order to help ease up Furuya when he pitches. The person he respects: His grandfather -, Hobbies/Special Skill: Catching beetles, watching sumo, and fishing, Because Sawamura often reads old books like "The Book of Five Rings", he tends to call his superiors old Japanese military ranks and switch his speech pattern to flowery old language from time to time. The keystone combo has their pitcher's back once more with Kuramochi sending the ball to Haruichi who sends it to first base getting the teams third out and closing the inning. Is the pitcher pretending to pitch, with one or more runners on base, when he has no intention of doing so an umpire may call a balk. However, Sawamura got tense and failed the execution of the Splitter, walking Mima on base. The anime currently has three seasons. Kataoka allows Sawamura to continue under 1 condition that if he were to let any runner get on base, he would be subbed out and Sawamura complied. Sawamura is at the bullpen throwing pitches not wanting to just sit and do nothing after seeing how Furuya pitched. Kanemaru brings the ice and is worried about his teammate, because Sawamura didn't say anything since he got subbed and just sat silently on the bench. Bottom on the seventh, Sawamura's energy making the rest of the team wanting to answer in kind the batters step up to the plate with strengthened resolve. Getting too excited with pitching in the Koshien's environment for the first time, Sawamura tripped on the mound in his first pitch and his face turned red in embarrassment. After Miyuki, Haruichi was the next person in the team to recognize Sawamura's abilities. With 57% of the votes, Yaku is runner-up and Nishinoya has won the libero popularity poll, remaining undefeated! This eventually changed after Sawamura found out that Chris was leaving practice early not because he had given up, but for rehab due to an injury. Because the infinite what ifs, can ruin somebody. Due to having played baseball for so long without proper instruction, Sawamura did not know about pitching grips and often grips the ball very randomly and coupled with his flexible hand result in pitches that change direction right before the batter hits the ball. [29], Perhaps Sawamura's most noticable weakness. As the story progresses, they become friendlier with each other and even exchange advice on how to throw breaking balls. During Furuya's pitching debut, Sawamura gets angry at Chris' constant melancholy and yells at him: "You're the one who has given up on returning to the first string. 18 at the start of the Fall Tournament. At 2 outs and with a runner on 2nd base, Zono had an opportunity to tie the score; however, his long hit was caught by an outfielder and Ichidaisan won the game. [38][39] This is further affirmed by Sawamura being able to consistently hit the same location of Okumura's mitt when the two do warm up before practice. Diamond no Ace is a story which follows Eijun Sawamura, a pitcher who is invited by a scout to Tokyo's prestigious Seidou High School after seeing the potential in his unusual pitching style and his spirit. Miyuki then calls for a changeup, which Sawamura learnt before the quarterfinals thanks to the advices from Ochiai. On a night practice session between Sawamura and Miyuki, Kataoka appears to watch them. Because even though he got laughed at, he stated his goal confidently in front of everyone. Last edited: Feb 11, 2017. Umemiya hits the pitch and the ball bounces to Sawamura's glove. 11; meanwhile Sawamura, who was walking right by him, has Seidou's jersey No. Sawamura doesn't want Raichi to hit and throws a strike just to the inside. Ichidai's lead-off man, Chimaru, bats first. What happens in Diamond no Ace? In the 9th inning Sawamura energetically entering the field as always and steps onto the mound entrusted with pitching this game till the end. Sawamura is allowed to play the whole game and at the bottom of the eighth after a combo play from Haruichi and Kuramochi, and three strike outs, Seidou wins and move on to the semifinals. Sawamura was given the responsibility of starting and lead the non-regular members in the match vs. Seihou High, a Koshien powerhouse from Aichi Pref. After Send and Kawabe talked, Sawamura and Send eventually became acquaintances. Hakuryu scores 1 run in the 8th inning on a failed double play attempt by Seidou. The next dispute follows immediately and Sawamura claims that he came to Seidou to be the ace. Sawamura walked the next batter creating the first crisis Seidou faced in the match. Bottom on the 8th, we've got a little comment from Amahisa on the heat wich is nothing to laugh at especially since the glares coming from Seidou's dug out make it make it feel like it's a few degrees hotter. The first Season of Diamond No Ace got premiered on 6 October 2013. But when she witnesses a quarrel between Sawamura and a teacher during class, Haruno is inspired by him. Yet the little bastard sure throws some really sharp and lively stuff. Seidou gets out of the 1st inning with two lost runs. He performs stable until he faces Inui Kengo on the top of the eight. As the crowd notices Furuya and wonders how he would be the center of attention of the Tournament, they were surprised to realize that on his back was jersey No. Failing the challenge, Sawamura was not allowed to participate in practice as promised. Sawamura is totally overwhelmed with excitement by this experience, but back in his hometown he feels guilty because he thinks he would betray his former teammates. In the sixth inning, Sawamura is back up to pitch and strikes out all three batters getting a three for three. Regardless, Amahisa prevented Seidou's sacrificial bunt and scoring attempts. Urabe was batting 5th and was retired by Sawamura along with the other cleanups. On top of the ninth, Kawakami is on the mound and outs the batter. Kataoka calls for a pitcher change. In the next inning, Sawamura strikes Kiryu's Ace Hiromi Tachi out, but in the end Kiryu wins the game. Seidou advances to the Finals, while Ichichai's summer comes to a close. Sawamura, in his own way lets everyone know he's mad, but is aware of the limits of his abilities. Okumura notes after the match that Sawamura threw only 11 pitches in which only 2 were fouls, in other words, there were no wasted pitch thrown per batter. He also announced the reset of the jersey numbers. Shirasu Kenjir Mimura Ryta Watanabe Hisashi, Sawamura , when his teammates complimented him. While it is true that Furuya has more speed, being able to reach a speed around 150 km, and Sawamura is only able to reach a speed of 138 (although it is expected to reach 140 km durin. Before the Final match against Inashiro, Sawamura became unconsciously aware that he lacks power, and thus has to learn a breaking pitch to limit outfield hits. As Miyuki and Sawamura watches the video, Miyuki thinks that Sawamura is trying his best to move on. Hell, even if the entire world thinks it's okay, I'll never accept it." Sawamura's cutter has a sharp breaking motion when coming close to the plate. -, "I was sure to watch over Sawamura's hard work along the way, his positive and proactive personality is something that I can honestly respect, although he can be annoying from time to time; but have I expected him to be able to shoulder the ace number this quickly? 20 for the Summer Tournament, and later on No. Then Kanemaru makes a mistake, fumbles the ball and thus leading the batter to first. In the bottom inning, Masashi's single HR punches a hole in the stalemate and the 3rd years' consecutive hits make it a 2-0 lead for Seidou. They settled for an inside 2-seamer and Sawamura forced a grounder for a Double Play to close out the inning. When Nanamori's fourth batter, Goda, is up, Miyuki wants to ask for inside pitches but decides to play it safe and calls for an outside. Diamond no Ace Wiki is a FANDOM Anime Community. On top of the 6th inning, the battery faces Mima again and uses everything within their arsenal against him while Mima was unfazed by the challenge and he continued to foul one pitch after another. The first years start to get lively again and the one who created this mood is undoubtedly Sawamura. Born in the Kanagawa Prefecture, he is a very calm and quiet person, often acting as tsukkomi to Sawamura Eijun's boke. The coach offers him to join practice if he is able to throw the ball ninety meters. With two outs and a runner on first Hoshida manages to hit a grounder but true to skill Haruichi is there to get him out. Sawamura probably feeling a bit pressured and starts off with 3-1 but manages to get Takami with a grounder. After asking the coach to let him pitch during the ninth, Kataoka decides to send Furuya instead. Sawamura tested out a new revised Splitter grip and by having one finger on the seam and one off the seam instead of staying away from the seams completely like a normal Splitter grip, he was able to get behind the ball more and transfer more force into it, giving it more velocity and the pithch also has both the sinking action of a Splitter as well has a tailing action of a 2-seamer/sinker and is akin to a hybrid pitch between the two. During Eijun's running punishment for being tardy on his first day, Kuramochi helped him understand that he's not the only one suffering. In fact, that's just that, and the proportion of the total number of players is very small. Kawakami was the starting pitcher for the first match of the Tournament for Seidou while Sawamura is in reserve and Furuya playing outfield. Sawamura then puts Seidou in the quarter finals by closing out the game on the top of the 5th inning. Sawamura scores a strike with Number 7, the Cutter Kai, and receives much attention from Ichidai's Ace, Amahisa. Hongou however was the more consistent pitcher and he delivered Seidou a complete shutout game with Komadai winning 2 - 0 over Seidou. Sawamura started off by retiring the lead-off batter; however, the 2nd batter got on base due to Sawamura's slip-up on the Changeup. In the dugout Kataoka explains that he didn't want to give their opponents anymore openings to exploit. Furuya is Sawamura's rival within Seidou. They started talking about how Seidou have been winning a lot of their practice matches and how strong they are looking. At the last second Kuramochi catches the ball near the outfield, resulting in two outs and runner on third. Sawamura then stopped the bleeding and closed out the inning. 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