Diamond Ace: How difficult is it for a Japanese high school student to enter Koshien? |Baseball Theater

​Today, we bring you a passionate baseball animation. Its male protagonist is contrary to the traditional "Dragon Aotian" routine that hangs all the way. During the growth process, he was hit and tempered, and he was even called the worst actor in history by the audience.

It is realistic, there is no cool name of the move, and no super-physical movements that shock the world, but each character is vividly portrayed, with flesh and blood.

Yes, it is nicknamed "PPT animation" by fans. The animation is an adaptation of the high school baseball-themed comic " Diamond Ace " created by Japanese cartoonist Yuji Terajima.

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04a5a588 The first protagonist of the animation is pitcher Sawamura Eichun , who has talent but is unknown. In the final competition of the junior high school period, he assembled his partners to participate, but made a wild shot in the first round.

Although he lost the game, Sawamura's potential was spotted, so he entered Tokyo's famous baseball school Aodo High School. He met the "guilt" man there—the catcher Yuxing Yiye , and the story began.

The "guilty" man

Our Sawamura is very active both in practice and in the game. He is often complained by his teammates because of his loud voice. He is an active player in the team and is called "little angel" by fans. "Rong Chun.

Active, he never loses in hard work. When he can't play, he will train up secretly, drag the tires to run, and develop a strong physical fitness.

Zexun and friends

The two most important main lines in the play are not only to enter the Jiazi Garden, but also to compete for the trump card. There is only one 1, and the ensuing competition is quite fierce. Competing with our protagonist is the same Qingdao High School, from Hokkaido, a fastball pitcher Jiangguxiao .

He is a pitcher with a talent for fastball.When he was in his grade, he was able to throw a fast ball of 150km/h that seemed to float upwards. When he participated in the second grade, the ball speed increased to 154km/h. If Sawamura’s pitch is like a quick reindeer, then Janggu is like a mighty lion, with quite a different momentum.

Faced with such a strong competitor, can our protagonist become the first-year rookie trump card? of course not. It was Jiang Gu who took the lead, relied on speed to suppress, struck out many good players, and took the lead in winning the trump card back number.

Left is Zuoze Village, right is Jiangguxiao

But the two teams are full of warmth and encourage each other at the same time. The most classic scene of is that even when Jiang Gu is sent to the field, he will eagerly wave his arms and show his opponents "I am ready to go on the court at any time." Of course, the most direct and effective way to cheer is the reverse incentive of "Can you do it, I will come". Similar plots make people laugh.

At the beginning, the editor still couldn't understand why such a strong competitor should be set up. Is the author deliberately arranging the audience? I didn’t feel relieved until I learned more about the story behind Jiang Gu. For details, please invite audience friends to see the original film.

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05588 , Is a famous baseball stadium located in Koshiencho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, generally referred to as "Koshien Stadium" or "Koshien". This is the place where Japanese National College Wild Ball Players' Rights Conference (a rather circumscribed full name) is held, and it is widely known as a result. What you may not know is that it is also the home of the Hanshin Tigers.

Koshien as the home stadium of Hanshin

Koshien and the Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo are also known as the "Sacred Ground of Japanese Wildball." Due to the long-term influence of the propaganda of the national high school baseball league, "嘉子园" has almost become synonymous with Japanese high school baseball . Many star players have walked out from here, such as 田中将大 and Darby Xiuyou who are still active on the Major League Baseball stadium.

Tanaka Jangda in high school

A cold knowledge: there are actually two high school Koshien competitions, one refers to the selection of college wild ball competitions (that is, the spring Koshien contest), and the other is the national college wild ball players' rights competition (that is, the summer Koshien competition).Contest).

Although the two have the same reputation, the editor personally feels that the summer Koshien contest is more eye-catching, perhaps the summer atmosphere is more exciting.

statistics , There are about 4000 high schools in Japan participating in the local competition every year. In "黄金王牌", the competition area where Aoto is located is one of the fierce battle areas-West Tokyo competition area.

and being able to compete in Jiaziyuan represents the first place in each county, which is already a very high honor. So everyone who plays high school baseball dreams of going to Koshien. In addition, will go home after losing a game, turning the competition into a matchup of "either you die or I die". Every game must be treated as the last one.

Japanese student players in training

The spectators who have watched the game at Koshien will find that the players who lose the team will take out their small bags to dig. Because for the third-year baseball members, once they lose to another school before entering the final, is equal to the end of the high school baseball career , so the soil from Jiaziyuan will be collected immediately after the game as a souvenir.

Conclusion: How long have you not worked hard for one thing? How long have you not given up on one goal for the other? How long have you not promised for your companions, and how long have you not had a companion to do nothing for you? Baseball is like this, so some people say that Jiaziyuan is a collective baseball youth memory of Japanese male high school students.

Finally, let’s take a look at the ideal lineup listed by the author Terajima Yuji:

What kind of lineup will you line up after watching the original film?

Welcome to discuss it in the comment area~

The stills and posters in the article are from Pinterest:

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