" Baseball Hero ", originally named "Touch". This anime was heard a few years ago, but it was not appreciated because it could not accept its style. As a work older than me, its depth is difficult to understand. I feel very lucky that I could watch this anime when I was eighteen years old, and I did not watch it too early or too late. I gained a lot from it. I also hope that I can see this article, and people born in the 2000s like me can enjoy it.
I decided to watch this anime because of a scene. Under the night, the heroine Asakura Nan kissed the lost male protagonist Uesugi Tatsuya . This picture is very hazy and beautiful, making me want to understand what love in this era is like, starting with the picture, loving friendship, brotherhood, and love.
The protagonist Tatsuya Uesugi has a twin brother named Kazuya Uesugi. Tatsuya is lazy and accomplished nothing. Kazuya has excellent performance and is also the ace of the baseball team. They all like their neighbor girl Asakura Nan. What they don’t know is that Nan always likes Tatsuya, they have always maintained a balance, and Kazuya gradually approaches, Kazuya breaks the deadlock. He makes an agreement to Konan to take her into Kazuya. Tatsuya knows everything, and he chooses to give in because he loves his younger brother, but when he decides the last game of the regional championship, Kazuya dies, and the real story begins.
Kawaya's death deeply stimulated Tatsuya. He could not face Konan. The former was his brother whom he loved deeply. He felt that he could not be sorry for his brother. The latter was Konan who grew up and loved since childhood. Contradictory, just like when he grew up, Tatsuya chose to escape. Just as the name "touch" of the anime was passed on, he took over his brother's wish and entered Jiaziyuan. He devoted his time to training and no longer faced Konan's emotions.
As the story progresses, the memories of Kazuya sublimate the theme of "brotherhood". Tatsuya's waste is also for his younger brother. His talent is stronger than his younger brother. But when he sees his younger brother desperately chasing him on a rainy night, he also gave up his efforts, hoping that his younger brother can get better and better. But the youthfulness is reflected in the self-righteousness of the two brothers. Isn't it? Kawaya was self-righteous and competed fairly with Tatsuya, and made an agreement with Konan to make a confession after victory. Tatsuya was self-righteous and withdrew from the competition, and even more self-righteously escaped after Kawaya died. All of these manifestations are the brotherhood in Anda Chong's works.
The person Xiaonan loved was Tatsuya from beginning to end, but the process was not going well. She always knew that Tatsuya didn't dare to admit it, so she chose to accompany her and wait silently. In a certain episode, Konan said to Tatsuya, "If you meet a girl better than me, choose her." Tatsuya replied, "No girl is better than Konan." This conversation actually established feelings for each other, and they only had each other in their eyes.
Looking at the whole play, the relationship between the three people is so special and so subtle. Uesugi Kazuya loves Asakura Nan, and Asakura Nan loves Uesugi Tatsuya. Kawaya and Konanming thought each other, but the first one to understand was the stupid brother who had always been. Uesugi Tatsuya has been avoiding this topic from the moment she understood it, and directly escaped to the last episode "Uesugi Tatsuya Loves Asakura Nan" ending their long long-term love run.
These are my understanding. I believe many people have more ideas, and there are many details I have not realized. In my opinion, the author's painting of this work is full of profound meaning. Anda Chong also has an older brother who encourages himself to pave the way for himself. Finally, he passed away with a "hippy smile". The death of his younger brother in the work may be to express Anda Chong's wish that his brother will live and to replace his death. Many people born in
