The catcher in the ballpark Episode 07 review

Pointless things to bond over when transforming!

Vignette 1: The pointless 99 times – Coach Matsudo thinks some of the plays can be pretty pointless, except that 1% that matters. Ruriko and the girls go over some of the lines they should use to their customers, despite them thinking it would be pointless. Only for Ruriko to think otherwise. Got heehee out of me, poor Ruriko.

Vignette 2: Bonds forged over foods – Wataru a player who was chosen to be 6th draft pick feels like he isn’t part of the team, this down to his own inadequacies and jealously towards the team’s star player Shishio who has better stats. With a small encouragement from a cafeteria lady, Wataru beings to feel. A very nice episode I thought.

Vignette 3: Transform! – Ruriko has a photo shoot and gets featured in a weekly baseball magazine. Murata isn’t aware of this, however with telling him her shoot. He thinks back on his time in being in a high school club. It was a nice little vignette I thought.

<< Previously on episode 06 of catcher in the ballpark

Thoughts on Episode 07 of Catch me in the ballpark

The first vignette is pretty much a little heehee moment for me. As everything Ruriko believed to be pointless, ended up being not so pointless after all. Coach Matsudo thinks that a lot of the play throws can be pointless, which isn’t really true, any build up or throws can be decisive in a game, so I don’t really agree with that mentality, I kind of get what he means by that though. I do love how Ruriko ends up wanting to follow Matsudo for life, with him sneezing in typical anime fashion. The funny part I thought is when Ruriko tried her Engerlish on some foreigners only to find out they can speak fluent Japanese. Bless her, she is my fav vendor girl.

Yup winning that game is important coach!

The second vignette really struck a cord with me personally. I understand Wataru’s feeling of being over-shadowed and under achieving in comparison to Shishio, who is the star player with better stats than him, despite them being of the same age. Difference of not only having better stats, with one being 1st draft and the other being 6th draft. The message of this one is, no matter where you in the team, you’re still part of a team, regardless of your position. The food here made me hungry to be honest. I also found cafeteria Marie viewpoint of Wataru being a golden Labbie pretty accurate.

Who you keep thinking about Wataru?I don’t get much then!

The final vignette, got me a little hot under the collar, my fave vendor girl gets a photo shoot. At first it looked like she was uncomfortable, that wasn’t accurate, more like nervous, never the less, Ruriko getting some photo shoots, is nice. Sadly, most didn’t get to the page where she was featured in. It was nice getting some real character background exposition, with Murata being in a fine arts club back in high school, but not really be part of it. Whilst it is the opposite for Ruriko, she wasn’t in a club but feels like she is in a team she enjoys being part of. And that is really sweet. The latter half of this, well Yamada also got featured in the same article. However, poor Yamada, not only did her prince charming not notice her feature, but also the editor misspelt her name in the article. She has no luck.

Transform into my waifu Ruriko!!

Overall Conclusion: 

I thought this episode is decent. Some really nice interactions with the team, considering that the main focal point usually lands on Ruriko or Murata. The photo shoot, wasn’t as hot and steam as I made out. I did notice Ruriko’s dress being a tad shorter than it usually is, not that I’m complaining. I’m starting to feel for Yamada, she has feelings for Murata, yet can’t quite catch a break in the luck department.

Excuse him, he spaced out Yamada

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