[50] However, his peers' feedback wasn't encouraging, pointing out that the pitch's break was too subtle and that it was too similar to Sawamura's normal fastball; hence, the pitch required more refinements. 3rd base runner attempted to score but was prevented by Asou's excellent throw, retiring him at home plate. The next batter's RBI Single reduces Seidou's lead to 2-1. [9][10], He treats his teammates depending on how they treat him. At the lineup, Sawamura is congratulated by one of Maimon's players and shouts that he'll do his best and play for them as well. 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 Act II, after Sawamura's repeated pestering about Haruichi's new haircut, Haruichi started acting colder towards him and would usually ignore him except when they were on the field together. Sawamura then "charges" the ball - something Kawakami did for him during their match agains Yakushi - and handles it to Kawakami with the words: "I've charged everything into it." The second batter, Mori swings and miss for the first pitch and it's a strike. 20 for the Summer Tournament, and later on No. The 4th batter capitalized on Sawamura;'s wavering moment after the Walk and landed a long hit on the 1st pitch. Kawakami then puts it away for Seidou. Ochiai originally thought that - because each pitcher is differently skilled with their hand and fingers - Sawamura may be limited to only throw a changeup, an off-pace pitch, instead of conventional breaking pitches. Sawamura's enthusiasm is back and he begins to cheer for Kawakami. Following Seidou's win over Yakushi High in the Fall, Sawamura openly challenged Furuya for the ace title, and the latter accepted it. 18 at the start of the Fall Tournament. 20 for the Summer Tournament, and later on No. Thinking that Sawamura isn't paying attention to him, the runner's lead on base got bigger but Sawamura unexpectedly made a pick-off throw to first, outing the runner. During the scrimmage against the third years, Sawamura finds out about Kataoka's resignation. But when she witnesses a quarrel between Sawamura and a teacher during class, Haruno is inspired by him. Furuya and Sawamura both desire each other's qualities -- Furuya wants to raise the team's morale while on the mound, while Sawamura wants to be trusted and acknowledged by his teammates. Bitter than pain and grief. Back to the top of the line up with Chimaru who becomes the third out by failing to hit an outside corner, changeup, and strikes out on an inside corner. Is Ace of the Diamond over? During Eijun's running punishment for being tardy on his first day, Kuramochi helped him understand that he's not the only one suffering. November 10, 2013 07 Sawamura tried out the 2-seam fastball within the Fall Tournament and displayed it to the coaches and his team mates before the match against Yakushi. Your very existence is scary. In Act II, he becomes Seidou's ace in his second year by the start of the Summer Regional Tournament. Sawamura is a lean-built teenager of average height. Seidou batters opened up with 2 early runs from Amahisa in order to help ease up Furuya when he pitches. -, "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? Sawwa () (by Kanemaru)[2], 2-seam Fastball Eijun Sawamura lost his last middle school baseball game because of a stray pitch. She says that she really likes people who are as "stupid" as him. Kawai of Seidou [1] Seidou advances to the Finals, while Ichichai's summer comes to a close. With Umemiya out, Ugumori lost their vigor and Sawamura then retires the 5th batter to win the game. He is later seen watching the quarterfinals of the fall tournament, and he smiles when he sees Sawamura's outstanding pitching. [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. Sawamura then walked Akashi on base; in addition, Okumura dropped the final pitch on the ground, allowing Ichinose to steal to 3rd putting runner in scoring position for the 2nd time in the match. Seidou wins. -, "To abuse the friends who take the time to practice with you? Seidou's batting line up continued to connect successfully throughout the game and Houdai Ichi was taken down in a called game by the 7th inning. In the second series it seems it will finilly be the turn for Sawamura to shine in the koshien , it seems lol. Sanada hits Sawamura's cutter and it goes into center field. Kawakami was the starting pitcher for the first match of the Tournament for Seidou while Sawamura is in reserve and Furuya playing outfield. After honing his pitches with Miyuki throughout the off-season, Sawamura's 2-seam fastball now has a visibly similar breaking movement to that of a shuuto, as noted by Miyuki, and is now a part of Sawamura's arsenal. On a night practice session between Sawamura and Miyuki, Kataoka appears to watch them. In the seventh and final batter of the seventh, the match between Seido and Yaya Prince is on. Also due the very same reason, Sawamura found it difficult to channel his power to the pitch. This may adversely affect his straight fastball if he continues to hone the pitch so he sealed it away to avoid that risk ever since until Sawamura demonstrated it to Okumura before the Semi Final of the Tokyo Prefecture Summer Tournament. He Who Is Called "Ace" ( Japanese: "" "su" to Yobareru Hito) is the eighth episode of the Haiky!! He is respectful towards majority of his senior teammates like Chris, Yuuki, Isashiki, and Ryosuke, but he is more familiar towards his roommates Kuramochi, Masuko and Asada, as well as Miyuki. In the end Sawamura and Haruichi are the ones chosen for the first string. Bottom of the 7th inning, Miyuki said he wants to mix in more Numbers to get batters out quickly and Sawamura complied, saying he has complete trust in Miyuki's lead. Miyuki started calling for Sawamura's more reliable straight fastball to get him back into shape again and he was able to close out the 5th inning with impressive stats. Furuya goes to the mound and asks for the ball, saying that there's no need for two pitchers on the mound. Since his 2nd year, Sawamura has considerably improved the speed of his pitch, his control and can connect with the ball now if he does it from the bunting stance. Miyuki isn't pleased with Sawamura not following his lead and throws the ball back to Sawamura as hard as possible. Feinting a bunt squeeze with Toujou on 3rd, Sawamura then takes a hard swing on the first pitch and despite being jammed, he yanked the ball to the left line. Still with runner on 3rd, and 2-0 down in the count, Sawamura regrouped, took the batter to full count and closed the inning with a powerful inside fastball that jammed the batter and retired him at 1st. The series is listed for 52 episodes. Then comes their ninth batter, Miyamoto but Sawamura quickly strikes him out while making his beating his fastest record with a 140 km pitch. Sawamura is petrified. 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. 1.[6]. Furuya comes to replace Sawamura in the 6th inning and worked through 2 quick innings. Once again the batter have problems figuring out Sawamura's pitching form and can't get the timing right. The Seido infield executes a defensive shift, drawing in closer to prevent a squeeze play. If someday at another place I'm able to catch his pitches " -, "Because he's always surprising us like that, he's standing on the mound." Sawamura too is awed and recalls Furuya telling him that he'll be the one taking the ace title. Fourth to bat is Sasaki hits the outside pitch bringing home Ichida Sankou marking the first point of the game. Sawamura suggests this idea to Miyuki and Chris who immediately ignore himonly to come back later to ask what type of pitch Sawamura's looking to learn, which he suggests the cutter. During the 3rd inning, Sawamura utilizes a variety of pick-off timing to pin down the runner and minimize Hakuryu's mobility advantage; and also managed to retire Mima on his 2nd at bat. As of the Spring Tournament of his second year, Sawamura's fastballs now reach a speed of 135 km/hr. The total amount of the Numbers are unknown, but there are at least 11. -, "The ability to cleanly pitch to the corners of the zone and calm judgement on the mound in a crisis. On top of the ninth, Kawakami is on the mound and Seidou wins. At the day of his departure, after Sawamura gets on the train, his friends reveal that they really loved playing baseball with him and secretly wanted him to stay and form a team with them anew. 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. Seidou scores another run in the top of the 9th inning and maintained their lead by 5 - 2 and Sawamura closed out the game in the bottom of the 9th inning. [37], Sawamura tested out the breaking pitches, the Slider and the Curveball during the Winter off-season; however, Miyuki note that because when he pitches the breaking pitches, his elbow drops a bit as he's trying too hard to make the ball bends. He is also shown to have no sense of personal space or respect for another person's privacy as shown when he broke into Wakana's bathroom while she was taking a bath and burst into Miyuki's room while the catcher was sleeping.[11][12]. He notices that Sawamura is still a little tense but his pitches are looking sharper than they did in the previous round; although they are floating a bit high. However, Miyuki says instead of being greedy, he suggests Sawamura should maintain the usual mindset and focus on the batter in front of him, to which Sawamura agreed. -, "Don't get so damn flustered over a one point difference! [43], The cutter is the first breaking fastball that Sawamura properly learned. Sawamura then raised his level again and shut-out the remaining batters, squandering yet another scoring opportunity for Hakuryu. Seidou gets out of the 1st inning with two lost runs. Furuya is the only pitcher for the match. Urabe was batting 5th and was retired by Sawamura along with the other cleanups. After learning the changeup grips and understanding how different grips can effect the speed of a pitch, Sawamura fastball's velocity began to improve as he gained more feels on his fingertips and that he could transfer the power to the pitch much better. When Raichi is once again at-bat he hits the ball and it goes over the left field fence, bringing in two runs for Yakushi. [37] Known to most in-universe characters as Sawamura's winning or strike-out pitch. Kataoka then entrusts Sawamura the eighth, who manages to hold the Yakushi batters down. This shows the battery has complete trust in one another. Back in the fall, we, too, got our butts kicked because of the devil's own guts that boy has." In Ace of Diamond: Act II, things finally seem to be turning around for him.Ever since he stepped foot onto the fields of Seido as a first-year, his dream has always been to become the ace and lead his team to the National High School Baseball Championship and become champions. Although it appears that the two don't get along, Kanemaru admires Sawamura for his tenacity. He meets Kominato Haruichi and Furuya Satoru along with other first years. Despite their differences, the two are important pitchers of the team who constantly challenge each other's abilities. As he gains experience through time, and due to the fact that he has been subbed into many difficult situations as a relief pitcher, Sawamura has learned how to maintain consistent focus and has become very capable of handling critical situations. Sawamura then puts Seidou in the quarter finals by closing out the game on the top of the 5th inning. Since the Winter training camp, Sawamura started to make contact with the ball while using the bunting stance and bragged about overcoming his weakness. 7 to get out of trouble but Sawamura shakes off his sign, reminding Okumura to stick to the plan of preserving No. With regards to performance, they recognize each other's abilities, though they both rarely admit it. After polishing his pitch, the second string team has a practice match[15], which is the last chance for Sawamura to get into the first string. But because of Miyuki's nasty personality and never ending teasing, Sawamura never shows him the same respect as the other senpais, instead treating him as someone of his own age. Wakana is Sawamura's childhood friend who cares deeply about him. Though they weren't even interested in sports to begin with, they stuck with him to the end. Sawamura overcomes the difficulties during his face-off with Maki Yousuke and passes the baton to Kawakami, who successfully closes the game. She also reveals that there's one thing she has always wanted to do: to support the players who are working their hardest to reach their goal. The crowd cheers and so does Sawamura, who impress both Miyuki and Furuya with his attitude. Seidou led Houmei High by 4 - 1 in the 7th inning where Sawamura comes to replace Furuya. Furuya is Seidou's starting pitcher and only at the top of the eighth, Sawamura is sent to the mound. The crowd is heavily cheering for Ugumori. -, "I don't know what you are battling with right now, Furuya. When he first joined Seidou, Sawamura's defensive skills were poor due to the facts that he did not play in any position beside pitcher in his middle school and that his knowledge about baseball were very limited. ; Affectionate Nickname: Sawamura starts calling him "Cap" in Act 2 and it eventually starts catching on with the team as well. Then Kanemaru makes a mistake, fumbles the ball and thus leading the batter to first. They started working together to slowly polish Sawamura's skills. He is often seen with a smile. Amahisa even went as far as requesting to know the grip for the pitch as well as asking for Sawamura's Line contact afterwards, much to the dismay of the latter. In fact, that's just that, and the proportion of the total number of players is very small. After all of Seidou's batter gets striked out in the top of the seventh some players start to look dire, prompting Sawamura to yell out some words of encouragement. The episode premiered on May 25, 2014. He also announced the reset of the jersey numbers. The game ends after five innings and Sawamura doesn't get a chance to play. Sawamura then starts to observe the practice of the other members and realizes that in order to perfect a strategy, every player has their own role to perform. Originally unveiled in the practice game against Hakuryu, Sawamura's Splitter is a supplementary off-pace pitch for his Changeup and it's purpose is to get the batter to chase it as the Splitter is more difficult to differentiate from a fastball than a changeup due to the similar kind of spin it has to a straight fastball. Miyuki compliments Sawamura, saying that it was thrilling to catch for him but ironically, Sawamura thought it was sarcasm from the captain. With one out an a runner on base the inning ends with Ichidai getting Kanemaru and Sawamura out one after the other and Ichidai's pitcher reveling in the energy on the field. Feeling frustrated with his own inability that he couldn't and wasn't allowed to contribute in the match, Sawamura decided to take home some of the soil from the bullpen where he stood the whole match watching his teammates instead of the soil from the mound or the dugout like common practice. He won't let you leave even one grain of rice in your bowl, for he is a supervisor from hell." With 2 outs, Sawamura retires Ouno in the 9th inning to closes the game. Sawamura continues to strike out Akikawa and the crowd is impressed, as well as Chris and Kataoka who compliments Sawamura. [35] Sawamura's pitching form makes it difficult for batters to correctly time their swing while it also makes his pitch seem deceptively faster than it actually is. [1] The series is listed for 52 episodes. After combining his original form of raising his knee high and his new wall form, he was finally able to complete his new style. Miyuki and Chris teach Furuya about control and pacing while Sawamura has to practice pitching with the net. Sawamura throws a changeup for the first pitch and Miyagawa, the third batter, lets it pass and it counts as a strike. Since Kanemaru was Chris's roommate, he was often asked by the third year to take care of Sawamura. One of Sawamura's fastball was clocked at 135 km/h. 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. Is Ace of Diamond finished? During the practice match[16] against Osaka Kiryu High School, Furuya's on the mound first. Sawamura calls Chris "master" because of the many things he learned from him, but it wasn't only Sawamura who gained something from this match-up. 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