#chris-senpai

[linalicecs]

Graduation

“Master! Thank you for all your hard work!”

Thank you for teaching me about baseball, Chris-senpai

[keiji-jin]

I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS MAN

He is not a boy, HE IS A MANNNNNN

[ilchoarchive]

Terajima Yuji: Master of Parallels & Foreshadowing

As I've said I'm going to write about the things I found & liked/disliked about the way TJ-sensei wrote Daiya.

How he creates characters

To be very honest, once TJ introduced the new first years, I felt like he was getting stagnant and just recycling the traits we have come to like. Basing the current teams quirks with the graduated batch:

Tojo - a pitcher turned batter (basically a toned down Isashiki Jun)

Kanemaru - another baby Isashiki. He's literally as loud as Jun-san.

Zono - a mixture of Masuko & Jun (who is Zono's favorite senpai). He's loud as Jun, and as soft & caring as Jun! Heck, even the fact that you see Zono & Haruichi always together is reminiscent of Masuko & Ryo oni-san.

Okumura - Furuya/Miyuki mashup (i mite throw a lil bit of Chris upfrontness)

Yui - he's smol but soooper strong like Ryo-san!

Seto - Miyuki/Kuramochi mashup

Takatsu - soon to be Shirasu

Kukki - toned down Sawamura Eijun

Asada - he's literally a baby Tanba!

So what?

This is the scary thing I found though. TJ-sen, instead of having our leads have internal monologues, chose to project it to his other characters. And sometimes, he uses character parallels to foreshadow what would happen in the future.

Miyuki/Okumura

Why did Okumura went to Seidou? He's interested w/ the teams' two interesting pitchers. But why? Because he saw Miyuki smiling. He's asking if it's possible to play baseball while having fun. This basically confirms, Miyuki is having fun most w/ Eijun. You'll see the one match Okumura recalls is with a MiyuSawa battery. (Nah, I just really wanna flaunt that Miyuki's favorite is Eijun, haha).

Tojou/Kukki & Furuya/Sawamura

This is why I actually wrote this post. There was a conversation between the two when Kukki was placed in the second string. The funny thing is, their conversation is basically projecting Furuya & Eijun. Now, Tojou is sort of a 'prodigy' if you count him as a pitcher coming from a nationals level team. He's the Furuya. Meanwhile, we have Kukki who has the same strong heart with Sawamura.

Doesn't it sound so much like what Furuya is going through? And the fact that Tojou (Furuya) is talking to Kukki (Eijun). It gave me goosebumps when this thought sank in. TJ is a fuckin genius.

And remember that at this point, Furuya's in a slump while Eijun is on a roll.

This scene takes the cake.

'Let's see who gets to stand on the mound.' This is basically same as Furuya declaring that he hasn't given up the ace title.

Eijun/Miyuki/Chris & Okumura/Eijun/Miyuki

Eijun came to Seidou for Miyuki but ended up looking up to baseball jesus chris-senpai. And now we have Koshu who came for Eijun but is not chasing Miyuki before the time runs out. (Also, Koshu needs to meet Chris for real 🤣)

Itsuki/Mei & Okumura/Eijun

Wolf boy literally declared he's going to catch up & play at Eijun's level. Isn't it like our baby Itsuki when he started catching for Mei?

MasaMei & MiSawa

At this point, we know Seidou's gonna win against Inashiro this time. (Cause if they don't, then what's the point?) But there were so much hints/teasers that I just love it.

Recall this night before Inashiro beat Seidou in Act 1 (Chap 141)

Now look at what happened after the Ichidai San mess in Act 2:

Add to the fact that Tetsu & Kataoka literally groomed Miyuki to be like Masa-san (a captain-catcher-clean up). Buckle up folks cause we're really getting the Golden Age of Seidou.

This is why I ain't forgiving TJ if we don't get something (or even better than) like this sunset moment of MasaMei for Miyuki & Eijun.

[chyfr]

Takigawa Chris Yuu with his hair down a blessing to mankind

[catcherkazuya]

Day 11: The character that touched you the most. 

Takigawa Chris Yuu

sigh. where do I even start!??

chris-senpai is that one character in daiya that everyone loves or grows to love. I think it's unique, that unlike everyone else's journey, we didn't see chris go from being a total novice to an amazing player. If anything, I think we saw the exact opposite and we just got dropped into his story when he was at his lowest point. he'd already been out of the game for like a year and he's lost all his motivation to do anything because his baseball career - as a catcher anyway - is over. But then sawamura gets his spirits back up and he ends up being the most inspiring character in the entire first season. 

from the start, it's like "damn why is Chris such an asshole; sawamura is a little rookie who's following the coach's orders" but then you're like "oh he's just really sad and doesn't know how to process his emotions in a way that doesn't depend on self-loathing" 

something about watching the light in chris' eyes become bright again was so heart-warming, like I felt so happy for him when coach kataoka let him catch one last time in a game with sawamura. 

it's really hard to lose your dreams, but it's even harder to continuing having hope after you've lost your dream. 

chris-senpai's strength and tenacity is ultimate goals 🌟

‣ daiya no ace 30 day challenge

[endlessparadox07]

(*´▽`*) WHO NEEDS BABY EIJUN IF YOU CAN HAVE BABY CHRIS-SENPAI!? (*´▽`*)

[kanashierihime]

Chris-senpai

[bruffyuki]

Best moments of Daiya no Ace ~

Sawamura and Chris - ending scene of second season.