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Daiya battery week continues with the prompt Role Reversal. The southpaw MuraMura battery is off to an interesting start lol. #daiyabatteryweek @daiyaevents @daiya-events
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.
Mura mura battery's calming their nerves before the game.
MURAMURA BATTERY SUPREMACY
for obvious reason, i think okumura and sawamura’s battery is so much better than the miyuki and sawamura battery.
their battery breathes life into my cold dead heart LMAO
furthermore . . .
SEASON 3 SUPREMACY
Sleeping Acejun
I dunno why this makes me feel comforted, somehow.
Is it because Okumura is slightly turned to sleeping Sawamura, as if looking over him?
Because these last games, he's beside Eijun every time their game ends. As if he's sticking to a subject 😂😂
OKAY BUT
Can we talk about how Sawamura Eijun is too much of a sunshine, he brings light back to the eyes of catchers who has lost it?! HE MAKES IT FUN FOR THEM AGAIN, HE... HE'S THE FUN IN BASEBALL FOR THESE CATCHERS AND IM--- OH MY GOD im so emotional
ITS SO GOOD I GOT NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS FEELING
BLUSHY SWEATY BOIS