Well, like expected in this episode we get the first hints of the upcoming baseball tournament and the quest for Koshien. My guess is that the games will take place in the final eight episodes of this series, so my predictions are that this series will remain a gem to watch at least for the rest of this month. After that though, I have no idea what’s going to happen. For one thing, I do hope that Aoba will give in, and compete with the girls’ tournament. At least that will give a bit of an extra dimension to the various matches.
This episode was mostly about Aoba, and her, trying to figure out what to give her priorities to: Akane, or her own chances to accept the coaches’ very rare invitation. On top of that, there was this weird stalker of Akane who uses a cat to draw suspicion from him, and I learned that Senda’s voice actor has experience with voicing animals, because he’s really good at it.
I also loved Azuma’s brother in this episode. He’s much more involved with the team this year, and it shows as his passion to get them to Koshien burned heavier than even the coach’s.
Rating: ** (Excellent)
Oh crap, I hadn’t noticed the manga wasn’t finished yet. Hope they don’t screw up the ending , the show has been very good till now.
Anyways I would not expect a definitive end for this series, even if the manga was finished.