6-12 chapters raws
Do you have any recentraws please?!!!!
Sorry, I meant recent raws..
Thank you so much for sharing! Although I don't understand Chinese, you can pick up some ideas just from looking.
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As I thought, the main struggle seems to be an individual need (Shuuji following his childhood dream to form a batteri with his much beloved, now deceased father and inspired by him, from an early age desperately trying to become a pitcher) VS collective, of social need (for Shuuji to become a catcher because Sora seems to be more fit to be a pitcher for various reasons); compromising between the needs to use someone as a stepping stone (like Shuuji did during his primary school years) or become a stepping stone for someone else (like Shuuji did for Sora in his new team). Seems like the glasses friend Tsunogaya knows something about this struggle and he himself had lost, that's why he placed so much hope (and support) in Shuuji's struggle for his spot under the sun as if Shuuji was that guy's last hope in humanity: if Shuuji secures his spot, the humanity can be saved (as Tsunogaya has pointed out himself, he plays baseball not because he likes it and probably thinks that nobody does that simply because they like playing). Sometimes it felt like Tsunogaya was ready to fight on Shuuji's behalf even more than Shuuji himself ever was. At first it seems that Shuuji is becoming the same, but then the worst part arrives (at least, to me): he starts doubting himself and compromising (I mean, he definitely did have some issues he needed to sort out, but that didn't necessarily involve refusing his long-lasting goal). After some useless whining on Sora's part and fruitless anger on Shuuji's part, we see less and less his obsession about becoming a pitcher, but more and more images leading for Shuuji to properly fit in (like, discovering his dad was a catcher to Sora's dad, Shuuji going to a catcher from a rival team they once had lost to for some advise etc). I guess, if you are not into all that "it's better to give up on your goal, but to have fun with everyone else" type of development, this manga is not your thing (well, it's definitely not my thing). Sometimes this narrative is ridiculously strong. Like, when Sora's injured during another match and cannot pitch anymore, everyone panics conveniently forgetting that Shuuji can step in, although he has some drastic psychological issues, and another guy - fair-haired handsome Suzuki, always cool and aloof, the one who played in some kind of league during his middle school - replaces Sora as a pitcher). And no, it's not because Shuuji didn't have much practice with another catcher - Shuuji didn't practice catching Suzuki's pitches either, like, at all. Don't get me wrong, it's not like I particularly dislike catchers in baseball (the one in "Ookiku furikabutte" suited his role well, and he was a pretty likeable character with his issues, but what was amazing about him is how he was pursuing his position), it's just kind of disappointing to see in a manga yet another someone giving up their passion for a mythical greater good. Well, this manga doesn't have a shounen tag, I give it that, so it was pointless to wait for Shuuji to stubbornly break the walls with his forehead, but a josei tag, instead, was hinting on some moody issues. My misunderstanding of the major struggle was my own assumption. And my disappointment and uneasiness while reading it are solely mine to bear, of course. For I'm mostly writing it for those of you who suddenly happen to read this piece and turn out to share similar views. In this case, you might want to look for some other sports manga in particular or some other manga in general.
Oh, and speaking about individuals who gave up for some greater good, seems like Sukuzi's one of them, hiding his pain behind a gentle smile, the reader can see that bitterness clearly for the first time when Suzuki picks up as a pitcher during the match when Sora was injured.
Oh, and I have to add...
...some more SPOILERS!
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The culmination of the major narrative arrived with the appearance of a new catcher, an experienced, well billed, and WILLING player. Would you think Shuuji happily jumps this opportunity and insists on resolving his issues and becoming a second pitcher, even on the bench? You couldn't be more wrong: Shuuji, in fact, starts to defend his so hated position of Sora's catcher. I mean, could he have changed that much in less than a year? Or was there so little to begin with? Or did he become so much of a coward now that he's kinda playing, but on the other hand, doesn't need to face his demons anymore? Sometimes that typically Japanese fear of being useless to a group/team/society is over the top to me. This development is just meh. I guess, in the end it will be shown as a triumph when Shuuji will become the team's main catcher and never practices pitching anymore, forgets to think even in his wildest dreams that it was almost humiliating for him to become a catcher, let alone to receive Sora's pitches. Will they come with something the could make the glasses friend Tsunogaya also change his mind and start supporting Shuuji as a pitcher all of a sudden, claiming it was his choice (although at the beginning that "choice" was totally against his will)?
Ha-ha, it was meant to be well-built. Now that's some typo!
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