One outs

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One Outs


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Thought I'd make a thread for this since not many people seem to watch it, which is a shame because it's awesome. It's from the same people that made Akagi and Kaiji, so there's an awesome "evil genius" type main character who you want to go gay for. Plus it's about baseball...and SCHEMING!

[Pidjiken]

I actually find myself randomly watching episodes of this. It's pretty good o.o;

[valondar]

I'm really on the fence about trying this.

The pluses: Obviously, that a lot of the people behind this worked on Akagi and Kaiji, both of which I liked (hence the avatar).

The minuses: But unlike those shows this isn't an adaptation of a Fukumoto manga, hence it lacks his cool character designs. Also, it's about baseball - a surer sleeping pill there is none as far as I'm concerned.

I think I might have read there's a bit of gambling as well... is this really about baseball, or is it about gambling on baseball? If the latter I may just give it a spin.

[Pidjiken]

Originally Posted by valondar

I'm really on the fence about trying this.

The pluses: Obviously, that a lot of the people behind this worked on Akagi and Kaiji, both of which I liked (hence the avatar).

The minuses: But unlike those shows this isn't an adaptation of a Fukumoto manga, hence it lacks his cool character designs. Also, it's about baseball - a surer sleeping pill there is none as far as I'm concerned.

I think I might have read there's a bit of gambling as well... is this really about baseball, or is it about gambling on baseball? If the latter I may just give it a spin.

The main characters contract is a gamble.

He's a pitcher, for every out he gets like 1 million bucks. For every run he allows he pays the owner 50 million.

[valondar]

Well, I had a look at the first episode. It was okay. Akagi and Kaiji both had stronger starts, I feel, particularly in establishing their leads.

Some nice mind game moments though for me it has a similar problem I had with Akagi - namely I really don't have any idea what they're talking about. I'll give it a couple more episodes, it's somewhat more promising than I implied.

[Adam]

An image of Kaiji in a baseball uniform came to mind.
HAHAHA
I'll give it a try.

Edit: It's very much like Akagi, except I know what's going on and I don't like the animation as much.

[DemonRoach]

those are some wierd animes

[ingrey]

Meh, I dropped this after four episodes. The characters were bland stereotypes and the premise isn't good enough to justify continuing it.

[valondar]

Originally Posted by ingrey

Meh, I dropped this after four episodes. The characters were bland stereotypes and the premise isn't good enough to justify continuing it.

So far I'd say it's a watered down version of Akagi. That's a show more than worth watching (until it sort of falls apart in the final stretch, but otherwise...)

[Adam]

I like it better than Akagi, honestly.