Catch me at the ballpark Episode 04 review

Announcements and appreciations… cause for a case

Vignette 1: Soul announcer – This vignette is about the announcer chirpy banter about a certain player, as it lifts the mood of the fans in the stadium. After having trouble coming up with new material she ropes in Ruriko in to helping her give some support. Left me with a slight fuzzy feeling, with a dose of hmmm

Vignette 2: The suggestion box incident Pt 1 – A two-part mini arc of who has been leaving a 10-page Ruriko appreciations messages in the suggestion box, it’s up to her to find out who were leaving them, so she whittles down the suspects. An amusing first arc

Vignette 3: The suggestion box incident Pt 2 – The conclusion of the small mini arc – left me with a small warm smile and a small chuckle

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Thoughts on Episode 04 of catch me in the ballpark

Nagisa the soul announcer of the stadium

Vignette one was about the stadium’s announcer Nagisa. For about 5 years she has been playful teasing the best player. Each giving some funny quips about him, the point is to get the fans invested into the players and teams. I get that she has run of out material to use, however, to run into my favourite girl Ruriko who doesn’t strike me as someone who can write funny quips, is confusing. I mean she showed support to Nagisa, when she was struggling. The funniest bit is when Ruriko held the door to prevent Nagisa’s announcement being cut off, apparently aware of Nagisa’s potential hidden feelings towards Nokogiriyama, the best player. For the most part, this vignette didn’t really do much for me. Got me a chuckle here and there, but not much else. A let down I’d say

Yeah, dude the announcer has a big crush on you

Vignettes 2 and 3 were small little mini detective arc. They were about people leaving feedback and this one is about my favourite girl Ruriko, just who is the culprit that were leaving 10 appreciation messages to our favourite vendor girl. The plot isn’t heavy nor makes you think hard, it shows that Ruriko is charmingly dense, she gives these hard stares to the regulars (hint) and how it was revealed is a letdown. The answers were pretty handed to me, not that the answers weren’t screaming at you in the face. The spoiler is that all the regulars were the ones to show appreciation to our favourite vendor girl. As she brightens up their day, regardless of who they are. The other interesting thing is that Murata is becoming more accustom in to going and being around people at the stadium, usually he is one that keeps to himself. However, he greatly starting to appreciate the place. The mini arc is okay I thought.

The source of the caseDetective Ruriko is watching you!!

Overall Conclusion: 

Not the best episode, the vignettes, they were pretty weak to be honest. The soul announcer is by far the weakest vignette of the three watched. The small mini arc was okay, its purpose did what I already had in mind, appreciating Ruriko, her personality is what makes the regulars day and make them comeback. I found it hilarious that Dennis Young in his English, calls her his goddess of baseball. Mind you this with a Japanese VA, so it had me chuckling

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