Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine

>No new episode
Huh, why?

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see the post immediately before yours:

>Baseball anime gets delayed because of tennis

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>no balls this week
truly a shame

And I wondered where the episode was.

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Why do these girls like balls so much?

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Crossover when?

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God, I want to bury my face in there.

They must learn to love what they once feared.

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Bummer, I was looking forward to it.

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Pluck weed everyday!

I decided to rewatch the first episodes, 1 to 5. They are structured in sort of arc. 1-4 deal with themes like the inherent sadness in growing up, while 5 is a breather episode between that and the social themes of the later episodes.
The first episode opens with a the shell of a cicada, the utsusemi. The utsusemi is later referenced in the same episode 6 minutes later, connecting the sport with the intro.

Beside the obvious meaning of summer, as all cicada, it is used to introduce the metamorphosis and, from the traditional japanese origin of the term ""people who live in the world" or "this ephemeral world". After this introduction, the first episode deals with changing, with two of the girls (Nozaki-san and the cat-hood girl) growing up and overcoming their fears. This will be repeated through the episodes, as it is the spring that moves the story - or, actually - the characters. There can be no story in a real sports anime, since sport is an art form based on geometry and not on linguistic. All there is, is human life concentrated in a smaller scale, it's us viewers that create the story. Now, of course, this is not a real sport, it's a sport anime, so there is a story, there is a plot and there all those things that compose a linguistic and a visual art. But plenty of this story is presented through the sport, an example being the girl overcoming her fear of balls. And this story does not exist, it's created in our minds and eyes. The authors know this and use this sort of meta narrative. This is difference between a sports anime, like this one that understands the substance of the sport, and the plethora of titles that just use the form of the sport, and in truth are merely action manga for young boys, with super powers and all that.
Episode two is more somber. It starts by showing us places filled with people, highlightining how alone the girls are in the sea of faceless men. The only people our girls know are connected to the world of baseball.

Episode three is connected to the loneliness again. The two new characters are two typical characters from japanese cinema. The first is the delinquent, the yankee, the classic good figure that works outside the rigid and strict japanese society. The second one is the female gambler, a figure associated with criminals and outlaws, like the red peony gambler. The gambler is similar to the delinquent in the sense that they work outside the rules, but in a different fashion. If the yankee is the intentional decision, the man fighting against the gods, the gambler is closer to a log going with the water, but outside the world, divine and demonic. A good example is kakegurui, with Yumeko being a literal tempting demon.
The third episode also introduce an enemy from the past, bringing back the idea of this sadness related to changing and leaving things behind.
The fourth episode deals with the meaning of life. It compares two situations, opposite but with the same result. Regardless of if you win and succeed or if you can't win, life is eternally without satisfaction. The mc's struggle is the harder to grasp and the easier to translate in sport terms: the cosmic emptiness that awaits you when you win.

Yoshimi senpai needs her own episode

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It is from here that come real problems like the fear of winning. On the other hand, the other girl's struggle is the more mundane, and it's about coming to terms to how good you are, and accepting your level. The big fish in a small pond but in a good way. Sort of at least, because like in episode 6 and 7 there is an aftertaste of sadness in what should be a good ending.

Episode 5 is at its core a cosmic horror, in the sense that it deals with things that are so alien, so outside of the limited world of our characters, that they are scary. As always, this is translated in the art form that is the sport. It is not a coincidence that this, ironically, starts with the introduction of the most mundane and girly thing possible - clothes. It goes even the extra mile and shows you the girls talking with someone outside their circle, to lull you into a sense of peace and positivity.

Yea Forums wins again

bonk

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Baseballfags BTFO

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Shiggy

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What a cute fat pig.

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I so wanna be coach right now

Play the mobage!

I want to molest her.

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How do I get a cute little autistic girl to rub my balls?

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I can't read moonrunes

Imagine the smell

More like MobaGAY am I right?

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Cute navel, would lick

>No new episode this week

Damn I forgot about that.

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Why is Tsubasa smiling while getting caught undressing?

She learned many things while playing with the boys.

Surrounded by so many balls.

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Teekyuu wins again!

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I miss these baseball dorks. It's the highlight of my Sunday.