Major 2nd
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Daigo, the son of renowned baseball player Gorou Shigeno, believes he has to live up to his father's name by becoming an all-star player himself. With great dreams, as soon as he reaches fourth-grade, he promptly joins the same little league baseball team his dad played on, the Mifune Dolphins. However, things don't go as planned. After only the first couple of practices, Daigo's lack of talent and inherent baseball sense shows, and his confidence is crushed. Unable to bear the pressure of living up to his father, a baseball prodigy, he quits the team in less than a year. Two years later, now in sixth-grade, a transfer student joins Daigo's class. This student turns out to be Hikaru, the son of Gorou's lifelong friend and fellow baseball star, Toshiya Satou. One day, Daigo's mother receives a call from the Dolphins requesting players for a game, so she forces Daigo to attend. To Daigo's surprise, he finds Hikaru there. Even more shocking is that despite his father's occupation, Hikaru has never played baseball before! Unlike Daigo, though, Hikaru immediately picks up the game demonstrating excellent performance. Needless to say, Daigo and Hikaru are polar opposites of each other. But this friction will inevitably thrust both of these inexperienced children into the world their fathers cherish—the world of baseball. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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Karhu
September 22, 2018
The very first scene seen in episode 01 offers enormous emotional depth when Daigo talks about his father and tells about his dreams in front of the class. The empty baseball fields at sunset work as the perfect, powerful backdrop while a soundtracks from the original series starts playing. The inability to meet the expectations set for him and the lack of natural talent required to follow his father's footsteps are the very core of his character. But he is not his father. It's time for him to be himself. When I started watching Major 2nd, I didn't expect it to hit me in the feelswith a baseball bat already in the first episode. This is the 7th season for the Major franchise, and it's nothing less than a love letter to its fans. The story is once again far from being perfect. The beginning suffers from compromises that were made in purpose of making this season watchable to a new audience that hasn't seen the original 6 while simultaneously trying to create the next generation of Major and its setup. The pacing is rather weird and jumpy, time skips happen already in very early stage. The 2nd main character introduction is random and could be called to be based on coincidences alone just to create the preferred settings for the anime itself. Basically the first 7 episodes are rather mediocre and messy, but once the beginning is left behind and the story starts advancing, we get a more consistent flow centering around the familiar things that Major has always done so successfully. The characters are fun to follow. Daigo's sister is absolutely lovely. She has clearly inherited her mother's temper. The voice acting alone makes me smile uncontrollably because the seiyuu work delivers so much personality. Especially the adult version of Shimizu has turned out fantastic. Daigo's pondering and uncertainty can be little annoying and feel filler-ish at times, but what it also did was leave more room for character development which Major 2nd relies almost as much as its predecessor. The romantic subplot plays much bigger role and the potential love interest is full of charm, much like all female characters in the series. The single best part of the cast is how there is not a single anime character in it. Anime as an adjective I mean. Everyone follows the realistic pattern where characters rely on their personalities. In one way, this is the polar opposite of let's say Kuroko no Basket where character specific skills/talents are essentially superpowers, personalities follow archetypes and character designs is based on the "spot the main character" tier fakeness. Major is downright genuine work, relying on itself and not on common tropes that create false appeal. When it comes to balance, that is certainly among the most impressive sides of this season. Every bit of drama and character centric insecurities are overcome during the baseball games where character development, character relations and sport intelligence all continue to advance. Seeing how our cast grows closer to each others while growing as persons as games advance, is the perfect example of awe-inspiring. Yet, at the same time, the matches itself exist as baseball games on the surface level, and the importance of this hasn't been forgotten. The smoothness creates a rather magnificent atmosphere that manages to make the series incredibly entertaining and offer a fresh experience. In one way, Major 2nd is nothing but light slice of life drama centering around baseball and focusing on character relations and development. It's a widely used formula in the sports genre and those who have never seen this to be anything special won't be changing their minds here either. What I see is an endless potential and Major 2nd is yet another massive success that managed to live up to its potential and offer beauty that can only be achieved under these settings.
