Major Season 4 – 06

After skipping reviewing a few eps i am back here with a new review on the latest ep of Major.

Ok, it is not the quickest review, but hey, considering that i slept the whole of yesterday away this was pretty much the earliest i could get down to doing this review. heh.. ^^v

Here it is. Goro (that adorable fool) is back to being in the Minors. Why? Cos he was not good enough for the Majors and got hit continuously. After a mini duel with Sanchez(a major league pitcher) he saw their difference in skill and decided to work hard. Kinda, then he got hit so many time during his Major league debut that they threw him back to the Minors and wanted him to work from there.

My favourite part of the Major league game was the last pitch  -the change up. It was so cute seeing a flashback on little Goro and seeing how similar Goro is to when he was a kid.  Then he decided to learn how to throw curve balls and it kinda did not work for him in the second half of the match.
I shall continue the explanation of the minor league match now.

Screen shot of Goro in his Minor league uniform.
And he still has that smirk on his face. The smirk that says he has a secret. (well, dont worry, his secret this time is not a big one)

Anyway, guess who hit against Goro?

Gibson Junior. No kidding. And he looks good also. But he is an irritating character that is snobbish. However, he is talented and is expected to enter the majors next season at the age of 19.

Anyway, after hitting goro’s pitch all the way to the backscreen they got into an arguement.
The young lad was saying blaming Goro’s dad for his misfortunes and was acting highly disrespectful to the dead by insulting Goro’s dad non-stop.
And as you expect out of our hot headed lead character. He lost his cool and got into a fight. This led to him getting kicked out.

As he was leaving he met Sanchez and sanchez was nice and all telling Goro that he was not an old man and he should stop trying to throw old man pitches(curve ball) and just concentrate on his fastballs – The gyroball.

Anyway, it is ep 6 and the plot has been progressing at a steady rate. My only fear for this season is that they will drag it out and not include the world championships into this season. That would destroy a good anime. But if they are looking to earn more cash then they just might do that so as to have themselves another season. But if they do add in the world championship game (crosses fingers) this might be the last season of Major for quite some time as the anime would have caught up to the manga.

Whatever path they choose. I pray that they would cut poor Goro some break. Putting in a little bit of prince of tennis style into Goro’s luck might be good. The poor lad keeps on losing and suffering. His dad dies, and then he gets injured, and then he gets trashed by an arrogant ass and the list will continue i assure you. It is a good anime. But maybe having the lead be happy once in awhile might not be that bad of an idea. What do you all think?

7.5/10

all in all a good ep, just dont like seeing our hero getting tortured so much.

-ra out!- ^^

Bartender 01

ANN of Bartender

What is your idea of a bar?

To me, my idea of a bar was a smoky place with loud people shouting and ranting, a very unsafe place with fights and stuff like that going on. Depressed people sitting around drinking until they feel happy.

But after watching the first episode, i realised that the only thing that was right about my impression of a bar was the fact that it is a place where depressed or troubled people visited.

In Japan, bars are a form of sanctuary to their customers. Their heavy doors are simply adorned with a name plate and are not the least bit obvious to the passerby in the street. Their businesses are usually ran through word of mouth. The heavy doors help to place a distance between the outside world and the world within the bar. As such, you forget the world outside and indulge in this quiet place that tolerates no mischief from the customers. This place suddenly feels so appealing.

Secondly, but most importantly, the Bartender. The Bar refers to the place where the drinks are placed on, however the word Tender is to care. Which is suppose to be the job of the Bartender. To care and to hear their customers worries and to make drinks that can uplift their spirits. They are like good friends that you meet for the first time.

And in this anime, you are shown just that. You get to see this mysterious bar called Eden Hall. Behind this door is a genius bartender who can apparently mix a drink called the ‘glass of the gods.’

You are able to see his caring nature, the problems of his customers and it is an anime that changes the atmosphere of the whole place. For example, right now, it is bright and it is day time and the sun is shining so brightly in my room that is noisy. But when i watched the first ep, it is like i stepped into the world of eden hall and the whole atmosphere changed. I am calm, and everything seems dim. But it is a nice soothing feeling.

It is a short anime with only 11 eps so give it a shot!

8/10

-ve?
Might be too slow paced for people who are used to action animes with fighting and all. But if you can stand naruto shippuden, you can definitely stand the pace of this anime.

+ve?
All of the above and
At the end of every ep you are taught how to make a cocktail.

Targeted audience?
They aim for the older crowd because the whole anime is about alcohol. So unless you are of drinking age i would say hands off this anime until you turn of age. (well, not really, but dont go drinking after watching this anime… it is a good anime)

Drink of this ep

Grasshopper.

Want to know how to make it? Watch it to find out! ^^

-ra out!