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- Today
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Big night tonight in Toronto!!! I am fully expecting the Dodgers' lineup to punch back at the Jays with everything they have. I'm curious to see if Dave Roberts shakes up the lineup some more. Or if Mookie Betts can figure out how to hit again. The dream scenario: Gausman pitches a clean top of the 1st inning, and then the Jays lineup jumps all over Yamamoto to get an early lead. If Toronto can demoralize the Dodgers just a bit early on in the game, they might start to let go of the rope. Easier said than done, obviously. Yamamoto pitched incredibly in his last two starts. There's no reason to expect him to be worse tonight. The Jays' hitters have to find a way to adapt and beat him. He's not going to just let them win.
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Totally agree. Takauji breaking the fourth wall (I think I'm using that term correctly? ) to tell the reader about he's the good guy was a fun element. I remain unconvinced by his arguments! I still look forward to Elusive Samurai every week with lots of excitement, and I will be a bit sad when it ends, but I guess we will be arriving at the end fairly soon. I don't want to jinx it, but I don't see how Matsui could possibly botch the ending at this point. This manga has been consistently very good for a long time now and he seems to have the whole story planned out very nicely. I suppose it helps that it's based on historical events, but obviously he's taking some artistic liberties to make it more compelling in manga format. He just has to stick the landing now.
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I didn't really get the chance to talk about the way Takauji has been portrayed in the last 20 or so chapters of Elusive Samurai. The one where he killed Tadayoshi was legit unsettling. Where the pages were talking about how he bowed to the will of his brother and the other members of the court before he starting eating the manga panel and changing history. Same thing with #223 where he's trying to convince us he's the good guy and keeps telling us to turn the page. Just incredible art direction and really plays on the way they had already been breaking the fourth wall since the early chapters. With #224, I think this is probably the actual end. And what a brutal kill if so. Either way, I feel like this has been one of the most satisfying final stretches of all the manga we've been reading lately. Funny how I went from having mixed feelings to becoming one of my Top 3.
- Yesterday
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Seriously! Incredible pitching line for Yesavage last night. I’m glad he finished the 7th. Very timely double play there. It was another great team win last night. Jays are up 3-2 heading back to Toronto I sure hope they can figure out how to get to Yamamoto. Finish the job in Game #6. Crazy stuff happens in Game #7’s…
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Bringing up Yesavage at the end of the season is turning out to be a really good move. 12 K's and no walks.
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Snell is off to a bad start for game 5.
- Last week
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So, they pitched to Ohtani last night and seemed to get away with it. Bieber didn't hit all his spots, but at least he didn't leave any pitches over the middle of the plate. Great team win by the Jays last night. Series tied 2-2!
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Happy birthday to: MDSup3rDup3 (35) Wishing you all the best! What did you get? What did you do?
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I liked the first chapter of Gonron Egg a lot. Looking forward to seeing where it goes. I like the art style.
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I am really into Kurumizawa's Folly! So, did he also exploit an assistant with his previous series..? (Cyber Joe?) Or did I misunderstand something that happened in the previous chapter. He starts out as a down-on-his-luck kind of character but perhaps he was a scammer all along. That last page of last week's chapter - "He's lying to you!" - was a great cliffhanger.
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I watched the condensed version of last night's game over lunch today and I am astonished how one of these teams did not manage to win the game much earlier than the 18th inning Both sides had lots of chances. The Jays should mostly keep doing what they were doing, and just tighten things up in a few areas. I think it was a mistake for Schneider to make so many substitutions in the lineup in the later innings. It went to extras and they basically had the B-team out there. Pretty funny though that the Dodgers couldn't get one run off them until the 18th. They certainly had their chances too. Everybody is ready to go in that Blue Jays bullpen tonight. Lose tonight and the series is all but over. Have to hope they get length out of Bieber, but if he doesn't have it then I guarantee all those guys are ready and willing to pitch. I just don't want to see Little take the mound again. Gimme more Chris Bassitt maybe. I am really curious to see how Ohtani plays tonight. It was a long night last night, and tonight he'll be pitching. Maybe he doesn't get tired though? He is something else. The vindictive side of me would rather see the Jays bean him instead of intentionally walking him That is of course dumb and evil and would risk retaliation against a Blue Jays hitter (probably Vlad)... but I'm Canadian and grew up on hockey! When you can't beat a guy on the other team you just hurt him instead
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Kurumizawa's Folly #7 This was a good chapter. I get the sense this will be a shorter form series, and I was curious how long they'd push off Hata finding out the truth. I low-key think he's gonna have some, "I don't care because I've never gotten this opportunity" response, but I hope it comes after he confronts Kurumizawa about it first Sakamoto Days is impressive in how it always finds a way to escalate the stakes. Something tells me they're still gonna have to bring Sakamoto to the JCC and deal with things there.
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Scratch that. It is in fact not a winner. The creators of Gnosia pulled a fast one on me. I thought the first episode was a good start. Interesting sci-fi stuff. But it dawned on me a few minutes into the third episode - which I was starting to find painfully boring - that this show is basically just an animated game of Mafia. Ick. Do not continue watching
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So, are they going to walk him each at bat now? Jays going to need Bieber to eat as many innings as he can.
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Oof, 18 innings. Glad I didn't stay up for it last night The Jays need to find a way to win tonight to even up the series. Otherwise all those "Dodgers in 5" picks are going to start looking really good Ohtani is unstoppable. And tonight he is pitching too. Yikes.
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Agreed! Akane-banashi #180 was a very nice wrap to the Zuiun Prize tournament. Fireworks on the beach and then a night of boozing. Wish I was there with them! Elusive Samurai #224 Did they finally get him??? Tokiyuki's arrow travelling up Takauji's arm and then through his back was kinda ridiculous but cool anyways. Tokiyuki's reflections and thought processes in this chapter were really mature for such a young character. He's a genuinely likeable character, not a single flaw. Witch Watch #223 Totally forgot there was one butterfly left somewhere out there..! I liked how that came together. Naturally, now I expect something very bad to happen. Probably the Warlocks show up soon to ruin everything. But the whole squad has been training to get stronger and they won't get caught off guard this time. Sakamoto #234 Very curious to see how Seba gets out of this miss. The invisible/indestructible ICU room seemed too good to be true Gotta love this series for coming up with the most outlandish concepts. Ekiden Bros. ended. Fairly satisfying ending. Didn't expect it to last very long... And it didn't. No new chapter for Kagurabachi this week. That was a bummer. The art has been rather rough in spots the last couple months. Maybe the author needed some extra time. The story is still good although it's getting confusing with all the characters involved in what's happening right now. Perhaps not a good sign. There was a new one - Gonron Egg - which I've yet to look at. Maybe later today. I need to read the new Dandadan and Chainsaw Man chapters first.
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I've been curious about it just because the art looks cool and really good sports manga/anime tend to be incredible. I'll put it in my "must-read" pile Such a satisfying arc for Akane-banashi. They did a good job of instilling doubt and making you feel like Akane truly had to reach a new level of Rakugo to be able to overcome her rivals, what with her failing the first time she tried to win without making people laugh and wrecking herself in the process. Really enjoyed #180 with Karashi and Hikaru reflecting on where they're at in comparison to Akane, and actually getting to see all the rivals hanging out and enjoying it! I also absolutely love the way Karashi has developed, and felt his performance was my favorite of this competition. I'm caught up on the rest, will comment later
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He is such a good pitcher. Sometimes you've just gotta tip your cap, I guess. At least they proved in Game #1 though that the LA pitchers aren't invulnerable. They got to Snell. Glasnow and Ohtani won't be easy by any means in the next two games, but the Jays can do some damage if they have a good game plan and stick to it. Assuming they win at least one in LA to bring it back to Toronto, I guess Yamamoto would be lined up for Game #6. I doubt they put him in any earlier on short rest. You never know though!
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I was hoping the Jays could get to the Dodger Bullpen, but Yamamoto said no. I don't think he'll ever forgive the bullpen for failing to get one out against the Orioles after not allowing a hit.
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That was such a fun game last night! I was loving every minute of that 9-run inning. It’s just one win of course. Still lots of work left to do, and the Dodgers are probably still the favourites. No reason why these Blue Jays can’t win another three games though! The lineup doesn’t quit.
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The Jays already done more than the Brewers did in the entire series vs the Dodgers. Someone should tell them that's how a number 1 seed should look.
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That 9 run inning Couldn’t be off to a better start. 3 outs left to go!
- Earlier
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15.) Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 Really enjoyed this game. Bit of a different vibe than the first one overall, but still top notch presentation and writing and felt like a really good progression of the story. Gameplay was more or less identical to the first one, which is fine. Just a nice, rounded experience overall. 16.) Echoes of the End Took a bit of a chance on this one since it's a new developer that I've never heard of (Icelandic dev named Myrkur) and it was hard to tell exactly what kind of game it was trying to be, but ended up enjoying it for the most part. Definitely more of a "AA" kind of thing with a bit of an unpolished vibe to it, but it wasn't pretending it wasn't and was only $40 new. Seemed interesting enough to give it a shot. Clearly took a LOT of influence from the newer God of War games, but with much simpler combat. Animations and stuff were also felt a little loose, but it wasn't a hinderance or anything. It was still pretty fun to play, and the environmental puzzles were top notch. The plot was relatively straight forward and didn't have a lot of surprises to it, but the writing itself was pretty solid, so that made up for it a bit. I look forward to seeing what else they do assuming the game sells adequately. Not sure if it will since it looked like it got targeted/trolled pretty violently because it had the gall to feature a non-white, female lead, and of course those idiots have to pick on the small new developer. There were some performance issues when it first dropped to from the sound of it too, but they patched the game like 3 or 4 times the first week and straightened everything out pretty damn quickly, so points in there favor there. Hope to see more from them in the future. Tried to squeeze these in before Bloodlines 2 came out and actually managed to beat the 2nd one 30 min. before the game unlocked, so mission accomplished. XD
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One Battle After Another I thought it was alright. The trailers made it look like it had more humor than it did, but it told an interesting tale. The trailers also didn't make it seem like it was so topical, which was a surprise.
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Oh man what a wild game! Springer is practically on one leg and didn’t do much last night at the plate so I can understood going after him. Unfortunately it didn’t work out for the M’s. Toronto saw Bazardo a lot in this series so that might have helped. I cannot believe this Jays team is going to the World Series
