The WORST episodes of Ace of Diamond
Every episode of Ace of Diamond ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Ace of Diamond!
A meeting with catcher Kazuya Miyuki changed the 15-year-old Eijun Sawamura's life. He said goodbye to all his friends and knocked upon the door of Seidou, a prestigious baseball school, intent on testing his own strength. There, he met many proud baseball players who were betting everything on the sport! A classic tale, yet new and fresh.
#1 - Path, Eijun Sawamura to the Scorching Mound
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/20/2014
This episode serves as a recap of the first 27 episodes, showing how Eijun Sawamura joined the Seido High School Baseball team, his struggles with the JV, and his eventual rise to play in the tournament all while hoping to become the ace of the team.
#2 - Roar of Midsummer
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2015
At the Baseball Kingdom magazine office, Mine looks back to the summer tournament. The game between Yakushi and Seido was an exciting watch. Seido played their pitcher relay in order to face Yakushi's powerful batting lineup.
#3 - Sunshine of Midsummer
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2015
Monthly Baseball Kingdom continues their recap of the Summer Tournament by reviewing the Seido, Inashiro Tokyo West regional championship game. The recap covers until Eijun heads to the mound.
#4 - Champion of Midsummer
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/2015
Monthly Baseball Kingdom finishes their recap of the Summer Tournament by finishing the review on the Seido, Inashiro regional championship game. The recap covers all of Eijun's pitches right up until Inashiro gets the game-winning hit off of Kawakami.
#5 - After Spring Comes
Season 3 - Episode 29 - Aired 10/15/2019
The blue road baseball club is enthusiastic about practicing for summer college. Meanwhile, the female managers looked back on the history from their appearance in Senbatsu while looking at the articles in newspapers and magazines that had been scrapped in their notebooks. The memory of the game revived from the article, the passionate feelings of Sawamura and Furuya that have been accumulated. Aiming to participate in Koshien in a row in the spring and summer, they will move further forward.
#6 - Can't Lose
Season 1 - Episode 69 - Aired 2/15/2015
After pitching 5 innings instead of three Furuya is sent to left field and Sawamura is brought in to pitch. Sawamura has his regular amount of power but he appears to have lost what little control he had. Katoka and Miyuki realize Sawamura has the yips.
#7 - Next Stage
Season 1 - Episode 70 - Aired 2/22/2015
Sawamura concedes 3 runs and gets 0 outs, giving the lead up to Yakushi. Sawamura begins to feel he will never be able to pitch again and wonders what has happened to his control and his confidence.
#8 - Outsider
Season 1 - Episode 66 - Aired 1/25/2015
Inashiro loses by 1 at the Koshien Finals, but the game still doesn't deliver the excitement of the Seido, Inashiro showdown. At Seido, an outsider observes many of their practices before approaching Coach Katoka. Many players begin to wonder who this gentleman is and if he could possibly be a spy.
#9 - Meeting Expectations
Season 2 - Episode 39 - Aired 1/4/2016
The Seidou High players looks forward to the finals match against Yakushi High. While Furuya is determined to play, Kataoka leaves it to the doctors opinion. At Yakushi High, the players share their goals to the third years.
#10 - Joining
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/30/2019
Losing to Komadai Fujimaki, Seido is out of the spring invitational. What did Furuya as he pitched against Hongo? But there's no time to bask in the afterglow of Koshien Stadium. The Seido lineup is shifting once again. New first-years are joining the team. The other baseball club members are carefully measuring the time left until the summer tournament. And then Haruichi unveils a unexpected change.
#11 - At the Dorm
Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 9/14/2014
Seidou returns to their dorms where each player comes up with his own conditioning and training to take place over the three days leading up to the championship.
#12 - Fissure
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/29/2015
Ugumori's team celebrates their win over Inashiro Industrial while at Seidou, there is a fallout between Miyuki and Maezono. On the day of the match, Sawamura, Furuya, and Haruichi encounter Umemiya in the washroom.
#13 - Last Guide
Season 1 - Episode 72 - Aired 3/8/2015
Miyuki continues to watch Sawamura fall into a state of endless depression. He approaches Chris with a solution and asks Chris to present it to Sawamura. Chris agrees and teaches Sawamura how to pitch low and outside, giving him a new weapon that will drive batters crazy if it is used correctly.
#14 - The Fall Tournament Begins!
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/27/2015
Seido ends up in the fall's most competitive bracket. In order to have any chance to advance they will have to overcome regular national tournament participant Teito, a school that has advanced to nationals 27 times and won in twice. As if that weren't enough, Teito has an unrivaled first year pitcher who can see the strike zone three dimensionally. Coach Kataoka comes up with a strategy that could give Seido the ability to advance if they can pull it off, and he delivers a few words to Sawamura when Sawamura asks if he can switch to being a sidearm pitcher.
#15 - Lead with Your Plays!
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/2014
As day two of training camp begins, Sawamura is in the batting circle. However all the balls are at his feet. Sawamura is sent out to do fielding practice without having made a single hit, but he blames it all on being tired. As the training camp continues Sawamura finds himself slowly improving, though he is removed from outfield practice due to his horrible plays. Chris lets him pitch, though only into the net. Unknown to everyone, the Coach arranges three practice games for the weekend to see how everyone will do at maximum fatigue. Sawamura and Furuya are scheduled to do Saturday's one game while Tanba and Kawakami are scheduled to do Sunday's double header. One day he finds himself called into Miyuki's room. Upon entering he sees all the upper classman waiting for him. At first he thinks they are going to beat him for taking Chris's roster spot, but he secretly wants them to get to know the upper classmen who will be fielding behind them. As Day 5 hits Sawamura and Furuya are sent into the bullpen to pitch and told they will pitch both batting practice and in the bullpen on Day 6 to get ready for their game on Day 7. Meanwhile the coach starts to punish the upper classman in fielding practice by taking over the batting practice.
#16 - With Chagrin in His Heart
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2013
Sawamura begins to follow Chris every where to try and learn more about baseball. He also sits out of some practices so he can learn how the communication of a team works. Chris finally gives in to Eijun's persistence and catches a few of his pitches. After catching them, Chris informs Eijun he must find his specialty if he is to be truly effective as a pitcher. At first Sawamura is confused. he knows his speed isn't the best and he can't throw breaking balls, so what could be his specialty. Eventually Sawamura decides his specialty is his control, but focusing solely on control lowers his speed and allows him to get slaughtered in weekend a game. Can Sawamura figure out what his specialty truly is before being demoted?
#17 - Individual Minds
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/14/2015
Aided by Nabe's keen observation on Ouya's plays, Seidou scores two runs on top of the sixth. Coach Araki is quick to notice Seidou's strategy and comes up with a counter.
#18 - With Heads Held High
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/17/2015
With Miyuki and Maezono still at odds, Isashiki talks to Maezono while Miyuki seeks Yuuki's advice. Kataoka informs the team of Furuya's condition and Sawamura feels the fate of the team is now in his hands. During practice, Nabe tells Maezono that he is satisfied with how things are, while Ochiai observes the players then thinks of his future coaching plans.
#19 - Under the Sky in September
Season 1 - Episode 71 - Aired 3/1/2015
Instead of letting Sawamura pitch with the ball, Katoka sends him out to another field to focus on running during their practices. Sawamura continues to act like a zombie and a hindrance to the team. Miyuki, Haruichi, and many of Sawamura's friends from the team have the faith that he will return, but instead of trying to figure out how they can help him they focus on strengthening their own chances of being on the spring tourney roster.
#20 - Whispers of the Devil?
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/24/2015
Days before the quarter finals, the Ouya and Seidou baseball teams prepare for their up coming match-up. At Ouya, the team practice seemingly in a hurry, while at Seidou, Ochiai expresses his disappointment in Miyuki and teaches Sawamura a breaking ball.
#21 - The Ace Title
Season 1 - Episode 68 - Aired 2/8/2015
Yakushi and Seido battle again, this time in a practice game. Furuya strikes Raichi out to hold Yakushi scoreless. Sawamura gets impatient and asks permission from Kataoka to pitch, but Kataoka declines, calling Sawamura a relief pitcher and admitting that this game will determine whom the teams ace will be for the spring.
#22 - Chain Reaction
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/20/2015
Seidou High continue to expand their lead. But despite being down by five, Ugumori's team however, remain unperturbed and cheerful. Finding inspiration from Matsubara's strong will he's continued to show the team, and the cheering crowd behind them, Ugumori's batters attack relentlessly with no plans of stopping.
#23 - Cold Rain
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/4/2015
Seido and Teito begin playing in the rain. Every time Seido goes out to field the rain seems to pick up. Making things harder is Teito's pitcher is using his 3D strike zone to its fullest, keeping Seido from getting on base. As things pick up in the sixth the rain gets heavier. Furuya gets in the zone and throws his best pitches of the day. Everyone thinks Furuya will be unbeatable, but as the top of the sixth ends a pause is called for, ruining all of Furuya's focus.
#24 - Rematch
Season 2 - Episode 36 - Aired 12/7/2015
The second match of the semifinals is a rematch between Yakushi High and Ichidaisan High. With Ichidaisan's returnee and new ace, Amahisa Kosei, can the team avenge their bitter Summer loss?
#25 - Persistent and Diligent
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/13/2015
Seido est en mauvaise posture face à Ugumori. Furuya les a laissés prendre une avance de 3 points sur un home run dès la première manche. Les batteurs de Seido ont du mal à remonter au score. C'est au tour de Miyuki d'affronter Umemiya. Parviendra-t-il à inverser la tendance ?