Major 2nd - Ch. 304 - Rest, and then, a hint of uneasiness

[MangaDex]

 

[pekocheco]

finally get to the prefectural tournament/Tsujidou game after 2+ years of translating
mangadex dies

That’s beautiful man. I couldn’t have come up with something better even if I tried.

And that’s that. I’ve continued to monitor the situation, and in the end, I refuse to wait for the ground to collapse right underneath me.
Before this, I was always the first guy to defend Mangadex. It allowed me to build something that I could call my own, meet others (even if I can count them with just the fingers in one hand, but well, one true friend beats a hundred idiots…), and make all kinds of memories. That is not lost on me, even if the devs turned out to be huge cucks who bent over way too easily and threw scanlators underneath the bus…
I’ll miss it, but demolishing a half-destroyed building, or killing a wounded animal, are only sensible, even merciful things to do. I choose to do that. Hm, is this the first time in my life I’ve made the sensible decision…? Well, the simple fact is that I just no longer wish to upload here. So it’s not the sensible decision, just me following my selfish desires and dragging you all with me~

To be honest with you, if there’s ever been a time to quit scanlation, it’s now. Even now, I believe that if I quit right now, I wouldn’t have any regrets, so I don’t know if I’m making the right decision or not…but well, I’ve come this far. There’s no getting off now. I had the chance, and I chose not to take it. I kind of feel bad for future peko…

Now, let’s see, about the chapter…ah, why are the chapters right after a game finishes always so heavy-duty? I have a life, you know…

• Why is Anita on the cover? After all I guess Mitsuda must like her, that one-track-minded guy…
• Mutsuko’s mother is fat, which means she will also get fat in the future. Well, it’s Mitsuda’s fetish, so I guess it can’t be helped, she’s also probably drawn to Kandori for a reason…
• I quite like this Sawa-san page! Even someone like me who hates the way Mitsuda draws his female characters (at best, I find them not cute, and at worst, they cause me to feel revolted in a way which I can only describe as being “reverse-conversion therapy-like”) cannot deny the appeal of Sawa-san! Her hair after just waking up/getting out of the shower is still slightly damp, and it falls gently on her face giving her a mature, sexy look. Even though she spends her days getting dirty and playing baseball like a man, her feet are still beautiful and delicate like that of a schoolgirl, no blemishes or calluses. Very fine work indeed, this is some of Mitsuda’s best work. Props where they’re due, old man! Aah, if a sexy character like Sawa onee-san were the main one, I think I’d like this manga much better, or at least I’d enjoy working on it much more…It still wouldn’t be worthy of being called MAJOR, though.
• The changing clothes scene makes its long, long, long-awaited return after 2+ years of it being absent! People say that it wasn’t featured because Mitsuda was busy playing baseball, but I don’t care, certainly you could have found a way to sneak it in before! This manga is nothing without it, I still wish I could have seen Taki’s changing clothes scene…
• “If we win three times again” no, don’t say that. Since every game takes at least six months to conclude, and then you add the downtime which is another six months, and then to that you add breaks for combined issues…ah, I feel like I just saw a scary image of my future…
• Goro’s injuries in MAJOR are effective because they actually present a challenge to him and his team to attain victory, so if Sawa’s injury gets brushed off I will be very disappointed since it would be pointless. Commit to something for once in your life, Takuya Mitsuda…hey, aren’t you that author who’s come to love pointless stuff in his later years…?
• I guess he’s either going to end it right after the Tsujidou game or he’s going to drag this slog for a couple of more years with the other two games after. I’ll just have to wait and see…

Those are my thoughts about this chapter. It’s a very scattered chapter, so my thoughts are also scattered. Overall, I guess it’s fine? It actually feels like it has stuff going on for once. I don’t know what to say about slice-of-life scenes being Mitsuda’s forte now…

Well, that’s all for me. See you again~

 

[DesertStorm]

My Prediction: Tsujidou will win against Fuurin, but Hikaru will see the light as the match goes on. At the end of their battle, Hikaru will profess his love for Daigo, and he's just very tsundere because of Mutsuko being the third wheel. It will start with a love triangle arc where Mutsuko and Hikaru fight for Daigo's love. LMFAO

Also, SEND the Discord, bro!

 

[M1rage]

please send the discord bro

 

[pekocheco]

My Prediction: Tsujidou will win against Fuurin, but Hikaru will see the light as the match goes on. At the end of their battle, Hikaru will profess his love for Daigo, and he's just very tsundere because of Mutsuko being the third wheel. It will start with a love triangle arc where Mutsuko and Hikaru fight for Daigo's love. LMFAO

Also, SEND the Discord, bro!

Can you add Sawa being pregnant with my baby

(It's not done yet but you'll be the first person I reach out to, bro!)

 

[DesertStorm]

Can you add Sawa being pregnant with my baby

(It's not done yet but you'll be the first person I reach out to, bro!)

I'll do you one better. You'll have 9 children with Sawa in a span of 3 consecutive years. Enough to fill a baseball team, so that in the future, you can coach them to Koshien.

During that timespan, you also manage to adopt 9 more children enough to fill up the roster spots building a dynasty, and creating the greatest highschool baseball team of the nation...

Nope, the WORLD, as your team manages to get sponsors from massive gambling websites to create the greatest baseball tournament that rivals even the World Cup spanning multiple countries and alternate realities livestreamed throughout the universe as it casually destroys the very essence of space-time!!!

That's the Peko Cinematic Universe...

 

[littlesealykin]

Can't figure out how to dm you so I'll just ask for the discord here

 

[Rvl_Mks]

not really a discord guy but I guess I will try to find my old account and join the server too if/when you send it !
thanks for the translations and the commentaries on all these chapters - see you

 

[pekocheco]

I'll do you one better. You'll have 9 children with Sawa in a span of 3 consecutive years. Enough to fill a baseball team, so that in the future, you can coach them to Koshien.

During that timespan, you also manage to adopt 9 more children enough to fill up the roster spots building a dynasty, and creating the greatest highschool baseball team of the nation...

Nope, the WORLD, as your team manages to get sponsors from massive gambling websites to create the greatest baseball tournament that rivals even the World Cup spanning multiple countries and alternate realities livestreamed throughout the universe as it casually destroys the very essence of space-time!!!

That's the Peko Cinematic Universe...

How will modern Mitsuda ever be able to recover from never being able to reach even a percentage of this level of writing now, a shadow of his former self...Since he will never be able to depict Koshien at this rate, it shall be up to carry his legacy and write a Koshien story worthy of being called MAJOR! And even beyond Koshien!

Also

14 years old
9 children in the span of 3 years

I see what you did there and I like it. Well, used goods are way worse than hags. A girl can still be cute at eighteen and even older, but used goods are unforgivable. So because I like her, and because I'm a gentleman, I'd like to think that I wouldn't discard her that quickly.

I counter your video with one of my own:

(mejaseca wishes it could also reach this level of writing)

 

[pekocheco]

not really a discord guy but I guess I will try to find my old account and join the server too if/when you send it !
thanks for the translations and the commentaries on all these chapters - see you

Matter doesn't disappear, it just changes form!

 

[chiruno09]

i know you spoke of the injury matter well, but for me, it just really feels cheap in major. like, yeah, it's a way to add tension, but as of now, it looks like the injury here is being used because fuurin got too strong. it's not like back then with goro's injuries nerfing him instead of the team directly.

 

[Buli-chan]

Thanks for the translations and the commentaries on all these chapters.
Can you send the link Discord please ?

 

[Ringohan]

I don't know how the dms work here but please send me the Discord invite!

 

[Myorave]

Man... it sure is sad to see a website you love just die. I was an old batoto refugee and Mangadex's birth was a spark of hope.
A shame to see it's current state...

Could you please send the discord, little nyanko?

 

[pekocheco]

i know you spoke of the injury matter well, but for me, it just really feels cheap in major. like, yeah, it's a way to add tension, but as of now, it looks like the injury here is being used because fuurin got too strong. it's not like back then with goro's injuries nerfing him instead of the team directly.

Well, you're right, it's obviously not comparable to Goro's injuries back then (when you say "it just feels really cheap in major" I'm not sure whether you're talking about this particular case or also in MAJOR, I like the injuries because I'm a sucker for drama even if others see it as "cheap" but if you don't then that's your opinion and I understand). If someone was going to get injured I'd still have preferred it be Daigo (specially now that the Tsujidou game is going to follow immediately after Kawaeda), it would have been better to see him struggle to keep it together during the game than just benching Sawa which is what'll probably happen

 

[pekocheco]

I don't know how the dms work here but please send me the Discord invite!

Check your messages

 

[pekocheco]

Man... it sure is sad to see a website you love just die. I was an old batoto refugee and Mangadex's birth was a spark of hope.
A shame to see it's current state...

Could you please send the discord, little nyanko?

It's amazing to watch a thing that used to be alive die right before your eyes...what did you just call me? (doesn't hate it)

 

[Myorave]

It's amazing to watch a thing that used to be alive die right before your eyes...what did you just call me? (doesn't hate it)

Your profile picture, it's from Nyanko Days

 

[pekocheco]

Your profile picture, it's from Nyanko Days

No, I know that, I didn't mean it literally...

 

[chiruno09]

Well, you're right, it's obviously not comparable to Goro's injuries back then (when you say "it just feels really cheap in major" I'm not sure whether you're talking about this particular case or also in MAJOR, I like the injuries because I'm a sucker for drama even if others see it as "cheap" but if you don't then that's your opinion and I understand). If someone was going to get injured I'd still have preferred it be Daigo (specially now that the Tsujidou game is going to follow immediately after Kawaeda), it would have been better to see him struggle to keep it together during the game than just benching Sawa which is what'll probably happen

Oh yeah, I think I should have made it clear that I meant it in this particular case. For me, it feels like Major was Goro being too strong at the start of most of each season due to both hard work and talent. This is why the injury nerfing him with injuries especially during each finale of each season was kind of needed to balance things out.
In Major 2nd, it feels like using injuries to weaken Daigo's team doesn't really sit well for me because the main idea for 2nd (at least, for me) is that Daigo only has his hard work and an ok-talent (though this is being countered by statements and feats lately). Which is why I feel like Daigo should either lose normally (without injuries and all), or win normally as well (which means win, but not incurring injuries like what happened to Goro back then).