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INTEREST: WATAMOTE's Tomoko Goes Out to the Ball Game to Support The Chiba Lotte Marines




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FenixFiesta



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:56 pm Reply with quote
I was never expecting a Watamote crossover... with anything @.@
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thomas8166



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:52 pm Reply with quote
That's...just so out of character... Shocked
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varmintx



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 12:06 am Reply with quote
What the hell did they do to Tomoko? Evil bastards!
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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 1:13 am Reply with quote
I want that background. I'd use it as a wallpaper.

thomas8166 wrote:
That's...just so out of character... Shocked


I'm guessing that's the point. They do it all the time with Attack on Titan, after all, which is a grim, super-serious series that always seems to get silly, absurd promotions.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 1:14 am Reply with quote
It seems that Tomoko has decided that it was time to go out and enjoy a nice good session of baseball with a new group of friends. Wink
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 1:58 am Reply with quote
There is literally a chapter where she attends a baseball game and explicitly mentions how boring it is to watch. I guess being out-of-character is "in" these days for anime Confused
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anddo



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 12:42 pm Reply with quote
Oh my god
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MajinAkuma



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 6:21 pm Reply with quote
But Tomoko hates baseball.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 6:24 pm Reply with quote
MajinAkuma wrote:
But Tomoko hates baseball.

Perhaps she had a change of heart. Wink
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ezsaeger



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 9:26 pm Reply with quote
Maybe they promised to try out her suggestion about making the bats proportionate. Smile
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Rusty Shackleford



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 11:05 pm Reply with quote
Just so out of character... I get that they're making a shameless crossover but still. At least Kuroki looks somewhat akward (In character) in the promo images. Rolling Eyes
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ezsaeger



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 11:59 pm Reply with quote
Cross promotions really aren't in character for any character, technically. Do Attack on Titan characters shop at 7-Eleven? Do Frieza and his soldiers really dance for grape soda? Maybe it feels different because Tomoko is such a human personality, more like the lead of a novel than a superhero or some other fantasy type.

But in a way, this couldn't be a better match. From the very beginning, Watamote family names are all from the Chiba Lotte Marines roster... Kuroki (the pitcher), Imae, Ogino, all baseball players. And of course Tomoko's rival Komiyama is a Marines fangirl who stalks them online.

If you want in-story justification, after Tomoko badmouthed the baseball players last time, they were the ones who found her passed out from heatstroke and rescued her, so she owes them. Smile
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