Here, Detective Ishida Buntaro wears the jersey of the Baisotei City Rounds. One of the oldest teams in Kyokan, the Rounds were formerly known as the Baisotei City Roundeyes (their mascot being a yellow-haired, pink-skinned man, with a pointy nose and bright blue googly eyes). In these enlightened and sensitive times, of course, such names are frowned upon, especially in a city as diverse and cosmopolitan as Baisotei City, and the name was shortened to the Rounds in 1554. This was retroactively determined to be short for “Rounders”, an early variation of the game popular popular in the Coastland some centuries ago. Buntaro wears the jersey of Mishima Junichiro, a famous catcher from the 1560s who had just become the team’s new manager in 1575.

Takako (to the extent she can bring herself to follow sports at all) prefers Baisotei City’s other team, the Baisotei Industrials. As of 1575, when this page takes place, they had one of the worst records in baseball, although they improved throughout the 1580s, finally making it to the championship series for the first time in 1586– where they were swept by the Jiyuu Ramblers. Dang! At least Takako’s favorite women’s cricket team, the Baisotei State Captains, is doing okay.

The Rounds and the Industrials are in the same league, so subway series are extremely common, leading to the two Baisotei City clubs to become hated rivals.

Tags: baisotei, buntaro, flashback, takako

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