Main Round 1 Entry: Team Furuya Satoru/Miyuki Kazuya - you're (never) out of reach

[kusoelite]

TITLE: you’re (never) out of reach

SERIES: Daiya no Ace

SHIP: Furuya Satoru/Miyuki Kazuya

RATING: T

CHARACTERS: Furuya Satoru, Miyuki Kazuya

SIDE PAIRINGS: None

MAJOR TAGS: Abuse (mentions of canon bullying)

ADDITIONAL TAGS: None

SUMMARY: In his last year of middle school still with no one willing to play baseball with him, Furuya posts on a forum to decide if he should give up pitching once and for all. One person answers.

WORK COUNT: 3989 words, 5 images.

SCRIPT: Script | Asset List

NOTES: We have purposely created our entry so that it can be enjoyed even if you haven't seen Daiya no Ace or are new to the relationship between Miyuki and Furuya. Thank you for taking your time to read the work that my team put together tirelessly ♥

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In his last year of middle school still with no one willing to play baseball with him, Furuya posts on a forum to decide if he should give up pitching once and for all.

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One person answers.



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Comments

[winterstuck]

this was so?? cute??? i was not expecting to be killed by this level of cuteness ok i don't even daiya and i absolutely love this to pieces

meeting on a chat and then continuing to message each other ughhsdlkfja;owiej;a and then the suspense of WHEN WILL THEY REALIZE?? and lmao miyuki's advice backfiring spectacularly and just, furuya w/ shirokuma-san is so adorable i am so weak towards cute animals seriously how much furuya + shirokuma is there in the actual series i am...tempted.....

i love the formatting on the text-chat sections, it's so accurate and i am weak to tiny details like this so thank you <3 also the art is really really nice, i love the lighting and atmosphere in all the images, the mood was set so well, so please pass my admiration onto your artists *__*

[tempestuously]

Gorgeous. I love the way all the links flow into each other and how it reads just like a chat conversation. I know nothing about this pairing or this series, but I feel like I learned a lot just reading and experiencing this.

[hunks]

i know absolutely nothing about daiya but i really enjoyed this!!! the format was very cool, the writing and art were both lovely and the story was very sweet <3

[karahashi]

This is an incredibly wonderful entry and I really enjoyed it! <3 I love how you chose to present your entry - each section is divided at the perfect point and it just made me as a reader so curious about where things were going to go next. The texting messages interspersed throughout break up the text in a really nice way - it's refreshing to read them, and they also look pretty laid against the text SO :DDD

(also the screen names !! GENIUS !)

The duality theme comes through loud and clear in your entry, but it's not in your face or anything - it's a solid foundation underpinning the plot and the work builds around it super well! I am such a fan of online/offline relationships running side-by-side and I think your team handled the build-up and reveal in a great way :D

ALSO LEMME TALK ABOUT THAT ART FOR A BIT IT'S REALLY GOOD ART !! The colours are so clear and yet so gentle - that first picture with Furuya in his room is lovely (his polar bear plush!! AND HIS POLAR BEAR SNOWGLOBE!) I love how the lights bounce off the different things, and how the glow of the phone and the angle of Furuya's futon/how he's lying draws everything to the centre. His pose looks so natural and his expression is beautiful shjdflkaksd j so pretty :O

Back to the story - this is obvious since its your team ship buT YOUR PORTRAYAL OF MIYUKI IS FANTASTIC EVEN HIS EMOTICONS ARE ON POINT. The dialogue is great, especially comparing his more casual typing style to Furuya's stiffer tone of voice.

AND FURUYA IS PRECIOUS THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD FURUYA MOMENTS HERE:

He doesn’t have a habit of reading magazines—he’s only interested in animal pictures and baseball is much better on television, but he inches through the schools which qualified for Koushien in the past year.

shfjlskajghlasl Furuya reading animal pictures this statement is so matter-of-fact and that's what makes it work so well in terms of humour and characterisation A++++

I also really liked the juxtaposition in the next section of 'one catcher...who's going to change everything for Seidou' and Furuya's thoughts that Miyuki is 'a catcher who can change everything for him' - meeting Miyuki is really the turning point for Furuya and this story carries through Furuya's journey in a beautiful way right to the POV change.

(ALso the section about Furuya's last year in middle school being the beginning of many firsts is SO GOOD both in terms of the writing and in terms of the theme - putting it here in this final part of his half gives it this great feeling of endings being the prelude to new beginnings <3

ONTO MIYUKI'S SECTION and the transition feels incredibly natural - Miyuki's voice comes through, but it's the same story and the same tone as Furuya's, and the bits of humour scattered throughout are SO MUCH FUN I LOVE THEM :DD His smirk in the next bit of art is really good - such a great expression!! And I love how there's that darkness lit up by his phone again, linking it through to the previous pic.

(AND THAT 'WAIT' LEADING INTO THE NEXT CHAPTER WAS LIKE '!! DID HE FIND OUT -- OH RIGHT NOT YET' THAT WAS A GOOD HOOK)

And then it gets into the shippy side and the comedy of errors with Miyuki's advice paralleled with the real world effects iS EXECUTED ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANTLY :DDD Of course Furuya's idea of spending more time with his catcher is playing more baseball jhdlkhashaljkhs WHAT A PRECIOUS CHILD and the whole team knows - everyone except Miyuki and it's fantastic I LOVED IT

ALSO it's so good how the texting conversations progressed naturally from a purely supportive advice thing to more balanced conversations and how Miyuki goes to Furuya for encouragement eventually too !!

AND THEN. AND THEN FINALLY. I love that they meet in the dark, lit up by the vending machine (MIYUKI'S EXPRESSION THERE I THAT PIC IS FANTASTIC SHDALKJD AND ALSO HIS LEG THAT IS A GOOD THIGH) - I really like how your team's used light/darkness in the pictures; it makes the whole electronic vs real life concept stand out that much more :D

AND FURUYA'S EXPRESSION TOO WHEN HE'S SHOWING MIYUKI SHIROKUMA-SAN OF COURSE IT'S SHIROKUMA-SAN WHO BRINGS THEM TOGETHER XD His blush is so cute shfjkla and also the colouring of his hand is fantastic *o* And I really like the shape of his sleeve there!!

The section where everything falls into place is really really good as well ! And I like that Miyuki needs to take some time - how he chooses to go back where they've started and initiate something through their online handles instead of trying to pick things up right there and then - and THAT LAST IMAGE IN BED AND IT'S BRIGHT NOW WITH ONLY A BIT OF SHADOW AND HIS FACE HE LOOKS SO IN LOVE AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL - THE HIGHLIGHTS IN HIS EYES AND THE BLUSH, THE SLIGHT WOBBLE OF HIS MOUTH, HOW HE CRADLES HIS PHONE IN BOTH HANDS HJSLFKAHWF

You guys did an amazing job putting this entry together :) All the best with the voting!

[ambivia]

this is so so so sweet ahhh
i know nothing about daiya but i was grinning like a fool while i read this. i also really love the format you guys went with, and the art is so beautiful as well!!
this was such a pleasure to read. c:

[rosebrook]

I was smiling the entire time while reading this. I've never actually read anything of this ship, and this was an amazing place to start. You guys really nailed down both of the characters and everything flowed together super well.

I also really loved the format and whatever editing you guys did to get the chat log in there. It really gave it a personal feel rather than just being normal text.

Also, Shirokuma-san was super adorable.

[intricacies]

I'VE NEVER EVER EVER READ ANYTHING FOR THIS SHIP BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH OF A BLATHERING IDIOT THIS ENTRY TURNED ME INTO. I WAS TRYING TO KEEP MYSELF FROM SQUEALING OUT LOUD BECAUSE MY ROOMIE WAS ASLEEP, REGRETTABLY, SO I MADE SOME DESPERATE HAND GESTURES AND LEANED BACK IN MY SEAT TO HOLD BACK ANY NOISES BUT MY HEADPHONES SLIPPED OFF, I SPILLED SOME OF MY SNACK ONTO MY LAP, I AM A /MESS/ BECAUSE OF THIS ENTRY. LITERALLY.

Oh my god, this was sooooo sweet! I smiled so big near the end when they met at the vending machine, Furuya showed Miyuki his precious Shirokuma-san, Miyuki fled from the scene, and the PICTURE WHERE MIYUKI WAS JUST LYING DOWN MESSAGING FURUYA. Their relationship progression was adorable, the way Miyuki helped Furuya out but was still being his cheeky self, the way Furuya was so polite yet earnest in his messages.

I loved the art. The style was so fitting for this entry—the precious little blurred Shirokuma! The blushing Miyuki! The Miyuki who fell on his butt after seeing Furuya at the vending machine! The writing was also great, very lighthearted yet also fluid. I especially loved the way the chats were implemented within the text; it made for a nice break from paragraphs, both for reading and visual purposes. Their usernames were also priceless! :D

Their awkward misalignment was so great. Miyuki giving advice, Furuya taking it to heart but also misinterpreting it in such an honest way. I feel so great after reading this because it makes me so giddy even if I don't even Daiya.

Great great job, Team FuruMiyu!

[bingualien]

OHMYGODDD THIS WAS SO ADORABLE!!! I love when characters talk to each other anonymously and like each other in real life!! The drawings were too cute. Furuya and his polar bears TOO CUTE. The story had me giggling and laughing hysterically at Miyuki. I also liked the format and how it feels interactive with its readers since we click to read the next part. It also allows for anticipation which I think made me feel even more excited. This was really fun to read! Great job! ^o^

[kiyala]

OH MY GOD I don't even daiya but this entry is just the CUTEST THING EVER I'm grinning so much!! I love the way you guys told this story, and the switching perspective, it was so much fun watching Miyuki not get it and then finally actually realise that it was Furuya all along :D

[jinbeizaki]

I DIDN'T WANT THIS TO EVER END AEZUDYBS Curse the word limit! The format and the way it was done were beautiful and gorgeous. I love how we had to click on the words to continue reading but also the words chosen were important as well.

Speaking now about the entry in itself, IT WAS JUST SO CUTE! DAMN MY FEELS! YOU GUYS WORKED HARD AND IT IS REALLY WELL DONE! CONGRATULATION ALREADY FOR MAKING SOMETHING LIKE THIS! The drawings were so gorgeous, the way the pollar bear looked like had me squealing ZAUEBAB I laughed so hard also when Miyuki received this picture like he must have been surprised the first image from his online friend who didn't use any emoticons etc. like him, it must have surprised him a lot! The last drawing was also so gorgeous, the blush on Miyuki's cheeks had me squealing. I couldn't help imagining that Miyuki would play a little with Furuya, giving him ridiculous advice for catching his catcher's attention (look at this play on word XD)

I also love the effort in showing how their relationship was showing the duality. The theme was so well done, the way they actually had two different kind of relationship between online and IRL -I don't know if you get the idea of what I'm trying to say. I could almost imagine Miyuki slightly getting jealous of Kuma chan's catcher like "What a lucky guy" I also appreciate that you showed Furuya's past the way you did. Like people tend to forget that Furuya was bullied in his middle school and even if it's sad at least you still showed it more explicitely than in the anime/manga. Even if people don't like this pairing or Furuya they should be forced to read this just to realize how much Miyuki means for Furuya no matter what >o< (Can you tell I hate people who hates Furuya XD)

ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL ENTRY! I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME READING AND ENJOYING THIS!

[inkythoughts]

THIS IS SO CUTE I'M YELLING I DIDN'T EVEN WATCH THE ANIME/READ THE MANGA BUT FUCK I'M JUST

the art is cute A++++, the STORY IS IMMENSELY CUTE and im jsut
I have you know that I was squeaking during the entire thing because it's so cute