Pale Blue
Summary
Sahara, a perpetual benchwarmer on the baseball team, was contemplating quitting as he'd lost sight of why he continued playing. That's when he spotted Ando, his childhood friend and the team's female manager, by the riverbank. Under the scorching summer sky, their fleeting youth begins to stir once more!
















... and the second season of the Anime did a better job of pacing than I thought they would. I think they moved the Elf village arc from before hostilities with the Principality began to the inter-war period, aka the start of the second season, and used that to pad it out. Good call if that's what they did. In any event. Good season.