Well folks, we’ve got a real humdinger of a game for you tonight! Hailing from Sakura High, we have our school with the best record of the regular season. Watch out for Shu Amiguchi, the best batter in the league, currently hitting .460! Challenging them are the ladies of Suzu High, trying to be the first women to qualify for the Koshien. Yuki Takamiya has the best ERA in all of Japan, and she is no slouch behind the plate either. Who will advance to the Koshien? It’s anyone’s game folks, and I recommend you stay until the bitter end!
Sentinels in the Outfield
is a series of a fanfics by "Farva5" based on 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Set in an Alternate Universe from the original game, the series follows the exploits of the baseball teams from Sakura High School and Suzu High School, and observes the journey of the players as the latter team makes it all the way to the Koshien finals.
The stories are as follows:
- Sentinels in the Outfield: Sakura High's all-boys baseball team faces off against the all-girls team of Suzu High in order to progress to Koshien.
- The Shot Heard 'Round Ayame Park: Ei Sekigahara faces off against his childhood friend Ryoko in a batting contest, with Iori Fuyusaka filling in as their catcher.
- The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth: Keitaro Miura goes on a date with Natsuno Minami to watch a rival team in action.
- Extra Innings: Shu Amiguchi takes Suzu High's captain, Yuki Takamiya, on a night out in town before her big game tomorrow.
- Stealing Bases in the After Hours: Megumi Yakushiji has to retrieve her missing bag before the game tomorrow, getting help from Juro Kurabe who embarks on a wild night through town with her.
The premise was inspired by a chapter of What Leads You Here where Keitaro dreams of everyone living in a peaceful timeline where they play baseball together.
Tropes
- Alternate Universe: All of the compatibles exist in the same era together and don't have to worry about Deimos.
- Arc Villain: Juro and Megumi end up antagonizing a pair of thugs (one of them implied to be Wajima) on their adventure through the city at night. And the thugs pursue them the whole rest of the fic after Juro fakes a wager with them and Megumi breaks one of their noses.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Megumi may be gentle and kind, but she also won't hesitate to break a dude's nose if they threaten someone she loves.
- Childhood Friends: Ei and Ryoko go way back just like they do in the original game. The second story explores their relationship through a friendly batting contest.
- A Day in the Limelight: Starting from the second story in the series, each plot is told from the perspective of a specific character. In order it goes Ei Sekigahara, Keitaro Miura, Shu Amiguchi, and Megumi Yakushiji.
- Friendly Rival: The two teams start out as competitors trying to make it to the Koshien finals. But as the players from each mingle and bond, the two teams come to form an alliance, and the boys from Sakura travel to the Koshien playoffs to support the girls from Suzu.
- Official Couple: The couples that get together over the series: Shu and Yuki, Takatoshi and Tsukasa, Keitaro and Natsuno, and Megumi and Juro.
- Related in the Adaptation: Juro and Tamao are cousins in this AU.
- Relationship Upgrade:
- Keitaro and Natsuno start dating some time before the events of the third story.
- Shu and Yuki get together after their date in the fourth story.
- The fifth story culminates in Megumi and Juro becoming an item after a wild, unofficial first date.
- Shipper on Deck:
- It's implied Ryoko invited Iori to help out her batting competition with Ei because she could tell that Iori was interested in him. The second story ends with Ryoko leaving the two alone to spend some time together.
- In the fifth story, Tamao is quick to notice Juro and Megumi's mutual attraction and decides to come up with a convenient excuse to leave the two to have some time together.
