Nine 2: Koibito Sengen HD

 Here's a high definition version of the second installment in the Nine trilogy, Nine 2: Koibito Sengen (Nine 2: Declaring Love). Once again, the raw is a 1080p web rip, downscaled to 720p with the black bars removed.

When we last saw our main characters, Niimi Katsuya and Nakao Yuri were beginning to see themselves as a couple, but Katsuya was being pursued by a rising track star, Yasuda Yukimi, and Yuri by rival Bunan's third-year pitching phenom, Yamanaka Kentarou. New complications arise in this episode, as Kentarou's younger brother Jirou joins the Seishuu baseball team and promptly falls for Yukimi.

 Except for Katsuya, most of the characters are fairly clear about their feelings. However, out of diffidence or immaturity, Niimi doesn't want to disappoint Yukimi by saying he likes someone else or to be forthright with Yuri about his feelings. This causes problems for everyone else, particularly Yukimi, who nurtures hopes that cannot be realized. Even Katsuya's wingmen see what's going on and tell him, fairly forcefully, to get his act together. Meanwhile, the team must once again face arch-rival Bunan in a pivotal game.

For more information, see my blog post on the standard definition release.

The credits are the same as for the HD release of Nine: Original-ban. Moho translated; laalg checked the dialog and signs, and Sunachan checked the songs. ninjacloud timed the original release and this one. I edited and typeset; all the signs had to be redone because of the changed color balance. BeeBee, Topper3000, and VigorousJammer QCed the original version; getfresh and Uchuu QCed this release. bananadoyouwanna encoded. I like this HD episode better than the first, because the original 4:3 aspect ratio is unchanged.

You can get Nine 2: Koibito Sengen HD at the usual torrent site, or from IRC bot Orphan|Arutha in channels #nibl or #news on irc.rizon.net.