Brackets are up!

Well, the draw is completed, and the brackets are up.

I'll have a translated bracket later today, but here are the quick highlights.

There are a couple of brackets that could constitute a bracket of death, these include

• A (Meihou, Kounan, Saijyou, Tokoha Tachibana)
• B (Tenri, Ryuukokudai Heian, Chuukyoudai Chuukyou)
• C (Hanamaki Higashi, Touhoku, Nihon Dai-san)

Other teams may have an easy time to get to the best 8:

• E (PL Gakuen)
  
• F (Nihon Bunri)
• G (Aomori Yamada)
• H (Teikyou)

Some good matches happen right away:

• A (Meihou vs. Kounan)
• B (Ryuukokudai Heian vs. Chuukyoudai Chuukyou)
• E (PL Gakuen vs. Seikou Gakuin)

There are pockets of good teams, and that is to be expected from a random draw. But the team seem separated out pretty well given that. May seem like it'll make for uninteresting baseball early, but then again you never know....