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EP 1Tennis and Notes
6 Apr 2014Eiichirou is a study prodigy who has tons of methodical notes that even the teachers envy. One day Eiichirou is looking at his schedule trying to figure out how he can exercise. That same day Natsu Takasaki arrives looking for help on an upcoming World History exam. The class refers her to Eiichirou, who lets her have his original World History study notes. Natsu accidentally damages the notes, but in order to thank Eiichirou she invites him to STC for a free tennis tryout as a way of doing his exercise. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 2Methodical and Unorganized
13 Apr 2014Eiichirou is unable to answer Natsu when she asks him what he enjoys doing most. He becomes interested in tennis and returns to STC for another free trial. This time, he meets Egawa Takuma, an upperclassman who's friendly with Natsu. For some reason, he acts hostile towards Eiichirou, which is very intimidating. As Takuma watches, Natsu teaches Eiichirou how to hit the ball. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 3The Contest is a Fight
20 Apr 2014Eiichirou is unable to forget how good it felt when he successfully returned Takuma's serve, and he spends all of his time practicing against the wall. After seeing Eiichirou practice against the wall non-stop for six hours on a Sunday, Natsu predicts that he will quickly improve. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 4Face of Conviction
27 Apr 2014Eiichirou and Takuma Egawa face off in a serving match. Eiichirou has 50 serves to try and return a shot from Takuma. At first Eiichirou can't even get to the shots, but slowly he begins to adapt and starts returning the shots foul. After 49 shots Eichirou has adapted to Takuma's speed, forcing Takuma to change his serve on his 50th shot. As the episode ends, Coach Miura asks Eiichirou to have his first match in the upcoming Kanagawa Junior Circuit. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 5A First Match Full of Surprises
4 Mei 2014Eiichiro's time for his first match against Oobayashi has arrived. His name is called for the match. As Eiichiro goes to the court, he conditions himself to do his best on the match. Oobayashi is first to serve. When Oobayashi's fast serve comes, Eiichiro reacts without thinking and hits the ball, winning a score with a return ace. Eiichiro wins a game against a 5th seeded player. However it all goes downhill after Eiichiro's weak serve. Oobayash starts winning the games easily. On the 7th game, it sinks in into Eiichiro's mind that his match can be over in four points and wishes to play a little longer. Eiichiro recomposes him and decides that instead of focusing on his basic stroke, he should focus more on returning shots as many as he can. Due to him focusing on Oobayashi's movements, he notices Oobayashi who is about to hit a cross, thus he manages to react faster and wins a point. (Source: Baby steps Fandom Wiki)
EP 6Diamond in the Rough
11 Mei 2014It is down to the final match of the set. Eiichirou trails 5 games to 1, but with a determination to stay on the court as long as possible Eiichirou begins to push Oobayashi. Coach Miwa notices that Eiichirou has sharp eyes and is able to predict his opponents next move when he is focused. The final match lasts close to an hour, and in the end Eiichirou is unable to score a single point in the final match. Oobayashi learns this was Eiichirou's first match and begins to fear what Eiichirou will become if he is diligent with practice while gaining control and more muscles. The next day Eiichirou returns to the Kanagawa Junior Circuit, despite having been eliminated, to study various tennis playing styles. Coach Miura notices him there and tells him if he really wants to improve, he should come to STC the next morning at 7 AM. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 79-Square and Reality
18 Mei 2014In order to improve Eiichirou's playing, Coach Miura has him learn control on a 9-square court. After getting the basics done, Eiichirou is forced into a match against Takuma. Takuma realizes that Eiichirou has gained control but proceeds to show Eiichirou that control and good eyesight are nothing compared to experience. Coach Miura then instructs Eiichirou and Takuma to continue playing each other as often as possible. 3 months after the Kanagawa Junior Circuit, Coach Miura asks Eiichirou to sign up for the Championship Match Tournament to see how much he has improved. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 8One Year and Twenty Notebooks
25 Mei 2014Maruo Eiichirou continues his training at STC as he tries to master every shot. At smaller tournaments he begins advancing to the third round but is unable to go further. His mother worries that Eiichirou is spending too much time on tennis when he drops out of cram school to practice more. Eiichirou begins calling Natsu Nat-chan. After one year of playing Maruo prepares to return to the Kanagawa Junior Circuit and make it past the third round, but in order to do so he'll likely have to defeat three seeded players. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 9Diligence is My Style
1 Jun 2014Eiichirou returns to the Kanagawa Junior Circuit. His first match is up against fellow high school student Koshimizu Nariyuki, a man who is always trying to compete with Eiichirou for the top scores. Eiichirou is a little too tense and quickly falls behind 3-0 when he finds a note from Natsu at the back of his notebook talking about what to do if he feels too tense. With this help Eiichirou rebounds and wins 6-3, beginning a process that would take him into a third round match with 5-seed Miyagawa. However Miyagawa is confident and proclaims he has learned Eiichirou's weakness after watching one match. Match 2 begins as Eiichirou takes on the 52-seed Noborikawa. With no tension Eiichirou easily advances with a 6-1 win. After the match Eiichirou watches Miyagawa's match to see what his tennis style is truly like to get him ready for the 3rd round. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 10Unease on the Edge
8 Jun 2014The match between Eiichirou and Miyagawa begins with each holding serve. However Eiichirou feels that something is off. After studying his notes, Eiichirou realizes that Miyagawa has been studying his shots, and with a 4-3 lead he plans on making his move in the eighth game. If Miyagawa manages to break Eiichirou in the 8th game, the set will be all over. Instead of getting too depressed, Eiichirou changes his strategy and starts playing serve and volley tennis. The change of pace allows Eiichirou to win Game 8 and even it at 4-4, but will either competitor manage to break serve, and will Eiichirou be able to find his winning shot before it becomes too late? (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 11Risk and Possibility
15 Jun 2014After managing to hold serve Eiichirou starts looking for an opportunity to break Miyagawa. Both hold serve and force a tiebreaker. With the score 6-5 Maruo in the tiebreaker Eiichirou decides to try and gamble to use his full stroke and steal a point. The gamble backfires and Miyagawa evens the score 6-6. However Eiichirou's gamble makes Miyagawa think too much during his serve. He falls victim to a double fault, giving Eiichirou the match point opportunity on his serve. Seeing no other choice, Miyagawa makes a move to the net to catch Eiichirou by surprise. However Eiichirou's racket happens to be in the right spot for a return from short distance. Eiichirou's miracle return gives him the tiebreaker 8-6 and the match 7-6. The crowd is shocked as the 5-seed has been knocked out. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 12Improvement by Memory
22 Jun 2014After defeating Miyagawa, Eiichirou returns to STC for some training that will make him better in 1 day. Eiichirou is teamed up with a Coach Mike from Florida who specializes in psychological training. Mike is envious of Eiichirou's notes and points out his notes will help him recall his shots faster, and that he only has 20 seconds to recall his best memories. Eiichirou is able to master this basic training of Mike, and in round 4 he defeats the 16-seed Terashima with relative ease. A broken string forces him to go to the tennis shop where he meets his quarterfinal opponent, 3-seed Iwasa Hiromi. Hiromi doesn't seem to have any interest in Eiichirou. After Hiromi leaves, the shop owner explains that Hiromi doesn't get to know his opponents in advance. Instead he learns and draws an image of them while they're playing on the court. Eiichirou is confused by this and wonders how someone can draw pictures while playing. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 13Art and Technique
29 Jun 2014The match between Hiromi and Eiichirou begins. Everytime Eiichirou tries to go on the attack, Hiromi hits a shot Eiichirou can't reach. Hiromi goes up 1-0, but then Eiichirou realizes if he lets Hiromi complete his masterpiece and then returns the final shot, he will win the point. Eiichirou manages to go up 5-2 when Hiromi begins to increase his speed. Hiromi cuts it back down to 5-4. Eiichirou envisions his best match, the match against Terashima, and with that vision he comes up with a plan he believes will allow him to move on to the semi-finals. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 14Putting the Pieces Together
6 Jul 2014It is match 10 of a 1-set match, and Eiichirou leads 5 games to 4. Eiichirou begins to up his speed against Hiromi, and with it he stays even at 30-30. Just then Hiromi's legs cramp up, allowing Eiichirou to get two easy aces and win the match 6-4. After the match Hiromi announces he is going to focus less on tennis and start drawing more on the canvas. However he tells Eiichirou that he appears to have the same desires to go Pro that a lot of the other top 4 do, even though he is currently only playing for the fun of it. Eiichirou scouts Araya only for Araya to win 6-0 and then tell Eiichirou he will crush him in the next match. The semifinals are set to occur in 2 days time, so Eiichirou uses that evening and the next day to practice. Coach Miura tells Eiichirou he needs to focus on his tennis style instead of trying to play to Araya's game and makes him take practice easy. The day of the semifinal comes, and Miyagawa comes to cheer for Eiichirou. Miyagawa helps Eiichirou realize that looking for an opponents weakness actually helps that opponent improve, so Eiichirou decides to ask Takuma what Araya's weakness is. When he finally finds them, he sees Araya whispering something to Takuma that could change the entire outcome of the future. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 15Plan to Be Forceful
13 Jul 2014Eiichirou overhears Araya telling Takuma that if he loses to him this tournament, he will retire from tennis. His plan is to defeat Takuma and then announce he is going pro. Takuma agrees to tell Eiichirou Araya's weaknesses. Eiichirou comes up with 5 steps that give him the first game in a 3-set match. After going up 30-0 in game 2, Araya protests a point and receives a warning. However the protest allows Araya to get into the zone. Araya manages to win the next 6 games with ease and goes up 1-0. In set 2 Eiichirou studies all of Araya's shots from set 1 and realizes he can predict Araya's movements. Down 1-0 in set 2 Eiichirou finally manages to reverse Araya's counter shot and go up Love-15. How will this exciting match end? (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 16Beast and Initiative
20 Jul 2014After going up Love-15, Araya uses a number of service aces to go up 3-1 in set 2. Eiichirou holds serve, and as he gains a 30-40 advantage in Game 6 of Set 2, Araya punches himself in his face to eliminate his emotions from the game. Both players manage to hold serve, giving Araya a 5-4 advantage in what could be the final game. Eiichirou decides to gamble and begins to predict where Araya will hit his shots. With the two even at 30-30, Araya serves knowing that whichever player wins the point will hold the advantage for the rest of the match. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 17Pro At My Age
27 Jul 2014Araya and Eiichirou end up at deuce after neither player can gain an advantage. An ace end up being huge for Araya give him the match point advantage, and despite his best efforts a lucky bounce proves to be the end for Eiichirou as he loses 6-1, 6-4. The finals are held between Araya and Takuma. Takuma plays to his best ability and once again prevails, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to win the championship. As Eiichirou returns to his bag he runs into an unknown youngster named Ike Souji. Ike asks to see Eiichirou's notes before running off due to an important phone call. However he asks Eiichirou to inform Coach Miura that he will soon be visiting STC. After the awards ceremony is held, the others vow to defeat Eiichirou in the All Japan Junior before Eiichirou says he can't participate due to his low showings the year before. However he swears he'll get ready for the Inter-High. As Eiichirou gets home, he gets rewarded for his performance, but he shocks his parents when he asks them what they'd think if he decided to go Pro at tennis. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 18Determination and Presentation
3 Ago 2014Eiichirou investigates going Pro, but his reaction from his parents is less than he expected. Eiichirou joins Natsu at the first round of the All Japan Pro to watch the debut match of Ike Souji. Afterwards he puts together a presentation for his parents on going Pro and asks for one year where he won't have to study or attend cram school so he can make the All Japan Junior. Should he fail to win the All Japan Junior, Eiichirou will turn his entire focus to studying. After gaining approval Eiichirou informs his coaches at STC, who come up with a hellacious schedule, both for practice and for tournaments, that will qualify him for the All Japan Junior. At the end of the episode Ike Souji appears to greet his old friends at STC, and after getting approval from his coach, manager, and doctor he gets 10 minutes of practice time with each STC member who volunteers to face him. When his doctor, coach, and manager disappear, Ike grabs a hold of the ball and asks Eiichirou to play a practice match with him during the remaining time instead of just hitting the ball back and forth. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 19Resolve and Hell
10 Ago 2014Eiichirou manages to steal 1-point in the 10-minute match with Ike before his coaches reappear and make him stop playing a match. Afterwards Eiichirou is sent home to rest. The next day Eiichirou begins a brutal practice regiment that will recondition his body into that of a pro's. After 2 weeks of practice Eiichirou is invited by Coach Miura to come view some of the top seeds at the All Japan Junior. Eiichirou finds a fellow kindred spirit in terms of note taking and is shocked to learn he is the 2-seed. Eiichirou quickly realizes his data will allow him to control his opponents shots if his body gets conditioned correctly. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 20Meat Buns and Yakisoba
17 Ago 2014Eiichirou participates in a tournament after 3 months of hellish training. He learns about active rest while participating in the tournament and makes it to the final. Terashima is his opponent. Eiichirou shocks Terashima with how his game has changed and manages to win 6-1, 6-0. In all of his matches the closest game was 6-2. After the match Coach Miura informs Eiichirou he will have a week off before they do another 3 weeks of hellish training. He informs Eiichirou that this type of training will continue for the rest of the year, with him eventually getting down to only two days of rest inbetween. With a week off, Eiichirō helps his school perform their yearly cultural festival, a festival which ends up serving only to bring him and Natsu a little closer. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 21Consistency and Change
24 Ago 2014Eiichirou continues his practice and gets his next tournament schedule. As the last player to qualify he is placed up against the 1-seed, Yu Nabae. Eiichirou begins to look for weaknesses from Yu on tape, but what he finds is a highly adaptive style that could easily beat him if he doesn't come up with a few tricks. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 22Fundamentals are the Weakness
31 Ago 2014Yu Nabae matches up with Eiichirou and realizes they really are two players that are virtually the same. He realizes that what Eiichirou lacks is experience with the fundamentals, as he has never played anyone like himself, and after losing the first set Nabae begins to pull away and goes up 5-2. (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 23Reckless 100-Square
7 Sep 2014In an effort to try and reverse the tide, Eiichirou decides to go back to his idea of having 100-squares to aim for instead of 9. The precision allows him to begin winning some points, but more often than not Nabae watches balls go out and gets some easy points. How many games will Eiichirō manage to win against Nabae, and will he be able to gain a break? (Source: Wikipedia)
EP 24Duty and Desire
14 Sep 2014Eiichirou runs to watch Natsu's match when he learns she is in danger of losing. Afterwards they return to STC where he Ryuhei Aoi, a man who will become his new coach. At first he doesn't trust Ryuhei's words, but he is even more shocked when Coach Miura says all of his training is being turned over to Ryuhei, and Ryuhei won't let him do any practice the next two days. (Source: Wikipedia)
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