Baby Steps
Eiichirō Maruo (nicknamed "Ei-chan" for his grades being straight "A") is an honor student, bookworm, and is not interested in anything other than studying. In order to solve his problem of lacking physical strength, he enrolled a tennis school and soon found the fascinating side of tennis. Being a tennis newbie lacking physical strength, he supplement his shortcomings with his excellent observing and analyzing skills.
Season 2 Episodes
E1
Eiichirō arrives in Florida, and Coach Mike introduces him to Marcia, an upcoming junior whose older brother just made t…
E2
Eiichirō begins closing the gap on the others at the Florida Academy, but during everyone of his matches he has one mome…
E3
After winning his first match in America, Eiichirō finally gets to play Ike in a one set match. Ike gets it approved at …
E4
In his final day in Florida Alex agrees to play a best-of-3 match with Eiichirō. Alex realizes that Eiichirō's notes con…
E5
Eiichirō returns from Florida and is given a day off to adjust his body to the time difference. After the day off Eiichi…
E6
Coach Aoi explains to Eiichirō that he stopped the match against Takuma because his body wasn't developed to serve like …
E7
The Kanagawa Prefectural begins as Eiichirō faces off against Araya's new underclassman Nishimura. Araya has told Nishim…
E8
Eiichirō and Miyagawa face off in the second round of the tournament for their second match. If Eiichirō loses he knows …
E9
Coach Ryuhei Aoi decides to teach Eiichirō the importance of relying on instincts during a match instead of relying sole…
E10
Araya and Eiichirō begin their match in the Kanagawa Prefectural Final. At first both are holding serve and the score is…
E11
Eiichirō throws out a couple of unexpected dropshots in set 2 and begins to alter the speed of his game. After trailing …
E12
Araya and Eiichirō prove to be even and are both unable to break each others serve. Making things worse is there will be…
E13
The gang begins their third and final year of high school in different classes. Eiichirō and Natsu both realize their cl…
E14
The final door on the way to the All-Japan Junior, the Kanto Junior Tournament, is just around the corner. Eiichiro psyc…
E15
The Kanto Junior Tennis Tournament begins at last, and Eiichiro is facing Yakabe Tadanori in his first match. Although h…
E16
Eiichiro is stunned by all the cheering Ide receives as their match begins. He struggles with the unpredictable plays of…
E17
Ide's remarkable ability to adapt instantly to everything has Eiichiro struggling, and reads his notes again to regain h…
E18
Eiichiro thought he was successfully ignoring the crowd's roaring cheers for Ide, but his body was reacting to it more t…
E19
Eitaro, upon winning spectacularly in his fight against Ide, decides to go to the National Junior's. Coach Aoi explains …
E20
The match against Takagi begins. Just as Yukichi warned, Takagi's style is unique.
E21
Even if it seems to lack etiquette, Takagi's play style continues to work in his favor by disupting his opponent's pace.…
E22
After beating Takagi, Eiichiro moves onto the semi-finals as does Natsu in the women's division. Eiichiro becomes aware …
E23
The match has just begun and Eiichiro is already close to being in the zone. His excellent condition is reminiscent of h…
E24
The match between Eiichirou and Nabae finally reaches its thrilling climax, and the former risks losing to envision his …
E25
The game finally reaches its final stage. Eiichiro who desperately envisions a vision to win Nambae and is ready for a n…
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