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Baby Steps

201425m / epAnimation · Comedy

First aired

April 6, 2014

7.5

TMDB Score

75% match · 22 votes

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S01 · E16

Beast and Initiative

Season 1 · Jul 20, 2014 · 25m

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E01▶

Tennis and Notes

Apr 6, 2014 · 25m

E02▶

Methodical and Unorganized

Apr 13, 2014 · 25m

E03▶

The Contest Is a Fight

Apr 20, 2014 · 25m

E04▶

Face of Conviction

Apr 27, 2014 · 25m

E05▶

A First Match Full of Surprises

May 4, 2014 · 25m

E06▶

Diamond in the Rough

May 11, 2014 · 25m

E07▶

Nine-Square and Reality

May 18, 2014 · 25m

E08▶

One Year and Twenty Notebooks

May 25, 2014 · 25m

E09▶

Diligence is My Style

Jun 1, 2014 · 25m

E10▶

Unease on the Edge

Jun 8, 2014 · 25m

E11▶

Risk and Possibility

Jun 15, 2014 · 25m

E12▶

Improvement by Memory

Jun 22, 2014 · 25m

E13▶

Art and Technique

Jun 29, 2014 · 25m

E14▶

Putting the Pieces Together

Jul 6, 2014 · 25m

E15▶

Plan to be Forceful

Jul 13, 2014 · 25m

E16Playing

Beast and Initiative

Jul 20, 2014 · 25m

E17▶

Pro At My Age

Jul 27, 2014 · 25m

E18▶

Determination and Presentation

Aug 3, 2014 · 25m

E19▶

Resolve and Hell

Aug 10, 2014 · 25m

E20▶

Meat Buns and Yakisoba

Aug 17, 2014 · 25m

E21▶

Consistency and Change

Aug 24, 2014 · 25m

E22▶

Fundamentals are the Weakness

Aug 31, 2014 · 25m

E23▶

Reckless 100-Square

Sep 7, 2014 · 25m

E24▶

Duty and Desire

Sep 14, 2014 · 25m

E25▶

Eiichiro and Natsu

Sep 21, 2014 · 25m

After going up Love-15, Araya uses a number of service aces to go up 3-1 in set 2. Eiichirō 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.

About the Series

AnimationComedy

Synopsis

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.

First aired: April 6, 2014
Last aired: September 20, 2015
Seasons: 2 seasons · 50 episodes
Status: Ended
Original language: Japanese
Network: NHK Educational TV