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Baby Steps Season 1 Episode 19 Resolve and Hell Eiichir? manages to steal 1-point in the 10-minute match with Ike before his coaches reappear and make him stop playing a match. Afterwards Eiichir? is sent home to rest. The next day Eiichir? begins a brutal practice regimen that will recondition his body into that ofContinue reading “Baby Steps Season 1 Episode 19”

Baby Steps Season 1 Episode 20 Meat Buns and Yakisoba Eiichir? 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. baby-steps-ep-20

Baby Steps Season 1 Episode 21 Consistency and Change Eiichir? 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. Eiichir? begins to look for weaknesses from Yu on tape, but what he finds is a highly adaptive style that couldContinue reading “Baby Steps Season 1 Episode 21”

Baby Steps Season 1 Episode 22 Fundamentals are the Weakness Yu Nabae matches up with Eiichir? and realizes they really are two players that are virtually the same. He realizes that what Eiichir? lacks is experience with the fundamentals, as he has never played anyone like himself, and after losing the first set Nabae beginsContinue reading “Baby Steps Season 1 Episode 22”

Baby Steps Season 1 Episode 23 Reckless 100-Square In an effort to try and reverse the tide, Eiichir? decides to go back to his idea of having 100-squares to aim for instead of 9. baby-steps-ep-23

Baby Steps Season 1 Episode 14 Putting the Pieces Together It is match 10 of a 1-set match, and Eiichir? leads 5 games to 4. Eiichir? begins to up his speed against Hiromi, and with it he stays even at 30-30. Just then Hiromi’s legs cramp up, allowing Eiichir? to get two easy aces andContinue reading “Baby Steps Season 1 Episode 14”

Baby Steps Season 1 Episode 15 Plan to be Forceful Eiichir? 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 Eiichir? Araya’s weaknesses. baby-steps-ep-15

Baby Steps Season 1 Episode 6 Diamond in the Rough It is down to the final match of the set. Eiichir? trails 5 games to 1, but with a determination to stay on the court as long as possible Eiichir? begins to push Oobayashi. baby-steps-ep-6

Baby Steps Season 1 Episode 7 Nine-Square and Reality In order to improve Eiichir?’s playing, Coach Miura has him learn control on a 9-square court. After getting the basics done, Eiichir? is forced into a match against Takuma. baby-steps-ep-7

Baby Steps Season 1 Episode 8 One Year and Twenty Notebooks Maruo Eiichir? 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 Eiichir? is spending too much time on tennis when heContinue reading “Baby Steps Season 1 Episode 8”