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Baby Steps

2 seasons · 2014 · Ended

★★★★★3.8

AnimationComedy

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.

Episodes

Tennis and Notes

S01 · E01 Tennis and NotesApril 6, 2014

Methodical and Unorganized

S01 · E02 Methodical and UnorganizedApril 13, 2014

The Contest Is a Fight

S01 · E03 The Contest Is a FightApril 20, 2014

Face of Conviction

S01 · E04 Face of ConvictionApril 27, 2014

A First Match Full of Surprises

S01 · E05 A First Match Full of SurprisesMay 4, 2014

Diamond in the Rough

S01 · E06 Diamond in the RoughMay 11, 2014

Nine-Square and Reality

S01 · E07 Nine-Square and RealityMay 18, 2014

One Year and Twenty Notebooks

S01 · E08 One Year and Twenty NotebooksMay 25, 2014

Diligence is My Style

S01 · E09 Diligence is My StyleJune 1, 2014

Unease on the Edge

S01 · E10 Unease on the EdgeJune 8, 2014

Risk and Possibility

S01 · E11 Risk and PossibilityJune 15, 2014

Improvement by Memory

S01 · E12 Improvement by MemoryJune 22, 2014

Art and Technique

S01 · E13 Art and TechniqueJune 29, 2014

Putting the Pieces Together

S01 · E14 Putting the Pieces TogetherJuly 6, 2014

Plan to be Forceful

S01 · E15 Plan to be ForcefulJuly 13, 2014

Beast and Initiative

S01 · E16 Beast and InitiativeJuly 20, 2014

Pro At My Age

S01 · E17 Pro At My AgeJuly 27, 2014

Determination and Presentation

S01 · E18 Determination and PresentationAugust 3, 2014

Resolve and Hell

S01 · E19 Resolve and HellAugust 10, 2014

Meat Buns and Yakisoba

S01 · E20 Meat Buns and YakisobaAugust 17, 2014

Cast

Taishi Murata

Taishi MurataEiichiro Maruo (voice)

Minako Kotobuki

Minako KotobukiNatsu Takasaki (voice)

Daisuke Namikawa

Daisuke NamikawaTakuma Egawa (voice)

Asami Seto

Asami SetoHimeko Sasami (voice)

Hiro Shimono

Hiro ShimonoYukichi Fukasawa (voice)

Taiten Kusunoki

Taiten KusunokiCoach Yusaku Miura (voice)

Takuma Terashima

Takuma TerashimaKojirou Kageyama (voice)

Tetsuya Kakihara

Tetsuya KakiharaTakuya Miyagawa (voice)

Chisa Yuuki

Chisa YuukiYuuki Tajima (voice)

Kohsuke Toriumi

Kohsuke ToriumiCoach Ryuuhei Aoi (voice)

KENN

KENNYoshiaki Ide (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yoshimasa HosoyaSouji Ike (voice)