About this season
Keiko Himuro, Chairman of the Kisuragi School, puts together an all-girl baseball team led by Ryo Hayakawa, daughter of a legendary pitcher, in hopes of proving that girls can compete just as well as boys. Their goal: Koshien stadium, where only the best teams get the opportunity to play.
Episodes (26)
1. Hayakawa Ryo, Age 15!
7.0Aired 8 April 1998 • 24 min
As Ryo Hayakawa arrives home from school, the local baseball team begs her to finish pitching their game.
2. A Baseball Team at a Prestigious Girls' School?
6.0Aired 15 April 1998 • 24 min
The chairwoman at the Kisaragi School for Girls has determined that there will be a girls' baseball team and that they will go to Koshien within three years. Ryo is offered one of the scholarships issued to build this team.
3. In My Father’s Footsteps
7.0Aired 22 April 1998 • 24 min
Ryo is accepted into Kisaragi School but worried about leaving her mother to run the Oden bar by herself.
4. Welcome, Seira!
6.0Aired 29 April 1998 • 24 min
Coach Kido has been told that one of their recruits, Seira Morimura, has refused to join the team.
5. Wave Motion Swing!
7.0Aired 6 May 1998 • 24 min
Coach Kido goes to the Oden bar and shows Ryo a tape of a baseball player with a famous batting technique called the Wave Motion Swing.
6. Catch This!
6.0Aired 13 May 1998 • 24 min
None of the players can catch Ryo's pitches and so a search for a catcher begins.
7. We Need You, Izumi!
7.0Aired 27 May 1998 • 24 min
With only two more girls needed to complete the team, Ryo asks Izumi to join and is greeted with scorn.
8. The Future on the Line
7.0Aired 3 June 1998 • 24 min
Izumi searches for the identity of the mysterious man but gets no answers from her mother's butler or from Coach Kido.
9. Winners & Losers
6.0Aired 10 June 1998 • 24 min
The day of the contest has arrived. Izumi is near defeat but Ryo can't keep thinking about why she hates her so much.
10. The Kisaragi Nine!
Aired 17 June 1998 • 24 min
The girls are playing against a junior high team but they are still short one player. The coach introduces Nene in a player's uniform so that they can compete.
11. Aim for Koshien!
Aired 24 June 1998 • 24 min
Keiko appeals her case to the board directly so that they may let the girls play but is refused again.
12. One Hundred Pitches
Aired 1 July 1998 • 24 min
In order to get Rinkai High to play them, Keiko told the papers that they must be afraid of their pitcher's magic ball.
13. The Girl Stratagem
Aired 8 July 1998 • 24 min
The day of the game has arrived. In order to get an advantage over the other team, the girls use their femininity to get to a quick lead.
14. Lightning Ball
Aired 15 July 1998 • 24 min
Ryo is losing confidence in herself but her teammates continue to do their part in the field.
15. Scandal
Aired 22 July 1998 • 24 min
With the notoriety of the girls' win, a report digs up information on Ryo's father which begins a scandal.
16. Exile
Aired 29 July 1998 • 24 min
Ryo knows that she is to be expelled and the team dissolved and so she heads out to her father's hometown.
17. Visions
Aired 5 August 1998 • 24 min
Hiroki arrives at the orphanage but learns that Ryo is hospitalized after she rescued the kids.
18. The Gift
Aired 12 August 1998 • 24 min
The Parents' Association has been calling for the baseball team to be dissolved and Principal Mita agrees.
19. Hearts & Diamonds
Aired 19 August 1998 • 24 min
Coach Kido announces that he has decided to make Ryo the team captain. She learns that Hiroki's birthday is coming up and decides to make him a present.
20. Back in Training
Aired 26 August 1998 • 24 min
The girls head out to begin their intensive training camp before preliminaries start.
21. I Hate You, Takasugi!
Aired 2 September 1998 • 24 min
After Izumi's call, Hiroki pays a visit to her to make sure everything is all right.
22. You’re Not Alone, Yuki!
Aired 9 September 1998 • 24 min
Yuki, brooding over her missing Fifi-chan, remembers how she helped to win the championship in junior high only to be ostracized by her teammates.
23. Beauties vs, the Beasts
Aired 16 September 1998 • 24 min
The Kisaragi Girls have drawn a dirty-playing team for their first game.
24. The Kiss
Aired 30 September 1998 • 24 min
The Kisaragi Girls are beating everyone they come up against. Hiroki's grandfather comes to the Oden bar and talks to Ryo.
25. Field of Broken Dreams
Aired 7 October 1998 • 24 min
It has come down to the semi-finals and it's the Kisaragi girls' team against the boys' team. Ryo is having problems focusing after seeing Hiroki and Izumi kiss.
26. Shine, Princess Nine!
Aired 14 October 1998 • 24 min
With two outs and the bases loaded at the top of the ninth inning, it's Koharu's bat. Before she goes out Nene shows her a fax from her father that has the Kanji for Wind on it.