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Kō Kitamura, son of the owner of Kitamura Sports, lives in the same neighborhood as the batting center run by the Tsukishima family. Due to their proximity and the relationship between their businesses, the Kitamura and Tsukishima families have been close for many years, with their children going back and forth between the two homes like extended family. Because Kō and Wakaba are the same age and always together, Aoba is jealous of all the time Kō spends with her older sister. Aoba is a natural pitcher with excellent form, and Kō secretly trains to become as good as she is, even while publicly showing little interest in baseball. Then Wakaba dies in a swimming accident at a summer camp during fifth grade.
Latest Episode
Series 1 - Episode 50 - The Best in the World...
Aired - 28 March 2010
Episode summary:
In the bottom of the 12th with Seishu leading 2 to 1, because Ko is tiring, Akaishi tells him to pitch all out to decide the game now. With two outs and a runner on first, Mishima comes to bat. Still pitching in the high 150s km/h, after reaching a full count, Ko walks Mishima with what Junpei calls the fastest pitch of the day. As Aoba watches Ko strike out the last batter, she remembers what he said before the game: that Seishu would go to Koshien, he would pitch 160 km/h, and he loves her more than anyone. After the game Ko hugs Aoba, who slaps him, saying she hates him more than anyone, then cries into his chest. The morning before traveling to Koshien, Akaishi visits Akane in the hospital, Nakanishi consoles Azuma for losing Aoba, and Aoba and Ko meet at a cafe near the train station, where they talk about Wakaba and Akane's influence, and then leave holding hands. During the closing credits, a newspaper headline says that Ko's final pitches reached 160 km/h.
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Episode summary:
In the bottom of the 12th with Seishu leading 2 to 1, because Ko is tiring, Akaishi tells him to pitch all out to decide the game now. With two outs and a runner on first, Mishima comes to bat. Still pitching in the high 150s km/h, after reaching a full count, Ko walks Mishima with what Junpei calls the fastest pitch of the day. As Aoba watches Ko strike out the last batter, she remembers what he said before the game: that Seishu would go to Koshien, he would pitch 160 km/h, and he loves her more than anyone. After the game Ko hugs Aoba, who slaps him, saying she hates him more than anyone, then cries into his chest. The morning before traveling to Koshien, Akaishi visits Akane in the hospital, Nakanishi consoles Azuma for losing Aoba, and Aoba and Ko meet at a cafe near the train station, where they talk about Wakaba and Akane's influence, and then leave holding hands. During the closing credits, a newspaper headline says that Ko's final pitches reached 160 km/h.
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+ Episode - 50 The Best in the World...
Aired - 28 March 2010
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+ Episode - 48 Let's Do This
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+ Episode - 47 Can I Lie?
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+ Episode - 46 I've Got a Bad Feeling About This
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+ Episode - 45 That's My Line!
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+ Episode - 44 A Careless Pitch...?
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+ Episode - 43 He'll Never Change...
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+ Episode - 42 Every Summer
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+ Episode - 41 Let's Go To Koushien!
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+ Episode - 40 You Idiot!
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+ Episode - 39 Always
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+ Episode - 38 It’s His First Date
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+ Episode - 37 Probably Because I Slept Well
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+ Episode - 36 To Girl's Baseball!?
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+ Episode - 35 February 14th
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+ Episode - 34 Happy New Year
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+ Episode - 33 Or Maybe It's Fate...?
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+ Episode - 32 Wait
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+ Episode - 31 Do They Grow Older?
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+ Episode - 30 Wakaba
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+ Episode - 29 Who?
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+ Episode - 28 Let's Finish This
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+ Episode - 27 He May Be Right
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+ Episode - 26 I Know
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+ Episode - 25 What an Honor
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+ Episode - 24 Don't stop!
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+ Episode - 23 We'll Make a Comeback, Right?
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+ Episode - 22 Looking down on me, are you?
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+ Episode - 21 No Matter What Happens
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+ Episode - 20 Asami Mizuki
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+ Episode - 19 Memories...
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+ Episode - 18 An Audition?
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+ Episode - 17 That's Tough
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+ Episode - 16 How Should I Know?
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