Seasons & Episode
Koume Suzukawa is requested to join a first ever All-Japanese Girls Baseball team, at Toho Seika Academy Girls High School. Anything than boys can do, girls can do better...in a kimono!
Homeroom teacher, Anna Curtland, instructs the girls on the fundamentals of baseball as their newly appointed Manager. Akiko and Koume are still five members short of a full roster.
The Ouka-kai a.k.a "Cherry Blossom club" square off against Asaka High's Boys Baseball team in a practice game.
The girls are down in the mud after losing their first game. With practices suspended from inclement weather and broken spirits, it's up to Koume to rally her teammates back onto the field.
With a new resolve and Western-style uniforms, the girls throw themselves back into practice. However, they are still 1 player short for a full team and a real practice session. The search is on for one more player and a way to make the pain of physical training tolerable.
The girls are finally ready to begin full practices, but their manager has to go out of town. They begin challenging other team to practice games, but who will agree to give the girls a chance?
The school is buzzing with talk of the Rogue Batter who has been stalking the streets at night. Koume and Akiko begin learning the "magic pitches", but they're all thrown a curveball at when the whole team winds up out at night.
The Kinema International production department hires Koume as stand-in female co-star for their upcoming motion picture to be filmed in the Azabu Juban District.
A misplaced picture of a baseball player causes controversy amongst members of the family-owned restaurant.
The girls begin their two week training camp session to strengthen their body and mind in preparation for their rematch with the boys from Azuka Middle School. Kyouko's mind still remains fixated on Tomoe, will she be able to get her act together?
The Okukai prove their mettle as they shutout the elementary school boys in their last practice match before the big game. With much anticipation, the long-awaited rematch with the Boys Baseball team from Azuka Middle School finally begins.
In 1925 (year 14 of the Taishō period), after being told by a baseball player that women should become housewives instead of going to school, two 14-year-old Japanese high school girls named Koume and Akiko decide to start a baseball team in order to prove him wrong. During this time, when even running was considered too vulgar for women, baseball is known as "what the boys do" and they face many difficulties when searching members, getting permission from their parents and when learning about the sport itself.
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