# E8 - Looking Ahead to Summer
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**[00:09] Ryou**
All right, let's do some fielding practice!
**[00:11] Ryou**
Focus!
**[00:13] All**
Okay!
**[00:14] Aoi**
So much energy, even in this heat.
**[00:18] Kana**
Excuse me.
**[00:20] Kana**
What if two of us play the same position?
**[00:21] Ryou**
Take it in turns.
**[00:23] Ryou**
Ukita-san can go first.
**[00:24] Akane**
Okay!
**[00:25] Kana**
Got it.
**[00:28] Akane**
*There are two right fielders now.*
**[00:31] Akane**
*I have to do well here.*
**[00:33] Ryou**
Right field!
**[00:50] Tsubasa**
Akane-chan!
**[00:52] Kana**
Are you all right?
**[00:53] Akane**
I-I'm fine, I'm fine.
**[01:02] Akane**
There it is!
**[01:06] Kana**
Ukita-san?
**[01:08] Akane**
Coming!
***SIGN*** Looking Ahead to Summer
**[02:51] Aoi**
I've got a mosquito bite.
**[02:54] Ayaka**
Same here. I even had bug spray on...
**[02:58] Yoshimi**
What do you expect when
we're out there getting dirty?
**[03:01] Yoshimi**
Just look at Akane.
**[03:05] Yoshimi**
Scrapes are badges of honor!
**[03:08] Akane**
That's a little embarrassing...
**[03:08] Aoi**
I've got scrapes, too!
**[03:10] Tsubasa**
Let's ask the teacher when she gets here.
**[03:11] Aoi**
See? Here, and here, and here...
**[03:12] Tomoe**
Yeah.
**[03:14] All**
Sensei!
**[03:16] Waka**
It got hot awfully early this year.
**[03:19] Ryou**
Yeah. It's summer already.
**[03:23] Tsubasa**
Everyone!
**[03:26] Tomoe**
Sorry to spring this on you,
but there's something we'd like to discuss.
**[03:31] Tsubasa**
So... how about we play in a tournament?
**[03:38] Akane**
A t-tournament?
**[03:40] Yuuki**
A girls' baseball tournament?
**[03:42] Tsubasa**
Yeah! Tomocchi brought it up yesterday.
**[04:01] Sayaka**
Well, I'll be going now.
**[04:03] Tomoe**
Okay. Thanks for your help.
**[04:05] Sayaka**
You're not leaving yet?
**[04:08] Tomoe**
I want to practice a bit more.
**[04:11] Sayaka**
You've improved quite a bit
from when we started.
**[04:15] Tomoe**
Ah, thank you for saying so.
**[04:17] Sayaka**
Now you just have to do it for real.
**[04:19] Sayaka**
Entering the summer tournament
would give you valuable experience.
**[04:22] Tomoe**
A tournament?
**[04:25] Sayaka**
Yes.
**[04:26] Sayaka**
Of course, you can't go into it
thinking it's just a learning experience.
**[04:31] Sayaka**
But I hope we face each other again.
**[04:33] Sayaka**
In an official game this time.
**[04:41] Tomoe**
I vaguely remembered that there
was a tournament in the summer,
**[04:45] Tomoe**
so I immediately asked
Tsubasa what she thought.
**[04:48] Tsubasa**
I want us to decide as a team whether
we're gonna play in the tournament or not.
**[05:01] Umpire**
*Strike!*
**[05:04] Akane**
S-So fast...
***SIGN*** National High School Girls' Invitational Baseball Tournament Round 1: Kogetsu High vs. Nakafuji High
**[05:06] Ayaka**
Kosaka Tsubaki, from Kogetsu High School.
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**[05:08] Ayaka**
She was a first-year last year,
***SIGN*** National High School Girls' Invitational Baseball Tournament Round 1: Kogetsu High vs. Nakafuji High
**[05:10] Ayaka**
but that fastball made her the ace
the moment she joined the team.
***SIGN*** National High School Girls' Invitational Baseball Tournament Round 1: Kogetsu High vs. Nakafuji High
***SIGN*** National High School Girls' Invitational Baseball Tournament Round 1: Kogetsu High vs. Nakafuji High
**[05:13] Maiko**
That was the first round?
**[05:15] Kana**
Official games really are on another level.
**[05:19] Akane**
Do you really think we can handle it?
**[05:21] Aoi**
It's all about the luck of the draw.
***SIGN*** National High School Girls' Invitational Baseball Tournament
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**[05:27] Yuuki**
Huh?
**[05:29] Yuuki**
There are only about 30 schools here.
**[05:31] Tsubasa**
Yeah, those are all
the schools that participate.
**[05:34] Akane**
You mean...
**[05:35] Yoshimi**
We'd go straight to nationals
without needing to play preliminaries?!
**[05:39] Yuuki**
I'd envisioned a high school baseball
tournament being somewhat bigger.
**[05:44] Tsubasa**
There are far fewer high schools with
girls' baseball teams than with boys' teams.
**[05:50] Ryou**
For a long time, there wasn't
even a girls' tournament.
**[05:53] Akane**
Really?
**[05:54] Kana**
Why wasn't there?
**[05:58] Ayaka**
I can answer that one!
**[06:01] Ayaka**
Way back in the Taisho era,
**[06:03] Ayaka**
girls' baseball was played for the first time.
**[06:07] Ayaka**
Playing baseball with a rubber ball
became a trend among girls,
***SIGN*** Girls' Baseball Tournament
**[06:11] Ayaka**
and the first girls' baseball
tournament in Japan was held.
**[06:15] Tsubasa**
In the Taisho era?
**[06:17] Yoshimi**
That's around 300 years ago!
**[06:19] Waka**
Wrong.
**[06:21] Ayaka**
But at the time,
they got a lot of criticism for it,
**[06:24] Ayaka**
and baseball was removed
from the curriculum
**[06:27] Ayaka**
because it was considered
too extreme for girls.
**[06:29] Ayaka**
That's just how things were back then.
**[06:32] Ayaka**
The sport faced a lot
of challenges after that.
***SIGN*** Women's Professional Baseball
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**[06:35] Ayaka**
A women's pro baseball league
was set up after World War II,
**[06:38] Ayaka**
but that didn't last very long, either.
**[06:40] Ayaka**
It folded a little over 20 years later.
**[06:43] Aoi**
But why?
**[06:45] Ryou**
Women's baseball in itself had
too many obstacles to overcome.
**[06:50] Ryou**
Constant comparisons to the men's game,
**[06:51] Ryou**
inadequate player development
at the grassroots level...
**[06:53] Tomoe**
I guess those were hard times.
**[06:55] Ayaka**
After all that, girls' baseball disappeared
from the public eye for a while.
**[07:00] Ayaka**
But that desire to play
baseball never went away!
**[07:06] Ayaka**
Then, in 1995, their hopes
and dreams were realized at last.
***SIGN*** Friendly Game with
a Foreign Girls' Team
***SIGN*** Friendly Game with
a Foreign Girls' Team
***SIGN*** Friendly Game with
a Foreign Girls' Team
***SIGN*** Friendly Game with
a Foreign Girls' Team
***SIGN*** Friendly Game with
a Foreign Girls' Team
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a Foreign Girls' Team
***SIGN*** Friendly Game with
a Foreign Girls' Team
***SIGN*** Friendly Game with
a Foreign Girls' Team
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a Foreign Girls' Team
**[07:11] Ayaka**
A high school girls' team had a friendly game
with a foreign team for the first time.
**[07:16] Ayaka**
And what's more, they played hardball!
**[07:18] Ayaka**
That led to the creation of girls'
hardball baseball teams all across Japan.
**[07:23] Ayaka**
They started holding tournaments,
and the pro league was revived.
**[07:26] Ayaka**
Time finally started
moving for the girls again!
**[07:30] Ayaka**
And that's the tale of the fierce battle
that led to girls playing hardball.
**[07:35] Yuuki**
It looks like this team started
out as a softball team.
**[07:39] Tsubasa**
There are a lot of schools like that.
**[07:42] Yuuki**
"Not many of us have
any baseball experience,
**[07:44] Yuuki**
but a number of us do have
experience in a variety of other sports."
**[07:47] Akane**
Sounds like us... maybe.
**[07:52] Kana**
"Persuaded the school..."
**[07:53] Yoshimi**
I guess every team's had it rough.
**[07:56] Ayaka**
It looks like lots of schools
still struggle to find members
**[08:00] Ayaka**
because their peers don't get it.
**[08:02] Aoi**
That's why there are so
few schools participating?
**[08:05] Tomoe**
But 30 years ago,
there were no school teams at all.
**[08:09] Yuuki**
A team like ours, going to nationals...
**[08:15] Ryou**
So, are we going to participate or not?
**[08:18] Ryou**
I believe that was the question.
**[08:22] Yuuki**
It's so exciting! I want to do it!
**[08:25] Akane**
M-Me, too!
**[08:27] Waka**
It could be a good thing.
**[08:28] Aoi**
I wanna give it a try!
**[08:30] Tsubasa**
Everyone...
**[08:31] Yuuki**
Let's give it our all!
**[08:33] Aoi**
I can't wait!
**[08:34] Yoshimi**
I was pumped up to do this from the start!
**[08:36] Akane**
A real game...
**[08:37] Ayaka**
We'll show 'em!
**[08:39] Waka**
Hold on a minute. Where are
we getting the money for this?
**[08:44] Tomoe**
Where's it being held again?
**[08:47] Ayaka**
It's in Hyogo.
**[08:48] Waka**
We'll need to pay for transportation,
**[08:50] Waka**
and if we win any games,
that'll mean hotel costs.
**[08:53] Tsubasa**
Yikes...
**[08:54] Akane**
What should we do?
**[08:55] Ryou**
The money situation trips us up again...
**[09:01] Kake**
Don't worry, girls!
**[09:03] Kake**
You won't have any issues with money.
**[09:05] Kake**
You passed the student council's evaluation!
**[09:09] Kake**
Right, Tsukumo-san?
**[09:10] Kana**
Right. Now all you need
is the school's approval.
**[09:14] Tsubasa**
Then, that means...
**[09:16] Kake**
If all goes well, it'll be rubber-stamped
at the next staff meeting.
**[09:19] Kake**
The girls' baseball club will
be officially established!
**[09:25] Kake**
So just leave the rest to me!
***SIGN*** The Following Week
**[09:30] Kake**
What?
**[09:33] Vice**
Like I said, we cannot grant
permission that easily.
**[09:37] Kake**
But they've met the requirements!
**[09:39] Vice**
Yes, they have.
**[09:41] Kake**
Well, then...
**[09:42] Vice**
It just isn't realistic.
***SIGN*** Baseball Club Trial Balance Sheet
**[09:45] Vice**
Baseball is a very expensive sport.
**[09:49] Vice**
Starting a club would require
a great deal of money.
**[09:53] Vice**
This application shows a lack of foresight.
**[09:56] Kake**
I'll redo it right away!
**[09:58] Vice**
There are other problems as well.
**[10:02] Vice**
Are you certain you're prepared
to lead a baseball club?
**[10:08] Kake**
I am!
**[10:09] Vice**
Then how do you intend to divide your
time between it and the kendo club?
**[10:16] Kake**
I won't neglect either one.
I'll give both my all!
**[10:20] Vice**
The school cannot, in good conscience,
approve such an unreasonable venture.
**[10:24] Vice**
It's the students who'll suffer
if you overstretch yourself.
**[10:26] Vice**
I'm telling you that it's unrealistic
for all of those reasons.
**[10:31] Kake**
But they're all such good students!
**[10:34] Kake**
I can't let their determination go to waste.
**[10:36] Vice**
Think about what it is that *you* ought to do.
**[10:41] Vice**
We'll put this matter on hold for now.
**[10:50] Aoi**
Tsukumo!
**[10:51] Aoi**
Do you know what Sato High has
to do in order to win at nationals?
**[10:56] Kana**
Practice... I guess?
**[10:59] Aoi**
What we need is...
**[11:00] Aoi**
...a miracle pitch!
**[11:02] Aoi**
I'll give 'em a taste of the all-conquering
miracle pitch I've just perfected!
**[11:05] Aoi**
Go, Kitty Ball!
**[11:14] Kana**
Get serious.
**[11:16] Aoi**
Whoops...
**[11:19] Waka**
Let's do more pitching practice
to prepare for the tournament.
**[11:23] Waka**
Your control will be our main weapon.
**[11:26] Maiko**
All right. If we're doing this,
I'll give it all I've got.
**[11:33] Akane**
What could these be?
**[11:48] Tsubasa**
Sensei!
**[11:50] Aoi**
How'd it go?
**[11:52] Ayaka**
Did we get official status?
**[11:54] Kake**
Everyone...
**[11:55] Kake**
I'm sorry! It looks like
we'll need a little more time!
**[11:59] Tomoe**
Oh... Really?
**[12:02] Waka**
Is there a problem?
**[12:03] Kake**
No, nothing at all!
**[12:06] Kake**
Don't worry! I'll make sure you're
all set in time for the tournament!
**[12:09] Yuuki**
Okay!
**[12:10] Tsubasa**
We really appreciate it!
**[12:12] Kake**
Bye now!
***SIGN*** The Following Day
***SIGN*** Strawberry Milk
**[12:22] Ryou**
She ran into trouble.
**[12:24] Tsubasa**
You think so, too?
**[12:26] Ryou**
The school's probably being cautious.
**[12:29] Ryou**
Sato High doesn't even have
a boys' baseball team, after all.
**[12:32] Yuuki**
That's true.
**[12:34] Akane**
But... does that mean we
can't play in the tournament?
**[12:38] Tsubasa**
Well, regardless, our only option is to
trust Sensei and do whatever we can do!
**[12:43] Akane**
What can we do?
***SIGN*** Strawberry Milk
**[12:46] Tsubasa**
Practice!
**[12:47] Ryou**
Practice, huh?
**[12:49] Tomoe**
Practicing is important, but...
**[12:52] Waka**
By the way, where's Nakano-san?
***SIGN*** Library
**[12:57] Ayaka**
Now's the time for the
journalist to step up!
**[13:00] Maria**
Um... Like I said before,
could you keep your voice down?
**[13:03] Maria**
Didn't you used to be in the newspaper club?
***SIGN*** Girls' Baseball Association Starting Up from Scratch
**[13:06] Ayaka**
I'm in the newspapurr club
*and* the baseball association.
***SIGN*** A Brand New
Association
***SIGN*** Fighting Hard With 11 Members!
***SIGN*** Playing on a Self-Maintained Field!
**[13:16] Ayaka**
Are you interested in baseball?
**[13:18] Maria**
Ah, no... It just sounds like...
***SIGN*** Overcoming Hardships Together
***SIGN*** Overcoming Hardships Together
***SIGN*** Overcoming Hardships Together
**[13:22] Maria**
Like a fantasy...
**[13:25] Maria**
Oh! I'm sorry! It's not—
**[13:27] Ayaka**
I think so, too.
**[13:30] Ayaka**
But this is exactly what
we've all been doing,
**[13:34] Ayaka**
so I want everyone to know,
even if only a little.
**[13:39] Maria**
I want to know more, too.
**[13:42] Ayaka**
Right?
**[13:44] All**
Thank you very much!
**[13:48] All**
Hi, ma'am!
**[13:50] Hinata**
You all looked great out there.
**[13:53] Akane**
Oh, um, ma'am?
**[13:55] Hinata**
Yes, dear?
**[13:57] Akane**
Well, there's something
I've been wondering...
***SIGN*** Momoko,
What are you up to?
***SIGN*** Momoko, is the teaching going well?
Why not come pay us a visit at home
every now and then?
**[14:14] Teacher**
It's taking a toll on you,
isn't it, Kakehashi-sensei?
**[14:18] Kake**
I'm sorry!
**[14:19] Teacher**
The vice principal really
didn't need to go that far.
**[14:22] Kake**
No, it's my own fault.
**[14:25] Kake**
I thought I was prepared for this, but...
**[14:30] Kake**
I guess it wasn't enough.
**[14:33] Teacher**
Well, I'm rooting for
the girls' baseball club.
**[14:37] Teacher**
There's that whole thing with Kurashiki, too.
**[14:40] Kake**
Thank you for that.
**[14:42] Teacher**
But if, realistically,
it's just too difficult,
**[14:45] Teacher**
there's no reason it has
to happen *this* year.
**[14:49] Teacher**
There's always next year.
**[14:50] Teacher**
I think part of being a teacher
is helping them understand that.
**[15:12] Kake**
A teacher, huh?
**[15:16] Yoshimi**
We gotta pull those weeds out, too!
**[15:24] Akane**
Oh, Sensei!
**[15:25] All**
Thanks for coming!
**[15:28] Kake**
What are you all doing? Are those...
**[15:31] Yuuki**
They're sunflowers.
**[15:32] Kake**
Sunflowers?
**[15:34] Tsubasa**
Apparently, this field used to be
next to a big sunflower patch.
**(Flashback) [15:40] Hinata**
Are they in your way?
**(Flashback) [15:41] Akane**
Oh, no! Not at all!
**[15:44] Tomoe**
Sunflowers always bloom facing the sun.
**[15:48] Ayaka**
We thought if we could help them grow,
something good might happen.
**[15:53] Waka**
It's a prayer of sorts.
**[15:56] Ayaka**
It's pretty hard work, though.
**[15:59] Yoshimi**
If we all pitch in,
it'll be done in a flash!
**[16:01] Aoi**
Hey!
**[16:04] Aoi**
We found the perfect thing!
**[16:08] Tsubasa**
Nice going, Asada-senpai!
**[16:11] Aoi**
Here it comes!
**[16:15] Ryou**
S-Senpai...
**[16:17] Ayaka**
You're getting it all over us!
**[16:19] Aoi**
And what's wrong with that?
**[16:32] Kake**
Now you've done it!
**[16:34] Kake**
Hold it right there!
**[16:36] Aoi**
I didn't mean to do that!
**[16:40] Both**
Take that!
**[16:45] Kake**
Hold it! Stay right there!
**[16:49] All**
Run!
**[16:55] Kake**
I'm so sorry, girls!
**[16:58] Kake**
I was ready to give up.
**[17:02] Kake**
I thought this year's
tournament was out of reach.
**[17:05] Kake**
But I'm over it! Now I've got myself
into this, I'm in it for the long haul!
**[17:09] Kake**
Let's go to that tournament!
**[17:11] Kake**
This year's summer is
once in a lifetime, after all!
**[17:14] Tsubasa**
We'll all work hard, too!
**[17:16] Tomoe**
Um, I had an idea...
***SIGN*** The Satogahama Girls' Baseball Association Nine!
**[17:27] Kanako**
Aren't those the girls I see at your
restaurant all the time, Saki-chan?
**[17:30] Saki**
Yeah, the baseball team.
**[17:32] Minako**
They're still just an association?
**[17:35] Chikage**
What's this? Isn't Kakehashi-sensei...
**[17:38] Shizuku**
Yes, she's the advisor for
our kendo club, too.
**[17:43] Chikage**
What's she like?
**[17:45] Shizuku**
She's a very kind, earnest teacher.
**[17:48] Ayaka**
Hey there, everyone!
If this article's piqued your interest,
**[17:51] Ayaka**
I'd like to ask all of you a favor!
**[17:55] Yui**
I'm not letting you look at
my homework, Arihara-san.
**[17:57] Tsubasa**
It's not that!
**[17:59] Tsubasa**
Since you're so well connected,
I want to ask a favor!
**[18:03] Yui**
Wh-What's this about?
**[18:06] Aya**
This girls' baseball club sounds awesome!
**[18:09] Aya**
You've got my support!
**[18:10] Kyouka**
Sure. I love people who try their hardest.
**[18:13] Komugi**
Okay! You just need my name?
***SIGN*** Aisaka Koko
**[18:16] Koko**
Here you go! Here's my autograph.
***SIGN*** Aisaka Koko
**[18:18] Emi**
Hmm, does that count as signing the petition?
***SIGN*** Aisaka Koko
***SIGN*** Aisaka Koko
**[18:22] Koko**
Sure it does! I mean,
why not? It stands out!
**[18:26] Emi**
Well, then, you can have mine, too!
***SIGN*** Class 1-6
***SIGN*** Izumida Kyoka
***SIGN*** Class 1-5
***SIGN*** Akino Komugi
***SIGN*** Class 1-6
***SIGN*** Aisaka Koko
***SIGN*** Class 1-2
***SIGN*** Hanayama Emi
***SIGN*** Class 2-3
***SIGN*** Tsukahara Shizuku
***SIGN*** Class 2-5
***SIGN*** Honjo Chikage
***SIGN*** Kondo Saki
**[18:30] Tomoe**
Thanks!
***SIGN*** Transportation
costs for
away games
***SIGN*** Girls' Baseball Club
Budget Proposal
Purchase of baseballs
Use of field
Transportation
costs for
away games
***SIGN*** Baseball Club Trial Balance Sheet
***SIGN*** No make-up exams
before the tournament!
***SIGN*** No make-up exams
***SIGN*** before the tournament!
**[19:14] Ayaka**
Everyone! Look at this!
***SIGN*** Support for the Girls' Baseball Club
***SIGN*** Support for the Girls' Baseball Club
***SIGN*** Support for the Girls' Baseball Club
***SIGN*** Support for th
***SIGN*** ls' Baseball Club
***SIGN*** Support for the Girls' Baseball Club
***SIGN*** Why not come pay us a visit at home
every now and then?
***SIGN*** Don't worry!
***SIGN*** I'm pretty busy...
***SIGN*** But it's really fulfilling work!
***SIGN*** Mom
***SIGN*** Don't worry!
***SIGN*** I'm pretty busy...
***SIGN*** But it's really fulfilling work!
***SIGN*** Don't worry!
***SIGN*** I'm pretty busy...
***SIGN*** But it's really fulfilling work!
***SIGN*** I'm pretty busy...
***SIGN*** But it's really fulfilling work!
***SIGN*** I'm pretty busy...
***SIGN*** But it's really fulfilling work!
***SIGN*** Keep it up!
***SIGN*** Baseball Club Trial Balance Sheet
**[19:37] Vice**
Fine. Your budget proposal seems reasonable.
**[19:40] Kake**
Thank you!
**[19:42] Vice**
But what I asked you was how prepared
you are to lead a baseball club.
**[19:47] Vice**
This doesn't answer that for me.
***SIGN*** Support for the Girls' Baseball Club
***SIGN*** Support for the Girls' Baseball Club
***SIGN*** Support for the Girls' Baseball Club
**[19:55] Kake**
Please take a look at these.
***SIGN*** Support for the Girls' Baseball Club
***SIGN*** Support for the Girls' Baseball Club
***SIGN*** Support for the Girls' Baseball Club
**[19:57] Vice**
What are they?
**[19:59] Kake**
Signatures the girls gathered.
***SIGN*** Support for the Girls' Baseball Club
***SIGN*** Class
***SIGN*** Name
***SIGN*** Class 1-6
***SIGN*** Izumida Kyoka
***SIGN*** Class 1-5
***SIGN*** Akino Komugi
**[20:06] Kake**
Isn't it remarkable?
***SIGN*** Class 1-6
***SIGN*** Aisaka Koko
***SIGN*** Class 1-2
***SIGN*** Hanayama Emi
**[20:07] Kake**
Their desire to make this happen had
the power to attract this many students.
***SIGN*** Class 2-3
***SIGN*** Tsukahara Shizuku
***SIGN*** Class 2-5
***SIGN*** Honjo Chikage
**[20:15] Kake**
And for me, too, as both their
advisor and their teacher...
**[20:25] Kake**
And as their friend...
**[20:27] Kake**
I want to do everything I can for them.
**[20:30] Kake**
That's how prepared I am.
**[20:35] Vice**
So you have no plan for dividing
your time between two clubs?
**[20:40] Kake**
I'll... make it work...
**[20:43] Vice**
You leave me no choice.
**[20:44] Vice**
You will focus on the baseball
club for the summer term.
**[20:49] Kake**
Huh?
**[20:50] Vice**
Until the tournament is over,
I'll take over the kendo club.
**[20:55] Vice**
I am a rank holder myself, after all.
**[21:00] Kake**
Thank you so much!
**[21:09] Yuuki**
I hope Sensei is doing all right...
**[21:12] Tomoe**
It's really being decided at
today's staff meeting, right?
**[21:17] Waka**
It should be, but it's hard
to say what's going to happen.
**[21:21] Waka**
There might still be some obstacles.
**[21:23] Ryou**
But if we aren't approved today,
the tournament...
**[21:27] Tsubasa**
It's okay. I just know it'll be okay.
**[21:37] All**
Sensei!
**[21:39] Waka**
How... did it go?
**[21:46] All**
All right!
**[21:58] Tsubasa**
The Satogahama High School
girls' baseball club...
**[22:01] Tsubasa**
will now begin its first practice!
**[22:04] Tsubasa**
Let's do this, girls!
**[22:06] All**
Let's do it!
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** Having Each Other's Back, and Having Fun