Your coach is dying, your rival's waiting, and you've got a plane to New York. No pressure.
Season 1 • Episode 13
LatestIt’s been three years since Nishi High’s Hiromi Oka was taken under the wing of former tennis superstar and “demon” coach, Jin Munakata. Fresh off a national championship win, Hiromi has been selected to represent Japan in New York for an international tournament. Unfortunately, Munakata is suddenly hospitalized after his own demons finally catch up with him. Forced to continue on without him, Hiromi must find it in herself to keep playing in the face of new challengers and heartbreaking tragedy.
Acting
Yuko Mizutani's voice work shatters hearts episode after episode.
Direction
Furuse's training montages hit harder than they have any right to.
Writing
Sports anime that dares ask: what's left when your reason to play dies?
Yuko Mizutani
Hiromi Oka (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Takayuki Kaidô (voice)
Tessyo Genda
Daigo Katsura (voice)
Kenyu Horiuchi
Takashi Chiba (voice)
Yoshiko Sakakibara
Reika Ryûzaki (voice)
Eiko Yamada
Ranko Midorikawa (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Yû Ozaki (voice)
Nachi Nozawa
Jin Munekata (voice)
Masako Sugaya
Maki Aikawa (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 1970s-80s 'shōjo sports' boom that proved young women could anchor competitive dramas traditionally reserved for male protagonists.
Munakata's hospitalization arc mirrors real scheduling conflicts with voice actor availability, forcing narrative improvisation that accidentally made the series more poignant.
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