25 minSeason 2 • Episode 25
LatestThe game finally reaches its final stage. Eiichiro who desperately envisions a vision to win Nambae and is ready for a new strategy with the intention of losing.
Eiichirō Maruo (nicknamed "Ei-chan" for his grades being straight "A") is an honor student, bookworm, and is not interested in anything other than studying. In order to solve his problem of lacking physical strength, he enrolled a tennis school and soon found the fascinating side of tennis. Being a tennis newbie lacking physical strength, he supplement his shortcomings with his excellent observing and analyzing skills.
Writing
Ei-chan's internal monologue makes overthinking genuinely suspenseful.
Direction
Tennis matches as chess games—every point earned through strategy, not power.
Acting
Murata's voice work captures rigid logic cracking open to messy passion.
Taishi Murata
Eiichiro Maruo (voice)
Minako Kotobuki
Natsu Takasaki (voice)
Daisuke Namikawa
Takuma Egawa (voice)
Asami Seto
Himeko Sasami (voice)
Hiro Shimono
Yukichi Fukasawa (voice)
Taiten Kusunoki
Coach Yusaku Miura (voice)
Takuma Terashima
Kojirou Kageyama (voice)
Tetsuya Kakihara
Takuya Miyagawa (voice)
Chisa Yuuki
Yuuki Tajima (voice)
Kohsuke Toriumi
Coach Ryuuhei Aoi (voice)
KENN
Yoshiaki Ide (voice)
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Souji Ike (voice)
Shintaro Asanuma
Hiromi Iwasa (voice)
Yoshiyuki Shimozuma
Nariyuki Koshimizu (voice)
Kenyu Horiuchi
Magure Mike (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rarer than Haikyuu!! or Kuroko, this is seinen sports anime—no superpowers, just technique porn for adults who peaked in JV.
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