![]() ![]() However, how Maki suddenly received his strategical skills? In the pilot episode, we've got that Maki and his mother have moved numerous times before because they've been trying to escape from Maki's abusive father. Maybe, he is a genius, he has a talent or something like that - yeah, cliche, but why not. Really, scriptwriters? Yeah, I can understand why Maki became a solid player after only a few pieces of training. He provides a manager to a club, he already knows how other members of the team must play, what tactics they should choose, their strong and weak points and how to improve their results - and yeah, it works! All the players in the club suddenly started to play a way better - and in the match against one of the top soft tennis schools in the prefecture (episode 5-6), the soft tennis club is playing with them like they are equal! ![]() A few days - and in the ep 2, he becomes an actual leader of the team and a great strategist. Two - and Maki/Toma pair destroys all other club members. One practice - and he already knows how to play. After joining the team, Maki suddenly becomes literally a god of soft tennis. What this show will be? A "not your average sports" anime? A realistic drama? A romance between Maki and that girl whose name I don't know? I was excited and asked for more. Add a pretty good animation, comfy music, and, of course, surprising ending with Maki's abusive father - and you will get the best pilot episode of the season. Conflicts between Toma, his team, and a school council, dialogues between Toma and Maki ("pay for play"), first interactions between Maki and neighbor girl - all of that was really well-done, with the usage of "show, don't tell" rule and some direction tricks. Sounds like a generic sports anime, right? Maybe, but the direction of this episode was really great. We have a school soft tennis club - a bunch of losers with a useless coach and zero motivation to improve themselves, the leader of this club, Toma, who already in despair because he can't change anything, and Maki, transfer student and a potentially good player with a talent who can become a savior for a team. In the first episode, we meet our main characters. Pilot episode from this "Fall 2019 sleeper hit that isn't your average sports anime" was really well-done and gave me high hopes for something fresh in the sports genre - but this show became an average slice-of-life with horrible forced drama really soon. Of course, HoshiSora (or Stars Align in the English version) is a lot better than all those abominations, but it is still not enough to become something enjoyable. RErideD, Fairy Gone, Bem, Tokunana - all of them have decent ideas in their basis and horrible realizations of them. ![]() I always hate when original anime with a curious premise disappoints me. the character development from the source material - because the source material for this one is only the imagination of the scriptwriter. Original anime means that you don't need to try to adapt 50 chapters of the manga or 4 volumes of the light novel into 12-episode format, to create original ending or give your anime no ending at all, to cut a lot of storylines and Yeah, maybe you know it: that one who has "Source: Original" in its description, flies under the radar for the most viewers who prefer sequels of the already popular shows, and has a potential to become something unique. Since the last year, I have been trying to find that one anime every season. This story focuses on the potential of the boys' soft tennis club and their discovery of their own capability, while also enduring personal hardships and dealing with the darker side of growing up in middle school. ![]() Although this gives rise to conflict among the boys, Maki challenges and pushes his fellow team members to not only keep up with his seemingly natural talent, but also drive them to devote themselves to the game they once neglected. Toma refuses to back down and ends up persuading Maki-only under the condition that Toma will pay him for his participation and cover other club expenses.Īs Maki joins the team, his incredible form and quick learning allow him to immediately outshine the rest of the team. With his interest piqued, Toma ambitiously asks Maki to join the boys' team but is quickly rejected, as Maki doesn't wish to join any clubs. Enter Maki Katsuragi, a new transfer student who demonstrates great reflexes when he catches a stray cat in his classroom, instantly capturing Toma's attention. In desperate need of members, Toma Shinjou is looking to recruit capable players, but he fails to scout anyone. Constantly outperformed by the girls' club, the boys' soft tennis club faces disbandment due to their poor skills and lack of positive results in matches. ![]()
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