Baby Steps
ベイビーステップDiligent and methodical honor student Eiichirou Maruo decides to exercise more during the little free time he has available because he is worried about his health. For this reason, after seeing a flyer, he joins the Southern Tennis Club at the beginning of his freshman year. During his free trial at the club, he meets Natsu Takasaki, another first year student, who is determined on becoming a professional tennis player due to her love for the sport. In contrast, Eiichirou's study-oriented life exists because he believes that it is what he has to do, not because he enjoys it. However, his monotonous days come to an end as the more he plays tennis, the more he becomes fascinated by it.Baby Steps is the story of a boy who makes the most of his hard-working and perfectionist nature to develop his own unique playing style. Little by little, Eiichirou's skills begin to improve, and he hopes to stand on equal footing with tennis' best players. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Reviews
wcollier - 2015-05-11 20:35:58
there aren't many tennis anime but baby steps stands apart as it is pretty different to tennis no ouji one of the only other good ones out there that I know of since the leads are about as different as characters can be Eiichiro is the most diligent student in his school whereas Echizen Ryoma is a b.a.m.f also the pacing is so far apart in fact no tennis gets properly played till episode 5 and its less dramatized and slower than prince of tennis there is a also a noticeable difference in art styles overall it does something different and there isn't anything else that does what it does outside of Shounen starting off with a lead that is totally useless and seeing them grow and develop as the series rolls on.