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| Genre | Sports, Drama |
| Manga | |
| Author | Takuya Mitsuda |
| Publisher |  Shogakukan |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Shōnen Sunday
Genki |
| Original run | 1994 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 73 |
| TV anime | |
| Director | Kenichi Kasai |
| Studio | Studio Hibari |
| Network | NHK |
| Original run | 13 November 2004 – ongoing |
| Episodes | 129 |
| Anime film | |
| Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot (Ball of Friendship) | |
| Director | Takao Kato |
| Studio | Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions |
| Released | December 13, 2008 |
| Runtime | 120 min |
Major is an ongoing sports manga series by Takuya Mitsuda. It is serialized in Shōnen Sunday and has been collected in 71 tankōbon volumes to date, with serialized chapters up to the equivalent of volume 72. In 1996, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen.[1]
The series has been adapted as an anime series produced by NHK and Studio Hibari titled Major (メジャー Mejā) (using katakana instead of the manga's English characters). The first episode was broadcast on November 13, 2004, and has currently completed its fifth season. A sixth season has been announced and will premiere on April 3rd, 2010. An animated film telling the story between the first and second seasons of the anime was released on December 13, 2008.
Contents |
The story of Major follows the life of Goro Honda, from kindergarten to being a professional baseball player, seeking and overcoming tremendous challenges.
Note: The following sections follows the original manga story. There are several plot differences between the manga and later anime adaptation.
Subsections are divided according to how the official website split the story.[2]
Goro's father, Shigeharu Honda, was a pitcher struggling between the major and minor teams of the NPB. Nonetheless, Goro looked up to his father, wishes to be a professional baseball player just like his father. Aside from his father, Goro was very close to two other people—Momoko Hoshino and Toshiya Sato. Momoko was Goro's kindergarten teacher, and especially watched out for Goro because there are no other kids of Goro's age at the kindergarten. Toshiya was another kid in the neighborhood, the only one Goro could find of his own age, and whom Goro taught baseball to.
The father and son were struck a cruel blow when Honda's arm injury prevents him from continuing his baseball career as a pitcher. Goro was especially shaken by the fact that his father wouldn't be able to continue as a baseball player anymore. To Honda, his son and baseball are all he has left in his life (his wife died 2 years ago). For his son's sake, Honda took up his best friend's advice, revived his batting instincts, and successfully transformed into a slugger. Amidst all this turmoil, Momoko was drawn deeper and deeper into the family's life. Eventually, Honda proposed to Momoko.
Right when Honda established himself in the major team Yokohama Marine Stars, the Tokyo Shiants signed a contract with the American MLB player, Joe Gibson, famous for his huge physical build and fast balls. When the Marine Stars with Honda and the Shiants with Gibson finally met on the field, Gibson struck out every single Marine Stars batter, except for Honda. Honda managed to touch the ball on his first at-bat, and at his second at-bat hit a home run off Gibson's 100-mile (160 km) best pitch. After Honda's home run, the Marine Stars coach launched a series of bunt attacks, scoring additional runs, and psychologically shaking up Gibson who considers the tactic unsportsmanlike. When it was Honda's third at-bat, Gibson has completely lost mental focus, and accidentally pitched a 99-mile (159 km) dead ball hitting Honda's head. The umpire immediately called Gibson off the mound, though Honda quickly got back onto his feet and continued with the game. Honda's excellent play made him the headline of major newspapers. The next morning Honda died due to internal bleeding in his skull, leaving his heartbroken son and fiancé behind.
Three years has passed since Momoko Hoshino, unmarried, adopted Goro as her own son upon Honda's death. Goro began school as a fourth grader, and was finally old enough to join the local little league team, the Mifune Dolphins. However, the local kids were mostly interested in soccer, and Goro had to get new friends he made at school to join in order to have enough members to keep the team from being abolished.
Goro showed himself to be an extremely gifted baseball player. So much in fact that the Dolphins coach hated to see Goro waste away his potential with the other less-talented Dolphins players. The coach recommended Goro to join the nearby Yokohama Little team instead, which has better players, coach, and resources. When Goro visited, he discovered that not only was his old buddy Toshiya at Yokohama Little, but his own father, Shigeharu Honda, had been a member of the Yokohama Little with the current coach. Goro was torn, because if he were to follow his father's footsteps, that meant he would be abandoning the friends he asked to join the Mifune Dolphins. Goro had a big fight with Momoko over the issue, and Momoko sought advice from Hideki Shigeno, Honda's old buddy and teammate. While meeting with Shigeno, Momoko coughed blood, and was hostipalized. Whlie it turned out it was just a gastric ulcer, it made Goro realize the living people are much more important than the dead.
At that time, Joe Gibson had just returned to the MLB after pitching in Japan for three years. He sent an invitation to Goro to travel to America, all expenses paid, and watch the MLB All-Star game, where Gibson was going to be the starting pitcher for the National League. At the game, he declared to the American League's player that he would only pitch fast balls. Gibson threw 18 strikes, not a single slugger of the AL's top rotation could touch Gibson's pitch despite knowing what's coming, and Gibson earned standing ovation from the audience. This was Gibson's own way to show Goro how great a slugger Honda had been, as Honda had hit a home run off Gibson's best pitch in a duel of only fast balls. After the game, Gibson allowed Goro to throw a hardball at him, where ever Goro wants to, if it would make Goro feel any better. Goro responded that he would postpone this "punishment" until the day he could pitch as well as Gibson, which was Goro's own way of acknowledging Gibson's greatness.
Back in Japan, with renewed determination, Goro led the Mifune Dolphins through various trials and practice matches, intending to defeat Yokohama Little, the best team in the region. At the end of the season, Goro's adoptive mother marries Shigeno Hideki and the new family moves to Fukuoka when Shigeno is traded from the Marine Stars.
Goro moves back to Mifune when his stepfather is traded back to the Blue Oceans and finds his little league friends grown up and attending Mifune East Junior High School. He surprises his friends when he tells them that he has been playing soccer and doesn't plan on playing for the junior high baseball team, revealing that he had destroyed his shoulder out in Fukuoka. Goro changes his mind after confronting a bully who is threatening one of his friends. Together, Goro and his friend Komori Daisuke rebuild the junior high baseball team. The team becomes strong enough to enter the regional junior high tournament and, once again he finds himself playing against his friend and rival Sato Toshiya, who plays on the Tomonoura Junior High School team. Mifune eventually beats Tomonoura in a tight game and Goro and Toshiya vow to play on the same high school team together.
After the tournament, Goro, his friend Komori, and Toshiya decide to try out for the baseball team of the prestigious private high school, Kaido. Komori is disqualified in the Kaido baseball club test and is forced to go to Mifune High. Goro and Toshiya get through the first round of the test. After the test there is an academic examination which Goro also "succeeds in" as it is a test of determination. Immediately after they graduate middle school they are sent to Dream island where they have 6 months of ongoing hard training. He then proceeds to the Atsugi campus where he defeats the Varsity team and quits despite the anger of the 2nd in charge.
Goro and Toshiya make the junior varsity team and spend a year and half together as teammates. However, in their second year, Goro reveals that his true desire is to challenge the excellent players of Kaido instead of play on the same team as them. His friend Toshiya is hurt by Goro's decision, but respects him for it. The season ends with Goro leading the junior varsity team to victory over a scrimmage against the varsity team, and with Goro quitting Kaido High School to play for another team.
Goro has returned home after quitting Kaido. Upon his arrival, his mother voices her displeasure with the fact that he did not consult with her about his leaving. She insisted Goro to be accountable for his actions and to accept the responsibility of paying the application fees on which ever schools he chooses to enroll in. Goro's enrollment had been refused by several schools due to the assistant coach of Kaido (Egashira) threatening to sue the other schools. Goro was able to finally avoid Egashira's interference by enrolling in Seishū High. Having been an all girls school until just two years ago, Seishū didn't have a baseball team. Goro enrolls, determined to create a baseball team from scratch. After he gathers enough players, Goro and the baseball team play in the summer tournament. Eventually, Seishū reaches the quarterfinals against Kaido. Despite extending the game into extra innings and striking out both Sato and Mayumura, Goro eventually falls after exhaustion. He loses to Kaido in the end.
Despite losing the match against Kaido, Seishū Highschool was the only team that actually put up a fight against the Koshien champion. As a result, Goro attracted the eyes of many scouts, including the Yokohama Blue Ocean and the Tokyo Warriors. However, upon learning that Joe Gibson is still pitching in MLB, and dedicated his 300-win achievement to his "young friend in Japan", Goro lost any interest in Japanese professional baseball, and went to America to try out for the Major League. Meanwhile, Sato is recruited by the Tokyo Warriors, while Mayumura is recruited by the Yokohama Blue Ocean.
Goro's 95 mph (153 km/h) fastball (99 mph in anime), while ineffective against Major League sluggers, allowed Goro to start in Triple A instead of the rookie league. At first he joined the Cougars, but was soon released after a fight with Joe Gibson Jr. from the Oklahoma Falcons. Eventually, Goro joined the Memphis Bats, an aggressive but defensively weak baseball team. It was during this time that Goro begin seriously training to fully control his fastball.
In Triple A Goro found a new rival—Joe Gibson Jr, son of Joe Gibson and an outstanding slugger. Junior blamed the death of Goro's birth father as the cause of the tragedy that befell on his own family, and he challenged Goro to a bet: If Junior hit a home run off Goro, Goro is to return to Japan and never set foot on American soil again; On the other hand, if Goro can strike out Junior, then Junior will visit Goro's father's grave and apologize for his insults. Goro managed to strike out Junior with his fast ball, now at 100 mile/h (102 mph in anime), and lead his team to victory in the AAA Championship. (In the anime he did this twice)
After the baseball season was over, Goro returned to Japan. Shimizu finally told Goro her feelings for him, and they became a couple. On the other hand, Goro learned from Toshi that there is going to be a Baseball World Cup the following year hosted in America, and for the first time, Major League players will be allowed to compete in it. Due to Goro's impressive performances in the practice match between Rookies and the All-Star Japan team, he was selected as a replacement pitcher starting the second round of preliminaries. Goro pitched as the closer against Venezuela and South Korea, earning a win and a save respectively. Then Mayumura earned a win, pitching as closer against the Dominican Republic, advancing Japan to the semi-finals.
Shimizu came to America to cheer Goro on, and encountered Toshiya's younger sister, Miho Sato. The day before the semi-finals match against Cuba, Toshiya accidentally ran into his sister, and the traumatic memories of being abandoned by his parents 7 years ago were reawakened. Toshiya's body went into involuntary shock, and was temporarily hospitalized. Miho felt guilty about the incident, but Toshiya called her on the phone, and asked her to come watch the next game. By knowing his sister is somewhere in the audience, Toshiya felt he would be able to do his best. Toshiya made several excellent plays against Cuba's aggressive offensive in the semi-finals, and Goro got the win as the closer.
After the Cuba game, Gibson Jr. revealed to the Team USA's manager as well as Goro that his father, Joe Gibson, had angina pectoris. Junior hoped that the manager and Goro might be able to dissuade Gibson from getting on the mound and potentially kill himself. However, with players mostly in a "exhibition game" mentality, Gibson got on the mound in the 8th inning in the USA vs Venezuela semi-finals, risking his heart to awaken the baseball spirit of his teammates.
The following day, Gibson collapsed during practice session, and Goro rushed to the hospital to see Gibson. Gibson revealed to Goro that in a chance meeting with Momoko 10 years ago, he asked her why she had not accepted any monetary compensation from him. Momoko smiled gently, and asked Gibson to remain a top-class baseball player until Goro grows up, so that Goro could be proud of having a father who hit a home run from such a great pitcher, and that would be enough for her and for Goro. Momoko's kind words had been the pillar that supported and drove Gibson all these years, but he felt if he could not complete this Baseball World Cup, and play against Goro on the mound, he would have failed Goro and Momoko. Goro comforted Gibson, telling him that he had done enough, and to just watch Goro and Junior's showdown on TV.
The Japan vs USA finals game began with Japan taking a five run lead, prompting Gibson to leave the hospital and went to the stadium to cheer his teammates on by their side. Japan had to send out Goro in the 8th inning to protect their remaining 1 run lead, but Junior scored a home run off Goro's 100-mile (160 km) fast ball. The game went into extra innings, and Gibson walked onto the mound again, determined to lead USA to victory. But Goro was very determined to strike out Gibson Jr.. And Goro pitched his fastest pitch in his life at 103 mph (166 km/h). But USA won in the very last inning.
As the new MLB season began, Goro performed extremely well for the Hornets in the exhibition matches. On his first official MLB match, he pitched a no-hit no-run game up until the 8th inning, when he suddenly lost control. On his second game, his pitches started to go wild by the 5th inning. Suspecting yips, his catcher Keen stopped Goro from voluntarily stepping off the mound, gambling on the chance that Goro can overcome his fears with a new success. Unfortunately, Goro ended up throwing at the batter in the head, and was ejected by the umpire. In his third game Goro was unable to retire a single batter. He was removed from the game in the first inning and sent back to AAA Bats until his situation improves.
Believing that Goro's defeat at the hands of Gibson Jr. was the cause of his yips, the Hornets sent Goro to Billy Oliver, a sports psychologist, for treatment. Soon after Goro recovers from his yips. Later on, Gibson retires after getting defeated by Goro's home run and the Hornet's. (Vol 69)
| # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 001 | "Goro's Dream and Daddy's
Dream" "Goro no Yume, Otosan no Yume" (吾郎の夢, おとさんの夢) |
November 13, 2004 |
| 002 | "Their
Friendship" "Futatsu no Yūjyō" (二つの友情) |
November 20, 2004 |
| 003 | "I Hate You,
Daddy!" "Otosan Nante Kirai Da!" (おとさんなんてキライだ!) |
November 27, 2004 |
| 004 | "A Birthday One Day
Late" "Ichinichi Okure no Tanjyōbi" (一日遅れの誕生日) |
December 4, 2004 |
| 005 | "The Man From the
Majors" "Mejyaa no Otoko" (メジャーの男) |
December 11, 2004 |
| 006 | "Goodbye..." "Sayonara...." (さよなら. . . .) |
December 18, 2004 |
| 007 | "Goro Honda, Age
Nine!" "Honda Goro, 9 Sai!" (本田吾郎, 9歳!) |
December 25, 2004 |
| 008 | "Team
Complete!" "Chiimu Kessei!" (チーム結成!) |
January 8, 2005 |
| 009 | "Alone on the
Mound" "Hitori Bocchi no Maundo" (一人ぼっちのマウンド) |
January 15, 2005 |
| 010 | "Showdown in the
Rain" "Ame no Nessen" (雨の熱戦) |
January 22, 2005 |
| 011 | "The Team Dad Played
On" "Otosan no Ita Chiimu" (おとさんのいたチーム) |
January 29, 2005 |
| 012 | "An Invitation From
Gibson" "Gibuson Kara no Shōtaijyō" (ギブソンからの招待状) |
February 5, 2005 |
| 013 | "Summer! Baseball! Training
Camp!" "Natsu Da, Yakyū Da, Gasshuku Da!" (夏だ, 野球だ, 合宿だ!) |
February 12, 2005 |
| 014 | "Reckless Practice
Match!" "Mubō na Renshū Shiai" (無謀な練習試合) |
February 19, 2005 |
| 015 | "The Coach's
Feelings" "Kantoku no Omoi" (監督の思い) |
March 5, 2005 |
| 016 | "I Quit!" "Yameta!" (ヤメタ!) |
March 12, 2005 |
| 017 | "Tournament
begins!" "Taikai Sutaato!" (大会スタート!) |
March 19, 2005 |
| 018 | "Aim for
victory!" "Mezase, Hatsushōri!" (目指せ, 初勝利!) |
March 26, 2005 |
| 019 | "Mother's
Happiness" "Kaasan no Shiawase" (母さんの幸せ) |
April 2, 2005 |
| 020 | "Goro's
Mistake!?" "Goro Kōban!?" (吾郎降板?!) |
April 9, 2005 |
| 021 | "This is
Baseball!" "Kore ga Yakyū!" (これが野球!) |
April 16, 2005 |
| 022 | "The Night Before the
Dual" "Kessen Zenya" (決戦前夜) |
April 23, 2005 |
| 023 | "Do Not Lose!" "Makeru Ki Nashi!" (負ける気ナシ!) |
April 30, 2005 |
| 024 | "Chase It! Ovecome
It!" "Oitsuke! Oikose!" (追いつけ!追い越せ!) |
May 7, 2005 |
| 025 | "Everyone
Together" "Minna De Isshoni" (みんなで一緒に) |
May 14, 2005 |
| 026 | "Don't Say
Goodbye" "Sayonara Wa Iwanai" (さよならは言わない) |
May 21, 2005 |
| # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 027 | "He
Returns..." "kaette kita..." (帰ってきた. . .) |
December 12, 2005 |
| 028 | "There is one
dream!" "yume ha hitotsu!" (夢はひとつ!) |
December 17, 2005 |
| 029 | "The Baseball Club
Starts!" "yakyuubu shidou!" (野球部 始動!) |
December 24, 2005 |
| 030 | "Rivals
Reunite" "RAIBARU saikai" (ライバル再会) |
January 7, 2006 |
| 031 | "Toshiya's
Past" "Toshiya no kako" (寿也の過去) |
January 14, 2006 |
| 032 | "The Recruiter's
Conspiracy" "SUKAUTO no inbou" (スカウトの陰謀) |
January 21, 2006 |
| 033 | "Powerful Rival!
Tomonoura" "kyouteki! Tomonoura" (強敵!友ノ浦) |
January 28, 2006 |
| 034 | "...For What
Reason?" "nan no tame ni..." (何のために. . .) |
February 4, 2006 |
| 035 | "The End of the
Battle" "nettou no hate ni" (熱闘の果てに) |
February 11, 2006 |
| 036 | "A Fresh
Resolve" "aratanaru ketsui" (新たなる決意) |
February 18, 2006 |
| 037 | "The Narrow Gate to
Kaido" "Kaidou he no semaki mon" (海堂への狭き門) |
February 25, 2006 |
| 038 | "The Ticket to
Kaido" "Kaidou he no kippu" (海同への切符) |
March 4, 2006 |
| 039 | "See Ya..." "mata·na..." (また·な. . .) |
March 11, 2006 |
| 040 | "The Island of
Dreams" "yume wo miru shima" (夢を見る島) |
March 18, 2006 |
| 041 | "The Requirements of a
Pitcher" "PICCHA no jouken" (ピッチャーの条件) |
March 25, 2006 |
| 042 | "A Genuine Baseball
Kid" "tennen yakyuu kosou" (天然野球子僧) |
April 1, 2006 |
| 043 | "Fleeting Summer
Break" "tsuka no ma no natsuyasumi" (つかの間の夏休み) |
April 8, 2006 |
| 044 | "Distasteful
Baseball" "fuyukai na yakyuu" (不愉快な野球) |
April 15, 2006 |
| 045 | "The Force of Scholarship
Students" "tokutaisei no jitsuryoku" (特待生の実力) |
April 22, 2006 |
| 046 | "Goro vs. Manual
Baseball" "Goro vs MANYUARU yakyuu" (吾郎vsマニュアル野球) |
April 29, 2006 |
| 047 | "Together with
You" "kimi to issho ni" (君と一緒に) |
May 5, 2006 |
| 048 | "Kaido's
Secret" "Kaido no himitsu" (海堂の秘密) |
May 13, 2006 |
| 049 | "Egashira's
Expectations" "Egashira no omowaku" (江頭の思惑) |
May 20, 2006 |
| 050 | "Varsity
Challenge" "ichigun e no chousen" (一軍への挑戦) |
May 27, 2006 |
| 051 | "With My Own Two
Feet" "jibun no ashi de" (自分の足で) |
June 03, 2006 |
| 052 | "Goodbye!" "aba yo!" (あばよ!) |
June 10, 2006 |
| # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 053 | "Start from
Zero" "ZERO kara no SUTAATO" (ゼロからのスタート) |
January 6, 2007 |
| 054 | "New Friends" "atarashii nakama" (新しい仲間) |
January 13, 2007 |
| 055 | "From Father to
Son" "chichi kara ko he" (父から子へ) |
January 20, 2007 |
| 056 | "Reckless
Gamble" "Mubou na kake" (無謀な賭け) |
January 27, 2007 |
| 057 | "Our Grounds" "oretachi no GURAUNDO" (俺たちのグラウンド) |
February 3, 2007 |
| 058 | "Their Respective
Choices" "sorezore no sentaku" (それぞれの選択) |
February 10, 2007 |
| 059 | "Unexpected
Visitor" "totsuzen no houmonsha" (突然の訪問者) |
February 17, 2007 |
| 060 | "Egashira's
Plot" "Egashira no inbou" (江頭の陰謀) |
February 24, 2007 |
| 061 | "Absent Ace" "EESU fuzai" (エース不在) |
March 3, 2007 |
| 062 | "Contagious Fighting
Spirit" "densen suru toushi" (伝染する闘志) |
March 10, 2007 |
| 063 | "Wounded Ace" "teoi no EESU" (手負いのエース) |
March 17, 2007 |
| 064 | "Battle against Mifune,
Start!" "Mifune ikusa kaishi!" (三船戦開始!) |
March 24, 2007 |
| 065 | "Climax! Mifune
Battle" "hakunetsu! Mifune ikusa" (白熱!三船戦) |
March 31, 2007 |
| 066 | "Willpower vs.
Willpower" "iji vs iji" (意地vs意地) |
April 7, 2007 |
| 067 | "Full Swing!" "FURU SUINGU!" (フルスイング!) |
April 14, 2007 |
| 068 | "Unexpected
Reunion" "igai na saigai" (意外な再会) |
April 21, 2007 |
| 069 | "Pitching
Battle!" "doushusen!" (投手戦!) |
April 28, 2007 |
| 070 | "Last Spurt!" "RASTO SUPAATO!" (ラストスパート!) |
May 5, 2007 |
| 071 | "Challenge to the
Top" "ouja he no chousen" (王者への挑戦) |
May 12, 2007 |
| 072 | "Chance! Manual
Baseball" "gekinashi! MANUARU yakyuu" (隙なし!マニュアル野球) |
May 19, 2007 |
| 073 | "Toshiya's Secret
Plan" "Toshiya no hisaku" (寿也の秘策) |
May 26, 2007 |
| 074 | "Head to Head
Battle" "makkou shoubu" (真っ向勝負) |
June 2, 2007 |
| 075 | "A Close
Fight" "GIRI GIRI no tatakai" (ギリギリの戦い) |
June 9, 2007 |
| 076 | "The End of the
Strategy" "sakubou no ketsumatsu" (策謀の結末) |
June 16, 2007 |
| 077 | "Ace Full of
Injuries" "kizu darake no EESU" (傷だらけのエース) |
June 23, 2007 |
| 078 | "Towards Your
Dreams" "yume no butai he" (夢の舞台へ) |
June 30, 2007 |
| # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 079 | "To the Birthplace of
Baseball" "yakyuu no furusato he" (野球の故郷(ふるさと)へ) |
January 5, 2008 |
| 081 | "Try it!" "yatte yaru!" (やってやる!) |
January 19, 2008 |
| 082 | "This is the
Majors!" "kore ga MEJAA!" (これがメジャー!) |
January 26, 2008 |
| 083 | "Sign towards the
World" "sekai he no michishirube" (世界への道しるべ) |
February 2, 2008 |
| 084 |
"Unforgivable!!" "yurusanee!!" (ゆるさねぇ!!) |
February 9, 2008 |
| 085 | "Courage, full
score!" "dokyou manten!" (度胸満点!) |
February 16, 2008 |
| 086 | "Debut!" "DEBYUU!" (デビュー!) |
February 23, 2008 |
| 087 | "Challenger" "chuusensha" (挑戦者) |
March 1, 2008 |
| 088 | "It's not
impossible" "muli ja nee" (無理じゃねえ) |
March 8, 2008 |
| 089 | "Try and aim for
it" "neratte miruu ka" (狙ってみるか) |
March 15, 2008 |
| 090 | "Liar!" "usotsuki!" (嘘つき!) |
March 22, 2008 |
| 091 | "A Stupid Bet" "Baka na kake" (バカな賭け) |
March 29, 2008 |
| 092 | "Keene's Past" "Keen no kako" (キーンの過去) |
April 5, 2008 |
| 093 | "Hero" "Hiiroo" (ヒーロー) |
April 12, 2008 |
| 094 | "I'm fed up!" "Mukatsuku!" (ムカつく!) |
April 19, 2008 |
| 095 | "Where to Aim" "Mezasubeki mono" (目指すべきもの) |
April 26, 2008 |
| 096 | "Alice's Dream, Everyone's
Dream" "Arisu no yume minna no yume" (アリスの夢 みんなの夢) |
May 3, 2008 |
| 097 |
"Responsibility" "Kejime" (ケジメ) |
May 10, 2008 |
| 098 | "Get out!" "dete ike!" (出て行け!) |
May 17, 2008 |
| 099 | "Trouble from the
Start" "haran no makiake" (波乱の幕開け) |
May 24, 2008 |
| 100 | "The Single Ball of
Fate" "unmei no ikkyuu" (運命の1球) |
May 31, 2008 |
| 101 | "One More Deciding
Match" "mou hitotsu no kessen" (もう一つの決戦) |
June 7, 2008 |
| 102 | "A Great Man" "idai na otoko" (偉大な男) |
June 14, 2008 |
| 103 | "A Truly Worthy
Rival" "Honmono no Koutekishu" (本物の好敵手) |
June 21, 2008 |
| 104 | "An Oath" "Chikai" (誓い) |
June 28, 2008 |
| # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 105 | "Once More" "Futatabi" (ふたたび) |
January 10, 2009 |
| 106 | "Feelings Different between
the Two" "Futari no Ondosa" (二人の温度差) |
January 17, 2009 |
| 107 | "Representative
Close!" "Daihyō Shūketsu!" (代表集結!) |
January 24, 2009 |
| 108 | "Trial and
Error" "Shikōsakugo" (試行錯誤) |
January 31, 2009 |
| 109 | "Young Japan" "Yongu Japan" (年轻的日本队) |
February 7, 2009 |
| 110 | "Unselfish
Fastball" "Muyoku no Chokkyuu" (无欲的直球) |
February 14, 2009 |
| 111 | "Sudden
Notification" "Totsuzen no Tsuutatsu" (突然の通達) |
February 21, 2009 |
| 112 | "Everyone's Respective
Expectations" "Sorezore no Omoi" (それぞれの思い) |
February 28, 2009 |
| 113 | "Pressure and Real
Worth" "Juuatsu to Shinka" (重圧と真価) |
March 7, 2009 |
| 114 | "Polished
Fangs" "Migakareta Kiba" (磨かれた牙) |
March 14, 2009 |
| 115 | "Not a Man!!" "Otoko Janee !!" (男じゃねぇ!!) |
March 21, 2009 |
| 116 | "The Curse" "Jubaku" (呪縛) |
March 28, 2009 |
| 117 | "Japanese
Baseball" "Nippon no Yakyuu" (日本の野球) |
April 4, 2009 |
| 118 | "I'm Alright!" "Daijoubu !" (大丈夫!) |
April 11, 2009 |
| 119 | "Aggressive
Baseball" "Aguresshibu . Beesubooru" (アグレッシブ·ベースボール) |
April 18, 2009 |
| 120 | "Everyone's
Resolution" "Sorezore no Kakugo" (それぞれの覚悟) |
April 25, 2009 |
| 121 | "America's
Pride" "Amerika no Hokori" (アメリカの誇り) |
May 2, 2009 |
| 122 | "Towards the Promised
Place" "Yakusoku no Basho he" (約束の場所へ) |
May 9, 2009 |
| 123 | "Pitching's
Origin" "Picchingu no Genten" (ピッチングの原点) |
May 16, 2009 |
| 124 | "With Chest of
Pride" "Hokori wo Mune ni" (りを胸に) |
May 23, 2009 |
| 125 | "For Oneself's
Sake" "Jibunjishin no Tame" (自分自身のため) |
May 30, 2009 |
| 126 | "The Neverending
Dream" "Owaranai Yume" (終わらない夢) |
June 6, 2009 |
| 127 | "Father's
Back" "Chichi no Senaka" (父の背中) |
June 13, 2009 |
| 128 | "End of the
Struggle" "Shitou no Hate" (死闘の果て) |
June 27, 2009 |
| 129 | "The Road to
Tomorrow" "Ashita he no Michi" (明日への道) |
July 4, 2009 |
| # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Major: The Winning Shot of
Friendship" "Mejaa: Yūjō no Winning Shot" (メジャー 友情の一球（ウイニングショット）) |
December 13, 2008 |
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