Princess Nine

Ryo has inherited her fathers gift for pitching and plays on the local sandlot, striking out any challenger with ease, but one day two fools show up and challenge her to a match.

A peculiar lad enters the batter's cage, taking up the dare against Ryo and then Ryo is offered a scholarship for a distinguished girls school.

Ryo gets to see Izumi play tennis for a while, but there are other important things on her mind, like her school interview.

Seira is a fiery redhead who used to be a great athlete, but now is only plays in pool halls and street fights, so Coach Kido has been given an important mission to recruit her for Kisaragi.

Koharu lives in a quaint little village on the sea and once mastered the Wave Motion Swing and Ryo attempts to get her to join Kisaragi's team, but she's adamant that she won't play again.

Two new girls might join the team, one of which is Mao, whose large figure makes her the perfect catcher, but she's too scared to catch the ball and the other girl is Yoko, who is pretty, but has a resume that smells too weird to be true.

The team is coming together, but it takes nine people to play and the team is still one person short and their best hope lies with Izumi, who has no interest in helping Ryo.

Izumi finally learns whose picture is in her mothers locket and now she hates Ryo more than ever, issuing a dare on Ryo's pitching versus Izumi's batting.

In regards to their showdown, Ryo has skill on her side, but Izumi has faith and an unbeatable will.

The girls are about to play their first game as a team, but they're still one player short, so their manager steps up to help.

The girls still have to prove their worth in the eyes of the baseball committee, but if they can beat Rinkai High, one of the best teams in the vicinity, they'll be allowed in the league.

Ryo wants to know the secret behind her father's legendary pitch, but Coach Kido has her plowing a vegetable garden instead of training on the mound.

It's time for the big game against Rinkai, but the new team doesn't stand a chance against an experienced team that has over 100 members, so the girls will need a special kind of strategy that only they can pull off.

The Rinkai game is in its last inning and the girls are getting tired, so it will take Hidehiko's legendary Lightning Ball to win.

Ryo's powerful pitching has brought her father's name back into the public eye, but whispers and memories of an old, painful shame around her father have also returned.

Haunted by her father's past misdeeds, Ryo attempts to choose if she can continue playing baseball when her love for it is entirely gone, though she might not have a choice, as the Parents' Association is trying to shut down the team for good.

Ryo risked her life to rescue two lone children and now she lies in a hospital bed and the team comes together to be by her side.

Kanako's dad has always been against a girls baseball team, so he's going to have a final meeting about the fate of the team, but Kanako collects her courage and asks him to keep the team alive.

Izumi treats Takasugi to a homemade dinner next to the riverbank at dusk, but it seems his heart is somewhere else.

Izumi is distracted at training camp because she knows about Takasugi and Ryo, but she won't let him go without a fight.

As it rains all around them, Takasugi and Ryo find shelter in an old cabin and alone for the first time in a while, they finally have a moment to discuss their feelings.

Yuki keeps to herself, rarely speaking to anyone but her doll when it goes missing and to everyone's shock, she becomes very sad, weeping real tears.

The Kisaragi girls first opponent at regionals is Hori Private, a school full of thugs and bruisers, a group of guys five times their size.

The girls are racking up win after win, but Coach Kido can tell that something's wrong with Ryo and he'll do whatever it takes, even if it means confronting Takasugi.

The girls are facing their biggest challenge yet with the Kisaragi Boys, but they can't focus because Koharu is concerned about her dad and Ryo is still reeling from the previous night.

With the hope of victory fading fast, the girls path becomes clear as they realize they have to be honest with each other, trust one another and fight as hard as they can until the very end.