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Baby Steps S1E3 — The Contest Is a Fight
8.2
Baby Steps•Season 1•Episode 3

The Contest Is a Fight

8.2/10 · 12 votesApr 20, 201425 min

Ranked #6 of 25 in Season 1•+0.2 vs season avg

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Eiichiro is unable to forget how good it felt when he successfully returned Takuma's serve, and he spends all of his time practicing against the wall. After seeing Eiichiro practice against the wall non-stop for six hours on a Sunday, Natsu predicts that he will

Directed byKiyoshi Murayama
Written byKatsuhiko Chiba
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Methodical and Unorganized stillE2 7.9

Methodical and Unorganized

The Contest Is a Fight stillE3 8.2Now viewing

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Face of Conviction stillE4 8.3

Face of Conviction

A First Match Full of Surprises stillE5 8.3

A First Match Full of Surprises

Diamond in the Rough stillE6 8.4

Diamond in the Rough

Nine-Square and Reality stillE7 7.9

Nine-Square and Reality

One Year and Twenty Notebooks stillE8 7.8

One Year and Twenty Notebooks

Diligence is My Style stillE9 7.3

Diligence is My Style

Unease on the Edge stillE10 7.9

Unease on the Edge

Risk and Possibility stillE11 7.9

Risk and Possibility

Improvement by Memory stillE12 7.8

Improvement by Memory

Art and Technique stillE13 7.5

Art and Technique

Putting the Pieces Together stillE14 7.8

Putting the Pieces Together

Plan to be Forceful stillE15 8.0

Plan to be Forceful

Beast and Initiative stillE16 7.7

Beast and Initiative

Pro At My Age stillE17 8.0

Pro At My Age

Determination and Presentation stillE18 7.8

Determination and Presentation

Resolve and Hell stillE19 7.8

Resolve and Hell

Meat Buns and Yakisoba stillE20 8.4

Meat Buns and Yakisoba

Consistency and Change stillE21 7.8

Consistency and Change

Fundamentals are the Weakness stillE22 8.2

Fundamentals are the Weakness

Reckless 100-Square stillE23 8.2

Reckless 100-Square

Duty and Desire stillE24 8.0

Duty and Desire

Eiichiro and Natsu stillE25 8.3

Eiichiro and Natsu

Cast18

Taishi Murata

Taishi Murata

Eiichiro Maruo (voice)

Minako Kotobuki

Minako Kotobuki

Natsu Takasaki (voice)

Daisuke Namikawa

Daisuke Namikawa

Takuma Egawa (voice)

Asami Seto

Asami Seto

Himeko Sasami (voice)

Hiro Shimono

Hiro Shimono

Yukichi Fukasawa (voice)

Taiten Kusunoki

Taiten Kusunoki

Coach Yusaku Miura (voice)

Takuma Terashima

Takuma Terashima

Kojirou Kageyama (voice)

Tetsuya Kakihara

Tetsuya Kakihara

Takuya Miyagawa (voice)

Chisa Yuuki

Chisa Yuuki

Yuuki Tajima (voice)

Kohsuke Toriumi

Kohsuke Toriumi

Coach Ryuuhei Aoi (voice)

KENN

KENN

Yoshiaki Ide (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Souji Ike (voice)

Crew12

Katsuhiko Chiba

Katsuhiko Chiba

Writer

H

Hideaki Shimada

Animation Director

C

Chuji Nakajima

Animation Director

A

Ai Yamazaki

Animation Director

M

Masayuki Kouda

Supervising Animation Director

T

Toshinori Narita

Storyboard Artist

Y

Yoshiyuki Kikuchi

Key Animation

H

Hiroaki Kawaguchi

Key Animation

Y

Yumehito Yamaguchi

Key Animation

R

Rikumi Sasahara

Key Animation

M

Momoko Nagakawa

Key Animation

T

Toshihiko Masuda

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"The Contest Is a Fight" is episode 3 of Baby Steps season 1. It scored 8.2/10 from 12 votes, ranking #6 of 25 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Kiyoshi Murayama and written by Katsuhiko Chiba, it aired on April 20, 2014.

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