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Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the Lycaons, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and find a new pitcher for the team. There, he meets Toa Tokuchi, a 134-kmph pitcher and

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    One Outs Season 1 Episode 25 - Beyond the Triumph...
    9.2/10(86 votes)

    #1 - Beyond the Triumph...

    S1:E25

    The other team's attempt to sabotage Tokuchi is turned against them when Tokuchi and Ideguchi place the planted evidence on the batter instead. Forced to kneel down and apologize to Tokuchi to avoid exposing the team's cheating, the Lycaons are able to continue and win the game. However, the victory is just another step to achieve Kojima and the Lycaons' goal to win the championship.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. One Outs Season 1 Episode 7 - Trick&Trap
    9.1/10(87 votes)

    #2 - Trick&Trap

    S1:E7

    Tagami realises Tokuchi's weakness-his stamina. Tokuchi is forced to push himself. The game goes past the 9th inning. Kojima decides to bat. Tokuchi tells Kojima something. Kojima manages to hit the pitch. The Lycaons win the game. The next game against the Mariners, the Mariners' batters are able to hit Tokuchi's pitches. Takami suspects that Tokuchi has a plan, and at the end of the episode,manages to figure it out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. One Outs Season 1 Episode 24 - Conspiracy
    9.1/10(74 votes)

    #3 - Conspiracy

    S1:E24

    The Blue Mars catcher realises that Tokuchi knows about the fake knuckleballs. The Lycaons take the lead.The Owner's plan to clear the amount Tokuchi has earned is explained.It is then sat into motion when Tokuchi goes to bat. Tokuchi retaliates in an unexpected way. The episode ends with Tokuchi lying on the ground.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. One Outs Season 1 Episode 6 - Low Spinning Fastball
    9.0/10(74 votes)

    #4 - Low Spinning Fastball

    S1:E6

    Two out of the Mariners's three strong batters are retired by Tokuchi. Takami notices an oddity about Tokuchi's fastballs and explains to his team why it's different. With what Takami has advised them to do, they start to hit the fastballs, but they have yet to score. Tokuchi does something unexpected and Takami is struck out at the third pitch.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. One Outs Season 1 Episode 15 - A One Player Infield
    9.0/10(73 votes)

    #5 - A One Player Infield

    S1:E15

    Game 3 in a 3 game series between the Lycaons and the Bugaboos has entered extra innings with the score tied 0-0. Tokuchi uses the manager Mihara Yuuzaburou's desire to win this game to break the owner's hold over the manager. With the manager no longer obeying every order that is given to him by the owner, Tokuchi is free to pitch the remainder of the game against the order of the owner. Tokuchi uses the rest of the game to break down every aspect of Johnson's game showing that nothing about him is to be feared, not his batting ability or his speed. The Lycaons go on to win the game 1-0 thus winning the series against the Bugaboos, 2-1.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. One Outs Season 1 Episode 23 - Capture
    9.0/10(66 votes)

    #6 - Capture

    S1:E23

    Tokuchi's plan is accidentally revealed.Williams is sent to pitch in the final inning. Tokuchi has a plan to counter the fake knuckleball and goes to bat. At the end of the episode, he manages to steal up to second base.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. One Outs Season 1 Episode 5 - Hope
    8.8/10(77 votes)

    #7 - Hope

    S1:E5

    The player,Yoshida, plays excellently. Tokuchi becomes tired and pitches a dead ball. Yoshida takes over him. The Lycaons win the game. Four more conditions are added to Tokuchi's contract. The next game they play is against a very strong team, the Mariners. He pitches first and walks the first two batters, an unexpected action.

    Director:Nanako Shimazaki
    Writer:Hideo Takayashiki

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  8. One Outs Season 1 Episode 8 - Foul Play
    8.8/10(71 votes)

    #8 - Foul Play

    S1:E8

    Tokuchi plays for time while the Mariners rush to reach the fifth inning. When it's the Mariners's turn to defend, Tokuchi tells his team to tie with the Mariners. They manage to do so.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. One Outs Season 1 Episode 14 - A Nine Players Infield
    8.8/10(72 votes)

    #9 - A Nine Players Infield

    S1:E14

    Tokuchi shifts the outfielders defending positions. Tokuchi intimidates the batters. Shirooka realises that Tokuchi is really a terrifying person. The episode ends with the game going into extra innings.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. One Outs Season 1 Episode 9 - Settlement
    8.7/10(74 votes)

    #10 - Settlement

    S1:E9

    The 4th inning ends with the Lycaons in the lead by one point. The Mariners underestimate Tokuchi, thinking he'll have trouble pitching in the rain. Instead, he turns it to his advantage. The game ends in an unexpected way.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. One Outs Season 1 Episode 12 - Invincible Pitching Style
    8.7/10(71 votes)

    #11 - Invincible Pitching Style

    S1:E12

    Tokuchi discovers the weakness in Johnson's defense. Tokuchi's plan to stop Johnson is set into motion.However, Tokuchi has another plan in addition.The plan works. Later, when the Bugaboos are attacking at the ninth inning, Johnson taunts Tokuchi and Tokuchi decides to battle it out with Johnson.Tokuchi wins the battle and the Lycaons win the game.The episode ends with Tokuchi saying that the real battle will be tomorrow.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. One Outs Season 1 Episode 22 - Wiretapped
    8.7/10(63 votes)

    #12 - Wiretapped

    S1:E22

    Tokuchi states that they have been wiretapped. He realises where the wiretap is. The assistant manager for the BLue Mars is revealed. The Lycaons manage to lessen the point difference.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. One Outs Season 1 Episode 3 - One Outs Contract
    8.6/10(80 votes)

    #13 - One Outs Contract

    S1:E3

    Kojima lets himself get hit in order not to lose. He gets Tokuchi to join the Lycaons. Tokuchi negotiates an astounding contract that looks very much to be in his disadvantage with the Owner of the Lycaons. The Owner is shocked when he receives the amount he is to pay Tokuchi after the pre-season game, which is the first game Tokuchi plays in. In the second game, which is against the Fingers, Tokuchi retires all the batters.

    Director:Tetsuo Yajima
    Writer:Hideo Takayashiki

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  14. One Outs Season 1 Episode 4 - The Team`s Qualification
    8.6/10(74 votes)

    #14 - The Team`s Qualification

    S1:E4

    The Lycaons play against the Eagles. There is a bribed player within their midst. Tokuchi tells the player to stop playing. The Lycaons are now a disadvantage, but fight to get the points. Tokuchi allows the player to return at the end of the episode.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hideo Takayashiki

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  15. One Outs Season 1 Episode 10 - Strategist vs Gambler
    8.6/10(67 votes)

    #15 - Strategist vs Gambler

    S1:E10

    The Lycaons are up against the Bugaboos. The Bugaboos have a new team manager, one who is known as Shirooka the Strategist. In the midst of the game, Tokuchi is placed in an unexpected position in defense. Then, Manager Shirooka sends out a player to play-Johnson. A very fast runner.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Mitsutaka Hirota

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  16. One Outs Season 1 Episode 11 - World's Fastest Man
    8.6/10(68 votes)

    #16 - World's Fastest Man

    S1:E11

    Johnson successfully steals home while Tokuchi is the pitcher, and Tokuchi has given up his first run as a professional. Tokuchi talks to the team about the way to stop Johnson. Tokuchi bats near the end of the episode.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. One Outs Season 1 Episode 13 - The Sealed Feet
    8.6/10(67 votes)

    #17 - The Sealed Feet

    S1:E13

    Johnson is the leadoff batter for the third game. Tokuchi is sent to pitch while Johnson is at third base. Tokuchi intimidates the batter. Shirooka decides to change the strategy. Tokuchi is making errors at his position at first base.Another strategy to stop Johnson is carried out. However, Shirooka carries out a plan to counter it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. One Outs Season 1 Episode 20 - Mercy
    8.5/10(63 votes)

    #18 - Mercy

    S1:E20

    The manager listens to Tokuchi. Tokuchi does something without the manager's knowledge that enables them to get a point. The Lycaons manage to take the lead. The Owner has a plan to get Tokuchi's earnings to disappear.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. One Outs Season 1 Episode 21 - Disclosure
    8.5/10(61 votes)

    #19 - Disclosure

    S1:E21

    Tokuchi suggests changing signs. In the second game, yet the Blue Mars are still able to hit the pitches. Ideguchi realises that their signs are being stolen. At the end of the episode, Tokuchi states that they are being wiretapped.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. One Outs Season 1 Episode 1 - The Mysterious Man
    8.4/10(92 votes)

    #20 - The Mysterious Man

    S1:E1

    Kojima is in his last year in the major league and has never won a championship. He and a few teammates go on a training camp to practice. Their only pitcher injures his finger and can no longer pitch to Kojima. The remaining teammates feel bad and begin to search for a new pitcher quickly. Who they find and where they find this new pitcher is not where they had expected.

    Director:Kazuhiro Yoneda
    Writer:Hideo Takayashiki

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  21. One Outs Season 1 Episode 16 - Trick Stadium
    8.4/10(64 votes)

    #21 - Trick Stadium

    S1:E16

    Tokuchi explains why he was so sure his plan would work. Tokuchi tells Kojima there is a simpler way to defeat Johnson, and the method is shown when Kojima watches the game where the Bugaboos go against Blue Mars, the Lycaons next opponent. The owner of the Lycaons talk with a mysterious person. Tokuchi attends the briefing on the Blue Mars. Tokuchi stays back and watches the video, and says to Kojima that the Blue Mars are cheaters. In the game, though the Lycaons were leading, the Blue Mars caught up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. One Outs Season 1 Episode 17 - The Deceiving Knuckleball
    8.4/10(62 votes)

    #22 - The Deceiving Knuckleball

    S1:E17

    The Lycaons are shocked and become discouraged when the Blue Mars tie them. The manager Mihara tries to lift their spirits. The Lycaons end up losing to the Blue Mars in the first game. Tokuchi states that he can pitch the deceiving knuckleballs, and then shows the team why the pitches are fake knuckleballs. The team becomes angry when they know that the BlueMars were cheating.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. One Outs Season 1 Episode 18 - Stolen Sign
    8.4/10(63 votes)

    #23 - Stolen Sign

    S1:E18

    Tokuchi tells Ideguchi that their signs are being stolen. Tokuchi, Kojima and Ideguchi search for the signal that tell the BlueMars the Lycaons's signs. Tokuchi decides to use the Blue Mars sign stealing against them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. One Outs Season 1 Episode 19 - Shady Signal
    8.4/10(62 votes)

    #24 - Shady Signal

    S1:E19

    Tokuchi, Ideguchi and Kojima continue to search for the way the Blue Mars are stealing the Lycaons's signs. Tokuchi discovers the trick behind their shady signal. Tokuchi goes off to turn their sign stealing against them. Since the manager is unwilling to listen to Tokuchi, Tokuchi finds a way to convince manager Mihara.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. One Outs Season 1 Episode 2 - Gambler
    8.3/10(83 votes)

    #25 - Gambler

    S1:E2

    The One Outs battle between Kojima and Toa Tokuchi does not end according to Kojima's wishes, leading him to seek enlightenment to beat Toa in the mountains.Kojima returns and rechallenges Toa Tokuchi, betting his pro career against Toa's arm.

    Director:Shigetaka Ikeda
    Writer:Hideo Takayashiki

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Best Episodes Summary

"Beyond the Triumph..." is the best rated episode of "One Outs". It scored 9.2/10 based on 86 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/1/2009. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Trick&Trap".