The women"s soft‑tennis club at Siratama school is, to put it mildly, lacking stars from the sky. The main heroine, loud and clumsy Asuna, is full of enthusiasm but cannot concentrate at all. Her friend Kotone—strong and agile athlete, martial‑arts master—is clearly struggling with tennis technique. Senior Titosé, the nominal club leader, cannot play at all; she chose sports only as a way to fight the consequences of an insatiable appetite. Newcomer Kurusu is talented but not sociable and doesn"t understand teamwork, while the foreigner Elizabeth appears to have joined to learn Japanese and show someone a pretty figure. And how can such a group think about the national championship? "Well, what?" remarks the club curator Misimagi‑sensei (to her students simply Misi), after finishing a bottle of sake with the local vice‑principal. "School clubs still exist for entertainment and general development, not to ruin health. Something will happen—good; if it doesn"t work out—okay." We have before us not an epic saga but a simple, kind comedy with elements of sport and romance. And what difference does it make what five girls do, as long as it"s interesting for them and the audience!
Xebec Japan