Game set. Eijun Sawamura, the pitcher of a novice junior high baseball team, meets with a bitter walk-off loss. For Sawamura, that became his last game in junior high, so he sets a new goal of going to the nationals in high school with his teammates. As he begins his hard quest on studying, a guest arrives unannounced. Her name is Rei Takashima, and she is the assistant director of the prestigious Seidou High School Baseball Team. Takashima invites Sawamura to Seidou after seeing his potential, but Sawamura's reply was far from what she had expected.
He just came out 
of the countryside,
Er ist gerade erst vom Land gekommen
und weiß nicht, wie der Hase läuft.
Acaba de llegar del campo y no 
entiende nada del mundo real.
Acaba de llegar del campo y no 
entiende nada del mundo real.
Il débarque de province 
et il ne connaît rien à rien.
Ele acabou de chegar do interior,