Battery (2016)

1 - The Day They Met

Takumi Harada, a pitcher, meets Go Nagakura, a catcher. Will Go be able to catch Takumis fast ball?

2 - The Bank of a Pond

Seiha wants to play baseball while Takumi says he cant., but Seiha and Go are enjoying a game of catch. Takumi gets angry and throws the ball in the woods behind the shrine, and Seiha doesnt come home that evening.

3 - Dispute

Takumi begins attending Nitta Higashi Junior High and signs up with Coach Tomura to be on the baseball team. However, he also draws the ire of the Vice-Captain Nobunishi over something trivial. Tomura sees Takumi pitch on his first day of practice, and he tells Takumi to cut his hair. Takumi refuses, so Go responds by...

4 - Standing on the Ground

Takumi goes home and finds out that Tomura is his grandfather Youzos former student. Takumi doesnt like that the upperclassmen have ended practice early because it started raining, This leads them to begin harrassing Takumi. Meanwhile, Tomura goes to visit Youzo after experiencing Takumis pitches for himself from the batters box.

5 - Incident in the Locked Room

After finishing practice, Takumi is ganged up and beaten by a few of his teammates inside the dark equipment room. Go is the one who finds him laying there, so he brings Takumi back to his home to treat and spend the night. But the school soon learns of the incident, and the baseball team must face their punishment.

6 - Challenging a Strong Team

Tomura tries catching for Takumi. They resume their regular baseball team activities, but Takumi acts defiantly even to Tomura. Tomura proposes an exhibition game with Yokoteni Junior High, but the principal tells him no. However, the captain Kaionji devises a plan.

7 - Time for a Showdown

Takumi didnt pitch as hard as he could against Yokoteni Junior Highs slugger Kadowaki, leaving Go with mixed feelings. Meanwhile, Kadowaki visits his teammate Mizukaki and tells him that he wants to play an unsanctioned game with Nitta Higashi. Mizukaki is interested in Kadowakis enthusiasm, however...

8 - The Autumn of Endings

Mizukaki tilts Takumi and Gos battery off their game. Whats more, they offend Yokotes coach, and the game itself is called off. Go and Takumis teammates try to help them patch things up between them, but they cant be persuaded.

9 - Throwing Home

Kadowaki and Mizugaki find themselves playing some backyard baseball with the Nitta Higashi first years. Seiha is the pitcher. Everyone is enjoying this unexpected get-together. Later, Kaionji visits the baseball team for the first time in a while and stands in the batter box to experience Takumis surprising pitches.

10 - That Day Again

Kadowaki and Mizugaki are in a disarray, Kaionji and the other seniors graduate, and the Nitta Higashi baseball players are all doing voluntary practice to prepare for their rematch. Go tells Takumi that he is going to continue playing catcher. Spring has arrived for the Nitta Higashi Junior High and Yokoteni Junior High students.

11 - Their Spring

The last Sunday of March, the day of their rematch with Yokoteni Junior High finally arrives. Tomura, Youzo, Seiha, and even the principal have come to watch. The game is being played underneath the early cherry blossoms. Takumi throws Kadowaki the first pitch, the man who has been waiting for this moment for so long.