Princess Nine (1998)

Apr 8, 1998 - 24m

As Ryo Hayakawa arrives home from school, the local baseball team begs her to finish pitching their game.

Apr 15, 1998 - 24m

The chairwoman at the Kisaragi School for Girls has determined that there will be a girls' baseball team and that they will go to Koshien within three years. Ryo is offered one of the scholarships issued to build this team.

Apr 22, 1998 - 24m

Ryo is accepted into Kisaragi School but worried about leaving her mother to run the Oden bar by herself.

Apr 29, 1998 - 24m

Coach Kido has been told that one of their recruits, Seira Morimura, has refused to join the team.

May 6, 1998 - 24m

Coach Kido goes to the Oden bar and shows Ryo a tape of a baseball player with a famous batting technique called the Wave Motion Swing.

May 13, 1998 - 24m

None of the players can catch Ryo's pitches and so a search for a catcher begins.

May 27, 1998 - 24m

With only two more girls needed to complete the team, Ryo asks Izumi to join and is greeted with scorn.

Jun 3, 1998 - 24m

Izumi searches for the identity of the mysterious man but gets no answers from her mother's butler or from Coach Kido.

Jun 10, 1998 - 24m

The day of the contest has arrived. Izumi is near defeat but Ryo can't keep thinking about why she hates her so much.

Jun 17, 1998 - 24m

The girls are playing against a junior high team but they are still short one player. The coach introduces Nene in a player's uniform so that they can compete.

Jun 24, 1998 - 24m

Keiko appeals her case to the board directly so that they may let the girls play but is refused again.

Jul 1, 1998 - 24m

In order to get Rinkai High to play them, Keiko told the papers that they must be afraid of their pitcher's magic ball.

Jul 8, 1998 - 24m

The day of the game has arrived. In order to get an advantage over the other team, the girls use their femininity to get to a quick lead.

Jul 15, 1998 - 24m

Ryo is losing confidence in herself but her teammates continue to do their part in the field.

Jul 22, 1998 - 24m

With the notoriety of the girls' win, a report digs up information on Ryo's father which begins a scandal.

Jul 29, 1998 - 24m

Ryo knows that she is to be expelled and the team dissolved and so she heads out to her father's hometown.

Aug 5, 1998 - 24m

Hiroki arrives at the orphanage but learns that Ryo is hospitalized after she rescued the kids.

Aug 12, 1998 - 24m

The Parents' Association has been calling for the baseball team to be dissolved and Principal Mita agrees.

Aug 19, 1998 - 24m

Coach Kido announces that he has decided to make Ryo the team captain. She learns that Hiroki's birthday is coming up and decides to make him a present.

Aug 26, 1998 - 24m

The girls head out to begin their intensive training camp before preliminaries start.

Sep 2, 1998 - 24m

After Izumi's call, Hiroki pays a visit to her to make sure everything is all right.

Sep 9, 1998 - 24m

Yuki, brooding over her missing Fifi-chan, remembers how she helped to win the championship in junior high only to be ostracized by her teammates.

Sep 16, 1998 - 24m

The Kisaragi Girls have drawn a dirty-playing team for their first game.

Sep 30, 1998 - 24m

The Kisaragi Girls are beating everyone they come up against. Hiroki's grandfather comes to the Oden bar and talks to Ryo.

Oct 7, 1998 - 24m

It has come down to the semi-finals and it's the Kisaragi girls' team against the boys' team. Ryo is having problems focusing after seeing Hiroki and Izumi kiss.

Oct 14, 1998 - 24m

With two outs and the bases loaded at the top of the ninth inning, it's Koharu's bat. Before she goes out Nene shows her a fax from her father that has the Kanji for Wind on it.