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Japanese manga series

ベイビーステップ (Beibī Suteppu)
Baby Steps
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Eiichirō Maruo and Natsu Takasaki
Genre	Sports
Manga
Written by	Hikaru Katsuki
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	US: Kodansha
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	October 17, 2007 – November 1, 2017
Volumes	47
Anime television series
Directed by	Masahiko Murata
Produced by	Kenji Saito
Written by	Katsuhiko Chiba
Music by	Yoichiro Yoshikawa Kōhei Yamada (season 2)
Studio	Pierrot
Original network	NHK-E
Original run	April 6, 2014 – September 20, 2015
Episodes	50 (List of episodes)

Baby Steps (Japanese: ベイビーステップ, Hepburn: Beibī Suteppu) is a Japanese manga series by Hikaru Katsuki. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 2007 to November 2017, with its chapters collected in forty-seven tankōbon volumes. The story is centered on Eiichirō Maruo, a first year honor student who one day decides that he is lacking exercise. He then joins the Southern Tennis Club (STC) where he begins his tennis journey.

The manga was adapted into a twenty-five episode anime television series by studio Pierrot, which was broadcast on NHK-E from April to September 2014. A twenty-five episode second season was broadcast from April to September 2015.

In 2014, Baby Steps won the 38th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category.

Story

Eiichirō Maruo, a first year honor student, one day decides he is unhappy with the way things are and lacks exercise. He finds a flyer for the Tennis Club and decides to check it out. He is instantly captivated by it. With no prior experience and poor physical conditioning, he embarks on a tennis journey using his smarts, dedication and work ethic. He uses his inherent studious nature to develop an extremely strategic approach to tennis, taking notes on the habits and tendencies of his opponents thus allowing him to predict their shots before they make them.

Characters

Southern Tennis Club

Eiichirō Maruo (丸尾栄一郎, Maruo Eiichirō): Voiced by: Taishi Murata; Eiichirō Maruo, also called Ei-chan (エーちゃん) by his friends, is an honor student who quickly became famous for his meticulous note-taking in class. During his first year of high school, however, he got into a rut studying all of the time and wanted to find a way to exercise. When he meets Natsu, a girl in the same year as him, her passion for tennis convinces him to try playing it. Like Natsu and their senpai Takuma, Ei-chan becomes a member of a prominent youth tennis program at Southern Tennis Club (STC). His years of experience in studying and taking notes help him in his path to become a tennis player. His aim is to become a professional tennis player. Ei-chan and Natsu's growing relationship is also a major part of the series.
Natsu Takasaki (鷹崎奈津, Takasaki Natsu): Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki; Natsu Takasaki, also known as Nat-chan (なっちゃん), is a member of Southern Tennis Club and has played tennis since she was very young. She studies at the same high school and in the same year as Maruo. She is aiming to become a professional player. Natsu is the exact opposite of Maruo tennis-wise. She is always very optimistic and encouraging toward Maruo, and the two become very close as the series progresses.
Takuma Egawa (江川逞, Egawa Takuma): Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa; Takuma is one year older than Ei-chan and Nat-chan and attends the same high school, where he is known as a delinquent. He and Natsu have known each other for a long time through tennis practice at STC. He showed a talent for tennis at a young age. He is one of the best junior players in Japan, and he aims to go pro. He is often antagonistic toward others, but he is also protective of Natsu.
Yukichi Fukazawa (深沢諭吉, Fukazawa Yukichi): Voiced by: Hiro Shimono; Another high school player who practices at STC. Ei-chan impresses him so much after a certain event that he calls Ei-chan "aniki" ("big bro"). He often offers scouting info on other players to Ei-chan and supports him during his matches.
Yūsaku Miura (三浦優作, Miura Yūsaku): Voiced by: Taiten Kusunoki; One of the boys' coaches at STC. He becomes very interested in helping Maruo after seeing his work ethic and how quickly he is able to improve.
Yūki Tajima (田島勇樹, Tajima Yūki): Voiced by: Yūki; An elementary school student who practices at STC. He teases Maruo a lot at first (despite Maruo being eight years older than him), but gradually becomes a friend.

Ōsugi High School

Kojirō Kageyama (影山小次郎, Kageyama Kojirō): Voiced by: Takuma Terashima; Maruo's best friend from school. He is a member of the shogi club at school. He often comes to tennis matches to support him.
Himeko Sasaki (佐々木姫子, Sasaki Himeko): Voiced by: Asami Seto; An honor student who is in the same class as Maruo and Kageyama (and later Natsu). She develops a crush on Maruo as tennis begins to change him for the better, but Maruo is unaware of it. She often watches his tennis matches with Kageyama.

Kanagawa Prefecture Junior Players

Hiroshi Araya (荒谷寛, Araya Hiroshi): Voiced by: Wataru Hatano; The top player in Kanagawa Prefecture after Egawa (and as a result, Egawa's rival). He trains at GITC and is the same age as Maruo. He is left-handed baseline player with explosive power. He often yells loudly after winning points in his matches.
Takuya Miyagawa (宮川卓也, Miyagawa Takuya): Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara; One of the top players in Kanagawa Prefecture. He trains at Miyagawa Tennis Academy. He is a year younger than Maruo but very tall like Egawa. Like Maruo, he has a strange quirk during matches: he drinks hot kobucha (kelp tea) and eats umeboshi (pickled plums).
Ryō Ōbayashi (大林良, Ōbayashi Ryō): Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno; The first seeded player Maruo ever plays against in a tournament. He is a year older than Maruo and is a serve-and-volley player. He becomes Miyagawa's senpai when the younger player enters the same high school.
Hiromi Iwasa (岩佐博水, Iwasa Hiromi): Voiced by: Shintarō Asanuma; He is a player with a unique and unpredictable style of play that focuses on shot placement.

Kanto Regional Junior Players

Takayuki Okada (岡田隆行, Okada Takayuki): Voiced by: Kentarō Itō; He lives in Chiba Prefecture. He admires Miki Yazawa, and also plays like her.
Yoshiaki Ide (井出義明, Ide Yoshiaki): Voiced by: KENN; He lives in Saitama Prefecture. He plays rather sensuously sensitive, but skillful tennis.
Sakuya Takagi (高木朔夜, Takagi Sakuya): Voiced by: Masakazu Morita; He lives in Tokyo. He and Nabae attend the same high school and have trained at the same tennis academy since they were kids.

All-Japan National Junior Players

Yū Nabae (難波江優, Nabae Yū): Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai; Nationally famous junior player who lives in Tokyo. Like Maruo, he has a habit of taking notes, but he does it on a laptop.

Florida Tennis Academy

Sōji Ike (池爽児, Ike Sōji): Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya; Also known as sou-chan is professional tennis player who was previously a member of the Southern tennis club same as Natsu, Maruo and Takuma. He was introduced to tennis by Nat-chan but quickly surpassed her and players of his age. Soji is in the same age as Eichiro. Currently is ranked Top 1 in Japan and is aiming for a Title of the best tennis player in the world.
Alex O'Brian (アレックス・オブライアン, Arekkusu Oburaian): Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya
Marcia O'Brian (マーシャ・オブライアン, Maasha Oburaian): Voiced by: Megumi Han
Atsushi Taira (平　敦士, Taira Atsushi): Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi
Ramesh Krishna (ラメス・クリシュナ, Ramesu Kurishuna): Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae
Mike Maguire (マイク・マグワイヤ, Maiku Maguwaiya): Voiced by: Kenyu Horiuchi; He is a sports psychologist who sometimes visits STC, so he knows many of the coaches and players there.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Hikaru Katsuki, Baby Steps was serialized for ten years in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 17, 2007, to November 1, 2017. Kodansha collected its chapters in forty-seven volumes, released from February 15, 2008, to December 15, 2017.

Kodansha published the series in English on their K Manga service.

Volumes

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	February 15, 2008	978-4-06-363957-5
2	March 17, 2008	978-4-06-363968-1
3	May 16, 2008	978-4-06-363991-9
4	August 12, 2008	978-4-06-384027-8
5	October 17, 2008	978-4-06-384052-0
6	January 16, 2009	978-4-06-384089-6
7	April 17, 2009	978-4-06-384124-4
8	June 17, 2009	978-4-06-384149-7
9	September 17, 2009	978-4-06-384188-6
10	November 17, 2009	978-4-06-384214-2
11	February 17, 2010	978-4-06-384248-7
12	April 16, 2010	978-4-06-384283-8
13	July 16, 2010	978-4-06-384329-3
14	October 15, 2010	978-4-06-384381-1
15	January 17, 2011	978-4-06-384428-3
16	April 15, 2011	978-4-06-384459-7
17	June 17, 2011	978-4-06-384506-8
18	September 16, 2011	978-4-06-384558-7
19	November 17, 2011	978-4-06-384580-8
20	February 17, 2012	978-4-06-384631-7
21	April 17, 2012	978-4-06-384655-3
22	July 17, 2012	978-4-06-384706-2
23	September 14, 2012	978-4-06-384735-2
24	December 17, 2012	978-4-06-384782-6
25	February 15, 2013	978-4-06-384812-0
26	May 17, 2013	978-4-06-384865-6
27	August 16, 2013	978-4-06-394911-7
28	November 15, 2013	978-4-06-394964-3
29	January 17, 2014	978-4-06-394994-0
30	March 17, 2014	978-4-06-395028-1
31	June 17, 2014	978-4-06-395105-9
32	August 16, 2014	978-4-06-395160-8
33	November 17, 2014	978-4-06-395244-5
34	March 17, 2015	978-4-06-395346-6
35	May 15, 2015	978-4-06-395399-2
36	August 17, 2015	978-4-06-395461-6
37	October 16, 2015	978-4-06-395520-0
38	January 15, 2016	978-4-06-395580-4
39	March 17, 2016	978-4-06395623-8
40	June 17, 2016	978-4-06-395689-4
41	August 17, 2016	978-4-06-395728-0
42	November 17, 2016	978-4-06-395803-4
43	January 17, 2017	978-4-06-395853-9
44	April 17, 2017	978-4-06-395921-5
45	June 16, 2017	978-4-06-395961-1
46	September 15, 2017	978-4-06-510191-9
47	December 15, 2017	978-4-06-510974-8

Anime

Main article: List of Baby Steps episodes

An anime television series adaptation was announced in November 2013. Animated by studio Pierrot, the series was broadcast for twenty-five episodes on NHK Educational TV from April 6 to September 21, 2014. Mao Abe performed the opening theme "Believe in yourself" and Babyraids performed the ending theme "Baby Steps" (ベイビーステップ, Beibī Suteppu).

A twenty-five episode second season was broadcast from April 5 to September 20, 2015. Mao Abe's "Believe in yourself" was used again as the opening theme for the second season, while Ganbare! Victory performed the ending theme "Yume no Tsuzuki" (夢のつづき, "Dream Continuation").

Reception

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In 2014, Baby Steps won the 38th Kodansha Manga Award in shōnen category.

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External links

Baby Steps official manga website at Weekly Shōnen Magazine at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-11-02) (in Japanese)
Baby Steps official anime website at NHK (in Japanese)
Baby Steps (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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1990s	Heisei Genius Bakabon (1990) Musashi, the Samurai Lord (1990–1991) Tasuke, the Samurai Cop (1990–1991) Chiisana Obake Acchi, Kocchi, Socchi (1991–1992) Marude Dameo (1991–1992) Yu Yu Hakusho (1992–1994) Tottemo! Luckyman (1994–1995) Ninku (1995–1996) Fushigi Yûgi (1995–1996) Midori no Makibaō (1996–1997) First Human Gon (1996–1997) Baby & Me (1996–1997) Hyper Police (1997) Clamp School Detectives (1997) Flame of Recca (1997–1998) Takoyaki Mantoman (1998–1999) Fancy Lala (1998) Neo Ranga (1998–1999) Dokkiri Doctor (1998–1999) Yoiko (1998–1999) Microman, The Little Giant (1999) Power Stone (1999) I'm Gonna Be An Angel! (1999) Great Teacher Onizuka (1999–2000) Rerere no Tensai Bakabon (1999–2000)
2000s	OH! Super Milk Chan (2000) Gensomaden Saiyuki (2000–2001) Ceres, Celestial Legend (2000) Ghost Stories (2000–2001) Super Gals! Kotobuki Ran (2001–2002) Kaze no Yojimbo (2001–2002) Hikaru no Go (2001–2003) Kogepan (2001) Tokyo Underground (2002) Tokyo Mew Mew (2002–2003) The Twelve Kingdoms (2002–2003) Naruto (2002–2007) E's Otherwise (2003) Detective School Q (2003–2004) Saiyuki ReLoad (2003–2004) Hikaru no Go: Journey to the North Star Cup (2004) Saiyuki Reload Gunlock (2004) Midori Days (2004) Bleach (2004–2012) Emma – A Victorian Romance (2005) Sugar Sugar Rune (2005–2006) Naruto: Shippuden (2007–2017) Blue Dragon (2007–2008) Blue Dragon: Trials of the Seven Shadows (2008–2009) Hanasakeru Seishōnen (2009–2010) Yumeiro Patissiere (2009–2010)
2010s	Yumeiro Patissiere SP Professional (2010) Level E (2011) Naruto: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals (2012–2013) Polar Bear Café (2012–2013) Kingdom (2012–present) Gaist Crusher (2013–2014) Baby Steps (2014–2015) The World Is Still Beautiful (2014) Tokyo Ghoul (2014) Yona of the Dawn (2014–2015) Tokyo Ghoul √A (2015) Mr. Osomatsu (2015–2021) Divine Gate (2016) Twin Star Exorcists (2016–2017) Onigiri (2016) Puzzle & Dragons X (2016–2018) Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION (2016) Soul Buster (2016) ĒlDLIVE (2017) Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (2017–2023) Convenience Store Boy Friends (2017) Black Clover (2017–2021) Dynamic Chord (2017) Sanrio Boys (2018) Tokyo Ghoul:re (2018)
2020s	Akudama Drive (2020) Play It Cool, Guys (2022–2023) Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (2022–present) Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master (2024)
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1970s	Black Jack and The Three-Eyed One by Osamu Tezuka (1977) Football Hawk by Noboru Kawasaki (1978) Tonda Couple by Kimio Yanagisawa (1979)
1980s	Susano Oh by Gō Nagai (1980) Sanshirō of 1, 2 by Makoto Kobayashi (1981) Gakuto Retsuden by Motoka Murakami (1982) The Kabocha Wine by Mitsuru Miura (1983) Bats & Terry by Yasuichi Ōshima (1984) Bari Bari Densetsu by Shuichi Shigeno (1985) Kōtarō Makaritōru! by Tatsuya Hiruta (1986) Ironfist Chinmi by Takeshi Maekawa (1987) Mister Ajikko by Daisuke Terasawa (1988) Meimon! Daisan Yakyūbu by Toshiyuki Mutsu (1989)
1990s	Shura no Mon by Masatoshi Kawahara (1990) Hajime no Ippo by George Morikawa (1991) Kaze Hikaru: Koshien by Sanbachi Kawa and Tarō Nami (1992) 3×3 Eyes by Yuzo Takada (1993) Shoot! by Tsukasa Ōshima (1994) The Kindaichi Case Files by Yōzaburō Kanari and Fumiya Satō (1995) Shōta no Sushi by Daisuke Terasawa (1996) Ryūrōden by Yoshito Yamahara (1997) Great Teacher Onizuka by Tooru Fujisawa (1998) Chameleon by Toshiyuki Mutsu (1999)
2000s	Shōbushi Densetsu Tetsuya by Fūmei Sai and Yasushi Hoshino (2000) Love Hina by Ken Akamatsu (2001) Cromartie High School by Eiji Nonaka and Beck by Harold Sakuishi (2002) Kunimitsu no Matsuri, by Yūma Andō and Masashi Asaki (2003) Shana ou Yoshitsune by Hirofumi Sawada (2004) Capeta by Masahito Soda (2005) Air Gear by Oh! great (2006) Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei by Kōji Kumeta and Dear Boys Act II by Hiroki Yagami (2007) Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu by Motoyuki Tanaka (2008) Q.E.D. by Motohiro Katou and Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima (2009)
2010s	Ace of Diamond by Yuji Terajima (2010) Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama (2011) Those Snow White Notes by Marimo Ragawa (2012) Your Lie in April by Naoshi Arakawa (2013) Baby Steps by Hikaru Katsuki (2014) The Seven Deadly Sins by Nakaba Suzuki and Yowamushi Pedal by Wataru Watanabe (2015) Days by Tsuyoshi Yasuda (2016) Altair: A Record of Battles by Kotono Katō (2017) Beastars by Paru Itagaki (2018) The Quintessential Quintuplets by Negi Haruba and To Your Eternity by Yoshitoki Ōima (2019)
2020s	Tokyo Revengers by Ken Wakui (2020) Blue Lock by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura (2021) That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime by Fuse and Taiki Kawakami (2022) Shangri-La Frontier by Katarina and Ryosuke Fuji (2023) Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe (2024)

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