She doesn't want to be there. The team doesn't want her there. The league doesn't want her there. But Yûki gets drafted anyway, and the show forces everyone, including you, to watch a woman do the thing nobody believes she can do. It's 1977, the animation is rough, the pacing is patient in a way modern sports anime aren't anymore. What matters is that this isn't about proving baseball wrong or winning hearts. It's about showing up to a job where you're not wanted and doing the work anyway, one game at a time.

Yūki never asked to be a pioneer. Despite her objections, the Tokyo Mets draft her as the league's first woman player, and her remarkable pitch lets her strike out powerful hitters. Her manager pushes hard to have the baseball rules changed so she can play professionally. Alongside her story are twin brothers, separated from each other, who cross paths only because both are completely devoted to baseball. The drama follows the happiness and hardship, the triumphs and setbacks of people who love the sport with all their hearts.