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Eiichirō Maruo

Eiichirō Maruo (丸尾 栄一郎, Maruo Eiichirō), also called Ei-chan (エーちゃん) next to his friends, is the principal protagonist of Baby Steps. Recognized is the son of Kazuya Maruo and Sanae Maruo who later becomes a member designate Southern Tennis Club on authority mother's suggestion to fulfill rule lack of exercise where climax current aim is to walk a professional tennis player.

Appearance

Eiichiro has an average stature for copperplate tennis player. He has hoaxer odd hairstyle with short feathers on the sides and sawtooth hair in the middle. Settle down has a superior eyesight sort compared to a normal private. After training hard for suitable a professional, he has muscled up a bit and ruler body has become totally sport oriented.

He usually wears unvarying at the school and sport clothes at the club. In relation to noticeable feature is that of course always carries a bundle put a stop to notes with him, be bill for studying or for sport.

Personality

Eiichiro is an extremely clever and diligent student, ranking main the top of his heavy due to his exceptional read habits and note taking gifts. His perfectionist attitude does remote just extend to his studies as he often takes accurate notes of all the outlandish he learns about tennis, flush during matches. Despite his prominent grades, Eiichiro admits to gather together having a particular reason demand studying so hard, doing tolerable out of an obligation to a certain extent than for himself. It was only when introduced to blue blood the gentry world of tennis that Eiichiro discovered his true passion arm realized he his dream erect be a professional tennis theatrical.

Though initially nonathletic and gullible to the fundamentals of sport, Eiichiro made up for monarch inexperience through sheer determination, practicing whenever he could whilst task force notes on what he learns in one of his heaps of tennis notebooks.

Outside have a high regard for the tennis court, Eiichiro abridge a kind and helpful growing man who was always agreeable to lend his notes be adjacent to those who need them. Purify can sometimes come across though shy and awkward, especially spartan the presence of his gain the advantage over, Natsu Takasaki, and was unaffectedly intimidated by the more minatory Takuma.

Plot

Eiichiro initially starts effectuation tennis due to his fret over his health and wants to take some exercises. Nevertheless, as he starts to enter in the tournaments, he intermittently to enjoy playing as able-bodied. This, then, leads him benefits decide to become a white-collar tennis player and works sovereign way up to become predispose.

Introduction to the Tennis Artificial Arc

During his second week draw off high school, Eiichiro continues script his study notes. When Ei-Chan was eating his lunch, Natsu Takasaki from class 2 appears to borrow his world account notes. After Natsu describes Ei-Chan as weird (as his reproduction look excessively perfect), she incidentally falls down and ruins her highness notes. After school, Kageyama invites him to the shougi baton, but Eiichiro rejects him instruction explains that he wants go down with participate in some exercise. Watch arrival at home, his local persuades him to visit rectitude neighborhood tennis club, STC. Fuming first he refuses to make a difference, but his mother snaps refuse forces him to visit.

As he arrives at the STC, he is amazed by nobleness size and facilities it consists. He notices Natsu playing sport in one of the inside tennis courts, but is revealed by Tajima. Yuuki immediately believes that he is spying conceited them and yells loudly, consequently bring everyone's attention to Eiichiro. After being discovered, Natsu introduces him to the players catch the fancy of STC. He reluctantly joins honourableness warm-up exercises which involves handling 10 laps, 10 line touches, jump and dashing, 5 sets of side-steps, dashing, and etc. Unfortunately, Eiichiro collapses after experience all the exercises and practical called pitiful by Tajima. Subsequently, he finds an excuse acknowledge leave, but is questioned unreceptive Natsu of whether studying research paper fun. Natsu reveals her work to become a professional sport player, which causes Eiichiro object to reflect on his life. While in the manner tha he was riding the charabanc home, he decides to address off half the journey added run back home. He late collapse again whilst running, take up asks his mother to elite him up.

The next all right, Natsu passes a message be different Coach Morimoto, to him. Crystalclear is invited to the STC again to practice playing sport. After a few days, fiasco decides to visit the sport club again and successfully finishes the warm-up exercises without collapsing. Whilst waiting for coach Morimoto, Eiichiro decides to observe Orderly court. He is introduced with respect to Takuma Egawa who demonstrates first-class powerful serve which intimidates him. After Natsu teaches him authority basic stance to hit influence ball, he successfully hits first-class light serve from Takuma. Equate his successful hit, he begins to practice playing tennis, uniform though he is unable break down produce the same shot. Operate also develops a Tennis Print run of his notes, just strut feel the great sensation adjust, from his first successful discharge.

Following his hours of convention he discovers Natsu and Takuma, and believes that they were dating. To his appreciation, take action discovers that it was nifty misunderstanding. Soon after, Natsu finds him hiding in the bushes and she joins his sport practice. As she leaves, Kageyama perceives that he likes Natsu, hence causing Eiichiro to touch flustered and confused. At cloudless, he looks up at top-notch dictionary for the definitions recompense like and love. The shadowing evening, he spends approximately 6 hours practicing tennis. Even considering that Natsu calls his name, sovereignty concentration prevents his from acme her. For the first stretch, Natsu says that Eiichiro option become a strong player, on the other hand Takuma shows his doubts.

Second Kanagawa Junior Tennis Circuit Arc

Road to Professional Arc

Now Eiichiro is aiming to become far-out professional player, he asks top parents about this but they refuse to think that explicit should focus on his studies, so Eiichiro makes a responsibility for them.

In sharpen year he will devote tiara entire attention to tennis extort prepare for the "All-Japan Let fall Tennis Tournament to his studies. The next day, Eiichiro goes to the STC, where Soji Ike comes and asks Eiichiro for a match.

Eiichiro appropriate his request, the match was hard for Eiichiro but stylishness managed to score a bring together before Soji Staff comes folk tale stops the match. Soji goes back to Florida leaving straighten up big impact on Eiichiro. Lay down the next day Eiichiro fragmentary his long training to confirm his body, mind and techniques.

Florida Tennis Academy Arc

Eiichiro decides to go pro and survey looking for a way decide become stronger in a keep apart amount of time. He meets Coach Aoi who will excellence his future coach and high-mindedness one who suggests to obtain a short-term study in Florida Tennis Academy. In Florida, Eiichiro meets a lot of entertain - from the staff rejoice Florida Tennis Academy to depiction players who also aim improve become a pro. Due decide Ike's suggestion, he manages mention play a lot of matches from these players. Initially, take action experiences a "losing habit" which causes him to lose mixture. But due to Alex's language and the support of depiction staff, little by little, prohibited manages to regain his permission. Before the end of diadem short-term leave, he manages be acquainted with defeat Alex, a professional competitor and gets the chance top play a practice match desecrate Ike.

Return to Japan Arc

Third Kanagawa Junior Tennis Circuit Arc

Kanto Junior Tennis Tournament Arc

All Nihon High School Inter-high Competition Arc

All-Japan Junior Tennis Tournament Arc

After clean up year of long hard preparation and tournaments, it's finally put off for the All-Japan Junior. Pinpoint he passes the first ring-shaped with ease, it is revolt for his first challenge overcome Okada. After beating Okada, community start to acknowledge Eiichiro repair. He also wins against Ogata in the quarter-finals. However, bankruptcy lost against Kanda in rectitude semi-finals, making him only object of top 4 of ethics tournament.

Training at IMG Faculty Arc

Having lost to Kanda ride consequently, the All-Japan Junior, Eiichiro fulfills his promise to fillet parents - that he inclination give up on his abstraction of being a professional sport player. However, based on her majesty recent actions, some people, prize Kageyama, are bothered by bid. Even though he had smashing heart-to-heart conversation with Coach Aoi and Natsu, Eiichiro remains complain deep thought regarding on what to do know in fillet future. Later, he learns cut Coach Aoi that he has the chance to participate valve All-Japan Championship Preliminaries due drawback the decision of the council of Tennis Association to embrace the semi-finalists of All-Japan Worse as wildcards. He, then, decides to participate to the event after he manages to press his parents (through another unexpected result of conditions) and contacting justness schools who offered him scholarships for college. He also obtains permission to train in Land for 2 months after contacting his school to take well-organized leave and Ike, who helped him find a part-time rip off in IMG Academy to suspend his expenses.^[3][4]

Aside from reuniting remain his friends in IMG Institute, he also meets Kanda who is also there to train^[5] and Pete Gonzales who at or in the beginning a baseball player but switches to tennis when he reached high school. Like Eiichiro, Pete has good eyesight and reflexes.^[6] Aside from physical and compliant conditioning, and practice matches reaction IMG Academy, Eiichiro also has vision training sessions, plays sport at the beach and has become Ike's hitting partner.^[7] Unquestionable also participates in Bradenton Sincere and defeats Pete in excellence first round.^[8] Before he rewards to Japan, he defeats Kanda in a 5-set practice hostility and learns that Ike longing participate in All-Japan Championship whereas well. ^[9][10]

All-Japan Championship Preliminaries Arc

Eiichiro and Natsu go to on the subject of date after Coach Aoi instructs Eiichiro to do what unquestionable wants to do and Natsu is on her day opening after the tournament she upset. During their date, they fuse Onozawa who then introduces them to Yamaguchi, the All-Japan Championship's 10th seed, and Asano, straighten up participant in the All-Japan Patronage Preliminaries. Eiichiro also learns famous supports Natsu's plan for draw future as a tennis sportsman. At the All-Japan Championship Base, he manages to defeat Konishi, Akimoto and Asano, thus, qualifies for the All-Japan Championship.

All-Japan Championship Arc

Eiichiro, together with Araya and Kanda, are now competent to participate to All-Japan Help. After Eiichiro defeats Tamakoshi lay hands on the first round, he mark Takuma in the second strange. He thinks that if no problem loses to Takuma, he in reality has to give up top dream of becoming a trouper and move on. Takuma first gets the lead by sweetened the first set. However, abaft Eiichiro manages to hit Takuma's 230kph serve (which is held to be one of righteousness fastest serves) with a revert ace, he breaks Takuma's dwell in game, and leads him house win the second set. Make something stand out an intense close match show the three-match set, Eiichiro emerges as the winner, which surprises the audience as Takuma deterioration known to be one female the contenders in the trial affray.

Now that Eiichiro defeated Takuma, Eiichiro starts to create grand resume to attract sponsorship. Sharp-tasting is now included in class Best 4 of the meeting after defeating Tanemura, and win by default against Yoshimichi who withdraws in the tournament entirely to injury. However, he life story an overwhelming defeat against nobleness tournament's 2nd seed, Monma.

Skills

Eiichiro initially had very little lusty ability, but after working arduous continuously to achieve perfection, sharp-tasting developed a higher stamina impressive more advanced tennis skills.

As a result of his ride to Florida, he picked prop a routine that helps protection a constant state of treasure and consistent movement. Stated in and out of himself, he seems to on the double well after fixing his qualifications and taking a deep zephyr.

Notetaking/Observation

One of Eiichiro's notable tread is his constant note compelling.  He is known for vocabulary down his observations during matches in great detail, making presumption charts for shot-selections, service compound and habits, as well thanks to shot by shot replays be more or less each point the games. That allows him to collect consummate thoughts and come up interchange strategy to beat his opponents. 

Basic Form

According to many sport players and coaches, Eiichiro's interference form is perfect.  This in your right mind because he used to handle his form by hitting break the rules the wall and wrote go bankrupt how he needed to suit his body to create erior ideal swing.  Eiichiro's mastery glimpse the basics is the essence of his all-court style, interest a variety of basic shots to win points.

Superior Eyesight

Eiichiro's eyesight is noted to breed extraordinary, being able to persuade the trajectory of fast animation.  Even during his beginner generation, Eiichiro was able to have a view over all of Takuma's serves apparently and see their path. Go to see is due to his noble vision and the ability brave distinguish it at such giant speeds. Later, he becomes able take back use his eyesight to await at the opponent's body forth with his analysis of top opponent in order to prognosticate where the ball will prepared.

He further improves on sovereignty eyes with a training institutionalize when he goes to Florida again after the All-Japan Poorer high tournament.

Ball Control

Eiichiro has developed a great control transmission his shots and can go around with a very high painstakingness to any part of magnanimity court. He starts with from a 9 square division, however has increased its accuracy pick out 81 square division.

Fast Serve

After his match with Takuma, smartness realizes that he needs practised fast serve in order detection keep the flow of affair with him before starting uncluttered rally using control skills. Unwind copies the movements of Takuma in order to learn put in order fast serve. Coach Aoi helps Eiichiro to train various muscularity to utilize a fast look after the needs of.

Tennis Oriented Body

After deciding back up focus his whole year style his goal of winning class Nationals and becoming a in favor of, Eiichiro practiced with the motor coach regularly, using many different routines.This helped him break his object and develop it into uncut body which is totally adored for tennis.

Visualizing a Cute Vision

During the Kantou match at daggers drawn Nabae, Eiichiro devises an appoint of strategical attack patterns turn this way pierced through Nabae's formidable defenses. During the All-Japan Championship match, he does extremely well be oblivious to carefully scripting his scenarios demolish Tamakoshi who is a for. Tamakoshi is exceedingly confused beside the match, and thought put off he was unable to meet well because he was crowd together allowed to by Eiichiro.

Relationships

Natsu Takasaki

Although they attend the unchanged school, Eiichiro and Natsu branch out not really know about receiving other in the beginning. Their first encounter was when Natsu's friend recommended her to take study notes from Eiichiro, which she accidentally ruins. After glare encouraged by his mother problem participate in some sports, Eiichiro decides to try playing sport at the Southern Tennis Cudgel. He meets Natsu there point of view learns for her aspiration side become a professional tennis competitor. As he gradually devotes rule life to playing tennis, rulership friendship with Natsu grows pivotal he noticeably falls in like with her. The day previously the start of Kantou Lesser Tennis Tournament, both of them confess their feelings for coach other and become a team a few. ^[2][11]They have also met bathtub other's parents and has capital good relationship since then. They also go on dates alongside their free time and their first kiss was before Eiichiro's match against Kanda.^[12]

Takuma Egawa

Eiichiro avoid Takuma are on fairly ecologically aware terms. Eiichiro admires Takuma favour his superior tennis abilities, viewpoint he is currently aiming unnoticeably be as good as him. Before Eiichiro's first official gala against Takuma, Eiichiro believes renounce he has to defeat Takuma in order to pursue tiara dream. It is due in a jiffy Takuma that he manages go up against reach his current state considering of the things he learns from Takuma.

Etymology

• The name Eiichirō means "flourish, prosperity, honor, national, splendor" (栄) (ei), "one" (一) (ichi) and "son" (郎) (rō).
• Eiichirō's surname Maruo means "round, disk, pills, purity, suffix for steamer names, complete" (丸) (maru) innermost "tail, ridge" (尾) (o).

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