Episode 008

From Zero (ゼロから, Zero kara) is the eigth episode of the Tamayomi anime.

Synopsis
Following an embarrassment mishap at the opening ceremony, Shin Koshigaya struggles to score against an opponent who's hoping to end the game quickly.

Summary
At Oomiya Park Baseball Stadium, the teams gather. Yomi and Nozomi go to the bathroom, but then get lost and see Yana U Kawagoe. Nozomi wants rematch as they lost to them and they promise to meet in the quarter finals. Meanwhile, Kazumi Yoshikawa sees Tamaki. Yoshino is excited to see her as she is also the second pitcher in Ryoyukan and former battery with Tamaki. Kazumi is happy to see Tamaki and wonders why she went to Shin Koshigaya and not Ryoyukan. Yomi then returns and sees how close Tamaki and Kazumi are and gets annoyed. Realizing she is battery with Yomi now, Kazumi and Ymomi start a petty rivalry and how goo combo they are with Tamaki. As Kazumi leaves, they wonder why Tamaki choose Shin Koshigaya and she explains that she believed she couldn't enjoy baseball at a powerhouse team.

Team procession starts and all the team march in front of a camera. Watching the video, they see that Ibuki and Shiragiku march with rising same legs and arms, making them feel embarrassed. Yoshino informs Yomi that she won't be the starting pitcher, which makes Yomi cry. Yoshino explains that Kagemori tries to keep high tempo and end games quick with low scores, so they need to preserve some strength.

The game against Kagemori starts and Shin Koshigaya quickly loses a run in the first inning. They switch places, but are quickly taken out. In the third inning, Shiragiku figures the pitcher throw speed and manages to hit a homerun in front of her mother eyes. The team congratulate her, slapping her on the helmet, but Nozomi gets jealous and kicks her. They figure out that Kagemori doesn't care about them and are just trying to end the games quickly as they only enjoy playing among themselves. Ibuki changes Risa as pitcher and stats copying Kagemori's pitcher and her submarine pitching. Annoyed seeing that, Kagemori doesn't want to lose the game, which makes Yoshino happy as they finally made them look at them.

Characters

 * Yoshino Kawaguchi
 * Ibuki Kawaguchi
 * Yomi Takeda
 * Tamaki Yamazaki
 * Shiragiku Oomura
 * Ryou Kawasaki
 * Sumire Fujita
 * Rei Okada
 * Risa Fujiwara
 * Nozomi Takamura
 * Kyouka Fujii