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“Honor student Eiichirou starts tennis with no experience, using intellect and determination to improve.”
Baby Steps
ベイビーステップ
8.13
596 rank · 27,986 readers · 900 favorites
Shounen
School
Award Winning
Sports
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Synopsis
Honor student Eiichirou starts tennis with no experience, using intellect and determination to improve.
Maruo Eiichirou, a first year honor student, one day decides he's unhappy with the way things are and lacks exercise. He finds a flyer for the Tennis Club and decides check it out. He's instantly captivated by it. With no prior experience and poor physical conditioning, join Eiichirou as he embarks on a tennis journey using his smarts, dedication and work ethic. (Source: One Manga)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 10 sampled reviews
8.2
/10
What 10 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.40
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.40 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.20
Running avg · Feb 2012 → May 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “It's very surprising no one had written a review for this manga...anyway, I really recomend this manga for all sports or tennis lovers. Even though the main character is not like the typical cool,...”
- 8 “Sports manga is not for everyone, but what makes Baby Steps stand out from others is that the lead character Ei-chan knows nothing about tennis so we, the readers learn as he is learning and so all...”
- 10 “Out of about 100 different manga, this is close to my favourite. The thing I think it does best is how well it fleshes out characters. All of them touch on different aspects of view on life and...”
Verbosity
Short · 20%
Medium · 30%
Long · 50%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 462 × 47 ch × vol
- Total read 61h 36m approx
- Published Oct 2007 – Nov 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M5860 catalog