Episode
The Tatami Galaxy: Softball Circle "Honwaka"
Overview
The Softball Club, with its supply of tanned and toned female members, seems like a good place for a lonely boy to find intimacy, but the action takes a foul turn when his only friend hatches another heinous scheme.
Details
- Series
- The Tatami Galaxy
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2010-05-21
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Softball Circle "Honwaka" is Episode 5 in Season 1 of The Tatami Galaxy. It aired on 2010-05-21. The runtime is 25 min.
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