Episode
HANEBADO!: What I Want Us to Be Is Not 'Friends'
Overview
The Kitakomachi Badminton Club is preparing for the Inter-High finals between Nagisa and Ayano. While club feels nervous over Ayano's strange behavior, one day, an unexpected person shows up in the middle of practice.
Details
- Series
- HANEBADO!
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2018-08-26
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
What I Want Us to Be Is Not 'Friends' is Episode 9 in Season 1 of HANEBADO!. It aired on 2018-08-26. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 8: The Badminton I Want to Play
Nearing the end of the Inter-High preliminaries, Nagisa must play her old teammate, Ishizawa, for a spot at nationals. Nagisa is more revved up than ever, but Tachibana senses trouble with her knee...
Episode 10: The Backhand Grip Is Like This
Nagisa is nervous about playing Ayano at full strength. Worried about her knee, Tachibana gives her some advice. And all the while, the boys' Inter-High preliminaries are going forward.
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