Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine

At Ryou`s suggestion, the girls of the Satogahama baseball team begin a week-long training camp at a local temple in preparation for the tournament. Their goals for their first training camp are to improve their skills and to become better friends. Yuuki and Akane are excited to spend the week with their teammates, but Ryou comes up with a tough training menu and enforces it strictly. And so their week of training camp passes by...

With two weeks left until the national tournament the Sato High girls are abruptly challenged to a practice game by Kosaka Tsubaki of the highly competitive Kogetsu High School. Why does such a strong team want to challenge Sato High? The girls are uncertain, but they cheerfully accept. Tsubasa decides to announce the starting positions and batting order that they`ll use for the game as well as the tournament, but Tomoe and Akane are left off the roster...

The national tournament begins at last. The Sato High team arrives at their lodging near the venue a day in advance, and shortly afterward, the brackets for the tournament are announced. It turns out they`ll be playing in the first game, and their opponent is Seijo High. Just then, the Seijo High team members arrive to stay overnight at the same lodging, and the two teams have a barbecue together that night for dinner. Each member of each team has her own feelings toward the tournament as the night comes to an end... and then, at last, the Sato High baseball team takes the field for the first day of the national tournament.

An error by Yuuki allowed Seijo to tie up the score, but the Sato High girls sharpen their concentration further as they go on the offensive in the top of the third inning. Jinguji Sayaka of Seijo High, on the other hand, is feeling under pressure due to a sense of responsibility as captain that differs from that of Sato High`s captain, Tsubasa. The moment that pressure is relieved, both teams face each other in their top form, and the game continues. As the white sun travels through the blue sky, all of the girls feel their passion for the game rising...