A random flashback of Hinata playing baseball starts the episode. He then snaps out of it and we see Yui auditioning for the lead singer of GirlsDeMo now that Iwasawa’s gone, and she sings a rock version of the opening theme, being voiced by Eri Kitamura, she’s obviously not bad.

But they don’t make her the lead singer just yet and instead, ignore her hyperactive talking and Yurippe plans playing a ball game in which they will form teams and no team is to do worse than the regular students. Hinata gets Otonashi onto his team and they go look for more people.

They’re playing baseball, so they need seven more members. So after their team is rejected by a few people Yui turns up and after a comical moment she joins their team. Next up the get Shiina to join their team, who has been balancing a broom on her finger cos she lost out to Otonashi during that Guild Descent mission… They get Noda next, by a simple line ‘you won’t get Yurippe’s attention by simply being strong’… I think he likes her…

Another quick flashback as a baseball flies high into the sky and Hinata is suppose to catch it, Otonashi snaps Hinata out of it though. Now they only need four more members but all of the SSS is in teams already so Yui says that she has friends. Three friends, but they play with one short anyway. All of the SSS teams beat the first round and next up it’s Hinata team’s turn.

Yurippe is looking out the window with her binoculars saying how well they’re doing and what will the ‘Angel’ think of it now.

And even though they’ve got a team of idiots, Hinata’s team make it through the first round as well. But they attract the attention of the ‘Angel’ who has formed a student council team to remove the SSS teams as they aren’t registered.

All SSS teams lose except one, which is, Hinata’s team… who’ve already lost hope of winning. I’m not commenting on the game, as I don’t know anything about baseball. Matsuhita completes their team during mid game as Otonashi gave him his Udon meal ticket. 7 – 6 last game, or so Otonashi says, I have no clue what’s going on, anyway apparently they can win it. When he calls for a time out he sees Hinata daydreaming again. Another flashback and apparently when he was alive, he had missed a very important catch during a baseball match and was hated by his teammates, I think he was given some sort of illegal drugs and that’s why he forgot and died, it was implied, at least I believe.

Back to the match now. Otonashi pitches and the batter hits it high, and it’s apparently the same type of hit that Hinata missed when he was alive. Just as Hinata was about to catch it, in which case Otonashi fears he may disappear, Yui comes in randomly and knocks him over. So, they lose, and the ending theme plays.

Well, that was an interesting episode. Luckily not a tearjerker so I can put the tissues away for this episode. This episode gave us more background information again, on Hinata this time. Personally, I thought this episode didn’t really go anywhere apart from Hinata’s flashbacks, but didn’t really continue anything. It seems they’ve forgotten about that the Angel made her own abilities so she may not actually be an ‘Angel’. I want to know more on that. But, it was an enjoyable episode with the addition of the hyperactive Yui, who also makes an addition to the picture on the ending sequence. Let’s see if they continue on the story next episode then. Then again, I don’t even know what the overall storyline is. A real tearjerker probably, but hopefully with a happy ending.