Stars Align Episode 1 English Dubbed Episode Title:Episode 1.Episode Description:The boys soft tennis club faces dissolution due to the lack of results and skill. Desperate for new members with athletic ability, Toma Shinjo leads a recruitment drive and come up empty. He approaches the transfer student Maki Katsuragi after watching him catch a stray cat, but Maki declines, not wanting to join any clubs. Toma follows Maki around insistent on recruiting him and Maki agrees with the condition that he gets paid. That night, Maki's father, Kenji Kyotabe, arrives at Maki's apartment and beats him before stealing money that Maki had hidden from him and leaving.