The episode’s final scene is its best. The team sits in a dark locker room. No one speaks. Sora finally stands up and says (in Tindle’s softest, most vulnerable register): “We got crushed. But we showed up. That’s step one.”

Ahiru no Sora (Dub) Episode 7 is available on streaming platforms including HIDIVE and select digital retailers. English dub produced by Sentai Filmworks.

For English dub enthusiasts who have been waiting for the series to hit its stride, Episode 7 is the catalyst you’ve been waiting for. The clunky introductions are over. The bench-warming is finished. This is the episode where the ragtag team of delinquents and misfits at Kuzuryū High School takes its first real step toward becoming a basketball team.

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