The Old Dog, New Tricks? (2022)
Crushed by his sudden forced retirement, a professional soccer player pivots into a new career when he starts working for a sports management company.
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2022-06-26Forced to retire at 37 years old, soccer star Ryotaro Shinmachi must find a regular job but struggles due to his lack of professional skills.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2022-07-03Shinmachi and Tohko try signing a gifted 9-year-old skateboarder but learn that her hotheaded father is already in talks with a major overseas agency.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2022-07-17After a marathon runner managed by Tohko suffers a crushing defeat, he blames her for the media fallout and demands that Shinmachi manage him instead.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2022-07-24Shinmachi struggles with his lingering desire to return to soccer. Meanwhile, he manages a baseball player who is about to be dropped by his team.
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 2022-07-31An excited Jo recruits a young fencer named Misaki, but he has trouble figuring out how to promote her because of her extreme shyness.
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 2022-08-07Shinmachi gets tasked with managing a basketball player who is hoping to switch teams, but a serious injury in practice threatens the player's career.
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 2022-08-14Umeyashiki pushes for Victory to grant a wheelchair tennis player's request for management, despite the company having never signed a Para athlete.
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 2022-08-21When a volleyball player declines an offer to play for an Italian team in the world's best league, Takayanagi tasks Tohko with making her reconsider.
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Episode 9 - Episode 9
Release Date: 2022-08-28When Aso receives a four-year doping suspension, Takayanagi moves to terminate his contract, but Shinmachi is determined to prove his innocence.
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Episode 10 - Episode 10
Release Date: 2022-09-04Shinmachi changes careers. But when Igaki comes to him for help after a deal to play overseas falls through, he agrees to be his agent one last time.