Category A
This anime passes the first three criteria in the first episode. The conversations are frequent and non-trivial!
- Are there two named female characters?
- Who have a conversation?
- Not about men?
- Does this happen frequently?
- Is the conversation non-trivial?
Easy Bechdel A. The girls never stopped talking. The protagonist’s obsession with a superhero, later copied by her rival, is a nice non-standard hobby for girls, which made me happy. I’m glad this fairly standard sports club anime exists. It’s by no means the best thing ever, but it’s no worse than male versions of such shows and nicely demonstrates that girls can do sports just as well/competitively/lazily as boys can.
More data:
Author gender: male
No. of female protagonists/all protagonists: ⅝
Year of airing: 2007 – 2008
Bechdel Anime 
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