A super-powered drive?!
Were gonna win this!
Their drive to win isnt like most teams
Okay, Fudomine!
This battle is gonna determine the winner!
Ill stop them!
It didnt bounce!
What was that?!
It just skidded along the ground!
Thats one of the three best counter shots Fuji has.
He calls it the Swallow Return.
TheSwallow Return?
He might be a problem to us, this genius, Shusuke Fuji
Take this!
Now Seigaku is starting to push them back!
Theyre finally playing their own game
Wow! This is getting interesting!
Im not letting you get started!
Is he able to read that one, too?!
Huh?
There it is! His Swallow Return!
Amazing!
Way to go, Fuji Senpai!
SoHes not called genius for nothingI guess.
Gotta hand it to that #2 Seigaku player
Swallow Return?
Take that!
Attaboy! Seigaku has got em on the run!
Got em on the run, do they?
But somehow, I dont think this is the end of the Fudomine team
Pick up those balls! Quit lazing around! Here!
Thats not the spirit!
Get running! 20 times around the field!
Youre the ones wholl be running.
What?!
Tachibana, youve got...
...some nerve!
Play a match against me.
Thats stupid Whod want to do that?
If anyone thinks hes better than me, step forward!
Hey, Tachibana!
Last time we cut you a lot of slack, but you just dont get it!
You think youre gonna start a new team?!
Keep picking up balls until next spring! You little brats!
Youre a failure as an instructor!
Nationals! Nationals! Nationals!
Fudomine Middle School
These players that have rallied around their captain Tachibana,
have a unity far tighter than most.
Good!
The Seigaku boys have really come on!
This is it! Our chance to break em!
This pointll decide the match! Gotta win this one!
Yeah.
This next point is a big one
If we take this game, then were up 5 3,
and itll be our serve with a huge advantage
Sakurai, open up the front.
Tachibana! Im going to use that shot
Ishida, is your arm starting to hurt again?
Capt. Tachibana
That flat shot of yours that you put 120% of your power into
may be a shot no one can return,
but it puts too great a strain on your arm.
You know that better than anyone.
You wont be able to play tennis anymore.
So, from now on, dont use that shot.
Well, if you say so, then I guess I wont.
To be sure...
this next point is the make-or-break point
Captain Tachibana! Ishidas waiting
Captain Tachibana!
I guess it cant be helped
But...
Only this once!
Great!
Ishida! Dont waste this one shot!
Bring the flow of the game back to Fudomine!
Go for it, Ishida!
The super-power shot!
A super-power shot?!
Uh-uh! I cant let them take this one!
You think you can send that back, do you, Fuji?!
No way, not with your skinny arms
Youll never be able to return my full-powered flat shot!
Dont! Fuji!
Youre not strong enough!
Fuji!
Taka!
Got it!
He returned it?!
I cant believe it!
Ishida!
That stance!
Dont tell me hes going to!
Not two of those in a row!
Ishida! Dont do it! Your arm!
Whocares...?!
That was irresponsible! Hell hear from me!
His strings broke first.
Thats not the only thing that broke
This is great! Mr. Inoue!
Seigakus in the lead!
Yeahbut
Huh?
Way to go!
Terrific!
Kawamura Senpai! Only one more game!
Finish it off with your blistering serve!
Leave it to me, Monkey! Huh?
Whats up, Fuji kiddo?
Huh?
Taka!
You...
covered for me, didnt you?
Wh-Whats this?
Sir!
Were defaulting this match.
What?!
Huh?!
Oh, no!
Somebody! Get the cold spray!
Huh? Oh! Yes, sir!
Whatre you talking about?! I can still play!
You know how important this first match is!
Itll be all right
Right?
Yeah
I-m so sorry, everybody
Grit your teeth! You ought to go to the hospital.
You might have a bone fracture.
Captain Tachibana
The air is getting colder
Kamio, go warm up.
Shinji, go help him.
You should be limbering up, too.
Whats the next match?
#1 Doubles. For Seigaku itll be Oishi and Kikumaru,
and for Fudomine, itll be Uchimura and Mori.
Then, in that case
Come on! Seigaku cant lose by default!
And a doubles match with Fuji Senpai, too!
Wh-Whats gonna happen now?
Hes in rare good form today! Hes really focused!
This is gonna be somethin!
This is a one-set match. Seigakus Oishi to serve.
Well flatten their big noses for them!
Ill show em what Im capable of!
Ill teach them
Here!
why they call me
the Killer Net Man!
Hes aiming for the face while his opponents unguarded!
Watch out!
Gotcha!
Wow! What was that?!
Fifteen Love!
Wh-Wha? How could he?
How does he move like that?!
Just like that. You see?
Terrific!
Way to go, Kikumaru Senpai! Oishi Senpai!
Game to Seigaku.
Hm? Hey, where you going, Echizen?
Im thirsty. Im getting a drink of water.
The matches are on. Hurry back.
Okay!
That kid! Always going his own way
That guy?
You hurt it by hitting a ball back?
The ball tore a hole in his strings?
Oh, please!
Um Actually, its true.
Game to Seigaku.
Wow! Look at this!
What are those two doing?
Theyre hitting two balls from so close!
Got it!
Okay!
Kaido?
You better get warmed up, too.
The next match is you against Kamio, right?
Geez
And if you see Echizen, bring him back here.
Me?
He might be lost.
Upperclassmen should look after their juniors, right?
These two are Kamio and Ibu from Fudomine
Kamio?
I dont believe it
Oh!
We now have the full cast
Well, we were lucky to beat that Fuji in doubles,
but the real responsibility hangs on us singles players.
Got no confidence?
Dont be dumb! Just the opposite!
Im bursting with confidence!
I wont let it get to the Captains match!
No way! He went between them?!
What just happened there?
Hes a 7th grader, but on the regular team for Seigaku.
Geez
Hey, hey! Are you serious?!
Youve still got a ways to go.
You ought to try it with one more ball.
That punk
Whats with this a ways to go stuff?!
Hey... Huh?
Hey! You got a problem with our 7th grader?!
Uh-oh!
Okay! Thats enough!
Its you!
Isnt it about time you guys went back?
If youre doing anything other than warming up,
Ill tell your captain.
Yeah, yeah, okay.
Well, I cant wait for our match...
Mr. Seigaku!
You guys look cool, but youre pretty hot-headed.
But, I dont get tired of watching you!
Whos this?
Dont know.
Rather than worry about me, shouldnt you be worrying about your match?
Kamios the type of player youre worst at.
What?!
And Shinji Ibu...
hes got the same kind of feel for tennis as Seigakus genius Shusuke Fuji.
How do you know so much?
HmHow indeed?
Oh, no! This is bad! See you!
Dont stand there, loafing around!
Yes, sir!
There!
Oh, no! Its started to rain!
Oh, dear! Wheres an umbrella?!
Ive got one!
This looks like it might stop soon,
but the game will probably be affected by it.
Heres my chance! He slipped in the rain!
How do you like this?!
Jeez! Not again!
Hes got the same kind of feel for tennis as Seigakus genius,
Shusuke Fuji.
Hello, Im Shuichiro Oishi Assistant Captain of the Seigaku Tennis Team.
That Fudomine team is amazing.
The Seigaku Regulars were all stunned by Ishidas super-powered shot.
Our #2 doubles team was forced to concede when Takashi injured himself.
But Eiji and I will even things out in our #1 doubles match.
Next on The Prince of Tennis: Boomerang Snake
Kaoru, what in the world is that?!