Its the Snake!
St. Rudolph was expecting a Boomerang Snake!
Its your chance!
A lob? How many times did I tell them?!
Look how high he gets!
Unusually good timing.
There!
Game to Seigaku! Five games to three!
Amazing!
That was amazing!
Go! Momo!
The Snake is coming!
Thats it! The Boomerang Snake!
15 - Love.
Wow! Did you see that?!
Amazing, Kaido!
Hey, not bad.
Theres nothing for you to do.
Just get back and stay outta the way.
Huh?
Hey, dont get too cocky, Viper!
Say that again!
Huh?!
Leave me alone! I dont wanna see that face of yours!
Youre the one whos getting in my way!
What?! Take that back!
Your way of doing things has always bugged me!
Same here!
At first glance, it looks like a mismatch. Whyd I have to be paired with you?!
But its going just as I planned. Shut up!
The sum of the parts Viper! Viper!
is greater than the whole. Why you--!
Seigakus controlling the game now.
This isnt good, Captain Akazawa.
Think about it, Kaneda.
Yanagisawa and Kisarazu.
These two always come through at crunch time.
Thats how theyve won all their games.
Damn! Thats some kind of secret weapon he had!
However
that trick is possible because the ball is near the line.
In other words
if I place my shot in the center,
he wont be able to curve it around the pole!
I get it! Hes hitting the ball in the center
so that Kaido wont be able to hit his Boomerang Snake!
This is bad, Kaido! This is bad, Kaido!
But winning like thatis no fun!
Boomerang Snake!
Cool!
What the--?!
Fool! He lured you into that, yknow!
Hes not?
A backspin lob!
Its in the air a long time and the wind can easily alter its course!
Its extremely difficult to return the ball with a dunk smash!
Heh! Its too late, yknow?
Huh? What the--?!
This guy! I cant believe how high he jumps and his body balance!
There it comes! But Ill treat it the same, yknow
Straight down the line! Its mine, yknow!
Huh?!
The path of the ball has changed!
W-Wait!
M-Momo
What happened?
The dunk smash hit him right in the face!
Th-The ball took a hop, yknow.
H-Hey! Yanagisawa!
Yanagisawa!
Are you all right, Yanagisawa?
H-Hey Yanagisawa!
I see stars, yknow? I see stars Hey! Hey! Yanagisawa!
He doesnt look good. He cant continue to play.
I dont think so.
Did you see that?
No way you can continue after getting hit like that!
Is he all right? He hasnt gotten up yet.
But that Seigaku player is amazing!
That was some smash.
Hey Yanagisawa! Snap out of it! The match isnt over yet!
Get up! Hey!
Huh? Hey!
Hold it, hey!
St. Rudolph defaults. Win to Seigaku!
Yay! We won! We won!
We won the doubles!
Boy, oh boy What a way for this match to end.
Those two never stick to the scenario.
Strange things sure do happen.
Huh? Wait, hey!
Im still itching to play!
Jeez!
Hey! I havent gotten this energy out of my system yet!
Hey, dont go! Wherere you going?
Hey, cmon!
Hey, go back. Let go of me! Hey! Cmon!
Momos Dunk Smash was awesome, wasnt it?
It was so shocking!
If this keeps up, Seigaku will go all the way.
Yup After all, the next match will feature Seigakus golden pair.
Theres no way that the Oishi-Kikumaru pair will lose.
SheeshThis isnt satisfying at all. No fun at all.
That guy ran away from the match.
Cuz you whacked his face! With that stupid smash!
Shut up! Im just as surprised as everyone else!
Is Yanagisawa all right?
Hes okay. Hes just exhausted.
But its frustrating! They were on a roll
If only he didnt get hit.
It was just bad luck this time.
No Those two kept getting better during the match.
They surpassed the level we expected them to be at.
Mizuki
Making excuses is shameful.
If you had done as I instructed, you could have won.
They humiliated us.
Captain, we cant allow this kind of disgraceful match!
Mizuki, dont worry.
Ill let them have a taste of my backstroke.
At least, to one of Seigakus golden pair.
Youre right
Seigaku and St. Rudolph #1 doubles players, please come to center court.
Awright, done.
Okay, lets go, Eiji.
Right!
This is the second match of the semifinals of Block D.
#1 Doubles.
Eiji, lets play with spirit.
Okay!
Im gonna have fun with you, Eiji Kikumaru.
Say, did you hear?
Yuta Fuji of St. Rudolph
You mean, the Lefty Killer?
Yeah.
He was practicing for a match with Seigakus Tezuka,
but there was some mistake and hes going to play a seventh grade regular.
Really? Thatll have Seigaku in a real pinch.
And is this seventh-grader a left-hander, too?
Actually, he is.
Wow Its going from bad to worse!
If Im to play a southpaw anyway,
Id like to have faced McEnroe when he was at his peak.
Oh, there he is!
Ryoma!
Whatre you doing here?!
Sorry, but can you buy me a drink?
Theres no time for that!
Oishi and Kikumaru are
Huh?
Game to St. Rudolph! Two games to love!
St. Rudolph leads!
They broke serve on Seigakus Golden Pair!
Impossible!
Whats there to be surprised about?
Its all according to the scenario.
Theyve been returning balls only to Kikumaru.
Theyre breaking up the Golden Pair by focusing only on one player.
What a pain! Theyre making me hit shots I hate!
Well then
Here!
Huh? I get it
Hes purposely going around the shots he hates to execute his best shots.
I respect that agility, but it wont work forever!
There it is! His diving volley!
Out! Fifteen - Love!
That was close.
Eiji, dont worry about it.
Theyre focusing their returns on you.
Stay calm. Ill follow up on the balls.
Lets take it slow.
Eiji?
Huh? What is it?
All right. Lets get it back!
I can handle it!
All right
This isnt good. Eijis losing his concentration.
But usually, Eijis concentration heightens when they keep the ball coming to him.
Whats going on?
Seigakus Golden Pair with Oishi and Kikumaru cant possibly lose!
Theyre focusing only on Kikumaru!
Hang in there, Golden Pair!
Eijis losing concentration.
30 - Love.
Too many unforced errors.
Dammit!
Is Akazawas pressure too much for him?
Thats not all.
Inui
Akazawa is a great singles player.
But hes not accustomed to doubles.
So there has to be another reason for this.
Huh?!
Captain
Okay.
Say
It looks like there are five or six balls.
Huh?! Echizen, whatre you saying?
Whenever the bigger guy of St. Rudolph hits the ball
Is that it?
Whenever Akazawa hits a backhand,
he has a strange habit of using the top of the racket.
Its not the sweet spot, but the cusp of the racket.
So it hits harder on the gut.
That ball must entail a lot of quick movements that an average person cannot discern.
However, Kikumaru has a keen sense of seeing moving objects.
And his eyes try to track every movement of the ball.
My eyes hurt And its tiring.
I dont doubt it.
Are you serious?
There are five, six balls? I see only one.
One, two!
I see eight!
Net ball! 40 - Love!
In this humidity, with this strategy of returning balls only to Kikumaru,
with the shots that he hates and this blur shot.
Kikumarus overly keen ability to see moving objects
have taken its toll and worn him out, mentally and physically.
Does that mean Kikumaru
has been seeing multiple balls every time?
And now hes in a bind because of his keen sense of sight.
What bad luck!
So that was why singles player Akazawa is playing doubles,
to wear down Kikumaru.
They weakened Kikumarus sharp eyes with Akazawas blur shot.
Manager Mizuki of St. Rudolph came up with a clever anti-Kikumaru strategy.
Its too late now, Inui. Kikumaru has fallen to our pace.
Humans have a limit to how long they can concentrate.
And hes reaching his limit.
Kikumaru can still concentrate.
You know what those two are called, right?
Huh? Huh?
Okay! All right!
All right, were going to practice doubles today.
Momoshiro-Echizen vs. Oishi-Kikumaru.
Get on the court.
Okay.
Doubles? Me?
No complaints!
And with you?
Whats the big deal?! Get on the court!
Huh? Huh?
Whats this rope?
I want you to play a practice match with that rope tied on your waist.
Weird.
No problem!
Ill get that one!
Uh-oh... Oops.
Echizen, dont pull the rope!
All right.
Huh?
Kikumaru Beam!
Way to go, Golden Pair!
Your teamwork is perfect!
And the Pairs rope isnt tangled at all.
Huh?
Thats Oishis tennis style.
He watches the entire court closely
and controls the opponents pace, waiting for his chances.
Of course, hell never tangle the rope.
Thats why Kikumaru can attack with such agility.
Uh-huh.
Right! They cant lose! Golden Pair!
Go for it! Never mind the blur shot!
Golden Pair!
Kikumaru is amazing!
Go, Kikumaru! Kikumaru!
Awesome!
Heres my chance!
Kikumaru!
Its over!
No way!
Oishi!
Oishi?!
Too bad, Akazawa! This is doubles!
Here it is
Oishis best shot.
With supreme control,
hell aim his shot right over his opponent, a topspin lob.
Huh?
The Moon Volley
Right close to the line.
Nope!
Oishi didnt aim for close to the line.
What?!
He aimed right at the line.
A-Amazing! No wonder theyre the Golden Pair!
I thought it was over.
Oishi is so cool!
Oishi!
Theyre good, no wonder they made it to the Nationals.
Huh, Mr. Inoue?
Yeah!
Only Oishi could play like that.
Its still early in the game.
Yahoo! Its Kikumaru!
The St. Rudolph match is a toughie.
Why must they focus only on me? This is bad.
But weve been working ona new trick!
Right, Oishi?
Next on The Prince of Tennis: Mortal Blow: Eijis Feigned Sleep Attack
I wasnt sleeping! I wasnt!