-- Hey! -- Huh?!
Who is that short kid?
Huh? Where?
Well, I don't know...
That short kid. What a great serve!
Hey, Akutsu...
I'm sorry, but it looks like there's trouble on the court,
so can you leave now?
I told you not to order me around!
S-Sorry.
That short kid got to it before I did...
I came here to mess with Ginka as well...
SUSHI KAWAMURA
Okay.
There!
Wow, we have good bream today!
You're getting better about knowing the ingredients for sushi.
I have a good teacher.
No doubt about it!
To begin with, parents all over the world
hope that a son succeeds his father's profession.
Well, it's too early to talk about that.
Since you were little, you kept changing your mind on what you wanted to do.
Why don't you act according to your principles, like me?
Well, I have many things I want to do.
Give me a break!
I know you were crazy about karate before getting into tennis.
What happened to that?
Tennis is my number one for now.
You have the gift of gab!
BALL BOYS FOR THIS WEEK: 8TH GRADER ARAI 7TH GRADER KATO (K)
You and Arai are ball boys?
Yes.
Arai is short-tempered. You have to be careful, Kachiro.
Right. You better not get him angry, okay?
Hey, Kato, hurry up!
Okay!
Huh...?
Who are you? Which school are you from?
Hey, answer me!
Arai...
If you don't have anything better to do here, you'd better go.
Arai!
What are you doing?!
Greetings.
Don't act dumb with me!
Get out of here!
Huh?
Arai!
You're a member of the tennis team, right?
Y-Yeah...
There's a 7th-grade regular...
whose name is something like Echigoya here, right?
A 7th-grade regular? It must be Ryoma.
Wait a minute, you! I didn't finish yet.
Arai! Arai!
Who are you ordering around?
I-I should go tell a teacher.
Hey!
Bring over Echigoya.
Are you running away?
Shall I hit your face next?
Ryoma!
Echizen...
What's going on?
Be careful. That guy is very rough!
So we finally meet, the 7th-grade regular.
I don't know you.
Hey, that stone...!
That's...great!
NURSE'S OFFICE
O-Ouch!
Who did this to you?
You're hurt pretty bad.
And don't tell me you fell down.
I fell down.
You...
Someone from another school attacked Echizen?!
He's being treated at the nurse's office now.
Akutsu must be very violent.
He kicked Arai and he served stones at Echizen.
Yamabuki Junior High...
There's a possibility of playing them in the finals of the Metropolitan Matches...
It's Sengoku's team.
We'd better report this to the Middle School Physical Education Association.
We need to ask Tezuka and Ms. Ryuzaki for the decision.
Echizen! Are you all right?
Echizen!
It's nothing. I just fell down.
Hey, Echizen, we can file a complaint to the Middle School P.E. Assn...
I fell down.
No way, Oishi.
The look on his face says he's going to settle this by himself.
Please don't make any trouble!
Ryoma!
Today's performance was only an introduction.
You...
Don't rush things.
Advance to the finals of the Metropolitan Matches.
My name is Akutsu; I'm a 9th grader from Yamabuki.
Is Inui...training us harder since his visit to Ginka?
It looks like Ginka's training motivated him.
Is Ginka's team really that strong?
Hey, you'll get more tired if you talk.
Okay!
What's wrong with you, Taka?
Nothing.
Tell me if you don't feel good.
Before the Metropolitan Matches, you shouldn't over train, okay?
Yeah. I'm all right.
Ryoma, are you all right?
It's nothing.
Well, it's time for water!
-- Yahoo! -- Great!
Thanks, Inui.
Recharge completed!
You're welcome.
Oops, this one...is yours.
What happened?
What? What's going on?
From now on, if your lap time is more than one minute,
you have to drink this.
What is it?
I named it...
"Penal-Tea."
This Penal-Tea is good for your body.
It doesn't matter!
What the hell is that thick drink?!
I don't want to drink it!
I'm accelerating!
I refuse...to drink that!
Huh?
It's having the perfect effect!
The more laps that go by, the more victims we'll have.
How about you, coach?
No thanks...
I think this is tasty.
-- Yuck! -- Ack!
It's awful!
It doesn't look like it...
It's hot! I still have a bad taste in my mouth.
I don't feel good!
They're doing their 30th lap.
Only the regulars are still running.
They're all great!
Yeah.
Seriously, they really don't want to drink this.
Well, it's the last lap. Let me take out a special one.
Okay, the person who's last will drink this!
Drink the whole pitcher?!
Well, I mustn't lose!
What're you doing?
Don't run in front of me!
What?!
It's not a good idea to push in between them because they're too big.
Huh?
Here...
Oh? Okay! Great!
Get out of my way... burning!
I'm not going to let you go!
Hey hey...
Yay! I'm definitely not going to drink that!
Eiji! You drink!
Taka...!
I'm running just behind Taka to reduce the wind resistance until the third corner...
Everyone is working so hard...
That actually tastes good.
You really should try it, Tezuka.
No thanks.
You've still got a ways to go.
Echizen!
Wow! Everyone is so close!
Ryoma! Come on!
Everyone is so fast!
This works extremely well.
Here they come!
It's about time for the goal.
The first runner to make it to the last corner will be...
Ryoma!
Okay! The final burst!
Whoa! It's all of them!
Goal!
Everyone finished at the same time.
That was close. I'm exhausted!
Inui, stop offering us that drink, please!
There's no winner or loser.
I don't want to waste this, so how about everyone share it?
You drink it!
-- Nice practice! -- See you!
I'm exhausted.
Echizen, how's your injury?
I'm relieved you're not hurt too much.
Yeah...
Hey, are you hungry?
Why don't we go get hamburgers?
Oh, let's go.
Sorry... I'm not going.
You're not coming...?
I have something to take care of...
Well, it's unusual...
Taka is usually sociable...
May be he was watching his budget...
Watching his budget?
This will be on you, of course, right?
Thank you, Eiji!
You guys are really merciless...
Is that Taka over there?
Is he going to see someone?
Hmm...
He must have a date.
Whoa!
Are you following us because you were concerned about him?
Don't ask me too many questions.
Anyway... I have a feeling I'll have some good data...
On what?
Anyway, he was unclear about what he was going to do.
I wonder who he is going to meet?
Welcome.
A girl?
He made her cry!
Taka did that...?
What's wrong with the world?!
He's quite a guy...
What kind of notes are you taking?
His personal data...
There's more to him than meets the eye.
I agree...
Thanks for waiting.
Here's the super deluxe strawberry chocolate sundae.
Hey, kid, you ordered a yummy one!
I'm going to order something as well!
I'm going to order something to eat.
This is the special menu.
I'll take it!
I'll order this one!
And I'll get this one.
This is on Taka, right?
I'll order another one.
Huh?
What's wrong with you, kid?
Akutsu...
What?
He's...
He is...the crazy guy...?
But why is he with Taka?
Akutsu, look at me.
Jin!
I haven't seen you since we took karate classes together.
Well, we're not here to talk about the old days.
I heard you came over to my school today.
And? I stopped by only to say hello.
I'm asking you... Don't bother my team members.
It's stupid...to talk about such things.
Don't make Yuki worry anymore...
Stop it, Jin!
Don't order me around.
Takashi, are you all right?
I'll let you go by this once for old times' sake.
Jin! Why did you do that?!
That's terrible...
Oh, he's coming!
Hey, Momo, you'd better not.
Huh...?
I met you a little while ago...
Seigaku...
I haven't introduced myself yet...
I'm Ryoma Echizen, a 7th-grader at Seigaku.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Katsuo Mizuno.
Everyone is training hard each day for the Metropolitan Tournament.
Ryoma and Fuji are going head to head in a practice match.
And Ryoma is having a hard time against Fuji's new move.
Next on The Prince of Tennis: "The Brown Bear!"
They both look happy...