1. The Interhigh singles preliminaries are approaching!Copy !req
2. I want you to go in there ready to take all four slots again this year!Copy !req
3. Yes, sir!Copy !req
4. But our block is packed with tough guys like Kong of Tsujidou and Tsukimoto of Katase,Copy !req
5. who are even better than the
guys we'll face at the Interhigh!Copy !req
6. Don't let your guard down! Got it?Copy !req
7. Yes, sir!Copy !req
8. Wow, they're already serving cold noodles!Copy !req
9. I never get tired of eating here. So many seasonal options!Copy !req
10. That's nice, Peco,Copy !req
11. but how will you pass high school if you're always here?Copy !req
12. It's no problem.Copy !req
13. I've calculated how often I can skip and still graduate.Copy !req
14. You go to Katase, right?Copy !req
15. Yeah.Copy !req
16. There's a chopper there named Tsukimoto.Copy !req
17. Uh, yeah.Copy !req
18. Is he good?Copy !req
19. They say he's on a fifty-game winning streak.Copy !req
20. Is it true, Peco?Copy !req
21. Yeah, it is.Copy !req
22. Well, my kid brother's on a high school team, and he played Tsukimoto once.Copy !req
23. Said he's out of this world.Copy !req
24. Like, superhuman!Copy !req
25. Apparently he's so tough he made my brother wonder if he should quit.Copy !req
26. Oh?Copy !req
27. He said it was like playing a robot.Copy !req
28. What? This is the old lady?Copy !req
29. She was a real cutie.Copy !req
30. Hey, no giving Peco beer!Copy !req
31. I know we've got juice and stuff!Copy !req
32. Didn't you take a pic of Mom's bronze statue when you first got here?Copy !req
33. Ping Pong Girl!Copy !req
34. Yikes.Copy !req
35. This is Mr. Koizumi.Copy !req
36. Huh?Copy !req
37. And this is the chairman of Kaiou, Kazama's granddad.Copy !req
38. Wow, so it is!Copy !req
39. There, there.Copy !req
40. Up you go!Copy !req
41. It's a small world, huh?Copy !req
42. They were all childhood friends.Copy !req
43. Now eat something and go to sleep!Copy !req
44. Oh, and Mom's worried about your knee.Copy !req
45. A knee injury's what made her quit table tennis, after all.Copy !req
46. You sure you're okay?Copy !req
47. Yup.Copy !req
48. Don't sleep here.Copy !req
49. You're always in the bath.Copy !req
50. I hear Poseidon's providing mats for the Interhigh preliminaries.Copy !req
51. They're doing it to promote sales.Copy !req
52. And all the Kaiou players will be wearing special mat shoes called "Dragon."Copy !req
53. You should play table tennis for yourself, Ryuu.Copy !req
54. I'm getting out of here!Copy !req
55. Don't make that scary face.Copy !req
56. Huh, I didn't know Hoshino still played table tennis.Copy !req
57. And since you didn't do your job with him, I had to work my butt off.Copy !req
58. You can't smoke in here.Copy !req
59. All right. I'll register him too, then.Copy !req
60. He's strangely popular with the team.Copy !req
61. They probably won't mind—they'll welcome him, even.Copy !req
62. Question for you, Ms. Tamura.Copy !req
63. What are the odds of this bowl-headed Hoshino of yours beating Tsukimoto at the next Interhigh?Copy !req
64. You're the one who wrote him off.Copy !req
65. That's not an answer.Copy !req
66. I'm not good at predicting odds.Copy !req
67. You can't compare that kid to other people,Copy !req
68. so it's hard to tell.Copy !req
69. But if we're talking about talent alone,
he's far better than Kaiou's Kazama Ryuuichi.Copy !req
70. I can say that much for sure.Copy !req
71. No way.Copy !req
72. I will become stronger!Copy !req
73. Better than my farther!Copy !req
74. Better than my grandfather!Copy !req
75. A new age has dawned, and still I can't make a decisionCopy !req
76. My path is too straight for my taste, but I'll walk itCopy !req
77. I can't choose just yetCopy !req
78. I have to think about itCopy !req
79. I have no idea what I want to doCopy !req
80. I'm going crazy!Copy !req
81. Comparing yourself to others just makes you depressedCopy !req
82. You're alone in this worldCopy !req
83. You're always alone hereCopy !req
84. Still you're gonna do it, right?Copy !req
85. Maybe there's nothing that only I can doCopy !req
86. But there's no way that ICopy !req
87. But there's no way that ICopy !req
88. But there's no way that I won't try to leave my markCopy !req
89. I just want to have my fun, whatever the timesCopy !req
90. Hey, isn't that Tsukimoto Makoto?Copy !req
91. He's right. It's Tsukimoto of Katase High.Copy !req
92. What is he doing?Copy !req
93. Waiting for someone, maybe?Copy !req
94. That was Tsukimoto, from Katase High.Copy !req
95. Really? That's him?Copy !req
96. Hey, Tsukimoto!Copy !req
97. Get in here!Copy !req
98. The vibe's kinda different from before!Copy !req
99. Here they are. So hardcore!Copy !req
100. Look at those heads.Copy !req
101. You think they'll take the top four spots again this year?Copy !req
102. I don't know about this year.Copy !req
103. For one thing, there's Tsukimoto from Katase High, right?Copy !req
104. Rumor has it that Dragon inputted
Tsukimoto's data into his practice robots.Copy !req
105. Mats!Copy !req
106. They've got mats on the floor!Copy !req
107. I dunno, I guess maybe it is kinda slippery?Copy !req
108. Are you serious?Copy !req
109. Ow! I slipped.Copy !req
110. Seriously? You're always falling down, moron!Copy !req
111. Kazama said the special mat shoes felt "completely different," remember?Copy !req
112. That was a TV commercial, moron.Copy !req
113. They were on sale outside, right?Copy !req
114. Size 27.5, please!Copy !req
115. Here you are!Copy !req
116. Size 26.5.Copy !req
117. There you go!Copy !req
118. International arenas have mats!Copy !req
119. It's completely different.Copy !req
120. Leap out into the world!Copy !req
121. The world's first shoes made especially for mats!Copy !req
122. Gimme, gimme!Copy !req
123. Have any 28s?Copy !req
124. Size 26.5!Copy !req
125. I checked out the tournament brackets!Copy !req
126. Thanks.Copy !req
127. I doubt the mats make a difference!Copy !req
128. No pro athletes change their shoes based on mats vs. bare floor!Copy !req
129. They're just trying to whip up sales!Copy !req
130. So how did it look?Copy !req
131. Where's Smile?Copy !req
132. In the stadium with Koizumi.Copy !req
133. Jeez! I wanted to say hi!Copy !req
134. Hey!Copy !req
135. The bracket.Copy !req
136. Well, the first round is a first-year I know who'll be easy to beat, but...Copy !req
137. Just spit it out.Copy !req
138. Hey, Peco!Copy !req
139. I saw your second round opponent!Copy !req
140. Who is it?Copy !req
141. It's Kong Wenge!Copy !req
142. What's wrong, Wenge?Copy !req
143. Homesick?Copy !req
144. Something like that.Copy !req
145. Really? I've got China in the very second round?Copy !req
146. But if you make it past that, it's a cakewalk until the semifinal against Kazama!Copy !req
147. What about Smile?Copy !req
148. If you play Smile, it'll be in the final.Copy !req
149. There's no one in his way except
maybe Sanada in the third round.Copy !req
150. The others don't stand a chance.Copy !req
151. Is Sanada good?Copy !req
152. He's Kaiou's vice captain.Copy !req
153. Oh.Copy !req
154. Thanks, Michio.Copy !req
155. I'm off.Copy !req
156. What's up? There's plenty of time before your match!Copy !req
157. I'm gonna go.Copy !req
158. Really?Copy !req
159. Okay! Show 'em who's boss, then!Copy !req
160. Make a big name for yourself, Peco!Copy !req
161. I figured that'd get him down, but he's taking it in stride, huh, Mom?Copy !req
162. When you're aiming for the top, you're bound to face monsters eventually.Copy !req
163. I guess he'd steeled himself for this.Copy !req
164. Oh man, this blows.Copy !req
165. Seriously?Copy !req
166. Just kill me now...Copy !req
167. You might not believe this,Copy !req
168. but my team is getting pretty good.Copy !req
169. It was like teaching babies to read and write.Copy !req
170. Today's singles matches may be rough,Copy !req
171. but they'll go far in the team events.Copy !req
172. I look forward to it.Copy !req
173. It's true.Copy !req
174. I trust you, Wenge.Copy !req
175. Is the strongest one still that Kazama Ryuuichi?Copy !req
176. Yeah.Copy !req
177. But this year, there's a player who's a threat to him.Copy !req
178. Do you remember him, Coach?Copy !req
179. Tsukimoto Makoto.Copy !req
180. Oh, the kid with the glasses...Copy !req
181. It's sure to be a good fight.Copy !req
182. I won't play them until the semifinals.Copy !req
183. First, I'll make it into the top four and head to nationals.Copy !req
184. I look forward to it.Copy !req
185. Just once, I'd like to beat Kazama and earn my ticket home.Copy !req
186. Sounds good. I'm sure you can do it.Copy !req
187. Not gonna wear the mat shoes?Copy !req
188. No. Shoes make no difference to me.Copy !req
189. Sure looks dumb if we all wear them and Kazama doesn't.Copy !req
190. I've worn Butterfly shoes since I was in China.Copy !req
191. I wear the same ones on mats and bare floors.Copy !req
192. Wait, really?Copy !req
193. We bought them!Copy !req
194. But wearing good shoes is good.Copy !req
195. Everyone should wear good shoes.Copy !req
196. Hey, Kong and Dragon aren't wearing mat shoes.Copy !req
197. Kazama isn't?Copy !req
198. The mats don't bother you?Copy !req
199. No, they don't.Copy !req
200. Anyway, don't you have any strategic advice, Coach?Copy !req
201. None at all.Copy !req
202. You're already the greatest player in my eyes, Mr. Tsukimoto.Copy !req
203. I know you will win.Copy !req
204. Destroy him, Kong!Copy !req
205. Get Kaiou!Copy !req
206. Go, Kaiou!Copy !req
207. Blow Kong away!Copy !req
208. It's time to dance.Copy !req
209. Yes!Copy !req
210. Yes!Copy !req
211. Damn. They're just drives!Copy !req
212. I got no hope.Copy !req
213. I'm just no match for him.Copy !req
214. This is what world-level play is like, huh?Copy !req
215. I finally made first string at Kaiou,Copy !req
216. and this is how my first match goes?Copy !req
217. Is it talent?Copy !req
218. Will I get yelled at?Copy !req
219. Nah, maybe I only ever made first string because Kaiou ain't what it was.Copy !req
220. Guess nobody expects much from me.Copy !req
221. Eleven-two!Copy !req
222. Match goes to Kong!Copy !req
223. Pitiful.Copy !req
224. I did it! I won!Copy !req
225. Thank you, Kong.Copy !req
226. That was just the first round.Copy !req
227. But I was up against Higashi from South High!Copy !req
228. So what, moron? Even I beat a guy from North High.Copy !req
229. Listen up. Practice hard and you will get stronger.Copy !req
230. That's truth.Copy !req
231. Then if I work myself to death,
will I be able to play like Tsukimoto?Copy !req
232. Not a chance.Copy !req
233. Joking. Who knows?Copy !req
234. Maybe talent is sleeping somewhere inside you.Copy !req
235. Enter the HeroCopy !req
236. The second round matches will now begin.Copy !req
237. Players, please report to your designated tables.Copy !req
238. I remember you.Copy !req
239. I wish you'd forgotten.Copy !req
240. FYI, I'm a little different from last year.Copy !req
241. Japanese penhold with a rubber on the back! This guy...Copy !req
242. I've been remodeled.Copy !req
243. Keep that in mind, Kong!Copy !req
244. Game goes to Tsukimoto!Copy !req
245. Tsukimoto Makoto is nothing if not brilliant.Copy !req
246. Perfectly efficient movements,
stroke variations, control, and speed.Copy !req
247. He's phenomenal at everything.Copy !req
248. Ryuuichi.Copy !req
249. Yes, sir.Copy !req
250. What's wrong?Copy !req
251. Table twelve.Copy !req
252. Kong Wenge.Copy !req
253. Yes, sir.Copy !req
254. Watch closely.Copy !req
255. You'll definitely go against him later.Copy !req
256. I'm not so sure about that.Copy !req
257. He's going to lose the first game.Copy !req
258. Out!Copy !req
259. Ten-seven, Hoshino!Copy !req
260. Crap!Copy !req
261. Wenge...Copy !req
262. Hoshino? Who is that?Copy !req
263. I don't know.Copy !req
264. Kong's probably panicking right about now.Copy !req
265. This is someone he skunked a year ago, after all.Copy !req
266. Is this really the same guy from last year?Copy !req
267. He's completely different.Copy !req
268. That guy didn't have drives. Is he someone else?Copy !req
269. He's fast!Copy !req
270. Ugh!Copy !req
271. No! It's him!Copy !req
272. He hasn't overcome his weak backhand side.Copy !req
273. Why no RPB shots, then?Copy !req
274. Isn't that what the rubber is for?Copy !req
275. Does he not have a reverse side?Copy !req
276. Does it not exist?Copy !req
277. He doesn't really have a backhand, Wenge!Copy !req
278. Don't let the racket fool you!Copy !req
279. He hasn't mastered the RPB style yet!Copy !req
280. That's it!Copy !req
281. Ni hao.Copy !req
282. This kid... That's it!Copy !req
283. Right there.Copy !req
284. Damn!Copy !req
285. Eleven-eight!Copy !req
286. Game goes to Hoshino!Copy !req
287. Kong lost a game.Copy !req
288. That penholder's using both sides of the bat!Copy !req
289. Go over all the data on Hoshino of Katase again.Copy !req
290. His backhand was almost like a forehand.Copy !req
291. That punk...Copy !req
292. I told him to test his reverse side against weaker opponents first.Copy !req
293. The better your opponent, the more effective bluffs are.Copy !req
294. Love ya, Peco.Copy !req
295. Oh yeah!Copy !req
296. You there!Copy !req
297. You're in the middle of a game, Tsukimoto!Copy !req
298. Right.Copy !req
299. I'm sorry.Copy !req
300. Welcome back, hero.Copy !req
301. Oh?Copy !req
302. My, my.Copy !req
303. He just up and learned the Chiquita and its reverse!Copy !req
304. What an unbelievable kid.Copy !req
305. He grows right before your eyes.Copy !req
306. Yeah.Copy !req
307. It's probably a game to him.Copy !req
308. The way he kicks people in the back to
instantly climb up the ranks is terrifying.Copy !req
309. The reasonable assumption is probably that Kong panicked and went off his game.Copy !req
310. Yes.Copy !req
311. However...Copy !req
312. Yeah!Copy !req
313. Nine-six, Hoshino!Copy !req
314. Do you remember?Copy !req
315. The first time you play me,
you can't take one point off me.Copy !req
316. Xie xie, Kong.Copy !req
317. It's all thanks to you that I managed to get better.Copy !req
318. You taught me how to fly!Copy !req
319. Talent, huh?Copy !req
320. Done already, Mr. Tsukimoto?Copy !req
321. Yes.Copy !req
322. That was quick.Copy !req
323. You didn't watch me?Copy !req
324. No. I knew you'd win anyway.Copy !req
325. I lost.Copy !req
326. What?Copy !req
327. Just kidding.Copy !req
328. Hoshino, huh?Copy !req
329. Yeah. He's playing an interesting game.Copy !req
330. He's an RPB... driver...Copy !req
331. What? You're not going to watch?Copy !req
332. I know he'll win anyway.Copy !req
333. Out!Copy !req
334. Ten-seven, Hoshino!Copy !req
335. He's coming.Copy !req
336. Yes.Copy !req
337. Good boy.Copy !req
338. I wish I at least got to spend my eternal exile in Europe...Copy !req
339. Sweden or Germany or someplace.Copy !req
340. First, I'll get into the top four and head to nationals.Copy !req
341. Japan, huh?Copy !req
342. You can do it, Kong!Copy !req
343. Say hi to Kazama for me.Copy !req
344. Huh?Copy !req
345. Got your ticket, Wenge?Copy !req
346. Wenge, I'll be waiting for you.Copy !req
347. Welcome home.Copy !req
348. Match goes to Hoshino!Copy !req
349. Call me when you're in a pinch!Copy !req
350. Chant this three times in your mind!Copy !req
351. Enter the hero!Copy !req
352. Enter the hero!Copy !req
353. Enter the hero!Copy !req
354. If you do that, I'll come to you!Copy !req
355. I'll come from Planet Ping Pong!Copy !req
356. A red sun stares at meCopy !req
357. The world goes blurry when I yawnCopy !req
358. My wishes fluctuate like a metronomeCopy !req
359. Everything tells me this is the endCopy !req
360. I do have some dreams, you knowCopy !req
361. I do have some dreams, you knowCopy !req
362. Sometimes we breatheCopy !req
363. Sometimes we breatheCopy !req
364. and just seem to inhale the smoke of someoneCopy !req
365. and just seem to inhale the smoke of someoneCopy !req
366. somewhere out of sightCopy !req
367. somewhere out of sightCopy !req
368. Then we are pure determinationCopy !req
369. Then we are pure determinationCopy !req
370. I don't understand this wonderlandCopy !req
371. I don't understand this wonderlandCopy !req
372. I won't get wet even if it rainsCopy !req
373. I won't get wet even if it rainsCopy !req
374. This is a wonderlandCopy !req
375. This is a wonderlandCopy !req
376. Once I've made it through this long tunnelCopy !req
377. I'm sure that someone will kiss meCopy !req
378. I'm sure that someone will kiss meCopy !req