Tenipuri Episode Guide, Part 1: Eps 001-101
This isn't meant to explain everything that happens in every episode. The focus is primarily on the tennis matches: who plays who, what the scores are, and first appearances of any special moves. Notes are made in regards to any particularly memorable events, and also to any not-so-memorable characters, just to act as a reminder to what their names are.
Later on I admit to including some not-so-objective comments.
Characters are generally referred to as they are in fandom - that is, characters who are more commonly referred to by given name (Ryoma, Shinji, Yuuta, etc) by the majority of fans are also referred to as such in here.
- 26 episodes (one season) is about 1 mo.
District (April)
Prefectural (May) - 2 weeks between regular tourney and semifinals
Kantou-regional (June)
Break for camp
Kantou semis
Senbatsu
Nationals
- Seigaku holds ranking matches once a month.
OP1: Future
ED1: You Got Game
INTRO
001: Ryoma v. Sasabe - Ryoma's a brat; Sakuno's stupid. Patterns for the rest of the show set up.
002: Arai's game with the can - Momo v. Ryoma
003: Arai v. Ryoma (old racket); intro of regulars
April Ranking matches:
004: Kaidoh v. Ryoma
005: Kaidoh v. Ryoma
006: Inoue v. Nanjiroh
007: (parts of Oishi v. Tezuka); Inui v. Ryoma - Ranking matches; Shiba and Tomo falling all over everyone.... >>;
008: Inui v. Ryoma (split step)
009: Inui v. Ryoma (ends at beginning of ep); Inui's training introduced (juice and all)
010: Ryoma v. Sasabe Sr. (Kachiro's dad's club)
011: Street courts ... Ann intro; Ryoma-Momo v. random guys; R-M v. Fukawa-Izumi
DISTRICT (Fudomine)
012: Beginning of regionals; Ryoma-Momo v. Fukawa-Izumi (at tourney) [Gyokurin]
013: Ryoma-Momo v. Fukawa-Izumi; all else 6-0
014: Intro Fudomine; Fuji-Kawamura v. Ishida-Sakurai
015: Fuji-Kawamura v. Ishida-Sakurai (Fuji forfeits); GP v. Uchimura (hat) + Mori [rain]
016: GP v. Uchimura-Mori (beg of ep - not much time spent on this game); Kaidoh v. Kamio
017: Kaidoh v. Kamio; Ann defends Sakuno; Ryoma v. Shinji
018: Ryoma v. Shinji; Nanjiroh flashbacks about Ryuuzaki-sensei
019: Ryoma v. Shinji; freak accident
020: Ryoma v. Shinji; they win district. (3-1)
FILLER
021: Random weirdos collecting data on Seigaku. Momo-Ryoma vs. Random Weirdos.
022: Momo steals Kamio's bike; Shinji meets Ryoma again (tape!); Atobe harrasses Ann-chan for a date (!?); Kaidoh gets run over. Momo-Kamio v. Kabaji(-Atobe).
023: Training with Inui-sempai. The Juice is Back. >>; Ryoma v. Eiji. (Ryoma LOSES and has to drink it. o.O)
024: Ryoma and Sakuno's little date thing.
025-26: More training for tourney; Inoue stalks Nanjiroh. Tezuka v. Ryoma; Oishi stalks Tezuka.
SEASON ONE NOTES:
* Fukawa is notShinji; Izumi's the other guy with the crazy hair. (11)
* They're playing Gyokurin, some other school (Ryoma subbed), and Fudomine all in the same day (13)
* They were going to play Kakinoki (2nd Seed) but Fudomine beat them ... (13)
* Ann must be second-year. She kuns Kaidoh... (15)
* 108 schools for the preliminaries. Only 5 will get into the Kantou tourney.
(Hyoutei, Fudoumine, Seigaku, St Rudolph highlighted in this ep. They mention for sure that Seigaku's going against St Rudolph in best 8.) (23)
OP2: Driving Myself
ED2: Keep Your Style
027: Karupin gets lost and stalks Ryoma.
PREFECTURALS (St Rudolph)
028: Beginning of prefecturals; Horio pretends to be Ryoma; Mizuki stalks Seigaku (Inui stalks Mizuki)
- Unnamed school; Akiyama 3rd (Fuji-Taka, GP, Ryoma)
029: Shinji-Kamio v. Oozawa (before OP) - Fudomine v. Hyotei that afternoon; Seigaku v. St Rudolph in quarterfinal. Yuuta mentioned as "Left-handed killer"; Mizuki mentioned as part of the 'backup group'. - Momo-Kaidoh v. Yanagizawa-Kisarazu.
030: Momo-Kaidoh v. Yanagizawa-Kisarazu; Mizuki sweeps the court and tries to mess with Inui. Kaidoh can't get the B.Snake in the singles line.
031: Momo-Kaidoh v. Yanagizawa-Kisarazu. (3-5) Yanagizawa gets hit with a Dunk Smash and can't continue. Mizuki is a catty whore. Eiji-Oishi v. Akazawa-Kaneda; blurry balls make Eiji tired. (FB: Doubles Bondage!)
032: Eiji-Oishi v. Akazawa-Kaneda; Eiji's not with us. (But recovers briefly to cover Oishi.)
033: Eiji-Oishi v. Akazawa-Kaneda; Tie break! (6-7) St Rudolph wins due to Eiji's loss of stamina. Mizuki is a catty whore. Fuji loves his brother. <3
034: Ryoma v. Yuuta. Yuuta is an angry boy. Rising Shot! (FB: Mizuki courts Yuuta. HAHA BAD PUN!) Twist Spin Shot is the dangerous one.
035: Ryoma v. Yuuta. Drive B! Mizuki is a catty whore. (Who tells Yuuta to aim for Ryoma's face, wtf is that?!) Yuuta loves his brother. (In an angry sort of way.) Ryuuzaki yells at Mizuki and LOOK, he's a catty whore! (6-4) [random other kid on St Rudolph: Nomura]
036: Fuji v. Mizuki. CATTY WHORE IS GOIN' DOWN! XD (7-5) - to win the match. (3-1); elsewhere, Fudomine v. Hyotei: Ishida-Sakurai v. Ogawa-Chigabayashi (6-4), Ibu-Kamio v. Kaida-Kashiwa (6-1), Tachibana v. Shishido (6-0) - to win match (3-0). Then Eiji yells at the sunset. >>;
ED3: Walk On (ep 36, 40, 48 only; then back to Keep Your Style)
037: Sakuno's in trouble. Bleh. Ryoma v. Annoying Ginka Kid. *skip*
038: Akutsu shows up to cause trouble. And hit rocks at Ryoma. Inui introduces 'Penal Tea'. Taka 'dates' Akutsu's mom.
039: A race for the 'Penal Tea'. Ryoma v. Fuji (Higuma Otoshi!)
040: Ryoma v. Fuji. Elsewhere: Momo v. Tezuka (5 min); Eiji v. Oishi; Taka v. Kaidoh. RvF cancelled on account of rain (4-3, Fuji). Mizuki has the WORST SHIRT EVER.
PREFECTURAL SEMI-FINALS (Yamabuki):
041: Fudomine-Yamabuki - [D2] 1-6; [D1] Ishida-Sakurai v. Yamabuki (0-6); [S3] Shinji v. Muromachi. Taxi accident causes Fudomine's forfeiture. Ginka-Seigaku; Ginka forfeits. Sei-Yamabuki: [D2] Fuji-Taka v. unnamed (3-6)
042: [D1] Eiji-Oishi v. Minami ('fro)-Higashikata (slick hair) (7-5); [S3] Momo v. Sengoku
043: Momo v. Sengoku (Sengoku's Kohou Jump Serve)
044: Momo v. Sengoku (Jackknife) (7-5); Ryoma v. Akutsu - Nanjiroh's watching.
045: Ryoma v. Akutsu (who is very creepy). FB: Shiratama-san, Akutsu's teacher; also, Dan ogles Akutsu ...
046: Ryoma v. Akutsu (still creepy). FB: Akutsu crashes Taka's karate class. - First time we see Ryoma glowing like Tezuka.
047: Ryoma v. Akutsu. Banjii (Banda, Yamabuki's coach) is also creepy.
048: Ryoma v. Akutsu. (score??) - Akutsu quits, and breaks poor Dan's heart... Final scores for tourney: Seigaku, Yamabuki, Ginka, Fudoumine, Hyoutei. Mentions: Jiroh v. Yuuta (15 mins).
FILLER:
049: Kirihara gets off the wrong bus stop and winds up at Seigaku, harrasses the team. >>; Horio gets into a scuffle with the basketball guys, Ryoma has to save him.
June Ranking Matches:
050: Ranking Matches begin. Lots of no-contest games. (Eiji's first to make it in, beating Arai 6-0; Ryoma v. Oishi 6-3; Momo v. Inui 2-6. Poor Momo had to play both Inui and Tezuka. ;-;)
051: Inui v. Tezuka. They're both in, but they play each other anyway.
052: Inui v. Tezuka. (Tezuka Zone! And the zero-shiki drop!) The kids worry about Momo, who's angsting. (Ryoma watches him angst from the roof...) Oishi and Eiji get in a fight. ;-; - Eiji-Ryoma v. Oishi-Kaidoh; cancelled after one point thanks to Tezuka showing up and making them run laps. ^^;
053: Momo v. Izumi-Fukawa, briefly; Momo v. Ann. Hyotei are watching, Atobe picks on Momo. Ryoma challenges Atobe ("the monkey king"), who leaves. GP make up. ^^;
SEASON TWO NOTES:
* FB = Flashback
* Top four get in automatically; the losers of those matches compete for the fifth spot. (28)
* Sengoku was at Senbatsu last year (got in because Tezuka quit). (29)
* Tachibana used to be blond and have more hair, and went to Shishigaku - Akazawa says he saw him in the tape at Nationals last year. (36)
* Best four: Fudomine, Yamabuki, Ginka, Seigaku. (36)
* Eiji seems to like making people drink Inui Juice, too. >>; (40)
* Kamio's on 1st name basis with rest of team as well. (41)
* Rikkai's in Kanagawa (49)
* They mention that Inui's been taking his own team's data for the past two months, but the ranking matches are held every month. So I'm a little confused on that point. (51)
OP3: Make You Free
ED3: White Line
SEASON THREE: - is when it actually started getting more fanservicey.
054: Drawings for Kantou tourney. The reporters visit Rikkai, which have red (better) uniforms this time. Seigaku faces Hyotei in their first match. Momo's got Inui's notebook ... Kaidoh's training shirtless down by the river; Inui stalks him and begins their, um, 'special' training. >>;
- Shishido beats Taki (of actual regulars) 6-1; Taki is dropped and Hiyoshi replaces him. Shishido requests to play (with Ohtori!), cuts his hair; Atobe petitions on his behalf.
KANTOU REGIONALS:
Hyotei (55-68):
055: Oishi helps the pregnant woman, injures his wrist. [D2] Eiji-Momo v. Oshitari-Gakuto.
056: Eiji-Momo v. Oshitari-Gakuto. Oshitari's Higuma Otoshi. Eiji misses Oishi. ;-; Eiji's Moon Volley; he plays support.
057: Eiji-Momo v. Oshitari-Gakuto. (6-4); Ryoma v. wall; [D1] Inui-Kaidoh v. Shishido-Ohtori. (Scud serve! ~200 km/h)
058: Inui-Kaidoh v. Shishido-Ohtori. FB: Shishitori training. Also, unnecessary I-K touching. Yep.
059: Inui-Kaidoh v. Shishido-Ohtori. Kaidoh's tired. (Momo was worried about him. >>;) FB: InuKai training. Kaidoh returns Ohtori's serve once... (3-6; Inui's honesty about his out)
060: Half ep of between-game. [S3] Taka v. Kabaji. - Yanagisawa and Yuuta show up.
061: Taka v. Kabaji. FB: Taka talks to Akutsu. [St Rudolph v. Hyotei consolation: D2 - 7-5, D1 - Kisarazu-Yanagisawa v. Kabaji; we see Kabaji mimic Kisarazu's move.] Kabaji mimics Taka's Hadoukyu. Taka totally messes up his arm; Kabaji's pretty messed up, too. (No Game.)
062: Ryuuzaki takes Taka and Kabaji to the hospital; Ryoma decides he's bench coach. [S2] Fuji v. Jiroh. Fuji plays with Taka's bloody racket. Disappearing serve! (Yuuta's watching the game. ^^)
063: Fuji v. Jiroh. Hakugei! (Which is ridiculous, if you ask me, but still really really cool. XD) (6-1) Tezuka warms up w/ Ryoma. - Rokkaku, Yamabuki, and Rikkai show up to watch the S1 match.
064: CHIBIS!! XD - Sentai Tenipuri 9, Snow White, continuation of Fuji v. Ryoma in chibi form.
065: [S1] Tezuka v. Atobe. DOOM! ... Atobe is such a diva. "Be awed by my prowess," indeed. XD Tezuka zone again. Atobe notices Tezuka's injury. FB: 1st year TezuOishi; Sei's been stuck at prefectural for past 5 years, Tezu promises to lead team to Nationals. Sempai-tachi beat up on li'l Tezuka. [First instance of chibi bumper, with the Yamabuki boys gossiping about Atobe, who's alternately monster-like and posing with the mirror.]
066: Tezuka v. Atobe. FB: Last year's Senbatsu, Sanada pov of Hametsu e no Rondo. Atobe's going for a long game. Tezuka blocks Rondo. [CB: Tezuka made of stone.]
067: Tezuka v. Atobe. Zero-shiki drop. Tezuka's shoulder goes dead. Ryoma goes to warm up w/ Momo. TvA reaches 6-6, goes into tiebreak. [No CB]
068: Tezuka v. Atobe. Tezuka hits it into the net. (6-7, Atobe.) Ryoma v. Hiyoshi (Kobajutsu; "Gekokujou"). Ryoma defeats him easily (half an episode). 6-2.
FILLER:
069: Kachirou v. Arai.
070: Ping-pong episode.
071: THE DATE EPISODE. Ann calls Momo out; Momo drags Ryoma along... Inui's a terrible gossip. ^^; Kamio's all protective of Ann. Mizuki, Yuuta, and Yanagisawa show up at the street courts. Shinji and Yuuta argue over Ryoma. Kaidoh misinterprets Inui's phone call as a date. Momo-Kamio v. Ryoma-Shinji; Mizuki ref. Game: Shinji-Ryoma.
072: Fanboys mistake Kaidoh for Ryoma based on Shiba's ineptitude. Fanboys eventually become Kaidoh fanboys. Kaidoh v. Momo.
073: Sakaki (Hyotei's coach) gives Ryuzaki info about German rehab camp for Tezuka. Oishi plans to have them all climb the mountain for sunrise.
074: Tezuka decides to go to Germany. Team angsts. Tezuka v. Ryoma. Tezuka plays right-handed, still creates Tezuka Zone.
075: Tezuka v. Ryoma. Tezuka's racket strings snap. Ryoma switches to his right hand. (6-4, Tezuka).
* Rikkai's been National champ past 3 years running. (54)
* Ikkyu Nyukon = "One Shot to Your Soul" - Also worth mentioning: Kabaji's the only one said to be able to return Ohtori's scud serve. (57)
* Shishitori also beat Oshitari-Gakuto, before. (58)
* There seems to be more distinction made between non-burning and burning Taka in these eps, also. (60)
* Uniform note. Hyoutei don't seem to have bad pants here, but brown. (Girls' uniform same on top, skirt matches pants.) (62)
* Another uniform note. Senbatsu had some fabulous purple uniforms last year. Wow, those are terrible. o.o; (66) - Yanagi and Sanada were there, too.
* Oishi's uncle is the doctor who treated Tezuka's elbow originally. (66)
OP4: Long Way
ED4: Kaze no Tabibito
(Kantou Best 4:)
Jousei Shounan:
076: Intro to Jousei via reporters. With demos for each player. [D2} Inui-Momo v. Youhei (magenta)-Kouhei (blue). (The GIRLS.) [No CB, but adorable little cosplayer at the end. ^^;]
077: Inui-Momo v. Youhei-Kouhei. Momo gets mad and plays badly. Recovery! (5-4) Then Momo drinks Inui's juice instead of his and has to forfeit. ;-;
078: [D1] Eiji-Oishi v. Kiriyama-Ohta. Kiriyama scares me. So does Hanamura-sensei. >>; Kiriyama-Ohta Thunderbolt. Oishi's spin serve (underhand, sim. to twist).
079: Eiji-Oishi v. Kiriyama-Ohta. GP's I-formation. (Aw, that's cute. Ai-formation. <3) Oishi's wrist starts to bother him again. Eiji covers. (7-5) [CB: Little Tezuka cosplayer telling us not to be careless. ^^;]
080: [S3] Kaidoh v. Wakato. (Hewitt, Sampras)
081: Kaidoh v. Wakato. Wakato continues to be an annoying poser jerk. (Agassi, Ivanisevic) FB: Wakato's training. (Kuerten, Kaidoh)
082: Kaidoh v. Wakato. Kaidoh gets pissed that he's being copied. (7-6) Stupid fangirls are mean to Kaidoh. Hanamura totally hits on Ryoma. [S2] Ryoma v. Shinjou. Sakuno starts up the cheer from 'Keep on Dreaming' and Eiji begins his career as a cheerleader. ^^; [CB: More strange children cosplaying...]
083: Ryoma v. Shinjou. Who is so a Vulcan. Shinjou's Mirage. FB: Shinjou's interview w/ Inoue, which proves he's a Vulcan. Hanamura's still hitting on Ryoma. Shinjou uses Deep Impulse, complete with crazy disco colors.
084: Ryoma v. Shinjou. More Deep Impulse (at least four total), FB: younger Shinjou with not terrible hair.
085: Ryoma v. Shinjou. More Deep Impulse, more Hanamura hitting on Ryoma. (6-4) Sushi party at Kawamura's - Momo-Inui have to eat the wasabi.
086: Fudomine-Yamabuki: Uchimura-Mori 7-6; Ishida-Sakurai 4-6; Shinji 6-1; Kamio v. Sengoku. Kamio pulls a shot out of his ASS and pwnz the game. holy crap. 7-6. Go Kamio. Sengoku reconsiders his game.
087-88: Bowling no Oujisama! With chibis also - 'Tennis Folktale', 'DekaPuri'.
089: Dan wants to be just like Ryoma! awwit'scute. Ryoma v. Dan. (6-0)
090: Beach volleyball ep. Ryoma-Kaidoh v. Sasabe-Sasabe (volleyball). Nanjiroh is weird, Sasabe is mean, Ryoma's a brat. Nothing's changed. ^^;
091: Intro Rokkaku, while Seiga's still on vacation. Saeki knows Fuji; Aoi's a Ryoma fanboy. And Eiji is a monkey. Ryoma v. Aoi, no score.
Kantou Semifinals:
Seigaku v. Rokkaku; Fudomine v. Rikkai.
Rokkaku:
092: [D2] Momo-Taka v. Davide-Bane-chan. Naturally, what follows is a power match.
093: Momo-Taka v. Davide-Bane-chan. Davide ties up his hair (he's serious now). Momo calms down and is able to read his opponents' moves. Taka's Dash Hadokyuu (7-6, came back from 0-5)
094: [D1] Eiji-Fuji v. Saeki-Itsuki. Saeki predicts Eiji's movements based on his kendo training.
095: Eiji-Fuji v. Saeki-Itsuki. Itsuki seals the Tsubame Gaeshi by hitting a ball without spin; Eiji's exhausted. (6-2)
096: [S3] Ryoma v. Aoi. Aoi's hexagonal racket lets him hit everything harder. Game is paused at 4-4 due to sunset.
097: ... So Ryoma goes home and plays Nanjiroh. The boy needs another hobby, I swear. And then he goes to the court at dead o'clock in the morning and plays Aoi again. And the match actually continues, with several deuces... (6-4)
FILLER:
098: Billiards no Oujisama! One week after the Rokkaku match. Momo, Kaidoh, Horio, Ryoma. Eiji, Oishi, Taka, Ryuzaki. Fuji, Inui, Kachirou, Katsuo. final: Ryoma v. Fuji, Ryoma wins.
099: Cursed racket episode. doom doom doom.
100: Oishi has trouble keeping the team in order; is worried about them, calls all of them in to talk about their concerns... Ryoma v. Taka-Fuji; Inui-Kaidoh-Momo v. Eiji (two balls).
101: Everyone follows Ryoma to redeem his sushi coupon. Ann drops by with the tape from Fudo-Rikkai. [Shinji-Kamio v. Yanagi-Sanada (0-6); Tachibana v. Kirihara (Tachibana twists his ankle during the game; 1-6) Oishi has the brilliant idea to make everyone eat wasabi sushi. -.-; - And then they all prepare in their own ways.
Later on I admit to including some not-so-objective comments.
Characters are generally referred to as they are in fandom - that is, characters who are more commonly referred to by given name (Ryoma, Shinji, Yuuta, etc) by the majority of fans are also referred to as such in here.
- 26 episodes (one season) is about 1 mo.
District (April)
Prefectural (May) - 2 weeks between regular tourney and semifinals
Kantou-regional (June)
Break for camp
Kantou semis
Senbatsu
Nationals
- Seigaku holds ranking matches once a month.
OP1: Future
ED1: You Got Game
INTRO
001: Ryoma v. Sasabe - Ryoma's a brat; Sakuno's stupid. Patterns for the rest of the show set up.
002: Arai's game with the can - Momo v. Ryoma
003: Arai v. Ryoma (old racket); intro of regulars
April Ranking matches:
004: Kaidoh v. Ryoma
005: Kaidoh v. Ryoma
006: Inoue v. Nanjiroh
007: (parts of Oishi v. Tezuka); Inui v. Ryoma - Ranking matches; Shiba and Tomo falling all over everyone.... >>;
008: Inui v. Ryoma (split step)
009: Inui v. Ryoma (ends at beginning of ep); Inui's training introduced (juice and all)
010: Ryoma v. Sasabe Sr. (Kachiro's dad's club)
011: Street courts ... Ann intro; Ryoma-Momo v. random guys; R-M v. Fukawa-Izumi
DISTRICT (Fudomine)
012: Beginning of regionals; Ryoma-Momo v. Fukawa-Izumi (at tourney) [Gyokurin]
013: Ryoma-Momo v. Fukawa-Izumi; all else 6-0
014: Intro Fudomine; Fuji-Kawamura v. Ishida-Sakurai
015: Fuji-Kawamura v. Ishida-Sakurai (Fuji forfeits); GP v. Uchimura (hat) + Mori [rain]
016: GP v. Uchimura-Mori (beg of ep - not much time spent on this game); Kaidoh v. Kamio
017: Kaidoh v. Kamio; Ann defends Sakuno; Ryoma v. Shinji
018: Ryoma v. Shinji; Nanjiroh flashbacks about Ryuuzaki-sensei
019: Ryoma v. Shinji; freak accident
020: Ryoma v. Shinji; they win district. (3-1)
FILLER
021: Random weirdos collecting data on Seigaku. Momo-Ryoma vs. Random Weirdos.
022: Momo steals Kamio's bike; Shinji meets Ryoma again (tape!); Atobe harrasses Ann-chan for a date (!?); Kaidoh gets run over. Momo-Kamio v. Kabaji(-Atobe).
023: Training with Inui-sempai. The Juice is Back. >>; Ryoma v. Eiji. (Ryoma LOSES and has to drink it. o.O)
024: Ryoma and Sakuno's little date thing.
025-26: More training for tourney; Inoue stalks Nanjiroh. Tezuka v. Ryoma; Oishi stalks Tezuka.
SEASON ONE NOTES:
* Fukawa is notShinji; Izumi's the other guy with the crazy hair. (11)
* They're playing Gyokurin, some other school (Ryoma subbed), and Fudomine all in the same day (13)
* They were going to play Kakinoki (2nd Seed) but Fudomine beat them ... (13)
* Ann must be second-year. She kuns Kaidoh... (15)
* 108 schools for the preliminaries. Only 5 will get into the Kantou tourney.
(Hyoutei, Fudoumine, Seigaku, St Rudolph highlighted in this ep. They mention for sure that Seigaku's going against St Rudolph in best 8.) (23)
OP2: Driving Myself
ED2: Keep Your Style
027: Karupin gets lost and stalks Ryoma.
PREFECTURALS (St Rudolph)
028: Beginning of prefecturals; Horio pretends to be Ryoma; Mizuki stalks Seigaku (Inui stalks Mizuki)
- Unnamed school; Akiyama 3rd (Fuji-Taka, GP, Ryoma)
029: Shinji-Kamio v. Oozawa (before OP) - Fudomine v. Hyotei that afternoon; Seigaku v. St Rudolph in quarterfinal. Yuuta mentioned as "Left-handed killer"; Mizuki mentioned as part of the 'backup group'. - Momo-Kaidoh v. Yanagizawa-Kisarazu.
030: Momo-Kaidoh v. Yanagizawa-Kisarazu; Mizuki sweeps the court and tries to mess with Inui. Kaidoh can't get the B.Snake in the singles line.
031: Momo-Kaidoh v. Yanagizawa-Kisarazu. (3-5) Yanagizawa gets hit with a Dunk Smash and can't continue. Mizuki is a catty whore. Eiji-Oishi v. Akazawa-Kaneda; blurry balls make Eiji tired. (FB: Doubles Bondage!)
032: Eiji-Oishi v. Akazawa-Kaneda; Eiji's not with us. (But recovers briefly to cover Oishi.)
033: Eiji-Oishi v. Akazawa-Kaneda; Tie break! (6-7) St Rudolph wins due to Eiji's loss of stamina. Mizuki is a catty whore. Fuji loves his brother. <3
034: Ryoma v. Yuuta. Yuuta is an angry boy. Rising Shot! (FB: Mizuki courts Yuuta. HAHA BAD PUN!) Twist Spin Shot is the dangerous one.
035: Ryoma v. Yuuta. Drive B! Mizuki is a catty whore. (Who tells Yuuta to aim for Ryoma's face, wtf is that?!) Yuuta loves his brother. (In an angry sort of way.) Ryuuzaki yells at Mizuki and LOOK, he's a catty whore! (6-4) [random other kid on St Rudolph: Nomura]
036: Fuji v. Mizuki. CATTY WHORE IS GOIN' DOWN! XD (7-5) - to win the match. (3-1); elsewhere, Fudomine v. Hyotei: Ishida-Sakurai v. Ogawa-Chigabayashi (6-4), Ibu-Kamio v. Kaida-Kashiwa (6-1), Tachibana v. Shishido (6-0) - to win match (3-0). Then Eiji yells at the sunset. >>;
ED3: Walk On (ep 36, 40, 48 only; then back to Keep Your Style)
037: Sakuno's in trouble. Bleh. Ryoma v. Annoying Ginka Kid. *skip*
038: Akutsu shows up to cause trouble. And hit rocks at Ryoma. Inui introduces 'Penal Tea'. Taka 'dates' Akutsu's mom.
039: A race for the 'Penal Tea'. Ryoma v. Fuji (Higuma Otoshi!)
040: Ryoma v. Fuji. Elsewhere: Momo v. Tezuka (5 min); Eiji v. Oishi; Taka v. Kaidoh. RvF cancelled on account of rain (4-3, Fuji). Mizuki has the WORST SHIRT EVER.
PREFECTURAL SEMI-FINALS (Yamabuki):
041: Fudomine-Yamabuki - [D2] 1-6; [D1] Ishida-Sakurai v. Yamabuki (0-6); [S3] Shinji v. Muromachi. Taxi accident causes Fudomine's forfeiture. Ginka-Seigaku; Ginka forfeits. Sei-Yamabuki: [D2] Fuji-Taka v. unnamed (3-6)
042: [D1] Eiji-Oishi v. Minami ('fro)-Higashikata (slick hair) (7-5); [S3] Momo v. Sengoku
043: Momo v. Sengoku (Sengoku's Kohou Jump Serve)
044: Momo v. Sengoku (Jackknife) (7-5); Ryoma v. Akutsu - Nanjiroh's watching.
045: Ryoma v. Akutsu (who is very creepy). FB: Shiratama-san, Akutsu's teacher; also, Dan ogles Akutsu ...
046: Ryoma v. Akutsu (still creepy). FB: Akutsu crashes Taka's karate class. - First time we see Ryoma glowing like Tezuka.
047: Ryoma v. Akutsu. Banjii (Banda, Yamabuki's coach) is also creepy.
048: Ryoma v. Akutsu. (score??) - Akutsu quits, and breaks poor Dan's heart... Final scores for tourney: Seigaku, Yamabuki, Ginka, Fudoumine, Hyoutei. Mentions: Jiroh v. Yuuta (15 mins).
FILLER:
049: Kirihara gets off the wrong bus stop and winds up at Seigaku, harrasses the team. >>; Horio gets into a scuffle with the basketball guys, Ryoma has to save him.
June Ranking Matches:
050: Ranking Matches begin. Lots of no-contest games. (Eiji's first to make it in, beating Arai 6-0; Ryoma v. Oishi 6-3; Momo v. Inui 2-6. Poor Momo had to play both Inui and Tezuka. ;-;)
051: Inui v. Tezuka. They're both in, but they play each other anyway.
052: Inui v. Tezuka. (Tezuka Zone! And the zero-shiki drop!) The kids worry about Momo, who's angsting. (Ryoma watches him angst from the roof...) Oishi and Eiji get in a fight. ;-; - Eiji-Ryoma v. Oishi-Kaidoh; cancelled after one point thanks to Tezuka showing up and making them run laps. ^^;
053: Momo v. Izumi-Fukawa, briefly; Momo v. Ann. Hyotei are watching, Atobe picks on Momo. Ryoma challenges Atobe ("the monkey king"), who leaves. GP make up. ^^;
SEASON TWO NOTES:
* FB = Flashback
* Top four get in automatically; the losers of those matches compete for the fifth spot. (28)
* Sengoku was at Senbatsu last year (got in because Tezuka quit). (29)
* Tachibana used to be blond and have more hair, and went to Shishigaku - Akazawa says he saw him in the tape at Nationals last year. (36)
* Best four: Fudomine, Yamabuki, Ginka, Seigaku. (36)
* Eiji seems to like making people drink Inui Juice, too. >>; (40)
* Kamio's on 1st name basis with rest of team as well. (41)
* Rikkai's in Kanagawa (49)
* They mention that Inui's been taking his own team's data for the past two months, but the ranking matches are held every month. So I'm a little confused on that point. (51)
OP3: Make You Free
ED3: White Line
SEASON THREE: - is when it actually started getting more fanservicey.
054: Drawings for Kantou tourney. The reporters visit Rikkai, which have red (better) uniforms this time. Seigaku faces Hyotei in their first match. Momo's got Inui's notebook ... Kaidoh's training shirtless down by the river; Inui stalks him and begins their, um, 'special' training. >>;
- Shishido beats Taki (of actual regulars) 6-1; Taki is dropped and Hiyoshi replaces him. Shishido requests to play (with Ohtori!), cuts his hair; Atobe petitions on his behalf.
KANTOU REGIONALS:
Hyotei (55-68):
055: Oishi helps the pregnant woman, injures his wrist. [D2] Eiji-Momo v. Oshitari-Gakuto.
056: Eiji-Momo v. Oshitari-Gakuto. Oshitari's Higuma Otoshi. Eiji misses Oishi. ;-; Eiji's Moon Volley; he plays support.
057: Eiji-Momo v. Oshitari-Gakuto. (6-4); Ryoma v. wall; [D1] Inui-Kaidoh v. Shishido-Ohtori. (Scud serve! ~200 km/h)
058: Inui-Kaidoh v. Shishido-Ohtori. FB: Shishitori training. Also, unnecessary I-K touching. Yep.
059: Inui-Kaidoh v. Shishido-Ohtori. Kaidoh's tired. (Momo was worried about him. >>;) FB: InuKai training. Kaidoh returns Ohtori's serve once... (3-6; Inui's honesty about his out)
060: Half ep of between-game. [S3] Taka v. Kabaji. - Yanagisawa and Yuuta show up.
061: Taka v. Kabaji. FB: Taka talks to Akutsu. [St Rudolph v. Hyotei consolation: D2 - 7-5, D1 - Kisarazu-Yanagisawa v. Kabaji; we see Kabaji mimic Kisarazu's move.] Kabaji mimics Taka's Hadoukyu. Taka totally messes up his arm; Kabaji's pretty messed up, too. (No Game.)
062: Ryuuzaki takes Taka and Kabaji to the hospital; Ryoma decides he's bench coach. [S2] Fuji v. Jiroh. Fuji plays with Taka's bloody racket. Disappearing serve! (Yuuta's watching the game. ^^)
063: Fuji v. Jiroh. Hakugei! (Which is ridiculous, if you ask me, but still really really cool. XD) (6-1) Tezuka warms up w/ Ryoma. - Rokkaku, Yamabuki, and Rikkai show up to watch the S1 match.
064: CHIBIS!! XD - Sentai Tenipuri 9, Snow White, continuation of Fuji v. Ryoma in chibi form.
065: [S1] Tezuka v. Atobe. DOOM! ... Atobe is such a diva. "Be awed by my prowess," indeed. XD Tezuka zone again. Atobe notices Tezuka's injury. FB: 1st year TezuOishi; Sei's been stuck at prefectural for past 5 years, Tezu promises to lead team to Nationals. Sempai-tachi beat up on li'l Tezuka. [First instance of chibi bumper, with the Yamabuki boys gossiping about Atobe, who's alternately monster-like and posing with the mirror.]
066: Tezuka v. Atobe. FB: Last year's Senbatsu, Sanada pov of Hametsu e no Rondo. Atobe's going for a long game. Tezuka blocks Rondo. [CB: Tezuka made of stone.]
067: Tezuka v. Atobe. Zero-shiki drop. Tezuka's shoulder goes dead. Ryoma goes to warm up w/ Momo. TvA reaches 6-6, goes into tiebreak. [No CB]
068: Tezuka v. Atobe. Tezuka hits it into the net. (6-7, Atobe.) Ryoma v. Hiyoshi (Kobajutsu; "Gekokujou"). Ryoma defeats him easily (half an episode). 6-2.
FILLER:
069: Kachirou v. Arai.
070: Ping-pong episode.
071: THE DATE EPISODE. Ann calls Momo out; Momo drags Ryoma along... Inui's a terrible gossip. ^^; Kamio's all protective of Ann. Mizuki, Yuuta, and Yanagisawa show up at the street courts. Shinji and Yuuta argue over Ryoma. Kaidoh misinterprets Inui's phone call as a date. Momo-Kamio v. Ryoma-Shinji; Mizuki ref. Game: Shinji-Ryoma.
072: Fanboys mistake Kaidoh for Ryoma based on Shiba's ineptitude. Fanboys eventually become Kaidoh fanboys. Kaidoh v. Momo.
073: Sakaki (Hyotei's coach) gives Ryuzaki info about German rehab camp for Tezuka. Oishi plans to have them all climb the mountain for sunrise.
074: Tezuka decides to go to Germany. Team angsts. Tezuka v. Ryoma. Tezuka plays right-handed, still creates Tezuka Zone.
075: Tezuka v. Ryoma. Tezuka's racket strings snap. Ryoma switches to his right hand. (6-4, Tezuka).
* Rikkai's been National champ past 3 years running. (54)
* Ikkyu Nyukon = "One Shot to Your Soul" - Also worth mentioning: Kabaji's the only one said to be able to return Ohtori's scud serve. (57)
* Shishitori also beat Oshitari-Gakuto, before. (58)
* There seems to be more distinction made between non-burning and burning Taka in these eps, also. (60)
* Uniform note. Hyoutei don't seem to have bad pants here, but brown. (Girls' uniform same on top, skirt matches pants.) (62)
* Another uniform note. Senbatsu had some fabulous purple uniforms last year. Wow, those are terrible. o.o; (66) - Yanagi and Sanada were there, too.
* Oishi's uncle is the doctor who treated Tezuka's elbow originally. (66)
OP4: Long Way
ED4: Kaze no Tabibito
(Kantou Best 4:)
Jousei Shounan:
076: Intro to Jousei via reporters. With demos for each player. [D2} Inui-Momo v. Youhei (magenta)-Kouhei (blue). (The GIRLS.) [No CB, but adorable little cosplayer at the end. ^^;]
077: Inui-Momo v. Youhei-Kouhei. Momo gets mad and plays badly. Recovery! (5-4) Then Momo drinks Inui's juice instead of his and has to forfeit. ;-;
078: [D1] Eiji-Oishi v. Kiriyama-Ohta. Kiriyama scares me. So does Hanamura-sensei. >>; Kiriyama-Ohta Thunderbolt. Oishi's spin serve (underhand, sim. to twist).
079: Eiji-Oishi v. Kiriyama-Ohta. GP's I-formation. (Aw, that's cute. Ai-formation. <3) Oishi's wrist starts to bother him again. Eiji covers. (7-5) [CB: Little Tezuka cosplayer telling us not to be careless. ^^;]
080: [S3] Kaidoh v. Wakato. (Hewitt, Sampras)
081: Kaidoh v. Wakato. Wakato continues to be an annoying poser jerk. (Agassi, Ivanisevic) FB: Wakato's training. (Kuerten, Kaidoh)
082: Kaidoh v. Wakato. Kaidoh gets pissed that he's being copied. (7-6) Stupid fangirls are mean to Kaidoh. Hanamura totally hits on Ryoma. [S2] Ryoma v. Shinjou. Sakuno starts up the cheer from 'Keep on Dreaming' and Eiji begins his career as a cheerleader. ^^; [CB: More strange children cosplaying...]
083: Ryoma v. Shinjou. Who is so a Vulcan. Shinjou's Mirage. FB: Shinjou's interview w/ Inoue, which proves he's a Vulcan. Hanamura's still hitting on Ryoma. Shinjou uses Deep Impulse, complete with crazy disco colors.
084: Ryoma v. Shinjou. More Deep Impulse (at least four total), FB: younger Shinjou with not terrible hair.
085: Ryoma v. Shinjou. More Deep Impulse, more Hanamura hitting on Ryoma. (6-4) Sushi party at Kawamura's - Momo-Inui have to eat the wasabi.
086: Fudomine-Yamabuki: Uchimura-Mori 7-6; Ishida-Sakurai 4-6; Shinji 6-1; Kamio v. Sengoku. Kamio pulls a shot out of his ASS and pwnz the game. holy crap. 7-6. Go Kamio. Sengoku reconsiders his game.
087-88: Bowling no Oujisama! With chibis also - 'Tennis Folktale', 'DekaPuri'.
089: Dan wants to be just like Ryoma! awwit'scute. Ryoma v. Dan. (6-0)
090: Beach volleyball ep. Ryoma-Kaidoh v. Sasabe-Sasabe (volleyball). Nanjiroh is weird, Sasabe is mean, Ryoma's a brat. Nothing's changed. ^^;
091: Intro Rokkaku, while Seiga's still on vacation. Saeki knows Fuji; Aoi's a Ryoma fanboy. And Eiji is a monkey. Ryoma v. Aoi, no score.
Kantou Semifinals:
Seigaku v. Rokkaku; Fudomine v. Rikkai.
Rokkaku:
092: [D2] Momo-Taka v. Davide-Bane-chan. Naturally, what follows is a power match.
093: Momo-Taka v. Davide-Bane-chan. Davide ties up his hair (he's serious now). Momo calms down and is able to read his opponents' moves. Taka's Dash Hadokyuu (7-6, came back from 0-5)
094: [D1] Eiji-Fuji v. Saeki-Itsuki. Saeki predicts Eiji's movements based on his kendo training.
095: Eiji-Fuji v. Saeki-Itsuki. Itsuki seals the Tsubame Gaeshi by hitting a ball without spin; Eiji's exhausted. (6-2)
096: [S3] Ryoma v. Aoi. Aoi's hexagonal racket lets him hit everything harder. Game is paused at 4-4 due to sunset.
097: ... So Ryoma goes home and plays Nanjiroh. The boy needs another hobby, I swear. And then he goes to the court at dead o'clock in the morning and plays Aoi again. And the match actually continues, with several deuces... (6-4)
FILLER:
098: Billiards no Oujisama! One week after the Rokkaku match. Momo, Kaidoh, Horio, Ryoma. Eiji, Oishi, Taka, Ryuzaki. Fuji, Inui, Kachirou, Katsuo. final: Ryoma v. Fuji, Ryoma wins.
099: Cursed racket episode. doom doom doom.
100: Oishi has trouble keeping the team in order; is worried about them, calls all of them in to talk about their concerns... Ryoma v. Taka-Fuji; Inui-Kaidoh-Momo v. Eiji (two balls).
101: Everyone follows Ryoma to redeem his sushi coupon. Ann drops by with the tape from Fudo-Rikkai. [Shinji-Kamio v. Yanagi-Sanada (0-6); Tachibana v. Kirihara (Tachibana twists his ankle during the game; 1-6) Oishi has the brilliant idea to make everyone eat wasabi sushi. -.-; - And then they all prepare in their own ways.