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| Tezuka's group finds Echizen's. Oishi is about to call out to Echizen when Tezuka stops him. Everyone just watches this match. The lady looks over to the side and sees Tezuka and the others. She greets Tezuka rather warmly and everyone is surprised that Tezuka knows her. This was the person that Tezuka wanted to show the team. She is Tezuka's trainer at the moment. Meanwhile poor Kaidoh is still lost but runs into an elderly Japanese couple. But instead of helping Kaidoh, they stick to him. Back at the game, Inui flips through his data and realizes who the woman is. Her name is Hannah Essenheimer, who debuted as a pro tennis player at the age of 16. But due to the fact that other jealous people picked on her, she quit playing tennis. As Tezuka was explaining this, Echizen was already losing 5-1. Echizen's fighting spirit allows him to rebound back and win the game. And in the process, Hannah once again felt her love for tennis, and starts to persue the life of a pro. The next day, the Seigaku team returns to Japan. |
Episode 132: The Zany Tenipuri Family
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| In this episode, the Seigaku regulars, with exception to Kawamura, are portrayed as a family. Oishi (Shuuko) is the mother, Inui is the father, Fuji is grandmother, Tezuka is grandfather, Ryoma is the oldest child, Momo(ko) is Ryoma's younger sister and Kaidoh (Kaoru) is the baby in the family. Kikumaru is the cat. In the first story, Inui is making preparations for Children's Day but Ryoma, the troublemaker, causes a lot of trouble in the family. Later on, Ryoma and Momoko wrap Kaoru up in a Koi flag and pisses their mother Shuuko off. So the two run out of the house and bump into Kirihara. Kirihara invites them into his house to view his helmet and armour. Kirihara leaves the two to observe its magnificence but comes back to find that the two have sabotaged the entire room and almost kills them. Shuuko is out grocery shopping and forgets her wallet. Fuji sends Kaoru out to bring the wallet to her but gets distracted. When Momoko and Ryoma run into Kaoru later on, the 3 spend all of Shuuko's money on snacks and doesn't get dinner that night. But of course, Shuuko isn't that mean and orders sushi (from Kawamura) for the children. Second story: One day Ryoma decides to play around with Shuuko's lipstick, but quickly wipes it off on Inui's shirt when Shuuko comes home. That night, Shuuko thinks that Inui is cheating on her and gets beaten up quite badly. He also promises Shuuko to go shopping with her. After work that day, Inui bumps into his friend, Renji, and the two sit down and drink for the night. The next day when they were supposed to go shopping, Inui is having a hangover but Shuuko doesn't really mind because she found and took Inui's secret stash of money and took the children and Fuji shopping anyway. At the store, the children run off and cause all sorts of trouble while Shuuko and Fuji are looking at makeup. At the end of the day, they didn't get anything and returned home. But Inui and Tezuka had made them dinner (which wasn't edible). So they ate dinner at Kawamura Sushi instead. |
Episode 133: The Best Sushi Chef in Japan
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| Kawamura's father broke his arm while falling down the stairs, and has to hire a temporary chef to fill his place. Kawamura isn't going to tennis practice and is helping out at the shop instead along with their new chef, Gen. Kawamura feels bad that he isn't at the level to make sushi for customers and asks Gen-san to teach him. But Gen-san says that it can't be taught, one just watches and copies. Kawamura spends many nights practicing, and takes them to Gen-san's house for him to taste. Gen-san says that sushi is a reflection of the chef's heart and that Kawamura's sushi tastes confused. He also asks Kawamura what he should really be doing right now. The next day, Kawamura dumps out his tennis items and is determined to become a chef. Also, a lady drops by looking for Gen. This lady is his wife, who also explains why Gen is here. Apparently his son had died in an accident and he couldn't bear it and left Hokkaido (where he used to live). She finds her husband and convinces her to go back to Hokkaido. Meanwhile Kawamura has also realized what he should really be doing, and that is tennis. But when he runs to Gen's house to tell him that, Gen has already left with his wife to go head back to Hokkaido. |
Episode 134: My Prince
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| After tennis practice one day, Momo, Eiji, Echizen and Fuji run into a girl that was being chased by two guys. The girl trips and falls into Fuji's arms and the girl falls in love with Fuji and drags him out on a date the next day. Fuji is very frustrated by this. Her name is Kurumi, and Echizen seems to recognize her but can't put a finger on where she saw her. While the two were on a date, Momo, Eiji and Echizen run into a girl that looked exactly like Kurumi. It's actually Kurumi's twin sister, Narumi. She explains why Kurumi hates tennis so much. Kurumi lost in the first round of a tournament when she was favoured to win and instead Narumi won the tournament instead. Eiji relays this to Fuji through text messaging and Fuji brings her to a place to meet up with Narumi. However, Kurumi is rather pissed off and throws the medal from the tournament that Narumi presents her down the river and runs away. Fuji runs after her and catches up to her. Fuji tells her about Yuta, and how they used to play tennis together. Fuji also convinces Kurumi to accept Narumi again and she does. And so the sisters' relationship is mended. So the guys take the sisters home, and Fuji is awarded with a sticker picture of the two on the date. |
Episode 135: Kikumaru's Summer Vacation
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| The Chocolates, a group of 4 female singers, is doing a promo event and goes to one of their fan's house. It ends up being Kikumaru's house and he is very excited. Kikumaru pretends to be sick so that he doesn't have to go to vacation with his parents and prepare for the idol group instead. He decorates the house and even bakes a cake. But unfortunately, the Seigaku members drop by one by one and ruin his plan to be alone with the chocolates. Oishi even mistakes him for preparing the cake for Momo's birthday (it actually is his birthday though) and eats up the cake too. So Kikumaru confesses to the group that the Chocolates are coming over. So the group turns on the TV and sees the Chocolates right outside the house. But the person opening the door is Inui. [note: LOL] He claims to be Kikumaru and receives kisses from each of the 4 girls. And Kikumaru cries. [note: ROFL] But in the end, the Seigaku team had a great time with the Chocolates and everyone is happy. |