Ping Pong

Young man!

Don't do it, son.

It's not worth it.

I had a bad day at the track.

All I've got is 6O...

...but I'm not giving up.

What'll your parents think

if you die?

Die?

Yeah. You'll never amount

to anything if you're dead.

I'm not going to die.

No?

I'm going to fly.

Yeah? Great!

I can touch the moon

no problem!

That's the spirit!

PING PONG:

Tamura Table Tennis Dojo

Here they call me 'Peco'.

You can call me that, too.

'Peco', huh?

But...

...if I win, you call me

Mr Peco, OK?

You call me...

...'Mr Peco'.

Ow!

You ripped my hair out!

He's the best player

at his university!

He could beat you left-handed!

Hey, Granny...

give me Table 3.

Not if you're going to bet!

Say something!

You're too stuck-up

to talk to us!

Cut it out!

It's Peco! Run!

You know What?

You can taste iron in blood.

I don't mean it like those guys,

but why are you so stuck-up?

If you get mad, show it!

If you're happy, laugh!

OK... I'll try.

Why do you always

skip school?

I'm busy.

Come on, Peco!

All the tables'll be gone!

You go ahead, Demon!

OK!

Don't you know what

table tennis is?

Come on. I'll teach you.

Enter...

...the hero!

18-6!

Your damn floor's

too slippery!

Who's he playing?

Some college jerk.

How's the school team?

Ping-pong's ping-pong.

You're dead wrong.

Katase High School!

Fight!

Katase High School!

Bear down!

Hey! Mr Ota!

Yes, Coach?

Where's Tsukimoto?

I sent him to get Hoshino.

Hoshino?

The freshman with the bowl-cut.

Who's better, the bowl-cut

or Tsukimoto?

That'd be Hoshino.

He's the best we've got.

Ota!

The next dragonfly's yours!

OK!

Coach?

If Tsukimoto's not here...

Stop following Peco

and start playing to win.

Yes! Start now and you might

give me a game in 300 years!

That'll be 3,000.

Hey...

One more set! 2,000 a game.

Don't bother to call.

Hey, wait!

What the hell?!

Hey, Smile!

Come on. I'm buying

a new rubber.

Come to practice.

Why?

Because...

...the team's awful without you.

Did Ota send you?

Yes.

I hear you.

Aren't you playing?

He treats the game like a job!

You get tired, living like that.

He looks real cute

when he smiles, though.

I've never seen it.

I have, but only once.

When was it?

Could I ever be like Peco?

'Born...'

'Born...'

Gross!

Read that.

'Table Tennis Shown

To Ward Off Senility.'

No, not that!

Tsujido Academy got a Chinese

guy to try and beat Dragon.

'Dragon'?

Kazama, from Kaio Academy.

He kicked your ass in Junior High.

What do I care?

You don't care, huh?

Katase High School!

Bear down!

Katase High School!

Fight!

Put your d*cks into it!

Let's hear you!

Where did Hoshino

and Tsukimoto go?

I'm going to Europe

after high school.

Why?

To be world champion,

of course!

First I'll get on

a pro team in Germany...

Then why are you

skipping practice?

Look... 'Potato chips with

special Osaka-noodle flavor'.

Why not just eat noodles first?

Our snack-food industry

is all screwed up.

Right?

Conversation with you

is so much fun.

Next station?

The one after that.

'Born'...

Sing 'in the USA', too.

What?

Nothing.

Tsujido Academy

Hello! Hello!

This is espionage!

Yep.

Kong! Why aren't you running?

I wish I'd gone to Sweden

or Germany.

Come on!

Don't forget they hired you

to beat Kazama.

Somebody's a chopper.

Against a quick-attacker.

The chopper's playing to lose.

Why?

I don't know. Japanese modesty?

Let's go inside.

I can't hear in all this wind.

I'll take that.

Yes!

Keep playing to lose, Four-Eyes...

...and it'll get to be a habit.

China!

You're giving him all his shots.

Uh, he's saying that...

Don't translate. He gets it.

Come on, Four-Eyes.

'Right on.'

See if you can chop against me.

Uh, not you... him.

It'll just be a loss.

He says it'll be a loss.

A loss?

Who?

Let's go.

What's up, China? You scared?

Come on, you damn panda.

'Thanks a load.'

Eat this.

Kamikaze!

I got skunked!

You always cry when you lose.

What are you looking at?!

What does 'skunk' mean?

Losing 21-0.

Peco got skunked!

Skunked! Skunked! Skunked!

I wish I'd never been born.

He's one of Shanghai's

top juniors.

Who do you think you are?

I've shamed Japan!

I want to die!

Do it outside.

Here and now!

1,000 fine for climbing

on a table.

Yuck! Granny-panties!

2,000!

Keep away from Hoshino.

Keep away from Tamura, too.

Why?

Because...

...against Hoshino you let up.

No, I don't.

Wow!

You don't even realize it!

OK... starting tomorrow

you come here at 5 a.m.

We'll do two months' special training

for the inter-high tournament.

It's like we'll be married.

One, two...

...three, four...

...five, six... legs and arms!

Hey! Mr Tsukimoto!

I knew you'd come!

I was wrong, Coach.

You were wrong?

Don't worry about it!

Let's get to work.

Yes, Coach.

Let's go!

Ready, Tsukimoto?

You poor old bastard!

Isn't this fun?

Change the line!

Attack!

Make your own chances!

Hey, skinhead... is he always

like this before a tournament?

Who are you calling 'skinhead'?!

He's mad about this morning.

Recognize and react!

Recognizing takes a tenth

of a second!

Then you react! Bring that time

as close to zero as you can!

No other sport demands the

reaction time of table tennis!

Tsukimoto's getting pissed off.

Coach keeps stepping

on the balls!

There's another one!

What is this? A hot spring?

Shape up or ship out!

He's pissed off.

Another ball!

What's wrong?

I'm shipping out.

We just started!

Real hot, ain't it?

Why are you following me?

You're going to beat China, right?

Hell, yeah!

So you can't skip practice

any more.

Practice like that?

It's a total waste of time.

I've been really tired lately.

Of what?

Table tennis, relationships...

life is getting too complicated.

I'm a simple guy-

All I want is to be

the best table tennis player...

...on the planet!

Winning's everything, right?

No, it isn't.

No?

I don't like dragging someone

down just to win a game.

That's the cool part.

For me, ping-pong is only

killing time.

Not for me.

Yeah, but you're cool.

I don't like it

when you look bad.

Then let's go back.

I can't practice without you.

I'll buy you a Popsicle.

Hurry up, Smile!

Run!

Hey! Popsicles!

Welcome to the 2000 Inter-High

Prefectural Preliminary...

Men's Table Tennis Tournament.

I have to play those losers?

I wish I was dead!

I don't see the guy with the glasses.

Kaio!

Look out!

Who'd you draw?

China, in the third game.

That sucks, dude. Rest in peace.

What about you?

I drew...

...'that', in the third game.

Demon?

Well, if it isn't Peco!

You're such a shrimp

I almost didn't see you.

Maybe a certain bald guy

needs better glasses, huh?

Does your sh*t school put frosh

on the varsity squad?

Better than picking up balls

for three years at a name school.

Dumb-ass!

I'm on the varsity!

Sakuma!

Team meeting!

Right!

Later, Peco. Have your hanky out.

What?

For when you start crying.

I'll put a ball right through

those glasses, a**hole!

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