Ping Pong the Animation (ピンポン THE ANIMATION)

The zipper was up top, but the fly was wide open!

Someone pointed it out, but I ignored them.

I was like that for almost four hours after second period ended.

And nobody told me!

Ain't that funny, Smile?

Yeah, it's funny.

You seriously never smile.

Where's Peco today?

Dunno.

If he's not here, Oota will start griping again.

Yeah, you two are a thorn in his side.

Do you get that?

Whatever.

C'mon, man! Peco only listens to you, and thanks to Peco, we're—

Hey, first-years! Quit flapping your gums!

The third-years are here!

Yes, sir!

Yes, sir.

Come on! Let me hear you, first-years!

Captain Yamada.

What is it?

Has that chopper with the glasses always been on our team?

What are you talking about?

He's one of the two up-and-comers who joined this year.

The other's skipping practice.

Please, Mr. Koizumi, give him a talking-to.

The penhold kid with the bowl cut?

Yes.

If he doesn't wanna practice, get him to quit.

We can't do that.

He's our star player.

What about Mr. Glasses over there?

Tsukimoto's good, for sure.

He's no match for Hoshino, though.

You're kidding...

Peco's probably at the table tennis hall near Odakyuu Station.

That's not what I'm asking.

I'll draw you a map. You go.

What was that?!

I'm not Peco's guardian.

If you keep talkin' like that, I'm seriously gonna haze you!

Is Mr. Oota angry?

Yes. Since Hoshino and Tsukimoto came along, he's not a starter anymore.

They know they're better than us.

It makes them cocky.

You're new here, aren't you?

Yeah, but I've been playing for ten years.

I'm sure I can beat a kid like you.

That's not what I meant.

I don't play people who don't bet.

Bet what? Money?

Old lady, I'm borrowing table four!

I don't rent tables to gamblers.

Hear that?

A thousand yen per game.

And FYI, I go by "Peco" around here.

You can call me that too.

But if I win, you add a "mister."

That's Mister Peco to you!

A new age has dawned, and still I can't make a decision

A new age has dawned, and still I can't make a decision

My path is too straight for my taste, but I'll walk it

My path is too straight for my taste, but I'll walk it

I can't choose just yet

I can't choose just yet

I have to think about it

I have no idea what I want to do

I'm going crazy!

I'm going crazy!

Comparing yourself to others just makes you depressed

I'm alone in this world

I'm alone in this world

I'm always alone here

I'm always alone here

Still I'm gonna do it

Still I'm gonna do it

Maybe there's nothing that only I can do

Maybe there's nothing that only I can do

But there's no way that I

But there's no way that I

But there's no way that I

But there's no way that I

But there's no way that I won't try to leave my mark

But there's no way that I won't try to leave my mark

I just want to have my fun, whatever the times

Yeah!

Damn it.

Yeah!

Quit messing around!

What does it matter, as long as I win?

Hey, Smile.

You don't drop by often.

Who's that?

A newcomer.

Said he made it pretty far in middle school.

But he plays like a rich college kid.

You're making a fool out of me!

Having fun at your club?

Not really.

The game is the same wherever I play it.

That's not true, Smile.

I didn't want you to go to that school. You deserve better.

Don't think too highly of me, old lady.

Yeah!

I don't like it when people do that.

Did you think over my offer to coach kids?

I can't teach kids.

I never know what they're going to do, and I don't like them.

Gotcha!

Yeah!

No bounce...

It's about three centuries too soon for you to challenge me.

What were my ten years of effort for?!

Hard work is for chumps with no talent.

Once I'm out of high school, I'm going to Europe.

If I make it to the top, this place'll gain some prestige, right, old lady?

That's the same cliché all snotty-nosed kids use, Peco.

Come to the club tomorrow, Peco.

Leaving already?

You're not gonna play?

I don't care either way,

but they asked me to tell you, so I did.

It must be exhausting to live like that.

I do like that side of him,

but even I don't want him to be like that forever.

We're not in middle school anymore.

Do you call him "Smile" because he never smiles?

Is he good?

He's been my friend for a long time,

so that's Mister Smile to you.

So why don't you smile, Tsukimoto?

Are you makin' fun of us or what?

Let it go, Oota.

It makes me tired.

Laughing. Getting angry.

Well, aren't you cool!

Don't be stuck-up.

C'mon, give it a rest.

This is an order from your elder.

Laugh.

Dropping out of the womb a year earlier sure makes you high-and-mighty, doesn't it?

Moron! Don't!

That first-year's totally picking a fight.

You wanna fight? I'll fight!

Hey, what are you doing?

Now, now.

Calm down and go back to practicing.

I asked you a question, idiot.

What?!

Hoshino, stop.

Ribbit, ribbit.

They're jealous because they can't beat you at table tennis.

If you keep drinking condensed milk, you'll get diabetes.

Let's ditch this pathetic practice and go to Tsujidou Academy instead.

You know, to see China.

China?

You mean the ringer they brought in from China?

That has nothing to do with us.

Smile, you're such a typical type B.

Really?

If he played first string in his province,

that means he's at the same level as the national teams of other countries.

Hello, everybody.

Is everyone here?

Yes, sir!

Look. Koizumi's turned up now because you took so long.

Lessons, lessons.

Tsukimoto's under pressure.

Yeah.

Hoshino really is good.

Shut up, you first-years!

Yes, sir!

Question for you, Captain Yamada.

Is Mr. Tsukimoto under the weather today?

Who knows? I haven't heard anything.

Why?

He's not on his game.

That'd be because he's up against Hoshino.

Huh?

His attitude toward practice aside, Hoshino's really good.

His footwork, his backhand, his blocks. Everything, basically.

Have they known each other long?

You know Tamura, the tennis table hall near the station?

Yeah.

They both got their start there.

Really?

I'm really excited to see how far they'll go at this year's Interhigh.

No man so good, but another may be as good as he.

What does that mean?

That there's always someone better than you.

Hey, you first-years!

Yes?

Come here!

I haven't seen Tsukimoto or Hoshino for a while.

What's going on?

They said they were going to spy on China. Right?

Yeah. They went over to Tsujidou Academy.

Get outside.

You're running laps until you puke.

Which kind of gum do you figure makes the biggest bubbles?