Episode 41: Trouble!



The tournament started off without a hitch. Although it's opposite for the Fudoumine club members. It's nearly 10am and they have too many missing members, if they couldn't register before 10am, their team would have to be defaulted. Their would be opponent for their first match, Yamabuki seemed nonplussed. In fact, Sengoku told his team members that they're lucky if Fudoumine got defaulted.

Meanwhile, on the Yamabuki's place, Akutsu (yes, the scary guy who poured tea over Taka-san's head) got scolded by their team manager, Taichii Dan who's a freshman and the only person on their team not bothered by Akutsu's glare. Dan scolded Akutsu for being late. Akutsu just glared at Dan and walked away, not minding him.

Coach Ryuzaki called Nanjiroh and told him to come over the tournament since he'll be seeing an interesting person. Nanjiro told Coach Ryuzaki that there's nothing he would be surprised of, but then, Coach Ryuzaki told Nanjiroh that they'll be playing Yamabuki, the team Banji's coaching. Upon hearing the name Banji, Nanjiroh went catatonic and ran outside the house and bicycled all the way towards the tournament.

Back to Fudoumine, it seemed that the rest of the team managed to appear on time, but when they'd started playing against Yamabuki, something seemed amiss. Their players seemed distracted and losing very badly. It was then that Akutsu told Tachibana that his team members were on a taxi accident and it's a miracle that no one got hurt. Tachibana got angry and told the referee that they'll be forfeiting their game. As the Fudoumine team walked out of the place, they came across Seigaku. Tachibana just apologized to Tezuka that it seemed that they wouldn't be playing each other on that tournament, Tezuka just nodded. Suddenly, a clapping sound was heard. It was Akutsu. He watched the whole exchange and was being sarcastic to both teams. Seigaku turned to look at Akutsu who was baiting each of them for a fight, no one raised to the bait though. All of Seigaku just seemed pissed. :)

So anyway, let's go to the Ginka corner. They are the team which Ryoma wiped out because of the tennis ball on a previous episode. They're talking about their plan to defeat Seigaku, their next opponent. It was then that they spotted Seigaku walking towards them that they hid behind the trees. One by one, as the Seigaku members walked by, Ginka made an assessment to each of the members. They've started with Tezuka, the Golden Pair, Kawamura, Kaidoh, Momoshiro then to Fuji. Ginka thought that they could not win any matches against Seigaku but when they thought about the rumour of a freshman regular of Seigaku, they seemed excited at the thought that they'll have someone to beat. It was then that Ryoma walked by and saw them. Ryoma asked them if they're there to collect their balls from him, and told them that he wouldn't be giving them back.

In the end, Ginka forfeited their match against Seigaku. Now, Seigaku's next opponent is Yamabuki. Inui told them about their history with Yamabuki. It seemed that Oishi was defeated by the Doubles 1 of Yamabuki last time they've fought and he was teamed up with a senpai. Yamabuki sounded really strong to them. It was now time for their match against Yamabuki. Doubles 2 was Fuji and Kawamura. They've lost to Yamabuki with 6-3 score. It seemed that Seigaku's already in trouble.