The BEST episodes of The New Prince of Tennis
Every episode of The New Prince of Tennis ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The New Prince of Tennis!
Ryōma Echizen is a rather arrogant twelve-year-old teenager who does not have very good personal relationships with others. He used to live with his family in the United States, but after arriving in Japan (his father's native country), he must learn to adapt to his new life at Seishun Gakuen High School, where he enrolls at the "Seigaku" tennis club. From that moment on, all sorts of adventures will change his life, along with his teammates and many other characters from rival teams who will try, with better or worse fortune, to steal the title of "Prince of tennis", for his more than demonstrated great skill in this sport.
#2 - Embrace Sleep in 10 Balls
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/24/2015
#6 - Team USA: Ryôma Echizen
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/2022
After Ryoma is forced to withdraw from the Japan U-17 training camp, Ryoga invites him to play for the US team.
#10 - Betrayal and Bargaining
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/20/2015
#13 - One's Resolve... One's Conditions
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/25/2022
Having lost both doubles matches against Switzerland, Japan begins its decisive #3 singles between Akutsu and Switzerland’s Amadeus.
#19 - Farewell, Kunimitsu Tezuka
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/2012
At the training camp in the mountains, the middle schoolers are given rackets filled with lead and are forced to hit balls with the rackets. Meanwhile, in the U-17 camp, Court 5 are having team shuffle matches with Court 3. Tezuka is having a match with Yudai Yamato, Seigaku's former captain. Yamato tells Tezuka not to put anymore pressure on his arm, as he may go through intense pain in rehabilitation like Yamato did. Tezuka finally smiles, and acquires the "Pinnacle of Perfection" and wins against Yamato. Echizen came to watch the match halfway through.
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#20 - The Gatekeeper of Hell
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2012
Momoshiro gets paired up immediately in a shuffle match, being the first middle schooler to do so. His opponent is Jujiroh Oni, introduced in the previous episode. Jujiroh plays with a 2-string racquet, and causes both of Momo's wrists to be shot with his specialty, Black Jack Knife. Momoshiro refused to forfeit but lost in the end, 6-0.
#21 - Friendly Fire
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2012
The middle schoolers paired up with friends, and find out that they will be playing singles tie-breaker matches against their partner. Kikumaru and Oishi's match is most focused on, and Kikumaru is trying to prolong the match because it will be the last chance he has to play with Oishi. Trying to find out where Court 1 is, Ryoma defeated a bunch of high schoolers. After beating countless high schoolers, he finally finds Tokugawa of Court 1, and is about to play a match with him.
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#22 - The Captain's Choice
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2012
More matches are played, Tezuka vs. Kaidoh and Atobe vs. Hiyoshi. Both captains have a plan from the start to teach their juniors a lesson before defeating them. Meanwhile, Ryoma and Kintarō are playing matches with Tokugawa and Oni.
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#23 - Winners and Losers
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2012
The matches continued at Court 1, with Oni vs. Kintarou and Tokugawa vs. Ryoma. At the main court, the rest of the middle schoolers played against their favorite partner. Those who lost were forced to leave the camp, while the winners remained. What happens now?
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#24 - Cliffs of the Heart
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/2012
The winning middle school team have now started the next stage of their hard training right away, which consisted of complex combinations of exercises. Ryoma and Kintarou joined the other losers in facing together the biggest challenge of their lifetime given to them by the mental coach, Saitou, since becoming the only middle school tennis teams ever invited throughout Japan: to reach the top of a very high and steep mountain in order to prove their strength, will and power, and to close the gap between themselves and the winners. But, what awaits Ryoma, Kintarou and the losing team up there is either a heavenly paradise, or a blazing hell they surely will never forget.
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#25 - Start from Zero
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/15/2012
The losers finally reached the peak of the mountain. There they met a drunkard coach in primitive clothing, who was seen drinking a wine bottle amidst a bunch of worn out boys lying all over the ground. During the next days, the team had to start from zero and faced a series of raw challenges coming from this man that were so different compared to what they have always been doing before. Plus, they have to do all these without the pride of wearing their favorite school jerseys! Question now is, can they make it to the end, as what they had promised to each other with Sanada?
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