The BEST episodes of The Prince of Tennis season 3
Every episode of The Prince of Tennis season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Prince of Tennis season 3!
Ryoma Echizen, a young tennis prodigy with many tennis championship wins, lies under his father's, Nanjiro Echizen a former pro tennis player, shadow. He joins the Seigaku Jr. High School Tennis Team, one of the best teams in Japan, who's goal is to become national champions. On the team, Ryoma, with help from his teammates, hopes to develop his own tennis style so he can defeat his father.
#1 - Become Seigaku's Pillar of Support!
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2003
Kunimitsu Tezuka, Seigaku's captain, faces off against Atobe, while Oishi reminisces about his promise to Tezuka: they would take Seigaku to the Nationals; and how Tezuka's arm was injured when they were first years.
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#2 - The Last Triple Counter
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/25/2002
Fuji shows the last of his Triple Counter, Hakugei, and defeats Jirou.
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#3 - Doubles for Three
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/6/2002
Due Oishi's absence, Momoshiro ends up playing doubles with Eiji Kikumaru, but the latter is unable to play to his fullest. However, once Eiji gets used to Momoshiro's presence, he begins to play in his normal play style. Oishi later shows up to cheer for them on the sidelines, encouraging the two to play to their fullest.
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#4 - Hyotei Presses Near
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/30/2002
Seigaku arrives at the tennis court for their upcoming match, but Shuichiro Oishi, who bumps into a pregnant lady on his way to the match, ends up going to the hospital to take care of her. Takeshi Momoshiro runs over to take Oishi's place at the hospital, only to find out that Oishi himself is also injured, so the latter encourages Momoshiro to take his place.
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#5 - Scud Serve
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/13/2002
After Momoshiro and Eiji beat their opponents, Sadaharu Inui and Kaoru Kaido play against Ryou Shishido and Choutarou Ohtori pair. To start off the match, Ohtori shows them his Scud Serve, a super fast serve verging on 200 km/h. Since the serve was not in Inui's data, the pair has difficulty in trying to return it.
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#6 - The Disappearing Serve
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/18/2002
Shusuke Fuji wants to pay Jirou Akutagawa back for defeating Yuta, and he also wants to win for Kawamura, who was injured along with Kabaji. Fuji thus reveals a very special serve.
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#7 - The Hidden Trouble
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/27/2002
As Inui reveals that he only needs data on Shishido and Ohtori because he has completed all the others, his past of how he took interest in Data Tennis is revealed. After Inui gathers the required data, Inui and Kaido finally make a comeback. However, even after Kaido reveals he has mastered his Boomerang Snake technique, the other team still proves formidable as they are able to return it.
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#8 - Power vs. Power
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/2002
Munehiro Kabaji and Takashi Kawamura battle it out with a power duel.
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#9 - Duel of Hadoukyuu!
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/11/2002
Kawamura uses the one and two-handed Hadokyu, but Kabaji copies it. It then becomes a duel of whose arm will last longest.
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#10 - Rondo Towards Destruction
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/22/2003
Atobe shows his special two-part smash, the Rondo Towards Destruction.
#11 - Kaoru's Special Training
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/23/2002
During the tournament combination drawings, Seigaku learns of their next opponent, Hyotei Academy. Meanwhile, in preparation for Seigaku's next match, Kaido trains especially hard in order to perfect his Boomerang Snake, in which Inui decides to help him with for a price: to become his doubles' partner. Also, Hyotei's rigorous regular selection process is revealed.
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#12 - The Worst Compatibility
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/20/2002
Neither Inui nor Kaido can react fast enough to Ohtori's Scud Serve, even after Kaido removes his weighted wrist bands; which grants him more speed, but still not enough to return the Scud Serve. As the Seigaku pair struggle, Keigo Atobe, Hyotei's captain, reflects back on how hard Shishido and Ohtori trained for this.
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#13 - End of the Ball
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/2003
Tezuka continues to use his left hand, even though he is aware of the injuries he may further sustain.
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#14 - Compilation Stories TeniPuri
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2003
Short stories involving super deformed versions of the characters; includes "Super Soldier", "Beware of Snow White?!", and "Jump out! Seigaku".
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#15 - It's a Date!
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/26/2003
n Tachibana asks Momoshiro and Ryoma for a tennis date, but the others see it differently.
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#16 - The Never Ending Tie-Break
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/2003
Atobe and Tezuka continue the match, and enters a long tie-break, until Atobe finally wins. Ryoma then plays the last match against Wakashi Hiyoshi, and wins with his Drive B.
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Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/26/2003
Ryoma finally breaks the Tezuka Zone, but still loses in the end. Tezuka leaves for Germany.
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Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/5/2003
Kaido is forced to impersonate Ryoma due to a mistake in a tennis magazine by Shiba, a reporter, and ends up playing a match with Momoshiro.
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Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/12/2003
Oishi tells everyone to come at midnight for a surprise trip to the mountains. Tezuka later reveals his decision to leave for Germany.
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Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/19/2003
Tezuka challenges Ryoma to another match using his right hand, and successfully uses the right-handed Tezuka Zone against him.
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#21 - Tennis vs. Ping Pong
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/19/2003
During Seigaku's club day, Ryoma participates in ping pong, while other members of the team participate in various sports as well.
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#22 - Who Will be a Regular?
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/12/2003
Kachiro Kato, a Seigaku freshman, gets upset with Masashi Arai and his friends for being insensitive to the regulars who have injuries. They battle it out on the courts, and whoever loses has to quit the tennis club.
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