Spring. The Hatase High school gymnasium. Table tennis club adviser Koizumi Jo notices a cut-man with glasses on the team.
He is one of the up-and-comers who joined the team this year, Tsukimoto Makoto (Smile).
Meanwhile, the other up-and-comer Hoshino Yutaka (Peco) is swindling a man at Obaba's Tamura Table Tennis Hall.
You two are a pain in the ass.
 You know that, right?
Sois un auténtico problema, 
¿os dais cuenta?
Vocês todos são uns 
chatos de galocha, sabiam?