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.
He's one of the two up-and-comers 
who joined this year.
Es una de las dos promesas 
que entraron este año.
Ele é um dos dois novos 
talentos que entraram este ano.