Ping-pong 4 (Big Spirits Comics Special)

[Machine Translation] Taiyo Matsumoto depicts the sport of table tennis! High school students Tsukimoto ( Smile ) and Hoshino ( Peco ), in the midst of their adolescence, run through the cold and cool world of table tennis! Hoshino overcame his weak point, the backside, by using the backside hitting method. Then, he entered Katase High School for the Inter-High School Prefectural Qualifying Round. His opponent in the first round is Kong Wenhua, whom he had sconked (lost completely) a year ago. Tsukimoto, on the other hand, is as strong as ever and easily wins the first and second rounds. Synopsis: Smile has disappeared. His relationship with his coach, Koizumi, and his mixed feelings about his own abilities and those around him, especially Peco, are getting on his nerves. When Koizumi visits Obaba, he is told that he does not have enough love. Smile runs all night and returns to school in the middle of the night, only to find Koizumi waiting for him ( ep. 1 ). One day during winter vacation, Coach Koizumi invites Smile to an amusement park. Meanwhile, Peco practices at a university where Obaba's son is a coach, and tries to get back on his feet. Peko struggles to master the backside hitting technique, which is unprecedented in Japan. The inter-high school qualifying round is coming up in 5 months ( ep.2 ). Makoto Tsukimoto (a.k.a. Smile, a freshman at Katase High School. He is a right shake, double-sided backstroke cutter), Yutaka Hoshino (a.k.a. Peco, a freshman at Katase High School, right pen, front soft cutter). Right pen, fast attack type, front soft), Kong Wenhua (Kong Wenga, a foreign exchange student invited to Tsujido Gakuin High School from China. Right Chinese pen, drive attack type), Ryuichi Kazama (a.k.a. Dragon, sophomore at Kaiou Gakuen, right shake, back soft drive type). Right shake, back soft drive, all-around type), Sakuma Manabu (a.k.a. Akuma. Childhood friend of Smile and Peco. First-year student at Kaiou Gakuen, right-handed pen, front soft, fast-attack type), Koizumi Takeru (Advisor of the Katase High School table tennis club to which Smile and Peko belong. He used to be famous as Butterfly Joe, a fantastic table tennis player.)

松本大洋が描く卓球というスポーツ!!青春真っ只中の高校生・月本(スマイル)と星野(ペコ)が、冷たく、そしてカッコイイスポ根の世界を駆ける!! 星野は弱点であるバックサイドを裏面打法という方法で克服。そしてインターハイ県予選に片瀬高校からエントリー。一回戦の相手は1年前にスコンク(完封負け)を食らった孔文革だ。一方、月本は相変わらずの強さを見せ、軽々と1、2回戦を勝ち上がっていく。 あらすじ スマイルが姿を消した。コーチ小泉との関係が、そして自分の実力と周囲、特にペコへの複雑な感情が、彼の神経を参らせていた。オババのもとを訪れた小泉は「愛が足りない」といわれてしまう。スマイルは、一晩中走り、力尽きて夜中に学校に戻ると、そこには小泉が待っていた(第1話)。▼冬休みのある日、コーチ小泉はスマイルを、なんと遊園地へ誘う。一方、オババの息子がコーチを務める大学で練習を積み、再起をはかるぺコ。国内では例のない裏面打法を身に付けようと悪戦苦闘していた。インターハイ予選は5ヶ月に迫っている(第2話)。 登場人物 月本誠(通称・スマイル、片瀬高校1年生。右シェイク、両面裏ソフトカット主戦型)、星野裕(通称・ペコ、片瀬高校1年生。右ペン、表ソフト速攻型)、孔文革(コンウェンガ、中国から辻堂学院高校に招聘された留学生。右 中国式ペン、ドライブ攻撃型)、風間竜一(通称・ドラゴン、海王学園2年生。右シェイク、裏ソフト ドライブ主戦オールラウンド型)、佐久間学(通称・アクマ。スマイルとペコとは幼馴染み。海王学園1年生、右ペン、表ソフト 速攻型)、小泉丈(スマイルとペコの属する片瀬高校卓球部の顧問。昔はバタフライジョーとして名を馳せた幻の名卓球選手)