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Prince of Tennis Live Action Movie
Twelve year old Ryoma Echizen
is the tennis prodigy from America who has the personal history of
winning 4 successive victories at the American Junior Tennis
tournaments. His father, Nanjiroh Echizen, a tennis player of legendary
status, recalls Ryoma back to Japan to attend the distinguished school
of Seishun Academy Middle School. Ryoma, a first year, has his eyes set
on being on the regulars team of the tennis club, which the school is
famous for.
Ryoma arrives in time for the monthly campus ranking tournament, but
at first, due to his young age and his cool attitude, some club members
do not take him seriously; however, during the ranking tournament,
Ryoma is quick to prove his skill and become the only first year on the
regulars team, just in time for the regional preliminary rounds.
While in a crucial match against Fudomine Middle School during the
regionals, Ryoma injures his eye by accident, but his determination to
finish the match with his Nitouryuu, and helps bring victory to Seigaku
as they can advance to the Kanto conference as regional champions.
Tezuka is deeply troubled by Ryoma's style; it's an exact copy of his
father's. He is also worried about his own arm, which is injured and
will add on injuries when using his Zero Degree Drop Shot. Tezuka plays
a secret match with Echizen, and utterly defeats him using the Drop
Shot, disregarding his physician's advice. He tells Ryoma to develop
his own style of tennis and become the pillar of Seigaku.
Part 1
Part 2
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