Two old friends go to spy on a new table tennis champ at a rival high school, but meanwhile their own team is falling apart.

Coach Koizumi has started working Smile hard, and he definitely doesn't appreciate the extra attention.

All the teams gather at the prefectural qualifiers, and China gets to play Smile at last.

Peco learns a hard lesson from someone he never took seriously enough, and then we finally see how Dragon earned his name.

Dragon's obsession with Smile prompts Akuma to do something rash.

Five athletes have five very different Christmas Eves, and Peco gets a wake-up call.

Players, coaches, captains, and their families.

Smile, Peco, Dragon, and China begin another prefectural qualifier. Will the results be different this year?

In the third round, Dragon has an unexpected visitor, Sanada questions himself, and Peco scares lots of people in lots of ways.

Peco and Dragon tackle the question of whether only birds can fly.

The final match is on.