Season 1

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  7.5/1011 votes

  The Return of the Prince

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2012

  Seigaku and other middle school students (with a total of 50 middle school students) are invited to the U-17 selection camp. Ryoma also comes back from America to participate. The high school students there dislike the middle school students.

  Director: Shunsuke Tada

  Writer: Mitsutaka Hirota

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  8.2/106 votes

  The Gatekeeper of Hell

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2012

  Momoshiro gets paired up immediately in a shuffle match, being the first middle schooler to do so. His opponent is Jujiroh Oni.

  Director: Jun Takahashi

  Writer: Fumiyo Sakai

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  8.0/105 votes

  Friendly Fire

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2012

  The middle schoolers pair up with friends, and find out that they will be playing singles tie-breaker matches against their partner.

  Director: Junichi Saito

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.3/106 votes

  The Captain's Choice

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2012

  Tezuka plays Kaidō and Atobe plays Hiyoshi. Both captains have a plan from the start to teach their juniors a lesson before defeating them. Meanwhile, Ryoma and Kintarō are playing matches with Tokugawa and Oni.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/105 votes

  Winners and Losers

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2012

  The matches continue, and the losers are forced to leave the camp. What happens now?

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/105 votes

  Cliffs of the Heart

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/2012

  The winning middle school team start the next stage of their hard training right away. The losers face the biggest challenge of their lifetime given to them by the mental coach, Saitō.

  Director: Junichi Saito

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/105 votes

  Start from Zero

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/15/2012

  The losers reach the mountain peak and meet a drunken coach in primitive clothing.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/105 votes

  Special Mission

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/22/2012

  Ryoma, Tanishi, and Kenya receive a letter from Coach Nyudo asking them to sneak into the training camp to acquire training supplies.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/105 votes

  Evolution and Change

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/29/2012

  The middle schoolers, once again, have to face the challenging demands of Coach Mifune.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/105 votes

  Good Bye, Tezuka Kunimitsu

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/2012

  At the training camp in the mountains, the middle schoolers are given rackets filled with lead and are forced to hit balls with the rackets. Meanwhile, in the U-17 camp, Court 5 have team shuffle matches with Court 3.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/106 votes

  Promise

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/14/2012

  As Tezuka leaves, Fuji challenges him to a match.

  Director: Junichi Saito

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/105 votes

  The Start of a Revolution

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/21/2012

  The Black Jerseys challenge Court 2.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.2/106 votes

  Toward Your New Brilliant Selves

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/28/2012

  The matches between the Black Jerseys and the camp winners concludes.

  Director: Hideyo Yamamoto

  Writer: Mitsutaka Hirota