Season 1
201411 episodes
7.4
All Episodes
23m
Episode 1
The Wind Makes It Too Hard to Hear
6.2
April 11, 2014
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.
23m
Episode 2
Smile Is a Robot
9.3
April 18, 2014
Coach Koizumi has started working Smile hard, and he definitely doesn't appreciate the extra attention.
23m
Episode 3
Staking Your Life on Table Tennis Is Revolting
9.3
April 25, 2014
All the teams gather at the prefectural qualifiers, and China gets to play Smile at last.
23m
Episode 4
The Only Way to Be Sure You Won't Lose Is to Not Fight
7.6
May 2, 2014
Peco learns a hard lesson from someone he never took seriously enough, and then we finally see how Dragon earned his name.
23m
Episode 5
Where Did I Go Wrong?
5.8
May 9, 2014
Dragon's obsession with Smile prompts Akuma to do something rash.
23m
Episode 6
You Love This Sport More Than Anyone!!
5.8
May 16, 2014
Five athletes have five very different Christmas Eves, and Peco gets a wake-up call.
23m
23m
Episode 8
The Hero Appears
5.8
May 30, 2014
Smile, Peco, Dragon, and China begin another prefectural qualifier. Will the results be different this year?
23m
Episode 9
Gonna Cry a Bit
8.8
June 6, 2014
In the third round, Dragon has an unexpected visitor, Sanada questions himself, and Peco scares lots of people in lots of ways.
23m
Episode 10
I Thought You Were the Hero!!
8.2
June 13, 2014
Peco and Dragon tackle the question of whether only birds can fly.
23m