On the Verge of Lunacy

Ryoma Echizen and the rest of Seigaku are back and go head to head with the best middle and high school tennis players in the country in the U-17 selection camp. The middle schoolers, which includes most of Seigaku's rivals from other schools, soon find that U-17 is full of talented players and wily coaches who want to test their limits. Players are grouped in several courts depending on their abilities. Shuffle matches let courts move up or down the ranks. In the preliminary matches, several players are eliminated while Ryoma is disqualified for not showing up when he goes looking for Tokugawa, a player from court one, for a match. He has to leave the camp along with the losers. They were not leaving however. They are sent to a drunkard coach, Nyudo, and undergo extensive and difficult training. Meanwhile, the middle schoolers who won, are slowly moving up the court ranking, led by the powerful Jujiroh Oni. It seems like the middle schoolers can't get along with the coach...

kimi ha kitto onaji mainichi ni anshin dekiru hito nanda ne dakedo nani ka motomete tatakau tanoshisa ni ha kitsukanai yo ochiru yuuhi mitsumetnagara shizumu mono mo utsukushii to sore de kokoro yasugunara sore demo ii kedo boku ha zutto ue wo mezashiteku soko kara shika mienai mono wo miru tame ni natsukusu mono mo kakugo dekite iru koenakya nara nai mono itsuka koeru tame ni kimi ha itsu mo onaji michi toori shiranai roji ha mimoshinai ne dakedo tama ni maigo ni naru mono tanoshii deai mitsukerareru hitori aruku kodoku na ou no michi ha zutto hatenai kedo sore de kokoro tsubureru nara sore dake no koto sa boku ha zutto ue wo mezashiteku soko kara shika mienai mono wo miru tame ni kizutsuku no mo kakugo dekite iru dare yori mo takai basho noboritsumeru tame ni boku ha zutto ue wo mezashiteku soko kara shika mienai mono wo miru tame ni natsukusu mono mo kakugo dekite iru koenakya nara nai mono itsuka koeru tame ni boku ha zutto ue wo mezashiteku soko kara shika mienai mono wo mi...