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Description

Ping pong. Table tennis. Fast, furious. You might have seen it - even played it - but never anything like this! The action is centered around Tsukimoto ('Smile' and Hoshino ('Peko'; childhood friends who have been playing the sport ever since they were elementary students.

Tsukimoto - the impassive, bespectacled, seemingly-emotionless boy described as a robot by everyone who knows him, plays "to kill time". Hoshino, the passionate, out-going, charismatic boy who Tsukimoto idolized during their childhood, plays because he "loves ping pong and hates to lose".

How will the world of competitive sports treat these two who are so different? And what will happen upon their inevitable meeting as contenders for the High School Men's Singles Trophy?

Adapted to a feature-length film by SORI in 2002.

Note: New cover editions that were released in 2002 are consist of 9 thin volumes actually. These thin volumes’re reunited as A (first 3 vols), B (the 2nd) and C (the 3rd). Soushuuhen is a memorial release for Ikki Magazine’s first issue which covers the series fully with over 1000 pages, the prologue was added as well.


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Manga

Related Series
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Associated Names
Pinpon
ピンポン
乒乓

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Latest Release(s)
c.Prologue by Hox 14 years ago
v.5 c.52-55 (end) by KEFI 17 years ago
v.5 c.48-51 by KEFI 17 years ago
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Status in Country of Origin

5 Volumes (Complete)
3 Volumes (Shinsouban ABC, Complete)
1 Volume (Soushuuhen, Complete)
3 Volumes (Bunkoban, Complete)
2 Volumes (Full Game ed., Complete)


Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 5, Chap 55

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Average: 8.5 / 10.0 (231 votes)
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July 16th, 2024 9:53pm PDT - 9 months ago

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Original Publisher
Shogakukan (1996, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2014)

Serialized In (magazine)
Big Comic Spirits (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
Viz (2 Full Game Eds - Complete)

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Weekly Pos #746 decreased(-26)
Monthly Pos #1987 (No change)
3 Month Pos #3661 (No change)
6 Month Pos #4857 decreased(-20)
Year Pos #6630 increased(+92)

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On 186 reading lists
On 470 wish lists
On 513 completed lists
On 20 unfinished lists
On 212 custom lists

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