Scorching Ping Pong Girls
| Scorching Ping Pong Girls | |
 The cover of the first volume of Scorching Ping Pong Girls | |
| 灼熱の卓球娘 (Shakunetsu no Takkyū Musume) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sports |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yagura Asano |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine |
Jump SQ.19 (2013–2015) Tonari no Young Jump (2015 - present) |
| Original run | 2013 – present |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yasuhiro Irie |
| Produced by |
Hiroyuki Tanaka Shoichi Hotta Yoshikazu Beniya Taro Iwahana Mika Shimizu Jun Fukuda Takaya Ibira Shunsuke Matsumura Takeshi Ishigaki |
| Written by | Hideyuki Kurata |
| Music by | MONACA |
| Studio | Kinema Citrus |
| Network | TV Tokyo, AT-X, BS Japan |
| Original run | October 3, 2016 – present |
| Episodes | 9 |
Scorching Ping Pong Girls (灼熱の卓球娘 Shakunetsu no Takkyū Musume) is a Japanese manga series by Yagura Asano about table tennis. It began serialization in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Jump SQ.19 in 2013. After Jump SQ.19 ended publication in 2015, the manga moved to Shueisha's online platform Tonari no Young Jump. It has been collected in three tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Kinema Citrus began airing in Japan from October 3, 2016.
Characters
Suzumegahara Municipal Junior High
- Koyori Tsumujikaze (旋風 こより Tsumujikaze Koyori)
- Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori[1]
- A shy transfer student who joins Suzumegahara's table tennis club. She loves table tennis and was a prefectural semifinalist in her previous school.
- Agari Kamiya (上矢 あがり Kamiya Agari)
- Voiced by: Minami Tanaka[1]
- A second year in the table tennis club and the ace prior to Koyori joining the club.
- Hanabi Tenka (天下 ハナビ Tenka Hanabi)
- Voiced by: Marika Kōno[1]
- A second year table tennis club member who is classmates with Koyori and Agari. She is an energetic girl who possesses an offensive playstyle involving fast returns.
- Hokuto Itsumo (出雲 ほくと Itsumo Hokuto)
- Voiced by: Yūki Kuwahara[1]
- A second year table tennis club member who is friends with Hanabi. She generally uses a calculative playstyle, allowing her manipulate how her opponents hit the ball, and can guess what type of underwear someone is wearing from their paddle. Her family runs a table tennis specialist store.
- Mune Ōmune (大宗 夢音 Ōmune Mune)
- Voiced by: Ayaka Imamura[1]
- A third year and the vice-captain of the table tennis club. Nicknamed Munemune (ムネムネ) due to her ample breasts.
- Kiruka Ushirode (後手 キルカ Ushirode Kiruka)
- Voiced by: Hisako Tōjō[1]
- A third year and the captain of the table tennis club. She enjoys imposing penalties on her clubmates during practice.
Mozuyama Junior High
- Kururi Futamaru (二重丸 くるり Futamaru Kuriri)
- Voiced by: Shiori Izawa
- Zakuro Zashikiwarashi (座敷童 石榴 Zashikiwarashi Zakuro)
- Voiced by: Nozomi Furuki
- Sachiko Sasorida (蠍田 幸子 Sasorida Sachiko)
- Voiced by: Rika Tachibana
- Yura Yuragi (由良木 ゆら Yuragi Yura)
- Voiced by: Yoshino Aoyama
- Mayuu Kanenashi (鐘梨 まゆう Kanenashi Mayū)
- Voiced by: Ayumi Takeo
- Kimiko Hamu (羽無 公子 Hamu Kimiko)
- Voiced by: Yuka Ōtsubo
Media
Manga
Asano's manga series began its serialization in 2013 in the Jump SQ.19 magazine published by Shueisha, until it switched to the Tonari no Young Jump online platform in 2015 after the end of Jump SQ.19's publication. Between March 4, 2015 and April 4, 2016, the series has been compiled in three tankōbon volumes.
Volume list
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 4, 2015[2] | ISBN 978-4-08-880204-6 |
| 2 | March 4, 2015[3] | ISBN 978-4-08-880257-2 |
| 3 | April 4, 2016[4] | ISBN 978-4-08-880708-9 |
Anime
A television anime adaptation of the series was announced in March 2016.[5] The anime is produced by Kinema Citrus, directed by Yasuhiro Irie and written by Hideyuki Kurata, featuring character designs by Junko Sugimura and music by MONACA.[6] The series began airing on TV Tokyo from October 3, 2016[7] and is being simulcast by Crunchyroll.[8] The opening theme is "Shakunetsu Switch" (灼熱スイッチ Shakunetsu Suicchi, lit. "Scorching Switch) by Suzumegahara Chūgaku Takkyū-bu (Yumiri Hanamori, Minami Tanaka, Marika Kōno, Yūki Kuwahara, Ayaka Imamura, and Hisako Tōjō), while the ending theme is "Bokura no Frontier" (僕らのフロンティア Bokura no Furontia, lit "Our Frontier") by Wake Up, Girls!. The anime will be released across six Blu-ray & DVD volumes.[9]
Episode list
| No. | Title[lower-alpha 1] | Original air date |
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| 1 | "...My Heart's About to Burst!" "...Dokidoki suru!" (…ドキドキするっ！) | October 3, 2016 |
| The Oudou Academy table tennis team, who had been champions for nine straight years, are suddenly defeated by the unknown Hayabusa Academy. Meanwhile, at Suzumegahara Municipal Junior High School, Agari Kamiya, the school's top player, comes across a shy transfer student named Koyori Tsumujikaze, who shows an interest in joining the table tennis club. Having a practise match against her, Agari is surprised by how skilled Koyori seems to be. While Agari goes off to do an interview, Koyori plays against the other club members, quickly rising up the club's ranking after beating ten first-year members in a row. Koyori's reputation among the club increases further after she manages to beat the club's fourth ranked member, Mune Ōmune. As Koyori is revealed to have been a prefectural semifinalist in her previous school, Agari becomes anxious that her position as the club's ace will be taken from her. | ||
| 2 | "Unrelinquishable Spot" "Yuzurenai Basho" (譲れない場所) | October 10, 2016 |
| Having moved up to fourth place after beating Mune, Koyori faces off against the third ranked member, Hokuto Itsumo. Hokuto gains an advantage due to her ability to force her opponent to hit the way she wants, but Koyori soon fights back, bringing Hokuto out of her calculative playstyle into a fierce rally and managing to win. The next day, as Koyori manages to win against the second ranked member, Hanabi Tenka, Agari becomes further downhearted when the other members start declaring Koyori their new ace. Determined to protect her top spot, Agari challenges Koyori to a match the next day. | ||
| 3 | "Love It!!" "Suki!!" (好きっ!!) | October 17, 2016 |
| As the match begins, Agari uses her loop drive technique to gain an early lead against Koyori. However, Koyuri becomes excited and starts countering Koyori's backhand smashes, expressing her love for table tennis. Upon feeling a heart-pounding sensation herself, Agari regains the feeling of fun she used to have for table tennis before becoming obsessed with victory and praise, bringing out the forehand smashes she previously discarded. Despite losing the match in the end, Agari feels happy about the match and becomes friends with Koyori. Meanwhile, Mune reports the day's events to the club president, who prepares to return to the club following a foot injury. | ||
| 4 | "Boring Table Tennis" "Taikutsu na Takkyū" (タイクツな卓球) | October 24, 2016 |
| President Kiruka Ushirode returns to the club and challenges all the other members to beat her for a spot in their team roster. As Kiruka beats almost all of the members with her backspin chop, Agari, annoyed by Kiruka's passive impression of everyone, states her determination to reach the nationals and steps up to face her. | ||
| 5 | "I Want to Feel My Heart Race With You" "Anata to Dokidoki Shitaikara" (あなたとドキドキしたいから) | October 31, 2016 |
| Agari begins her match Kiruka, initially struggling against her seemingly impregnable wall of defense. However, Agari manages to bring out her forehand smash, which she had been practising since her match against Koyori, managing to score against Kiruka and earn a spot on the team roster. Feeling that she can experience more heart-punding excitement if she goes to the Nationals, Koyuri steps up to face Kiruka, who also feels excitement from her match, and also manages to win a spot on the roster alongside Agari and the other top ranked players. Afterwards, as Agari points out that Kiruka wasn't even using her full strength and can shine further in doubles matches, Kiruka sets up a practice against Mozuyama Junior High. | ||
| 6 | "Friends" "Tomodachi" (ともだち) | November 7, 2016 |
| Noticing that the rubber on Koyori's paddle has worn off, affecting her play, Hokuto suggests that she buy some replacements, only to find she has no allowance. To this end, Koyori starts working part-time at Hokuto's family table tennis store alongside Hanabi in order to earn money for new rubbers. While trying to work up the courage to deal with customers, Koyori ends up serving a rather peculiar customer. As Koyori gets used to her job by the time Agari and the others come to check up on her, Hokuto recalls how she became friends with Hanabi. | ||
| 7 | "National Caliber" "Zenkoku-kō no Jitsuryoku" (全国校の実力) | November 14, 2016 |
| As a reward for her work, Hokuto picks out a springy rubber for Koyori that helps her enjoy table tennis more. The girls soon arrive at Mozuyama Junior High for their practise match, where Koyori comes across the girl she met before, Kururi Futamaru, who helped lead her team to the nationals. Stating that she plays for the sake of her team captain, Zakuro Zashikiwarashi, Kururi leaves Koyori questioning why she herself plays table tennis. As the practise match gets underway, Hanabi goes up against Sachiko Sasorida, winning the first two games against her only for Sachiko to make a comeback with her off-rhythm plays, taking advantage of Hanabi's lack of stamina to win the match. Next, Hokuto goes up against Yura Yuragi, who gains an early lead. | ||
| 8 | "Doubles" "Daburusu" (ダブルス) | November 21, 2016 |
| Hokuto is brought to the point of exhaustion by Yura's extended rallies, ultimately losing against her despite a strong comeback. Responding to Agari's desire to win, Mune and Kiruka step up to face Mayuu Kanenashi and Kimiko Hamu in a doubles match. As the match goes on, Kiruka notices that Mune is holding herself back out of concern for her ankle. Remembering how they make up for each other's weaknesses, Mune and Kiruka bring out their all and win their match, setting the stage for Agari to battle against Zakuro. | ||
| 9 | "Never Reach Me" "Watashi ni wa Todokanai" (私には届かない) | November 28, 2016 |
| As Agari begins her match against Zakuro, who gets an early lead, Kururi recalls how she first joined Mozuyama's table tennis club two years ago. Despite being asked to train everyone for the Nationals, Kururi's fearsome playstyle ended up turning almost everyone away from the club with the exception of Zakuro, who continued to stand by her. As Agari struggles to get the lead over Zakuro with her forehand smashes, she focuses on her desire to give Koyori the opportunity to play and brings out her backhand smashes to get back on equal ground. Switching up her smashes during the final set, Agari manages to win the match, reminding Koyori of the reason why she plays table tennis; to make the hearts of both her and her opponent pound. The final match between Koyori and Kururi then begins, with Kururi bringing out fearsome curveballs. | ||
| 10 | "My Table Tennis" "Watashi no takkyū" (わたしの卓球) | December 5, 2016 |
Notes
- ↑ All English episode titles are taken from Crunchyroll.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Shakunetsu no Takkyū Musume TV Anime About Girls' Ping Pong Reveals Main Cast". Anime News Network. July 26, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ↑ "灼熱の卓球娘 1" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ↑ "灼熱の卓球娘 2" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ↑ "灼熱の卓球娘 3" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ↑ "Shakunetsu no Takkyū Musume Manga About Girls' Ping Pong Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Shakunetsu no Takkyū Musume TV Anime's Main Staff, Visual Unveiled". Anime News Network. July 1, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Shakunetsu no Takkyū Musume Anime Debuts on October 3". Anime News Network. September 3, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ↑ "Crunchyroll Adds Joker Season 4, Trickster, Scorching Ping Pong Girls Anime". Anime News Network. October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- ↑ "Blu-ray&DVD".
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
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