He can imitate all of his opponent's techniques with his observation skills

summer vacation has come and all the students are very happy Rio is a senior student of nakamachi middle school he is watching a badon match shizuo comes he knows that it is the yohama manado prefectural tournament that they both went to watch the day before Rio really admires yusa at the final match yusa is so cool Rio wishes he could play like that too shizuo thinks Rio should try to apply to yakoh Minado High School to play batminton with his Idol but Rio is not confident enough to apply to yakoh matato teacher shimamura suddenly calls

Rio to the office here Rio unexpectedly meets the coach of yakoh minato's Club coach iihara asks Rio if he wants to join yakoh Minato Rio is very embarrassed when he hears this offer because his results are a bit bad coach abara sees it as a difference in experience so if he joins he will definitely accumulate a lot of experience and Achieve many more noble goals Rio then told his two best friends about this heroo and Shizu congratulated him even though they wouldn't be able to play badminton together anymore shizuo teased r that R's older sister

Ra was also studying there Rio was very sad because if it weren't for shizuo he wouldn't have played badminton and the two of them had joined the Badminton Club by chance thinking it was a basket shuttle Club at first since then they have been playing together and working hard together they were very close to heroo at night he also told his family everything his father didn't agree because it would be very difficult for him to get into a prestigious School through a sports recommendation if Rio got injured and couldn't compete he would probably have a

hard time Rio felt upset and asked his family for permission to go jogging R went outside and told Rio that their father had participated in track and field and got into a prestigious School through a sports recommendation but because of his injury he couldn't continue his passion anymore so now he's afraid that R will be like that R wants Rio to think for himself and make his own decisions Rio starts running and thinks although he just plays badminton casually he feels very happy in return no matter how hard it is after a while he becomes

the captain his team gets stronger and stronger they won the prefecture Championship when he was in high school in the finals he saw Uso from that moment Rio realized that he wanted to play like that ra is explaining to her family about Coach abara that he can see talent in others very well so Rio definitely has potential Rio really wants to try and wants to see how far he can go he was about to text shis to apologize but shizuo took the initiative to text first and advise R to do what he wants the two

promised each other that they would compete against each other someday Rio felt that he had a great future ahead of him he went home and talked to his parents he really wanted to get into yakoh manado high school and wanted to see how far he could go he would not enter yakoh manado High School through recommendation but through entrance exams he knew that his current results were impossible but he would try and hope that his parents would accept his requests his parents were very happy and agreed ra also supported him and helped him study from

that moment on Rio spent all his time studying and his results improved a lot he was very happy that his efforts had paid off coach abara suddenly organized a practice session and also wanted Rio to come and join and to get acquainted Rio accepted and was ready right away he also told his two friends about this practice session Rio asked them to do their best for the upcoming entrance exam and left Shizu called out and shouted to focus Rio got ready and then he started to go to yakoh minat oh high he went inside the

club and everyone was gathered there from today on there will be five middle school students who will be participating in the training coach ebara wanted the five to introduce themselves R was the first next to him were the twin brothers higashiyama tchai and Yoji then sha sakaki finally Ki matsuda coach started to introduce Captain hongo their Ace us a Kento who had a troubled expression USA coldly told the new recruits not to get in the way of their practice Rio didn't expect the person he admired to have an attitude different from what he imagined sakaki

and the higashiyama twins had known each other before sakaki also remembered Rio because they had faced each other many times but the four of them didn't know about matsuda everyone started warming up with a lot of different exercises five rookies started practicing the first exercise was knocking down shuttle tubes this would help them improve their accuracy USA demonstrated coach ebara told the rookies to watch carefully they were required to knock down four tubes in 2 minutes but USA only needed 20 seconds to do this this shocked all the rookies USA looked arrogant and challenged the

rookies to do the same they were annoyed but could not deny his talent matsuda tried first he missed but coach abara saw that he was doing very well as a result he successfully knocked down three tubes in 2 minutes then tchai he knocked down two tubes in 2 minutes next was Yoji he had the same result as tchai saki wanted to show USA that he could also knock down four tubes but the first time the shuttle could not even go over the net natsuda realized that sakaki was trying too hard and ended up not knocking

down any tubes coach abara advised sakaki to control his anger and train his mind when it was Rio's turn he focused and failed the first time the second time too he remembered the time us a shot and successfully shook the tube he focused again and remembered to follow Us's movements this time time he successfully knocked the tube down 2 minutes were up the seniors found these rookies interesting during the break sakaki said that he came to yakoh Minado because he wanted to play doubles with Rio he really liked Rio because he knew that R was

very special after the break they continued to practice and then today's practice ended everyone was exhausted sakaki thought Rio was very good because he could still stand coach abara told everyone that today was just a light practice tomorrow everyone would return to their regular practice practice then they asked matsuda to introduce himself matsuda said that his parents knew coach abara so coach abiara had guided him to enter this school but matsuda still hasn't made a final decision because he doesn't like USA sakaki convinces matsuda to join them but he just wants to work alone and

leaves on the way back Rio accidentally sees Shizu and heroo who are studying for exams Rio tells him about his Idol's true personality but he also admits that USA is very good the three of them promis to work work hard together after that day riy comes to practice every Thursday the five rookies have become closer to each other a few days later matsuda announces that he has decided to study at yakoh manado high school the members are all happy because they will be playing together the day of their junior high school graduation has come and

everyone congratulates each other Rio chats with his two close friends after today the three of them will no longer be together Rio says that this is not the end because they will meet again at The District tournament at the opening ceremony at yakoh monado high school the family comes to congratulate Rio and take a souvenir photo Rio went to class matsuda was in the same class as him the school clubs also started recruiting members matsuda and Rio went to the Badminton Club sakaki taiichi and Yoji arrived first unexpectedly a few students came to apply for

the club this year the club welcomed 10 new members Captain hongo introduced them and gave the club's next goal to try to enter the National Tournament together but first they had to win the inter School tournament they were all exhausted after just warming up and then the practice continued and the new members who had no experience were all out of breath Rio saw that USA was very good and as soon as the time was up they all collapsed a hard day had passed and everyone went home together the members complained that they had practiced all

day without touching the racket the next day H and imamura skipped practice the seniors were talking about the new members the higashiyama twins showed their skills to the surprise of the seniors the inexperienced members were also given very careful instructions coach abara asked Rio if he wanted to try playing with ususa Rio immediately agreed although he was a bit scared the match between the two also took place Rio thought that he would block by guessing the direction of Us's shot but he failed and asked USA for permission to try again he still couldn't block Us's

shots he tried to concentrate and guess the direction of the shuttle but couldn't block it USA was also surprised because r reacted he paid attention to Rio after this situation he still looked down on the other new members sakaki was quite angry when he heard that Rio's parents were very worried about his studies but ran knew that if Rio got low grades he wouldn't be able to participate in the club anymore Rio was very confident in his studies but the next day his test was only 34 points matsuda got 100 points teacher abara warned Rio

and let it go this time he didn't want this to happen again in the afternoon they continued practice iing the next day they found out that Aida was absent from practice Aida knew that he couldn't balance his studies and practice so he gave up everyone then found out that acha had also entered the school through a recommendation Rio heard that and knew that he needed to try harder as practice continued achida tried hard but he was still very bad at hitting the shovel coach abara learned that achida had played table tennis in middle school he

told AA to say push forward as he was swinging after trying he hit the shuttle and everyone was very surprised with Aida Aida thanked coach abara very much coach abara gave Aida advice to help him hit faster and with more range the AA had used to hit table tennis the inter School selection round was held as usual everyone will compete against each other to choose the members to compete USA asserts that he will not hold back no matter who it is the first years know that this is their chance then all the matches begin AA

and us a face off the gap between the two is really big and the remaining matches are also very intense currently yusa is leading by 20 points he says if achida loses by 21 points from now on he will call AA loser AA shouts push forward and shoots accidentally the shuttle hits the edge of the net and scores making USA quite angry USA hits a very strong shot to end the match even though AA lost he is happy to have scored one point currently USA has won three consecutive matches matsuda is fighting hard with his

opponent Rio is tied with his opponent by 17 points the higashiyama twins are playing against each other riy has won on the higashiyama twins side taii has won matsuda has also just finished his tough match Rio is also boasting that he has won a match sakaki is playing against USA despite his best efforts he keeps losing to ususa the first day of singles matches ends with USA winning all five matches matsuda wins four sakaki wins three the higashiyama Twins and Rio each win two AA has not won a single match us is looking forward to

tomorrow when he faces riy the next day during recess ishiki comes to cheer for riy matsuda sees USA and greets him but is ignored ususa claims that the match with Rio will only be over in 7 minutes matsuda is upset that USA doesn't see him as a rival sakaki is quite angry that yusa looks down on others too much on the second day of matches matsuda faces ususa he recognized the pressure he was under Rio was facing the captain the captain was playing while guiding Rio's moves us also won against matsuda Rio's performance was being

improved by Captain hongo he played much better then Rio went to Aida for help in the last match R was trailing USA by 15 minutes three the two continued to fight each other USA kept hitting the shuttle after a while Rio realized it was coming he successfully saved the shuttle from falling close to the net coach abara felt that USA was playing very seriously it turned out that Rio had asked AA to help him time it after 7 minutes had passed USA still couldn't beat RI this made him angry and lost Focus however the result

was that USA still won by 21 minutes 5 although he only scored five points Rio felt very excited that night the next day everyone continued to prepare for the final match day now the members all had some achievements aido was not called a loser Rio did not lose in seven minutes matsudo was aiming for fourth place in singles if he was fourth place depending on the situation he could sit on the bench or even participate in in the inter School tournament even though he was only a first year matsudo was determined to win the remaining

match so he promised that he would not lose to RI the final match day took place RI was leading sakaki by 20 minutes 18 he remembered the time he played against captain hongo and USA Coach abara realized that Rio had improved a lot but he was still too slow Rio shot and won the final match of the third day also took place RI would face matsuda the match began everyone wanted to stay and watched the two compete the score was 9 Minutes 6 both sides were fighting fiercely everyone was also paying close attention to the

match matsuda noticed that riy was predicting every shot he hit after a situation matsuda saw an opening and made a shot riy tried his best to save it sakaki realized that matsuda's energy saving strategy was blocked matsuda was indeed exhausted but luckily the shuttle went out there was a break in the middle of the match natsuda was extremely exhausted and his legs were starting to get tight he didn't understand why Rio was playing so well the match restarted the two continued to fight fiercely the current score was 20 minutes 19 both were exhausted matsuda served

Rio dropped the shuttle close to the net matsuda tried to save it but failed RI coped Us's technique he took the advantage and took the lead coach abara knew that since he came here ri had gradually revealed his talent surprisingly Rio's shuttle did not go over the net so the score was 21 off riy continued to make mistakes and the advantage returned to matsuda matsuda's leg was cramped he hit the shuttle too high giving Ry the opportunity to hit a shot but the shuttle flew out matsuda won however matsuda was not happy with this result

coach abara will announce the singles results later and he wants the members to prepare for the upcoming doubles matches in the evening the rankings were posted on the door matsuda was fifth sakaki was ninth yishama twins was 11th AR was 13th and Aida was 16th they felt sorry that matsuda didn't make it to the top four RI was extremely disappointed with his ranking matsuda still bitterly recalled ri's shot situation then he went to a small restaurant to have dinner he accidentally met Sasaki who was working as a waiter here Sasaki explained that this was his

family's restaurant he also introduced his father and mother to matsuda matsuda asked sakaki to choose the dishes for him sakaki asked matsuda why he was eating alone matsuda said that his parents parents were divorced so now it was just him and his father who were working in Southeast Asia the next day everyone continued to go to school from today on it would be a doubles match and they were determined to improve their ranking in this doubles match tayai and Yoji defeated the pair of Captain hongo and yoshimira this placed them second in the doubles tournament

meanwhile the ranking of the Paris Sasaki and Rio is still a secret then the day came the inter School tournament was about to begin first was the singles matches yakoh manado High School won consecutively in different categories USA won first place in the singles competition in the remaining competitions yakoh monado High School also ranked first next was the sports festival to win tickets to the National Tournament the singles competition was underway and the whole team was cheering for their seniors in the singles semi-finals akazaki faced yaka Kawa akazaki was the one who faced USA in

the finals last year the match began and akazaki was extremely good he won game one in game two so he won this singles match with no other choice yaka Kawa relied on USA the singles finals began it was still a thrilling match okazaki was determined to defeat USA this time but no matter what USA was not shaken he won game one that form continued to game two akazaki was completely overwhelmed by USA USA brought Victory to his school next was the doubles matches the higashiyama twins did their job well and won the first match next

was the semi-final doubles round the the higashiyama twins faced akazaki and his teammate the confrontation was fierce between the two sides and the match score was constantly chasing until 20 points all akazaki wanted his teammate to try because he wanted to defeat USA in the next doubles match okazaki continued the match with a shot Yoji blocked it but it went out of line and with akazaki next shot he won game one after a while the game began the higashiyama twins started to lose their way and kept making mistakes the score difference was getting bigger the

semi-final Victory went to akazaki and aamira so USA had to continue playing to defeat the remaining opponent the victory then went to yusa and yaka Kawa the team didn't expect USA to remain undefeated and wanted tchai and Yoji to cheer up because there was still a chance ahead returning to practice like normal days the team saw that Yoji was acting fine but knew he was very sad Ki said that Yoji was often like that because he couldn't handle the pressure in the past they only needed one more point to win and everyone relied on Yoji

because of too much tension Yoji didn't do well Yoji was not good at making decisions in situations like that since he was young the two of them stopped playing Bay shutle after that the next day of the match came tchai and Yoji continued to play the match was still intense but the two brothers were still behind in points in game one Jesu High won in game two Yoji kept hitting shots that were too strong causing the shuttle to fly out of the line during the break the members had faith in both brothers and wanted them

to calm down G game two restarted Yoji was not confident enough to hit shots anymore but matsuda told him not to stop so he shot hard and scored seeing that the whole team decided to cheer with all their might the higashiyama twins also tried their best the score was now 21 minutes 20 both sides were exhausted okazaki hit a scoring shot to end the match although the higashiyama twins lost the match they were still happy USA then won the singles match Pongo and yaka Kawa also won the doubles match the result was two wins and

one loss so yakoh minat high got a ticket to the National Tournament the whole team then comforted and encouraged haai and Yoji they had learned a lot from this match and were also thankful for everyone's support the club invited Futaba high for an exhibition match Futaba had won the inter School tournament five times in a row an opponent that yakoh minat high had never won against USA noticed that there were no third-year members among them futaba's coach said that the third-year members had a practice schedule with seu University so their coach had the third-year members

go there the club members felt that they were being looked down upon the two schools began to play against each other Rio didn't expect Futaba Academy to be so strong without a main force matsuda was overwhelmed in an unbelievable way but USA still had his own Victory coach iihara saw that matsuda was having physical problems Aida was trying to gather more information coach abara also wanted USA to try playing doubles at this time then the doubles matches began USA kept hitting very three strong shots that left his opponent unable to react yaka Kawa hurt his

leg and couldn't block the shuttle but USA said it was fine meanwhile sakaki and Rio were having a hard time and were both overwhelmed to the point where they couldn't do anything the game ended with an overwhelming victory for Futaba Academy naagi Ren admitted that Rio played badminton very interestingly but R's actions and thoughts were too disjointed he also wanted to play him again next time sakaki and riy looked over and saw that Us's pair hadn't finished playing yet everyone realized that the opponent was not strong but yaka Kawa who was moving strangely the opponent

saw this and also aimed at yaka Kawa ususa decided to play instead of yaka Kawa the opponent also reached the deciding Point USA was quite angry and counterattacked and scored continuously the score was now even but yusa was about to run out of energy yaka Kawa still managed to save it yusa fired a shot the victory belonged to USA and yaka Kawa the higashiyama twins also won although it was a bit difficult however everyone was surprised to know that Captain hongo had lost to an unknown player coach said that his name was date a second

year he was not good at playing but since he entered Futaba Academy he had become much stronger the friendly match between the two schools ended well the next day Rio still remembered what Nagi said he did not understand what it meant the boys noticed the poster of a pretty girl posted in the club they didn't know she was R's older sister hongo came in and said that this was the goddess of this club about about yaka kawa's injury he was forced to go to the hospital for a checkup USA guessed that yaka Kawa had an

injury he had overtrained USA said that his goal was to win three matches in a row so he didn't want something like this to happen again after that yaka Kawa explained Us's personality to everyone even though y's personality was strange he was a good person he asked everyone to guess what y's weakness was matsuda thought that he had no weakness yaka Kawa said that coach iihara had also asked him what Us's weakness was after that yaka Kawa always observed yusa to find out his weakness and yaka Kawa found out that yusa really had no weakness

his only weakness was his partner in doubles matches if it's doubles the weaker one will be targeted Rio remembers naga's words the next day Rio talks to Sasaki about how he's not good at doubles and asks if it's okay for Sasaki to continue playing doubles with him sakaki says Rio is really stupid because if it's not going well then make it easy just try it and if it doesn't work then think about disbanding the seniors also overhear their conversation by the way Rio asks about the club goddess hongo says that R was the one who

called USA to the Badminton Club USA fell in love with her at first sight so he chose the Badminton Club riio can't believe that USA likes a girl like ra the day of the match is approaching coach abara wants the team to practice seriously yaka Kawa also comes he announces that he will be fine if he rests for 3 Days everyone is happy to hear that USA is also happy everyone was determined to win the national tournament tomorrow was summer vacation and Rio's studies were being warned by coach abara if things continued like this R

would be a hindrance to the club's activities his father found out about his academic performance and scolded him if things continued like this his father would force him to quit his Club activities R had no choice but to focus on his studies AA didn't expect that R still hadn't finished the homework that was assigned in may he helped R finish his homework Rio caught a cold this morning because the air conditioner was on all night yesterday he really wanted to go watch the National Tournament but his current health condition didn't allow it in toriumi the

opening ceremony of the tournament was taking place the higashiyama Twins were in great form today in the evening when they returned to the hotel they talked to Rio and informed him that their school had entered the semifinals which made Rio very happy the next day R woke up early to practice in the semifinals USA won the singles match against Futaba high but in the doubles match Futaba High won so this year yakoh manado high still failed to make it to the semifinals Rio was very sad to hear that and went for a run to relieve

his stress while jogging he accidentally met his two friends heroo and shizuo they chatted for a while and made an appointment to meet at the upcoming rookie tournament they hoped to play against Rio in a doubles match meanwhile the first years were visiting Rio's house and accidentally saw the goddess ra Rio returned home and called Ra's sister shocking them sakaki begs ra to date him but it's not that easy they didn't expect the goddess to be Rio's sister and don't understand why she's the club's goddess Rio pretends to not know anything they tell Rio that

Yu was heartbroken and cried after the team lost in the semifinals after Rio's friends leave ra says that she told USA that she would date him if he could win the three tournaments Rio now realizes that USA was crying because he couldn't date ra the next morning the rookies continue their rigorous training there are a few girls watching them from afar matsuda seems to have a weak stamina coach abara says that the third years won't be joining the club anymore so yaka will be the captain from today everyone will train for 4 days they will

continue the goal of winning the championship that the former captain hongo and his seniors failed to achieve but everyone was surprised to see hongo there he came to train the members everyone started the 4-day training session everyone was so exhausted that they couldn't eat back in the room Rio saw a bow at matsuda's Place matsuda explained that a girl gave it to him hearing that Rio remembered and told how each girl was dressed which surprised matsuda Rio could remember everything around him even being able to distinguish tchai and Yoji from the beginning natsuda thought that

was great because before he could finish Sasaki walked in he wanted to go to sleep right away matsuda knew that if he had that observation skill it would become his greatest weapon the next day there was a surprise matsuda told that sakaki snored very loudly last night causing Rio and him to not be able to sleep isikawa also came he was a former student and came to temporarily train the team he is currently a student at Sako University first he had the members play against each other each match was only five points Rio started observing

while his shawa was paying attention to him Ryo observed and felt that if he didn't make many mistakes wouldn't it be good when it was R's turn even though he tried not to make mistakes he still lost by three points he didn't know what to do he continued to observe that yaka Kawa only returned it while USA aimed at many places to shoot Rio realized that this was the only way to continue to prolong the match and create places that the opponent couldn't hit suddenly isikawa asked Rio to try playing against USA he tried to

do the two things he just thought of and sure enough USA aimed at the same places as RI thought RI started predicting USA's next moves and responded riy decided to set a trap for ususa and USA didn't expect riy to be serious Rio continued to predict USA's moves but USA changed the direction of the shuttle making him guess wrong the two were fighting back and forth fiercely making the people around them unable to take their eyes off sweat fell into y's eyes Rio threw a shot to score he was very happy that he did it

USA did not let things go easy anymore he returned the shot then there were four very strong shots to end the match AA thought Rio was too good because he blocked 32 shots from USA Ishikawa asked Rio if he had figured something out yusa answered with a bright face Ishikawa exclaimed that as expected of Ra's younger brother he learned very quickly yussa was surprised to hear this and was shocked to know that Rio was Ra's younger brother after that hishika will organize friendly matches with Suki University on the third day of training unexpectedly ra came

to the club today she brought some jelly to give to Coach abara USA walked up and asked ra to give him another chance ra agreed surprising him the condition was still that he had to win three tournaments AA was still the slowest in the group but he still managed to do it ra came asking everyone to do their best coach abara would be holding an internal tournament to select the best members to participate in the rookie tournament yusa and yaka Kawa would not be participating in this tournament both of them would be training for the

national tournament then a doubles match took place tchai and Yoji faced off against Rio and sakaki R yo and sakaki kept bumping into each other because they didn't understand each other's movement they still couldn't coordinate with each other and realize that doubles was really hard saki wanted to split the court into two halves so they wouldn't Collide anymore but the higashiyama twins targeted the middle of the Court making it impossible for either of them to do anything at the end of the match hishikawa told them to abandon the split Court strategy and learn to move

like the higashiyama twins after getting advice from the higashiyama twins Rio and Sasaki didn't gain any knowledge AA thought that they should spend more time together to understand understand each other better but Rio really couldn't stand sasaki's snoring on the last day of training Sasaki realized that he was being targeted in badminton the ones who are targeted are the ones who play poorly R kept saving the shuttle and giving Sasaki instructions but Sasaki couldn't do it he was so angry with himself that he left Ishikawa told Rio to let him go sakaki went out for

a while to calm down and then came back coach iihara wanted to talk to both of them he didn't know what they were thinking while playing together sakaki suddenly apologized and said that he was the one who needed to work harder if Rio played with someone else the results would be better Rio didn't want anyone else but sakaki thought this was a lie Sasaki apologized and left the 4 days of training were over the team was allowed to rest and regain their strength AA invited everyone to his house for a barbecue then the boys went

to aa's house to enjoy a barbecue together everyone ate very well and aa's parents were also very happy that their son brought his friends home at night they thanked Aida's parents and continued to hang out with azumi's group they played a game of eating and drinking together happily after hanging out and eating they went to the rooftop of a hot spring to watch the fireworks everyone wanted Sasaki and Rio to talk to each other there saki felt very uncomfortable and also wanted to become strong like Rio but he was left behind too much and became

a burden to Rio he thought it would be better for Rio to pair up with matsuda r reminded Sasaki about how they had said they tried get together taii saw that the problem was not only Sasaki but also Rio it was Rio who didn't trust sakaki he was more like sakaki's Guardian Rio realized that he was imitating USA to protect his partner because he thought it would be cool Rio apologized to sakaki for everything sakaki started to tell his mistakes and also apologize to Rio Rio said that he still wanted sakaki to continue being his

partner then they all watched the fireworks together the boys won the spots to participate in the rookie tournament the Kanagawa rookie tournament began the higashiyama Twins won the first place in doubles Rio and Saki lost but both promised to become stronger in the singles competition of the rookie tournament the final match was very surprising with two names matsuda and Rio facing each other people were talking about the fact that this year's schedule overlapped with the Olympic schedule so talented players skipped this tournament matsuda didn't care much about that Rio was excited because this was his

first final azumi's group also came to support met matsuda's strength was good technique while R's strength was persistence the match officially started matsuda was the one who took the initiative first then Rio started to observe and guess to the left but matsuda hit the shuttle to the right the score was open matsuda thought that at this rate he would definitely win matsuda continued to score more points the score was now 20 minutes 12 matsuda jumped to shoot Rio saved it matsuda jumped a shot again Rio tried to save it but it didn't go over the

net matsuda won the first first game he knew everything was under his control he would still play an attacking strategy in game two Rio still couldn't figure out how to deal with matsuda AA advised Rio to be patient so that the opponent would lose his stamina and then Counterattack Rio noticed that matsuda was sweating a lot and his hands were shaking could it be that he was very tired Dame two began matsudo was still the one who took the initiative in the match making it difficult for Rio although Rio guessed it he still failed at

the 11th Point both of them were given a two-minute break AA asked Rio to think about what matsuda hated the most Rio thought for a while and decided to try something the match continued this time Rio was more proactive he successfully scored a point right away AER realized that this was matsuda's style of play matsuda also realized that he was being imitated by R the score was shortened to 11 minutes 10 RI continued to imitate matsuda's movements the two fought fiercely for a while until the score was 21 minutes 20 R focused even more matsuda

shot but Rio did not react as Rio had guessed it was out the score was 21 all Rio continued to observe and successfully scored matsuda tried to shoot and R tried to save it matsuda realized that R had predicted all of his shots Rio shot matsuda saved it but it didn't go over the net Rio won game two matsuda started to lose his cool after two games coach abara advised him not to lose himself Rio could only whisper to himself to focus focus focus game three started matsuda didn't know what to do at this time

Rio kept blocking matsuda's shots successfully Rio felt his body moved to block the shuttle by reflex everyone was surprised and didn't know what just happened Rio felt his body was so light he just needed to chase down this shuttle everyone watching could feel Rio's Joy the winner of game three was Rio he had defeated matsudo matsuda also realized that from now on he had to raise his stamina