The Prince of Tennis, Vol. 3

The Nationals are coming and Seishun Academy has started training harder than ever! During practice, Rikkai Junior High School's 8th-grader ace Akaya Kirihara spies on Seishun Academy's team. Luckily, he is caught and escorted off the courts. But on the way out, he bumps into none other than Ryoma Echizen, the Prince of Tennis. Tension soars as these two ace players size each other up knowing that someday they will engage in battle to see who is the stronger player. Soon after, Ryoma and Momo get drawn into a doubles match - street tennis style! Can these two star players ever learn how to use their legendary skills to play good doubles?

Takeshi Konomi exploded onto the manga scene with the incredible The Prince of Tennis. His refined art style and sleek character designs proved popular with Weekly Shonen Jump readers and The Prince of Tennis became the No. 1 sports manga in Japan almost overnight. Its cast of attractive male tennis players enticed legions of female readers even though it was originally intended to be a boys' comic. The manga continues to be a success and is now on its 22nd graphic novel. A hit anime series was created, as well as several video games and mountains of merchandise.