Twelve-year-old Adnan dreams of making it to the Ultimate Table Tennis championship, but when tragedy strikes his family, Adnan loses his passion for table tennis and must learn to channel his grief and heal.

Ryoma Echizen, the Prince of Tennis, is able to beat out all of the older members of the tennis team and the captain has arranged for Ryoma to enter the intramural matches even though the rules state that seventh graders aren't permitted.