A New Year's special that recaps the first season but doesn't feel like homework because it wraps everything in a tournament that lets the characters actually play against each other. The regular cast gets to be funny and competitive in the same breath. It's the kind of bonus episode that exists just to remind you why you fell in love with these ridiculous tennis prodigies in the first place.

The New Year arrives for the Seishun Academy Boys' Tennis Team, and the holiday special marks it with a look back. Ryouma Echizen and his fellow first-years Satoshi Horio, Kachirou Katou and Katsuo Mizuno celebrate by recalling the past year, which serves as a recap of the first twelve episodes. While the freshmen reminisce, the rest of the team gets caught up in an odd hanetsuki tournament, adding a comic sports twist to the festivities.