WTF they did to Momo?
Echizen is just like Ryoga, and Tezuka seems to have won a Grand Slam
Karupin is still alive? What lol.
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WTF they did to Momo?
Echizen is just like Ryoga, and Tezuka seems to have won a Grand Slam
Karupin is still alive? What lol.
Yeah lol, Momo's hair is probably the most wtf thingu of them all. Cool though that the two of them are (seems) close friends. That usually happens I guess - rivals -> best of friends.
Not sure about Ryoma though - is he coming from a friendly game? Does he teach? Does he play professionally (don't think so)?
And yay for Tezuka, that means the elbow from hell is no longer a problem.
I think Echizen's a pro by that time
Wow, the braid was really from Sakuno.
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I envision in the Tezuka wins the Grand Slam picture, the next scene will show Tezuka getting carried out on a stretcher while Yukimura holds the trophy and thanking his doctor from America or he'd be the out getting carried out in a stretcher today due to sustained injury to his body.
Because Yukimura lose 0-6 to PoP Ryoma and only get some points because Ryoma decide to slow down the ball aka going easy on him. I doubt this will happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantron
He'll get stronger after the surgery, but there's also rehabilitation that'll without a doubt be taxing on his muscle. It'll be a big while before we say Yukimura in his next match.
The most likely outcome for Tezuka's career would be that he plays one of those mythical 'pros' after he goes to Germany, gets thoroughly outmatched because that's what pros do, and then sacrifice his arm or another body part to defeat that guy and that'd be the end of his career. I mean of course Tezuka is super strong, but the way he plays tennis it's just not sustainable. You don't even necessarily have to be better than him to beat him. As long as you're at least good enough to sort of bother him, he's going to resort to using self-destructive moves because that's what Tezuka does and then just wait until he self-destructs and you get your win, like how Atobe beat Tezuka the first time even though Atobe was nowhere near Tezuka's league at that time if you look at that game seriously (Tezuka basically can't serve after he injuried his shoulder and he still almost won the tiebreaker). So the only way Tezuka wins a Grand Slam would require Yukimura's help. I'm pretty sure he'd thrash Yukimura quite comfortably based on current standing if he didn't hurt himself somehow but Tezuka always hurts himself somehow.Quote:
Originally Posted by -Ken-
I actually though that was only a very very goood fanart? When I saw it it linked to pixiv...Quote:
Originally Posted by Asclepius
Like everyone else, I don't understand Momo's new hairdo.
I was amused by Tezuka winning a Grand Slam. It begs the question of whether or not Ryoma does surpass him, or whether Ryoma surpasses Tezuka and Nanjirou and then doesn't play professionally.
I think the point of his last match is that so he wouldn't hurt himself anymore. And this picture is meant to prove that he can be strong even without hurting himself, due to lack of discolor arm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantron
I think in the game against Yamato it just turned out he happened to have yet another powerup so he can steamroll the opponent without any risk to himself. Tezuka has played 4 games where he could've sustained a career ending injury (Atobe, Kabaji, Sanada, Yamato) and unless the point is that Tezuka then becomes a godlike player who bulldozes everyone (which is quite possible), I just don't see him getting away from his old self-mutiliation ways whenever he runs into an opponent that's marginally difficult and eventually his luck will run out. I realize just about everyone in POT that's remotely good is a sore loser in the sense that they'll do almost anything to prevent a loss, but the key difference between Tezuka and the rest of the POT characters is that Tezuka resorts to hurting himself to avoid a loss while the vast majority of POT characters resort to hurting your opponent to avoid a loss. I saw one fan joked that Tezuka has been banished to Germany because he doesn't hurt his opponent and that's not allowed in NPOT but in the world of NPOT you literally do have to make a choice between hurting yourself or hurting your opponent, and Tezuka is unlikely to ever choose the latter options so he's pretty screwed despite his incredible talents.Quote:
Originally Posted by -Ken-
I disagree. Yamato pretty much been telling Tezuka to stop doing that crap with his arm, to which Tezuka agree. And because of he's enjoying tennis as a result of that, he earned PoP. It would be wasting the very point of that match if Tezuka start pulling that crap again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantron
Not quite.Quote:
Originally Posted by -Ken-
Its also due to the fact Tezuka got a medal for all possible tournaments.
Remember says, he's already done the things he set out to do.
Had Seigaku lost the Nationals, there would be no TnK for Tezuka against Yamato. Not that it mattered as Tezuka was 5-4 up on match point.
Yamato showed him there was another way beyond hurting yourself to win so he realized there was a way to return the ball without hurting himself, though if Tezuka didn't abandon his 'hurt self' approach he'd still be ahead due to Tezuka Phantom but there was no guaranteed his arm was going to make it through the match. Sure, Tezuka probably will defy the odds because he's Tezuka, but you'd think one of these days the odds will catch up to him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Airgrimes
Ryoma will most likely be a better player than Tezuka by the end of the manga, however due to having a child he'd forsake the Grand Slam victories, just like his father did. Also, Ryoma's kid is gonna be more like Nanjiro than himself.