Shin Prince of Tennis Hangout Thread

[Fayte]

haha wow, finally watched the london movie. That was the greatest fucking joke.

You didn't like Sanada beating the crap out of a wall? That was the friggin highlight for me, man.

[Atobe the king]

I wish he and the others matches got some more screen time. Its much better than the Ryoga movie imo but both are jokes. Ryoma got his face dragged on concrete or w/e and he's totally okay. People almost died several times in this movie wtf. Sanada breaking down steel wall was so jokes, only thing that beat it was Echizen VS Keith.

[LetalHawk]

Keith was fodder, he didn't put up much of a fight. All of the MS who were in the castle would have defeatead him.

[Atobe the king]

Considering there was no muga or tmk used yeah. The fight (yes,fight that wasn't tennis),was still silly.

[Hardy]

I don't know if this post is alright in here...

Do you remember Kabaji-Tezuka match in the PoT anime? Tezuka won just because it started raining (so lucky...was Sengoku cheering fo Seigaku?) following real tennis rules, the match should have been stoped and Seigaku should have lost the game (probably). That's why I hate tezuka-kabaji match so much... have you ever thought about that?

[-Ken-]

I don't know if this post is alright in here...

Do you remember Kabaji-Tezuka match in the PoT anime? Tezuka won just because it started raining (so lucky...was Sengoku cheering fo Seigaku?) following real tennis rules, the match should have been stoped and Seigaku should have lost the game (probably). That's why I hate tezuka-kabaji match so much... have you ever thought about that?

Why would Seigaku lose the game? Why is it not a draw at least? I don't know real tennis rule, but I just want to know why.

[Hardy]

Why would Seigaku lose the game? Why is it not a draw at least? I don't know real tennis rule, but I just want to know why.

If Kabaji wins (I said probably there, he was owning Tezuka until it started to rain), then Hyotei wins 3-1 before Ryoma-Atobe match.

[Atobe the king]

I don't remember exactly when the rain showed up but it was a one set match. Generally they'll stop play for rain if its like...the middle of the first set though Federer was serving for it against Nadal and they called rain delay earlier this year so heh.

Anyway, the point of the rain was to call out kabajis bullshit ability. To show that copying a persons techniques and style is not the same as practicing with them day in day out in multiple conditions, the rain didn't affect tezukas play like it did kabajis. If it wasn't the rain they would have found another way for Tezuka to win.

[Hardy]

I don't remember exactly when the rain showed up but it was a one set match. Generally they'll stop play for rain if its like...the middle of the first set though Federer was serving for it against Nadal and they called rain delay earlier this year so heh.

Anyway, the point of the rain was to call out kabajis bullshit ability. To show that copying a persons techniques and style is not the same as practicing with them day in day out in multiple conditions, the rain didn't affect tezukas play like it did kabajis. If it wasn't the rain they would have found another way for Tezuka to win.

As I was watching the anime, i was thinking "Wow, Tezuka is really in a corner, how is he gonna win this?" and then it just started raining (Tezuka having a Sengoku win), so dissapointing...

[Atobe the king]

Orz....i explained why things ended up that way.

[Hardy]

Yes I know it, don't orz me LMAO. The fact that Konomi could have thought something way better than a lucky win for Tezuka was bothering me, just that.

[Atobe the king]

Orz, ididn't mind it at all, it was funny watching kabaji being exposed for being a tool and being such a boring mimic character. With nio we don't need kabaji at all anymore.

[Darjaille]

Not sure whether anyone would be interested but a former assistant of Shin Prince of Tennis writes articles about that part of her life, and there are certainly some interesting things in it. Just how much of the color pages is colored by Konomi and what by his assistants, the other possible names for ShinPuri, where everywhere Konomi has taken them, the work schedule, tenimyu, about the two fandoms (boys, and fujoshi fangirls XD;; ), how laid-back he is and stuff ^o^
In case anyone is bored, I guess. It's different stuff from what you'll read in interviews.

http://www.jamieism.com/187/japan/wo...-tennis-part-1
http://www.jamieism.com/293/japan/wo...e-of-tennis-p2
http://www.jamieism.com/370/japan/wo...e-of-tennis-p3
http://www.jamieism.com/394/japan/wo...e-of-tennis-p4
http://www.jamieism.com/449/japan/wo...e-of-tennis-p5
http://www.jamieism.com/453/japan/wo...e-of-tennis-p6
http://www.jamieism.com/472/japan/wo...e-of-tennis-p7
http://www.jamieism.com/496/japan/wo...e-of-tennis-p8
http://www.jamieism.com/536/japan/wo...e-of-tennis-p9
http://www.jamieism.com/582/japan/wo...-of-tennis-p10
http://www.jamieism.com/592/japan/wo...-of-tennis-p11
http://www.jamieism.com/634/japan/wo...-of-tennis-p12
http://www.jamieism.com/662/japan/wo...-of-tennis-p13
http://www.jamieism.com/864/japan/wo...-of-tennis-p14
http://www.jamieism.com/928/life/wor...-of-tennis-p15

(so far)

[Asclepius]

Yeah, i read that months ago, but i forgot to bookmark the link.
Good find!
I loved the stories about tenimyu.

[Airgrimes]

As I was watching the anime, i was thinking "Wow, Tezuka is really in a corner, how is he gonna win this?" and then it just started raining (Tezuka having a Sengoku win), so dissapointing...

To be fair, the level that Tezuka and Kabaji play at, isnt Pro Tennis.

In things like Semi Pro Tennis and the much lower tiers of it, sometimes rainfall doesnt result in play being stopped.
The rainfall got a lot heavier before Shishido/Ootori pair VS Kikumaru/Oishi pair and it was then that play had to be stopped.
I think it was a fair win since in rainfall doesnt always result in play being stopped in the lower tiers of tennis such as Middle School level.