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When I woke up this morning, after a dream I can longer remember, I congratulated myself on not having dreamed of Prince of Tennis. (Again). With that in mind, I promptly went back to sleep and dreamt about Atobe wanting to buy A-L's parents' house, and I got involved in a long discussion with him about it, only I don't know if I was trying to convince him to buy it or not: "The neighbourhood is quite nice, but the staircase to the basement is way too narrow for your taste."
Speaking of Atobe: his ridiculous shirt, let me show you it.
But! Before I start my long, image-heavy post, I must list a few reasons why you should watch this show:
- It's full of pretty boys
- It's a great way to learn all about tennis; like how it's a smart move, while playing doubles, to vault off your partner's shoulders to reach a high lob; or how on a tennis court, the usual laws of physics don't apply (especially if your name is FUJI)
- It constantly reaffirms the value of friendship and teamwork (alternately, you can read that as TWU WUV! between some of them, and don't imagine for a second that the animators were unaware of that -- some of those boys spend an awful lot of time time holding hands *looks pointedly at a certain doubles pair*)
- Fuji = Kenshin. Really.
- Who doesn't want to watch tennis matches that go on for multiple episodes?
- There are CHIBI EPISODES!
And now, some images. I suggest you click even if you don't care about anime, tennis, or anime about tennis, because I need you to help me decide whether Atobe out-gayed Mizuki in the shirt department:
Remember when I expressed horror in regards to Mizuki's choice of apparel? I didn't think anyone would manage to top this:
But then, this happened:
Atobe, why are you balancing a clock on your head?
And just because you knew those Hyoutei boys had to be getting up to some questionable things in their spare time, WTF is going on here???
First of all, how endearing is it that Momo likes sappy movies about animals? XD And then, when he and Kaidoh (who we already knew was a sap for small, cute and furry) teamed up to save a puppy, I just about died at the adorableness of it all.
Kikumari Eiji is an easy boy to please:
Because I couldn't resist:
Okay, they kind of overdid the whole angel versus devil thing in this match. When the feathers started floating around, I started wondering if they'd brought CLAMP on board.
Seriously, how bizarre was his first visit to Tachibana in the hospital? As far as we know, these guys don't even know each other outside of that one match. Then, Fuji brings him flowers, they talk about tennis, and Fuji ends the conversation with "Will you let me... borrow your grip tape?", spoken in a voice heavy with implied meaning. On top of that, the music for the whole scene was a slow, romantic-sounding piano piece. I was all O_O;;; Then, during the follow-up visit before the Seigaku-Rikkaidai match, An all but drags Momo and Ryouma out of the room so her brother and Fuji can have some alone time to meaningfully discuss... tennis. Yeah. *scratches her head*
Really, he is. I'll give Ryouma a pass on that, since he hasn't yet reached puberty (plus, he seems really dense when it comes to that sort of thing), but the rest of them? I know this show is aimed at little kids, so it's not going to focus on romance, except for the obligatory sweet and harmless potential love interest for the hero, but it still comes across as kind of funny. Of course, they're all tennis-obsessed middle school dorks, so unless they're all gay, there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for each one of them to not show any overt interest in girls:
Ryouma: too young
Kaidoh: insecure about showing any type of affection, even for small, fluffy animals, in front of anyone
Kawamura: too shy (but if he approached a girl with racquet in hand, I'll bet he'd be a regular Casanova ^_^)
Inui: biggest geek ever (he's probably got a hell of a porn stash on his computer, though)
Eiji: has eyes only for Oishi
Oishi: has eyes only for Eiji
Tezuka: girls cannot help him get his team to the Nationals, therefore they are completely useless
Fuji: Hmm... not sure about him. Maybe he scares the girls away 'cause he's prettier than they are? XD
Anyway, it's cute how Momo blushes about An, but then, in the very next episode, he is shown as having absolutely no reaction to this:
Come on, the boys that age that I've known would have been all, "She wants to coach me? WHERE DO I SIGN UP?!!!!" *run away to jerk off in private* It's even funnier when you consider that NOT ONE SINGLE BOY, no matter what team they're on, ever so much as glances at the extreme boobage (that we're shown, anyway). *laugh* But, right, it's a kid's show, and the most lecherous you get is Ryouma's father looking at pictures of girls in bikinis.
Interestingly enough, it is Mizuki, he of the Flowered Shirt of Gayness and Suspicious Yuuta Fixation, who is the third character (after Kamio and Momo, who are both sweet on An) to notice a woman and react as one would expect:
Somehow, Tezuka makes the funniest chibi of all.
Also, I realised that I completely forgot to give Fudoumine a new team name, when I was listing them the other day! And since I've now met Rikkaidai, they get one as well. So:
Fudoumine: Team TACHIBANA-SAMA WE WILL FOLLOW YOU ANYWHERE!
Rikkaidai: Team Cocky Bastards (Alternate name: Team Mustard, because they couldn't have picked uglier uniforms if they'd tried - and I even like mustard! Just not as a uniform colour, which is another reason I never felt the urge to watch Star Trek)
Speaking of Atobe: his ridiculous shirt, let me show you it.
But! Before I start my long, image-heavy post, I must list a few reasons why you should watch this show:
- It's full of pretty boys
- It's a great way to learn all about tennis; like how it's a smart move, while playing doubles, to vault off your partner's shoulders to reach a high lob; or how on a tennis court, the usual laws of physics don't apply (especially if your name is FUJI)
- It constantly reaffirms the value of friendship and teamwork (alternately, you can read that as TWU WUV! between some of them, and don't imagine for a second that the animators were unaware of that -- some of those boys spend an awful lot of time time holding hands *looks pointedly at a certain doubles pair*)
- Fuji = Kenshin. Really.
- Who doesn't want to watch tennis matches that go on for multiple episodes?
- There are CHIBI EPISODES!
And now, some images. I suggest you click even if you don't care about anime, tennis, or anime about tennis, because I need you to help me decide whether Atobe out-gayed Mizuki in the shirt department:
Remember when I expressed horror in regards to Mizuki's choice of apparel? I didn't think anyone would manage to top this:
But then, this happened:
"Ore-sama will not be out-silly-shirted by a mere St. Rudolph brat!"
Atobe, why are you balancing a clock on your head?
And just because you knew those Hyoutei boys had to be getting up to some questionable things in their spare time, WTF is going on here???
First of all, how endearing is it that Momo likes sappy movies about animals? XD And then, when he and Kaidoh (who we already knew was a sap for small, cute and furry) teamed up to save a puppy, I just about died at the adorableness of it all.
"Lucky!!!"
None of that touchy-feely Golden Pair crap for us, we bump fists like REAL MEN! *grunt*
Kikumari Eiji is an easy boy to please:
Because I couldn't resist:
With this racquet, I thee wed...
Okay, they kind of overdid the whole angel versus devil thing in this match. When the feathers started floating around, I started wondering if they'd brought CLAMP on board.
Fuji Shuusuke, daytime television's newest star!
Seriously, how bizarre was his first visit to Tachibana in the hospital? As far as we know, these guys don't even know each other outside of that one match. Then, Fuji brings him flowers, they talk about tennis, and Fuji ends the conversation with "Will you let me... borrow your grip tape?", spoken in a voice heavy with implied meaning. On top of that, the music for the whole scene was a slow, romantic-sounding piano piece. I was all O_O;;; Then, during the follow-up visit before the Seigaku-Rikkaidai match, An all but drags Momo and Ryouma out of the room so her brother and Fuji can have some alone time to meaningfully discuss... tennis. Yeah. *scratches her head*
Eiji: In fact, after over 100 episodes, you're still the ONLY member of the Seigaku tennis team to have exhibited the slightest interest in the opposite sex! Congratulations!
Really, he is. I'll give Ryouma a pass on that, since he hasn't yet reached puberty (plus, he seems really dense when it comes to that sort of thing), but the rest of them? I know this show is aimed at little kids, so it's not going to focus on romance, except for the obligatory sweet and harmless potential love interest for the hero, but it still comes across as kind of funny. Of course, they're all tennis-obsessed middle school dorks, so unless they're all gay, there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for each one of them to not show any overt interest in girls:
Ryouma: too young
Kaidoh: insecure about showing any type of affection, even for small, fluffy animals, in front of anyone
Kawamura: too shy (but if he approached a girl with racquet in hand, I'll bet he'd be a regular Casanova ^_^)
Inui: biggest geek ever (he's probably got a hell of a porn stash on his computer, though)
Eiji: has eyes only for Oishi
Oishi: has eyes only for Eiji
Tezuka: girls cannot help him get his team to the Nationals, therefore they are completely useless
Fuji: Hmm... not sure about him. Maybe he scares the girls away 'cause he's prettier than they are? XD
Anyway, it's cute how Momo blushes about An, but then, in the very next episode, he is shown as having absolutely no reaction to this:
Come on, the boys that age that I've known would have been all, "She wants to coach me? WHERE DO I SIGN UP?!!!!" *run away to jerk off in private* It's even funnier when you consider that NOT ONE SINGLE BOY, no matter what team they're on, ever so much as glances at the extreme boobage (that we're shown, anyway). *laugh* But, right, it's a kid's show, and the most lecherous you get is Ryouma's father looking at pictures of girls in bikinis.
Interestingly enough, it is Mizuki, he of the Flowered Shirt of Gayness and Suspicious Yuuta Fixation, who is the third character (after Kamio and Momo, who are both sweet on An) to notice a woman and react as one would expect:
Somehow, Tezuka makes the funniest chibi of all.
Also, I realised that I completely forgot to give Fudoumine a new team name, when I was listing them the other day! And since I've now met Rikkaidai, they get one as well. So:
Fudoumine: Team TACHIBANA-SAMA WE WILL FOLLOW YOU ANYWHERE!
Rikkaidai: Team Cocky Bastards (Alternate name: Team Mustard, because they couldn't have picked uglier uniforms if they'd tried - and I even like mustard! Just not as a uniform colour, which is another reason I never felt the urge to watch Star Trek)
Bad Inui, you're scaring the first-years again!