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alexoreality · 2 years

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Past - Princess of tennis Chapter 2

“Echizen, stay behind. I’d like to discuss something with you.” Tezuka stood in front of the net on the tennis court, Momochan-sempai had nodded and waved goodbye when (s)he had nudged his head toward the captain.

“What is it captain? A practice match?” Ryoma hopes so, after that nightmare; she needs a distraction although she feels bad for using her captain, the ugly feeling in her heart wouldn’t disappear.

“Not now, however.” The captain’s closed eyes slowly opened to see the reaction of his kouhai and next pillar of support. The confusion seemed to show on his(er) face, his(er) left brow slightly raised.

“Are you perhaps keeping a secret?” Ryoma had never felt her blood run colder than before, her racket (that had its head resting on the curve of her shoulder) slipped from her grip from the pure shock and horror she was feeling. That nightmare had been a warning sign... There’s no way... Why- Why now of all-

Tezuka was taken back from the reaction, Echizen’s posture became completely stiff all over, (s)he dropped his(er) racket and didn’t move an inch to try and grab it again. The color drained from his(er) face, now that he took a good look at it; Echizen was thinner, slimmer, and shorter than most boys his(er) age. Maybe... No, he shouldn’t torture him(er) like this if (s)he isn’t ready yet.

“Never mind trying to explain, I have my suspicions. However, do not let that make you careless. Grow stronger.” Tezuka walked pass him(er) after clasping him on the shoulder and quickly letting go.

‘Ho-how...?’ (S)he slowly turns his(er) head to the direction his(er) captain had walked off to. His(er) bottom lip quivered but (s)he bit it, the stinging making him(er) focus.

Kneeling and picking up her beloved red racket from the ground. ‘Captain... Are you...disappointed?’

Of course, he is... This was the Pillar he chose and yet, the Pillar was apparently weak.

Ryoma blinked away the tears as he breathed in, his(er) entire frame shaking badly, trying to calm her nerves from an emotional overload that might begin to get worse.

‘Stop, stop it. Don’t cry. Don’t cry, goddammit!’

Ryoma played with her food, dazed and worried. She couldn’t simply put it behind her and ignore it... When people found out she was a girl... It was all just bad... Their reactions were all of anger. Trying to protect their pride because they were defeated by a girl. They no longer saw her as the skilled tennis player they played along with.

And when she tried joining as a girl, they expected her to become the Manager of all things. When she spoke up with wanting to play with them... They mocked her. They suggested she should stay in the kitchen and cook for all of them while they do the ‘hard’ men stuff.

Which was winning.

They never won a practice match. Pathetic, and they said that to her right before their final practice match. There had been a deal behind the tennis match, if the club doesn’t win, the tennis club would be disbanded.

They lost.

She transferred to another elementary school again.

Again. Again. Again.

Until she had enough and decided to move back to Japan.

“Echizen-kun?” The girl in disguise as a boy jumped in his seat when a fellow freshman team member had tapped his(er) shoulder.

“Woah, we surprised Ryoma-kun. Are you okay?” Kato placed his tray down on the table as he sat down. Katsuo right behind him, the only excuse Ryoma could think of was-

“Y-yeah, just not getting enough sleep...” Ryoma let his(er) head rest on his(er) palm again, lazily eating his food. Hoping it would be enough of an excuse, the freshman regular realizes his mistake-

“Eh?! Ryoma-sama's not sleeping well?!” The leader of the so-called ‘Ryoma fanclub’ enters the scene and is loud as ever, not that Ryoma minded but it could go a bit out of hand.

“Ryoma-kun...” Sakuno muttered behind Tomoka, her eyes gazing at the boy worriedly.

“Well, I have been getting sleep, just not enough!” Tomoka was frantically checking over him(er) like (s)he’ll pass out any minute. Ryoma just let her, since she was just worried. Katsuo stood up, saying that he’ll go ahead and inform the sempais, Kato was also checking everything about him. Horio commenting about his ‘2 years of experience’ and how ‘not sleeping enough’ could cause you a game or even a match.

I do know that. It was just a lie.

Why did everyone take it so seriously?

***

End of practice and of school. As per usual, (s)he hangs out for Momo-senpai for a while before returning home. Particularly, they chose a candy shop near a park as a hang out. Momoshiro, of course, let the children pick first. The old lady who owns the small shop smiled kindly at the youngsters.

Ryoma sat on a park bench, letting his(er) muscles relax for a while before continuing training at home. He already got his soda of choice from the vending machine nearby. He waits for his senpai who was waiting in line, kids just flock over the guy, don’t they?

“Hey! What are you doing?!” Suddenly pulled out of his relaxed daze, Momoshiro grabbed the wrist of the punk who had hit the nice old lady.

“Baachan, are you okay?” One of the five kids in the shop had helped the elderly woman up and the others bravely yet nervously stood in front of her.

“Why would you do that?!” Like the pure hearted man he was, the second-year regular demanded an answer from the hostile delinquents. All of them were armed with dangerous weapons; a nailed bat, a sharp rod, and pocket knives.

“Hey, old lady. Your grandson snitched on us didn’t he? Mh, what’s his name? Ah, forget it-”

“So, you’re going to hurt a sweet old lady because her grandson did something to you? How pathetic.” Ryoma snarked back, throwing his(er) empty can of soda in the trash bin. “Those look dangerous, maybe put them away?” (S)he bounces the tennis ball on the side of his racket.

“Ryoma!” Momoshiro exclaimed with a smile. Finally, some back up!

“Like that’ll stop us from destroying this place!” The ‘leader’ of sorts charged toward the short ‘boy’. Yeah, they’re choosing the hard way out.

***

Ryoma and Momo were lucky enough that they were gullible enough to lead the small group (they were only five of them) of delinquents outside to a wide area, perfect for firing tennis balls at them.

“AHH!” One of the kids thought they could help; he had a similar white cap liker his(ers). Momoshiro commented that he saw him fire a few pebbles at them with his slingshot but alas; he was caught.

“Kid, run!!” Momoshiro tried to do his dunk smash on the guy who was about to swing his nailed bat down on the poor scared child, who had already curled up into himself, his knees close to his chest; but he left his head vulnerable when he had hugged his knees tightly.

Ryoma saw him(her)self.

Ryoma dropped the tennis ball and his(er) racket. Time seemed to slow when he was dashing forward to pull the small kid into his(er) arms, Momoshiro was pinned by two other guys, the rest of the Seigaku regulars that the kids have scurried to gather finally turning the corner.

“H-huh...?” Was the kid’s first words after the nailed bat had been brought down full force. Gazing up, the kid’s smaller hazel eyes stared into Ryoma’s pain-filled ones. “A-are you- okay-?” Short gasps of air were the ones to disrupt his voice. Ryoma felt the blood trickle down his brow, feeling it drip from the nape of his neck too.

“RYOMA-KUN!”

“ECHIZEN?!”

“OCHIBI!”

They were here! Ryoma breathed heavily as (s)he let go of his(er) hold on the kid and let him run back to the rest of his group, and hopefully to the old lady too. “Ochibi, an old lady said there was a fight happening and then you- Ochibi, stay with me!” Kikumaru-senpai's voice came through the ringing in his ears.

The red-head started to panic even more when his kouhai’s head went slump on his shoulder, “Ochibi! Ochibi!” The third year was basically close to crying, there was too much blood coming out of Ryoma’s head, red doesn’t suit him at all, it was nasty!

“Eiji, calm down! Be careful with his head too, someone call an ambulance!” Oishi kneeled down beside him as he assessed the freshman regular’s condition. Kaido kicked the last of the delinquents in the stomach, knocking him away; venting his anger when he had beaten them to a bloody pulp with Momoshiro.

“Here, this is clean, don’t worry. I had already called for an ambulance.” Inui handed Oishi a clean cloth, his phone in hand; proof that he had already dialed for the vehicle.

Tezuka left for his rehab, now this? Oishi felt more pressure and anxiety tying knots in his stomach-

“Ugh...” “Oishi... His head...” A pained groan from Ryoma snaps him out of it, shaking away his thoughts, Kikumaru holds up his kouhai’s limp body when his double’s partner finally started to treat him in first aid.

“I’m sorry...” The acting captain muttered softly when their kouhai’s brows creased together at the pain. “He’ll be fine... He’ll be fine...” Kikumaru chanted softly, what Oishi doesn’t know if it's to comfort him or the others.

Fuji didn’t like it when Momoshiro and Kaido get violent but quite frankly, these delinquents deserved it. He took the racket from Kawamura’s hand but that didn’t seem to make the angered expression disappear from his usual soft and kind face.

The so-called Prodigy steeled his nerves as he felt himself began to shake, from anger? Anxiety for his kouhai that he now sees as a little brother? Yearning? “He’s going to be fine. We’ll make sure of it.”

Why...

Why....

Why....?!

***

When Ryoma woke up, the first person she sees is her dad. Nanjiro, his head and upper body leaning on her hospital’s bed side, the railing pulled down. To her right was her mom, Rinko. Having a firm grip on her hand, dried tear tracks stained her cheeks.

Both of her parents looked tired and honest-to-god worried.

She began recalling her memories, why she was here and what got her injured-

Oh, oh no...

“Dad, if my wound ends up tearing open again... Tell them who I really am... Tell them what you know of the incident in America...”

Dear heavens... She just got kicked out the tennis club, didn’t she? Tears welled up at the corner of her eyes, her chest tight with emotion and her head starting to hurt as well. No, no! She didn’t want to be out of the club! She wanted to stay, she wanted to play tennis with those amazing players..

No one can just take it away from her because her tennis style was ‘girly’.

No one can just take it from her because she plays with her long hair...

No one can just take it from her because she’s a girl!!

***

Ehehheehe.... ALL ABOARD THE ANGST TRAIN I GUESS

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seaguilles · 1 year

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found this in my old laptop

#prince of tennis #takashi kawamura

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a-dumb-sarcastic-bisexual · 2 years

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More Prince of Tennis headcanons (cause I finally found all 179 eps!):

Every once and a while Tezuka will look down at Echizen and go “I would take a bullet for you” and Echizen just responds with “k” every. single. time

The team has given up on getting answers out of Tezuka. They’ve asked him a million times why he says this and every single time he acts like it didn’t happen

Fuji says “it’s like a reflex for him at this point” and that’s the closest thing to an answer the team will ever get

Sometimes when Echizen is being a smug little shit Oishi will just pick him up by his collar and carry him away. Like a mama cat wrangling her baby

I was reminded that Oishi comes from a family of doctors but the idea that he doesn’t know how to use a first aid kit properly makes me laugh

Kaido, Eiji, and Echizen would be the funniest trio ever. Cause I’m just imagining Echizen being an arrogant little shit and pissing someone off

Kaido getting mad at at said person when they get pissed off at Echizen and trying to start a fight with them

And Eiji being dramatic as fuck (cause you know… youngest child) and yelling shit like “yeah Kaido fuck him up he made chibi cry” while Echizen is trying to make himself cry on command

Honestly I’m kind of convinced that Inui’s drinks have made the team immortal. It would honestly be the least surprising plot twist of the whole series if Inui said “I’ve made us Devine beings”

I think they also wouldn’t be surprised I think they would all have the same reaction that’s something along the lines of “with all the hell you put us through the next one better give me fucking super powers”

Now like the queer bitch I am I will bring sexuality into this

I think Echizen is aroace or demi. I’ve been watching this little brats dumpster fire of a love life for 100 episodes and I can safely say I don’t think he wants or needs one

Tezuka: that’s a pansexual man if I’ve ever seen one. I just have a feeling that he wouldn’t be tripped up by things like gender

Fuji: demi I don’t know I just have a guttural feeling like you have to reach level 100 of friendship for Fuji to even think about looking at you romantically

Eiji: bisexual when this bitch showed up on screen doing his little flips and tricks I was like “that is a raging bisexual” just something about doing the most in something as simple as tennis gives of bi energy

Oishi also pansexual like Tezuka I feel like he wouldn’t really care about gender if he thinks they’re cute the he thinks they’re cute you know?

Momo another raging bisexual emphasis on the raging. He’s gotten into actually fights with people about his sexuality

The team has had to pull him off of people while he kicks and screams

The whole team secretly thought it was hilarious but they still had to “scold” him afterwards just to keep up appearances

Kaido also gives me demi vibes I don’t really know how to explain it other than it fits him

Inui is demi and ace this man will fall for one person and will stay in love until they do something irredeemable

Kawamura I can’t really tell if he’s 100% gay or 100% straight but something tells me it’s one of the two. Cause I can’t really picture anything else

Also coach Ryuzaki is a lesbian. Does she have a granddaughter? Yeah. Does that prove anything? No

I also can’t imagine anyone on the team being neurotypical like something tells me they’ve all gotten an adhd or autism diagnosis at one point in their life

Am I just projecting at this point? Absolutely. Can you stop me? NEVER!

You know that one tiktok audio that goes “we’ve both got autism haven’t we?” “Yeah” “well that’s good to know”

That’s Seigaku’s dynamic and a nutshell and I love it

#prince of tennis #tenipuri #ryoma echizen #tezuka kunimitsu #shusuke Fuji #kaoru kaido #inui sadaharu #momoshiro takeshi #Takashi kawamura #Eiji kikumaru #oishi shuichiro #ryuzaki sumire

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robyn-weightman · 2 months

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I found another Japanese translated book about cats. This one is through the same publisher as my favourite book -The Guest Cat by takashi Hiraide - which I will never stop raving about.

Let's hope If Cats Disappeared From The World by Genki Kawamura is as brilliant 🥰

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incorrectpot · 1 year

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Tezuka: Is there anyone here who’s actually straight? Kawamura: *raises hand* Fuji: *puts their hand down*

Taka-san: *visible confusion*

#lol?#hello y’all #felt like posting the submissions:3 #maybe one or two more #prince of tennis #tennis no oujisama #seigaku #tezuka kunimitsu #kawamura takashi #incorrect quotes #incorrect anime quotes #incorrect tenipuri

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magicalanimenetwork · 1 year

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Dancing★Star Pretty Cure The Stage is an upcoming stage play coming to Tokyo and Osaka featuring an all male Precure group?!

Toei is really testing the waters this year huh? I could tell someone has been wanting to do this for years since Seiji and Pikario, but now Toei is finally allowing it. I guess this show and Cure Wing’s popularity will determine if we get more males in the future.

I hope it’s all or nothing, cause Toei has chickened out in the past…

~Staff information~

Original Work: Izumi Todo

Supervisor: Takashi Washio [Toei Animation] (鷲尾天 [東映アニメーション])

Character Designer: Toshie Kawamura (川村敏江)

Director & Writer: Hosa Kayou (ほさかよう)

#precure #pretty cure #magical boy #magical boys

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thatoneblogaccount · 9 months

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This scene makes me laugh because how on Earth did you not notice they were there, Tezuka? The practice area is totally empty and they're even chilling in the same general direction Fuji's standing, so you should've noticed them while you were talking to him.

#prince of tennis #tennis no oujisama #tezuka kunimitsu #oishi shuichiro #kawamura takashi #inui sadaharu #tenipuri

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pochqmqri · 4 months

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With how OtonaPre ended up being mid and had several questionable choices, I know that there are some, myself included, who are worried about how the MahoPre adult sequel will turn out. Even so, I remain cautiously optimistic, as this was always the one out of the two I was the most excited for.

Going back to the initial announcement for both OtonaPre and the MahoPre sequel, it's interesting to note that they only tentatively call it Mahou Tsukai PreCure! 2. They don't outright call it something like Otona Mahou Tsukai PreCure!, so maybe it's not really tied to the OtonaPre brand.

This would be a welcome change because one of the main problems with OtonaPre was that they tried to juggle a main cast of 8, arguably 10, or even 13, in just 12 episodes. This meant that several characters got shafted in development, notably Rin, Komachi, and Mai. In a MahoPre sequel, we'd only really need focus on Mirai, Riko, Haa-chan, and Mofurun, and maybe a few of the other side characters. Realistically I don't see what other seasons they could try and jam into MahoPre2, like not GoPriPre or KiraPre. MahoPre has such a distinctive style to it with all the witchcraft stuff.

Another thing to note from that initial announcement is that MahoPre2 will be airing on the late-night Animazing!!! block owned by TV Asahi and ABC TV, on Sundays 2:00-2:30 AM. This is quite the unusual choice because even OtonaPre, which aired on NHK-E, aired as late as Saturday 6:30PM. Similarly, Tokyo Mew Mew New aired around midnight when it broadcasted. I don't know what this really means in terms of "adult content" though, because even TMMN was mostly restrained in that regard. OtonaPre aired on a night/afternoon timeslot, but it also aired in the same block that had stuff like Spongebob, so they couldn't get too "adult," the most being stuff like alcohol consumption and climate change.

From this article back in March, Producer Takashi Washio notes that when NHK-E ("E" standing for education) was chosen to air OtonaPre on, he was asked if they could focus on topics related to SDGs, sustainable development goals. This is why OtonaPre has a large focus on climate change and sustainability, despite it feeling a bit out of place. I appreciate the focus on such topics, but I felt like it was taking up too much space in OtonaPre when combined with the topics of adulthood struggles and usual PreCure stuff, especially for just 12 episodes. I also think that the aforementioned Tokyo Mew Mew New, which aired last year and earlier this year, was much better at conveying these topics.

There's not much we know about MahoPre2, but I think I can say for certain that it won't have much of heavy environmental theme to it, and more so focus on expanding the lore of the Witch World. I expect the sequel to have 12-13 episodes like OtonaPre did, so not trying to jam several themes into such a limited scope will be good.

Another thing, that's a bit small is that, personally, I wasn't a fan of the art direction, notably the character designs, of OtonaPre. Toei outsourced the anime primarily to Studio DEEN, so most of the staff, character designer, series director, animation directors, art director, etc. were assigned to people who didn't seem to be that familiar with the series and the final product sort of reflected that. It's understandable why Toei outsourced most of the production, as this year, they also had to focus on the usual yearly PreCure, One Piece, the Sailor Moon Cosmos films, etc., and I expect more of the same next year for MahoPre2.

But I think that, at least in terms of character designer, we might get Emiko Miyamoto, who was the CD for the original MahoPre, back. The reason why Toshie Kawamura, who was the CD for Yes! Pretty Cure 5 and Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!, didn't come back for OtonaPre, seems to be that she's currently not accepting new work due to her poor health, as stated in her Twitter bio. This makes sense, as Kawamura recently did the character designs for the all-male Dancing Star PreCure, which, as a live-action stage play, had less commitments for her to deal with compared to OtonaPre. In contrast, from what I could gather, Miyamoto appears to be in good health, and she hasn't really done much work since Dragon Quest: Adventure of Dai, which ended last year. She did do some small animation work for the recent PreCure All Stars F film, but that's pretty much it. I think there will be time for her to return next year for MahoPre2, along with other staff like head writer Isao Murayama and series director Masato Mitsuka.

Ideally, I would hope that MahoPre2 has the women transform into adult Pretty Cure, unlike what OtonaPre did, but there's really nothing right now that I can predict, other than that it seemingly not being apart of the OtonaPre brand may raise some hope.

So yeah, these are the reasons why I'm holding out hope that MahoPre2 will still be good. Hopefully they don't do what they did in OtonaPre and have Mirai and Riko be paired off with random faceless men, and instead with each other. They have to make it gayer, with maintext, not subtext, like how they kissed in the manga.

#mahou tsukai precure #mahopre #mahou tsukai pretty cure #mahoupre #witchy precure #witchy pretty cure #witchypre #mahotsukai precure #mahotsukai pretty cure #mahoutsukai precure #mahoutsukai pretty cure

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godzilla-reads · 1 year

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Japanese Books With Cats

"The Guest Cat" by Takashi Hiraide (trans. Eric Selland)

An author and his wife move into a new house and start getting visits from their neighbor's cat.

"The Travelling Cat Chronicles" by Hiro Arikawa (trans. Philip Gabriel)

Nana the cat is on a road trip with his person, Satoru. He doesn't know where they're going or why, only that they are visiting Satoru's old friends.

"The Cat Who Saved Books" by Sosuke Natsukawa (trans. Louise Heal Kawai)

Bookish student Rintaro Natsuki is about to have to close his late grandfather's bookshop when a magical talking cat named Tiger enlists his help to save the world of books.

"If Cats Disappeared from the World" by Genki Kawamura (trans. Eric Selland)

Our narrator's days are numbered as he finds out he is going to die. His only solace is his late mother's cat Cabbage, until the devil shows up and wants to make a deal.

"I am a Cat" by Soseki Natsume (trans. Graeme Wilson and Aiko Ito)

Written from 1904 through 1906, Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him.

"Oh Tama! A Mejiro Novel" by Mieko Kanai (trans. Tomoko Aoyama and Paul McCarthy)

Oh, Tama! takes the reader deep into the haphazard lives of Natsuyuki, the protagonist, and his loosely connected circle of dysfunctional acquaintances and family. Trying to keep some semblance of order and decency in his life, working as an occasional freelance photographer, Natsuyuki is visited by his delinquent friend Alexandre, who unexpectedly entrusts him with his sister's pregnant cat, Tama. Despite his initial protests, Natsuyuki accepts his new responsibility and cares compassionately for Tama and her kittens.

"She and Her Cat" by Makoto Shinkai and Tsubasa Yamaguchi

This is the story of Miyu, a woman who lives alone with her cat, Chobi. As Miyu navigates the world of adulthood, she discovers both the freedom and loneliness that come with living independently, and Chobi learns of the outside world through her actions. Time drifts slowly for Miyu and her cat, but the harsh realities of the world soon catch up...

"A Man and His Cat Vol. 1" by Umi Sakurai

Convinced he will never find a home, an "ugly" pet shop cat is thrilled when a man comes in and falls in love. These are their adventures together.

#godzilla reads #japanese books with cats #cat books #books and cats #japanese books #japanese lit #japanese literature #manga #novels #bookish #cats #booklr #bookworm

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