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[bookshop]

Dear Fandom,

OBEY MY WHIM. CONFORM TO MY WILL. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE.

Tezuka Kunimitsu is hotter than _________.

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[wonapalei]

--SHIROTA YUU.

BUT SHIROTA YUU IS HOTTER THAN FLAMING TENNIS BALLS FLYING THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE.

[bookshop]

Shirota is hotter than the flames of hell to which i will be consigned for loving a 14-year-old tennis player.

[wonapalei]

You know, I just realised that I have no clue how old the actors are. Am I going to hell for lusting after Shirota, KenKen, Date, and the rest?

[bookshop]

i think Yanagi just turned 18 or something and Shirota's like 20? i have NO IDEA how young this echizen is but he looks YOUNG. i need soundczech to tell me their ages again, i always forget.

[wonapalei]

*wanders off to google them* Why no, I'm not procrastinating, why do you ask?

Shirota: 1985.12.26. So he is 20, and his birthday is two days after Ryouma's. :D

KenKen: Well his birthday's Feb. 17, which is three days after Choutarou's, but I can't find the year. A Japanese blog claims he turned 22 this year, though, so I guess he was born in 1984.

Date-kun: 1987.11.23. So Kouji's 18; no wonder KenKen acted like an aniki to him. XD

Yanagi: His birthday's Dec. 21. Three days before Echizen's, five days before Shirota's. Again, no year, nor is there a handy blog to translate.

In any case, though, I feel much better. Yes, they are all still younger than me, but at least they're legal. :D

[kessie]

I am secretly glad that Shirota's birthday is four days before mine and we were born in the same year. It makes me slightly less guilty for wailing over the animated Tezuka. -_-;

[wonapalei]

It amuses me--though I completely understand--that knowing the actor is legal alleviates some of the guilt over the cartoon being underage. Not that one could in fact be convicted of statutory rape of a cartoon. But...yeah. What is it about Tezuka that makes people think of him as a real person?

In other news, Hongo Kanata, the new Ryouma for the live-action, was born Nov. 15, 1990, so he's only 15. Somehow, when it comes to RPS, I think I am going to stick with Shirota and Yanagi. :|

(Also: aha! So you are the mysterious Ria of the emails! Hello!)

[kessie]

Ahahaha. *dies* I know it's silly, but well... now you've made me think. I guess it's because I know Tezuka's 14 and it does seem a bit cracked to wail and flail my hands over somone who's 14 AND animated, to boot. (I mean, I don't do that over people in RL and, now that I think about it, maybe that's a good thing. :D)

In a slightly morre coherant answer, I think it's because, when I write about characters and spend time (and thousands of words) trying to get into their mindsets, I inevitably start thinking of them as real people. It happens with nearly any character I write, but since I spent a huge amount of effort trying to get into Tezuka's head (@_@ so hard!), I started treating him as person. (Plus, I'm ashamed to admit that I spend hours and hours thinking about Tenipuri. It's affected my life more than I care to admit; the only person I've admitted this to, really, is Aja. ...crap, that looks so bad when I reread it. *facepalms*)

So, yeah. The easiest answer is that I spend so long thinking about the Tenipuri

[wonapalei]

Do not be ashamed! I was an only child as well until I was seven, and my brother and I never really got along--our personalities are too different. Perhaps once he heads off to college in another year and starts growing up, we can begin to relate as adults. Anyway, this is background for the confession that I have adopted Tezuka as my older brother. The one I never had but would have been much better-off for having, since he would push me to do my best instead of slacking as I am prone to do. I too spend way too long thinking about what it would be like to know the Tenipuri boys; I was just wondering what it is about Tezuka in particular that seems to attract people to think of him as real. Even though I do it myself, I still haven't figured out why.

I don't think I've friended you yet. Should remedy that. :D

(I'm usually a horrible lurker as well; something about PoT changed that. The thesis is...well, remember what I said above about slacking? *shifty eyes*)

[kessie]

Haha. I bet if I had Tezuka for an older brother, I'd hate him because my father would love him, because Tezuka would drive himself and be brilliant, and overachieve me in everything. But he'd secretly make me push myself to do better than him.

...in other words, what he does to Ryoma. XD XD XD

I have no idea. I mean, I knew Aja LOVED him, so I went into Tenipuri sort of knowing that Tezuka was cool. Then I actually clapped eyes on him and heard his seiyuu, and everything went downhill after that. XD XD XD

I think it's the glasses that attract people, myself. Hahaha.

Hee. *friends back* Thanks. ^^

Well, I almost didn't submit my thesis draft because I couldn't stop thinking about Tenipuri. I was thinking about Tezuka and Ryoma, and fell asleep with my laptop before I'd finished it, so I had something of a breakdown the next morning and had to churn out 2,000 words in half an hour. Easy with fic, yet not when it's academic- related. :| I should be studying and doing the final draft of my thesis - I spent the whole day

[wonapalei]

Oddly enough, for me, having him as an older brother would take the pressure off me as the oldest grandchild, and at the same time give me a target to shoot for. So, ideal. :D

I mean, I knew Aja LOVED him, so I went into Tenipuri sort of knowing that Tezuka was cool. Then I actually clapped eyes on him and heard his seiyuu, and everything went downhill after that.
EXACTLY. He just sucks people in. And I adore Okiayu; he's a lovable dork with a marvelous voice. XD

Well, I almost didn't submit my thesis draft because I couldn't stop thinking about Tenipuri.
God, does that sound familiar.

I should be studying and doing the final draft of my thesis - I spent the whole day writing TezuRyo drabbles refreshing my PoT filter. :\
God help me.

I really wish I'd listened to Aja in the first place, and got into this last summer.GOD NO! I would have ended up horrendously behind in all my classes, instead of just my thesis, and probably failed to be accepted to any med schools. As it is, I really should go get some work done before I end

[kessie]

Ahaha. Well, I spend my summer working, so Tenipuri would have be a very welcome distraction. :D

As it is, I'm hopelessly behind in everything. WHY AM I NOT PANICKING YET? :O

[bookshop]

I AM ALSO HOPELESSLY BEHIND IN EVERYTHING. and i started panicking a week ago but i haven't done anything about yet, and I BLAME TEZUKA, DAMMIT. he is supposed to inspire me to be a responsible hardworking pillar and instead he inspires me to skip class, not turn in my homework, and ALL CAP ABOUT HIS GREAT LOVE FOR RYOMA ALL DAY. :((

we're in the same boat, kiddo, for real. And as a relevant example, this is me illustrating my skewed priorities:

I spent the whole day writing TezuRyo drabbles. :\

WHAT? WHERE. I WANT TO SEE. WHY ARE YOU NOT ONLINE. [-(

[kessie]

I CAN'T STOP WRITING DRABBLES. WHY COULD I HAVE DONE ADEGREE ABOUT TENIPURI, HUH? WHY? WHY? WHY? :((

WHY DID I NOT GET INTO THIS LAST SUMMER, WHEN I HAD TIME? OH, GOD. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS SUMMER. *_*

I APOLOGISE FOR THE CAPSLOCK, BUT I'M IN THE LABS AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN REALISE THE WAILING AND FLAILING I LONG TO DO. I WILL BE HOME TOMORROW!

[flyby]

Yanagi's Dec 21 1985, so five days older than Shirotan. Which amuses me endlessly YES ALL RIGHT UNIVERSE I ALREADY SUCCUMBED ENOUGH ALREADY. Not that I have been haunting D-boys.com or anything. >.> <.

[wonapalei]

Ahahaha. I don't know why that's funny, but it is. And all I can think of is how they feed each other pastries and fling themselves into each others' arms and why do I still not have any icons of my favourite myu boys. D:

So Aja mentioned somewhere that you had essentially taught yourself enough Japanese to read manga. How does one go about doing this? I'm quite good with languages, though I haven't any background to speak of in East Asian languages besides what I've picked up from the PoT fandom.