Em Reads Shin Tenipuri, Part 4! [Vols. 3-4, Chapters 20-27]
ShinTenipuri Vol. 1 Ch20 - "Sudden Death Match"
I have two things to say about this chapter:
1. Oh. Oh Sanada, why does nothing ever work out for you, baby? <3
2. Inui, Yanagi. I LOVE YOU AND YOUR STUPIDLY GEEKY DATA-DOUBLES COMBINATION. THE END.
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ShinTenipuri Vol. 1 Ch21 - "Special Mission"
...Uhm. This chapter I nearly fell asleep. Ryoma Stupidface, Huge Dude from Higa, and That Dude from Shitenhouji (who is basically known for being) Related to Oshitari Yuushi paddle through a cave or something. And there are vampire bats.
I mean come on, Konomi. Put some interesting characters in there and you have a lot to work with! Vampire bats, dude. In a sports manga. You are not harnessing the full potential of your crack!
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ShinTenipuri Vol. 1 Ch22 - "Naive Trap"
lmao. TENNIS CAMP HAS SECURITY GUARDS WITH HUGE SCARY DOGS. Justified, clearly; these boys are trying to steal the tennis balls!
LMAO. AND LAZER TRIP WIRES.
Wait, I wasn't really paying attention (you have to be that way to get through this manga, you see), this is an actual... bar? At *tennis camp*? I mean, I know there are also high-schoolers, but honestly, in Japan they are still very underage for alcohol! Also! It is bad for athletes! Tezuka and Sanada will lecture you sternly! (No yawning, slackers!)
Okay, the mountain was hella fun. The mountain 'training camp' is total crap. Can the boys go play on the mountain again please?
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ShinTenipuri Vol. 1 Ch23 - "Sportsman Hunt (Opening Act)"
Jackal: Kawamura! Don't be so sympathetic or you'll be done for!
...THE IRONY OF JACKAL BEING THE DUDE FROM RIKKAI TO SAY THIS, CAN ANYONE SEE IT?
I think this is in fact Tennis Boy Death Island, they just never actually spelled it out for us and we had to guess: this is actually the boys on a reality TV show based (VERY lightly) on tennis.
Tezuka couldn't get Seigaku out of it because they won Nationals and it would be so awkward if they didn't show up. Both Atobe and Yukimura just thought the idea sounded deliciously evil, so they dragged their entire teams along. Shiraishi and Shitenhouji were probably all high and would've agreed to anything (isn't it canon that they're always high all the time? Did I read that memo wrong?). The rest of the random people from various teams probably still don't know the truth...
Actually, only the captains know the truth. Yukimura thought it would be a good test of Niou's perceptiveness and Yanagi's data collecting skillz. Atobe deemed his peons unworthy of the whole truth. Tezuka couldn't be bothered to deal with the inevitable headache that would come from explaining to the team - Kikumaru and Momo asking all kinds of dumb questions ("will they have burgers, buchou?") without actually waiting for answers, Inui wanting camera specifications for his data, Echizen having a bratty tantrum about not wanting to do it.
(Fuji knows the truth too, Tezuka just doesn't know that he knows. Or how the hell he even found out).
ANYWAY. LET'S IGNORE THE ENTIRE STUPID HAWKS ATTACKING BALLOONS TIED TO TENNIS PLAYERS THING SOME MORE AND HI SANADA. (I hadn't been staring at this panel in the background the entire time I wrote the above paragraphs, not at all).
Oh, sorry, EAGLES. Whatever.
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ShinTenipuri Vol. 1 Ch24 - "Sportsman Hunt (Final Act)"
Waitwait, that was an entire chapter? WHY DO ECHIZEN AND TOOYAMA GET ENTIRE CHAPTERS TO THEMSELVES WHEN THEY COULDN'T HOLD A PLOT TOGETHER WITH SUPERGLUE? THEY WERE GOING TO PLAY TENNIS WITH HORSE CHESTNUTS STILL IN THEIR CASES. THE HAWKS WERE CIRCLING (WHY WASN'T IT VULTURES? OMFG).
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ShinTenipuri Vol. 1 Ch25 - "Transformation"
Oh God, stop making it so easy for me. They're having arguments about who can HANDLE THE MOST BALLS.
"The high school guys can handle ten at a time!"
"We can handle five at a time!" (Let's not go into the logistics of it being an odd number... XD)
Yeah, Momo, you're saying what we're all thinking. IT MAKES SENSE TO KONOMI, OKAY? That is clearly the warning label for this manga.
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ShinTenipuri Vol. 1 Ch26 - "Revolution"
NO SERIOUSLY, DON'T GIVE ME THAT LINE COMBINED WITH THAT ANGLE. ROFL FOREVER. (I KNOW IT SAYS 'HIT', I HONESTLY DON'T CARE. IN MY HEAD IT SAYS HANDLE. AND THERE ARE FIVE GUYS IN THE PANEL ALL LOOKING VERY FEARFUL OF SANADA'S HANDLING).
LMAO. THIS IS MY FAVOURITE SANADA CHAPTER EVER. HE IS GOING TO FORGO THE LECTURE AND JUST STEAL AWAY YOUR VERY BAD, NAUGHTY, WRONG SAKE!
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ShinTenipuri Vol. 1 Ch27 - "The Opening Gate"
^I TOLD YOU HE CALLS THEM PEONS! I AM ALWAYS RIGHT!
Is anyone else hearing the sadism in Yukimura's first sentence? And the orgasmic tones of the second one?
Ohyay! Some TENNIS again! And not the kind advanced by bats, lazers, balloons and eagles! (Konomi, where are you getting this stuff and can I smoke some of it just once?)
Ooooh court shuffle, I think I remember this being mentioned around fandom. (How does a 'court team' face another 'court team'? anyway? DON'T EXPLAIN, I'LL FIND OUT FOR MYSELF SOON I'M SURE. IT WILL MAKE NO SENSE ANYWAY. I'll have to graps at straws and wrap my brain around some vaguely feasible explanation! That's the entire POINT of Shin Tenipuri!)
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