I've been having a lot of meta thoughts about sports anime lately, thanks to Haikyuu!! and Yuri!!! On Ice (what is it with exclamation points in anime titles nowadays). Also Chihayafuru, which feels like a really underappreciated series grumble grumble.

Anyway, today I want to talk about the idea of "Real Life" in sports anime and manga. Ha ha. I'm ( Read more... )

So my mom has finished watching all of Prince of Tennis (she didn't seem surprised at all by the ending) and she doesn't want to watch any of the OAVs because they don't really finish their story lines.

Can anyone rec another series for her to watch?

She likes:
-silly, unrealistic stuff (eg: she likes Yowamushi Pedal and doesn't like Haikyuu) 
- ( Read more... )

 My mom watched 40 episodes of Prince of Tennis over five days.

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Yesterday's lunchtime PA announcement: Today's menu is hamburger, cheese, ketchup, blah blah blah blah blah. Oh, and it's Valentine's Day so we're going to play the song " Valentine Kiss."

Me: *utterly fails to recognize song*

Me: (to student) Who sings this song?

Student: I dunno.

Me: *finishes eating lunch*

(The next day, upon checking my flist)

Me: ( Read more... )

Today I saw the prince of tennis at the local courts, I kid you not. I was passing by on the bus when I saw an old man hitting a ball against the wall NITOURYUU style! He had a racket in each hand and was hitting alternately with his left and right without missing a shot for the 15 seconds or so that I watched him. How awesome is that ( Read more... )

Is there any crossover fic out there about the Golden Pair of Seigaku and the Golden Pair of Kolkhoz High (Ranma 1/2)?

Because I could totally see this scenario where Mikado "accidentally" bumps into one of the more girly-looking memebers of the Seigaku tennis club (aka: Fuji) and has to apologize for his rudeness with a kiss and then Kikumaru comes ( Read more... )

Whooboy, where have I been? Er, happy new year? Happy Friday the 13th?

Title: Endgame
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Characters: Tezuka, Ryoma
Genre: AU. Shortfic.
Spoilers: Very vague ones. Fuhgeddaboutit.
Summary: If Echizen's tennis had been perfect to begin with, where would Tezuka be?

( The alpha and the omega )

You know you watch too much PoT when someone named Momoko emails you at work and you automatically think "Tenipuri crack chibi episodes!" instead of "what the hell kind of name is that?"

(And you don't think of Wedding Peach either)

One of my co-workers did ask me what the hell kind of name Momoko is, so I calmly explained that it's Japanese and ( Read more... )

This has probably been done a million times, but...

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