More thoughts on NPoT
So New Prince of Tennis is still trying to kill me, and probably will succeed, but I can't stop reading it. It's like a disease.
But this month's chapters had something amazing in them: DAN! It looks as though Horio, Dan, and Shiita are going to be the new Ichinen Trio, which is awesome for several reasons:
- DA DA DA DAAAAN!
- Shiita is kind of an adorable little bugger, actually! He has a lisp and a duckmouth and that's precious. I kind of want to take him away from Rikkai because as much as I love Rikkai, they are not to be trusted with adorable babies.
- Horio cracks my shit up, seriously.
- Katsuo and Kachiro are far, far away from the terrible shit that is going down in NPoT.
So that was awesome! And then the heartbreak started.
NPoT apparently means business about this whole "losers have to leave" thing, and got the ball rolling by pitting Gakuto and Yuushi against each other, followed by Platinum Pair and Golden Pair. I could not even roll my eyes hard enough at the Golden Pair stuff, though I was rather surprised to see that a Seigaku member got kicked out for real. I was not surprised at how Golden Pair's relationship was portrayed. Apparently they care about each other more than Gakuto and Yuushi or Niou and Yagyuu. Ugh.
Next month's chapters will apparently be showing us what happens when Sanada and Yukimura play against each other. This can only end in tears. I get the feeling from the color promo/cover shots, though, that Sanada isn't going to be leaving the camp. Those covers could certainly be red herrings, but if not, then it's a pretty good bet that Sanada is going to win the match. And I wondered how this could possibly happen until I remembered that you can't beat Yukimura by wanting to win. ;_;
Anyway, NPoT is still a merciless dream-killing machine that I refuse to consider canon, much like Iryu 2. At least Iryu 2 was funny. DOUGLAAAAAAS
Side note: Someone please write a fic of Saitou and Kurobe. They're such bastards and are clearly boning each other.
Side side note: Read a little more of the original PoT manga. Yukimura's match against Echizen is all kinds of amazing. Yukimura breaks Echizen down completely, which is incredibly satisfying even though it doesn't last. Also, there are some really heartbreaking flashbacks that reinforced my opinion that Yukimura doesn't play tennis because he likes to but because he has to. That's why he's so devastated by his illness and so desperate to get back to the court; his sense of self-worth comes from his success in tennis. I feel like he was really good at tennis ever since he was like three, and got a lot of praise for being so good at it, and then he associated being good at tennis with being loved, which meant that he couldn't lose or else he'd be worthless and no one would love him anymore. SPECULATION AHOY I know, but that's just the feeling I get based on all that makete wa naranu and yuujou no okite stuff.
But this month's chapters had something amazing in them: DAN! It looks as though Horio, Dan, and Shiita are going to be the new Ichinen Trio, which is awesome for several reasons:
- DA DA DA DAAAAN!
- Shiita is kind of an adorable little bugger, actually! He has a lisp and a duckmouth and that's precious. I kind of want to take him away from Rikkai because as much as I love Rikkai, they are not to be trusted with adorable babies.
- Horio cracks my shit up, seriously.
- Katsuo and Kachiro are far, far away from the terrible shit that is going down in NPoT.
So that was awesome! And then the heartbreak started.
NPoT apparently means business about this whole "losers have to leave" thing, and got the ball rolling by pitting Gakuto and Yuushi against each other, followed by Platinum Pair and Golden Pair. I could not even roll my eyes hard enough at the Golden Pair stuff, though I was rather surprised to see that a Seigaku member got kicked out for real. I was not surprised at how Golden Pair's relationship was portrayed. Apparently they care about each other more than Gakuto and Yuushi or Niou and Yagyuu. Ugh.
Next month's chapters will apparently be showing us what happens when Sanada and Yukimura play against each other. This can only end in tears. I get the feeling from the color promo/cover shots, though, that Sanada isn't going to be leaving the camp. Those covers could certainly be red herrings, but if not, then it's a pretty good bet that Sanada is going to win the match. And I wondered how this could possibly happen until I remembered that you can't beat Yukimura by wanting to win. ;_;
Anyway, NPoT is still a merciless dream-killing machine that I refuse to consider canon, much like Iryu 2. At least Iryu 2 was funny. DOUGLAAAAAAS
Side note: Someone please write a fic of Saitou and Kurobe. They're such bastards and are clearly boning each other.
Side side note: Read a little more of the original PoT manga. Yukimura's match against Echizen is all kinds of amazing. Yukimura breaks Echizen down completely, which is incredibly satisfying even though it doesn't last. Also, there are some really heartbreaking flashbacks that reinforced my opinion that Yukimura doesn't play tennis because he likes to but because he has to. That's why he's so devastated by his illness and so desperate to get back to the court; his sense of self-worth comes from his success in tennis. I feel like he was really good at tennis ever since he was like three, and got a lot of praise for being so good at it, and then he associated being good at tennis with being loved, which meant that he couldn't lose or else he'd be worthless and no one would love him anymore. SPECULATION AHOY I know, but that's just the feeling I get based on all that makete wa naranu and yuujou no okite stuff.