On Tezuka.
Oh, Tezuka, you keep me up at night.
Ryoma has both Nanjiroh and Tezuka to help him grow. Who does Tezuka have? We hardly see Tezuka play. When we do, we hardly see him challenged. (Moreso now in the manga, though it seemed odd that he was challenged in that last match ( Read more... )
Ryoma has both Nanjiroh and Tezuka to help him grow. Who does Tezuka have? We hardly see Tezuka play. When we do, we hardly see him challenged. (Moreso now in the manga, though it seemed odd that he was challenged in that last match ( Read more... )
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Which actually makes me wonder why he's at Seigaku in the first place. It seems like they have a good tennis reputation in the long-term, but in recent years have not done so well. You'd think Tezuka would have been better off somewhere else, like Hyotei.
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Tezuka is a befuddling character because he seems to exist on his own. It seems that he's the eternal father/mentor, even in his big-foreheaded youth. The truth is, Seigaku needs somebody like Tezuka- without him, they collectively might be where St. Rudolph's is now.
The question of where Tezuka's supreme authority came from is not anwered. It's just there.
That being said, it could've been his grandpa. He's seen hanging around in the background once or twice.
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Rikkai is an interesting one. I can't remember how long their Nationals-winning streak is. What really strikes me is that we never see a coach at their games. Is it like Fudomine, where Tachibana is the coach as well as the captain?
Nanjiroh picked Seigaku for Ryoma, I imagine because Ryuzaki is there. (I can't recall if we know for sure that the school where Ryuzaki coached Nanjiroh was also Seigaku.) Why is Tezuka there, in particular?
The truth is, Seigaku needs somebody like Tezuka- without him, they collectively might be where St. Rudolph's is now.
Yes, very true. He and Oishi have pretty much pulled Seigaku up to where they are now and Oishi never would have done it without Tezuka to take the initiative.
That being said, it could've been his grandpa.I've been thinking about Tezuka ( ... )
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Their winning streak at Nationals is two years, ever since the three demons were ichinen. However, they've won Kantou for the past fifteen years. Which must be very frustrating for Hyoutei. No wonder they were willing to help out Seigaku in the anime.
Is it like Fudomine, where Tachibana is the coach as well as the captain?
No; Tachibana was the coach only because the old coach got booted when the old club was dissolved. With such a long pedigree of wins, and being a private school with plenty of money (Fudomine's public), Rikkai must have a coach. However, I think the three demons more or less took over the team when they came, and I figure the coach generally acts as a sort of consultant, possibly supervising the non-Regulars. It is a bit strange that he's never mentioned, though. (Although St. Rudolph also has a coach, as we see in the flashback where Kisarazu and Yanagisawa are training to beat Kaidou's Snake, and he never seems to come to tournaments either.)
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I find it very odd that we never see a coach for Rikkai. I would expect a school like that to have a coach who would actually, you know, coach the players and support them at tournaments.
Unless they don't consider Kantou worth the coach showing up for. Like Hyotei in the prior tournament -- Atobe was giving Sakaki the results over the phone there. (Of course, if Sakaki had been there, they probably wouldn't have lost like that.)
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