Prince of Tennis: Ficlet: The Freudian Sense 1/1 (TezuRyo, PG)

[soundczech]

So I've been obsessively watching this anime about tennis while I was supposed to be doing my homework :| Gay pubescent tennis players :| I blame fucking bookshop.

Here is a ficlet. Characters do not belong to me, but to Konami. TezuRyo pre-slash and pubescent confusion.

ETA: Thankyou to lower for translating this into Chinese. Find it here. *_*

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[wonapalei]

I swear you'd think it was the kind of teasing your friend does when your friend knows you like A Boy and The Boy doesn't know and you're both about to see The Boy and you can't resist teasing the friend.
"Echizen, when we meet buchou you'd better not cry." *snickering*
"I'm not gonna cry." *grumbling (and probably blushing offscreen)*
I totally sporfled when I heard that. You're exactly right about Momo's voice; it's so insinuating! And Ryouma's response is precisely what it should be: irritated and embarrassed. I actually saw a little comic the other day where a fan had drawn the scene if Ryouma had cried. It's utterly adorable; he sees Tezuka, stops a moment, then flings his arms around his waist and starts sobbing, much to Tezuka's surprise. :D

I haven't seen anything beyond ep132, which is the chibi episode right after the trip to Germany. From what I've heard of the following plot arcs, they appear to suck majorly, and I'd rather keep my vision of the events to the manga continuity. I don't mind reading anime spoilers, but actually watching them makes them more real, and I don't want to risk corrupting my mental version. But apparently there are important Tezuka/Ryouma bits still to be seen? Is it possible to watch only certain episodes for their interaction? (Also, would not mind more Shishido/Ootori. They are so my doubles OTP. The current manga match is making me very happy, what with their new "formation".)

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[bookshop]

Hahahahaha, oh wow. "I'm not gonna cry." *grumbling (and probably blushing offscreen)* IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN I REMEMBERED. *_*

do you have the link to that comic? That is adorable *squees all over you*

gosh, the anime divergence. Well. The anime definitely starts to feel longer in later episodes; but there are also some great moments. I'm fond of the whole training camp arc just because you get to touch base with so many of the characters; plus there's Tezuka's triumphant return with the above scene I mentioned with Ryuzaki, and the total escalation of the Tezuka-Ryoma interaction to, like, "omg WOW" levels. Really the Tezuka-Ryoma dynamic sort of drives the final third of the anime for me, because all of the other things that are happening aren't really, uh, I'll say engaging--but there is a lot of intriguing development between them that really gives a lot of room to grow the slash potential and take their relationship in a certain direction. I think it's really telling that Hal ships Tezu/Ryo in the anime but not the manga; in an ideal world I would love to take their dynamic as it is developed in the last third of the anime and transpose it into the plot of the manga, because plotwise the rest of the anime after Tezuka comes back from Germany is just so many levels of NO, whereas shipwise, it's all kinds of YES.

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[soundczech]

I haven't seen the training camp arc but now I'm really looking forward to it. I think I like the training episodes best. I love the one where Oishi's freaking out the day before the finals.

Re: my post exceeds the maximum character length. -_-

[wonapalei]

It would be even better if we could see their damn faces. Or at least Ryouma's face (though I'd love to see the reactions of the other regulars as well). Instead we get an exterior shot of the bus pulling up to the rehab center, and it's just a voiceover. Animator-san, you are such a TEASE.

Woe. It appears that I am going to have to watch the rest of the anime after all, if just to skip to the Tezuka-Ryouma moments. And here I thought I was done with the major life-eating bits of this obsession.

Have scoured my history, and I present you with the comic I mentioned. I can't read much of the Japanese, but it appears to be mainly "Buchou..." breathily, followed by "Buchou!" *glomps*, and then "Echizen?" *bewilderment*. And then there are tears everywhere and much squeeing. Or something.

And here's a bonus: Hannah declaring her love for Tezuka, only for him to let her down and explain that he and Ryouma are together, which fills her with rage that both these disrespectful, conceited boys are getting some and she isn't. Or at least that's how I read it. :D Anyway, it's got an adorable second panel of Tezuka and visor!Ryouma snuggling. A more-knowledgeable interpretation would be appreciated, for both these comics, if you can offer one or know someone who can.

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[bookshop]

oh my god, that is SO CUTE.

AND ASDJGSAFKSDLFSAJFSALFJDSAJFSLDKFJSF.

TEZUKA IN A COW SUIT. AHAHAHAHAHA WTF WTF.

Re: my post exceeds the maximum character length. -_-

[wonapalei]

Have only just received the comment notification for this. *beats LJ with a pointy stick*

Oh god, the cow suit. I do NOT get it, but it is HILARIOUS. And there are SO MANY like that. I do not think I want to know what the artist is smoking. WTF, indeed.