New Prince of Tennis Episode 01

the princes are back~


my Prince No.1,Fuji Syuusuke, is back~


Prince No.2, Atobe Keigo, is also back~

Taipei shopping list

as i count down to my third trip to Taipei on Sat, here's a list of manga i've been restraining myself from buying at Kinokuniya since late Jan.

it was a true test of restrain, especially with the two members' sales in Feb and Mar tempting me like mad.

Single Tankoubon

• Kin-iro no Koruda 金色琴弦 #15
• Vampire Knight 吸血鬼骑士 #12
• Oresama Teacher 王样老师 #08
• One Piece Data book -Green-
• K-ON! #04
• Shin Prince of Tennis 新网球王子 #04
• Hoshi wo Utau 星歌恋曲 #09

Series

• Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru 无法挣脱的背叛 #03-08 (Kino didn't even bring in this after the last time i saw it at the Bugis branch.)
• Shitsuji-sama no Oki ni Iri 学园管家 #01-08
• Vassalord 血咒圣痕 #01-04
• Hetalia 义呆利 #01-03
• Chotto Edo Made 江户梦时代 #01-04
• Clover #01-04
• RG Veda #01-10
• Kyou Kara Maoh 今天开始做魔王 #01-10
• Saiyuki 最游记 #01-09

Light Novels
Migawari Hakushaku 替身伯爵 #07-08

Novel
Norwegian Wood 挪威的森林 by Haruki Murakami

if i can find everything on this list, i would be lugging back close to 50 books. but that's still a very big IF, since it would be harder to look for older series like Clover and RG Veda (my two missing CLAMP series).

even now, i'm checking the Tongli website for new releases every day and browsing for potential manga and light novels i might be interested in bringing back from Taipei.

plus, this will be my first time visiting the Animate flagship store at Ximending. while i don't expect them to be as well stocked as the Japan stores, the thought of going through each floor level is exciting nonetheless!

and my sister wonders why i don't wanna share luggage with her.

RR's PoT ranking

after procrastinating for so long...

RR's PoT ranking
(after 31 books and 178 episodes)
*images courtesy of youthful days gallery*

1) Fuji Syuusuke - still my fav... he's juz way too cool in the tennis courts... love him in all the chibi episodes too... mwahahaha... did i mention that he has a sadistic streak too... kekeke... think so... BUT!! i so didn't want him to lose to tezuka... >_<."


2) Kikumaru Eiji - Hoi hoi!! he's my next fav now! u juz can't stop grinning or laughing when eiji's around... he's an even better mood maker than momo... and u can see that perfectly during the Junior Invitational Team story arc... kawaii!!




3) Atobe Keigo - HA! i bet there's a big "HUH??!!" going around now... or maybe not... hmm... judging from my preference of anime bishonens, the possibility is quite high really... captain of Hyotei Gakuen, i'm starting to love him and his arrogant ways...

he's super rich and has no problems in flaunting it around... he's also super flashy whenever he makes an entrance to the courts before a game... kekeke...

maa, he did accept tezuka's request to have exchange games with seigaku during their training even though he wasn't obliged to... so he's not that bad... and he trains really hard by himself too...

4) Tezuka Kunimitsu - he's not around much since he's all the way in germany doing rehab for his arm... but when he is around, he never fails to give people the feeling that everything's gonna be alright...


5) Shishido Ryou - yup, another one going up on the charts... i'm getting to love the players from the other schools a lot... he and ohtori are a great doubles team... almost as good as eiji and oishi... rem i said he was very haughty in the beginning? well not anymore... but that doesn't mean you can push him around too...



6) Momoshiro Takeshi - momo's still momo... ever as funny, ever as mischievous... put him together with eiji and they're an unstoppable duo that loves to meddle into other people's business with hilarious results...



7) Sengoku Kiyosumi - Yamabuki's "lucky Sengoku"... after being defeated by momo and kamio during the prefectural games, he decided to change the way he plays tennis... his comeback in the junior invitational team (and defeating momo in a match) was what put him in top 10 placing... he actually incorporated boxing style into tennis... another great mood maker, and one that loves chasing after girls too... haha...


8) Akutagawa Jirou - No. 2 Ace from Hyotei, u'll see him sleeping most of the time, but when he meets strong competitors (eg. Fuji), he wakes up from his half-sleep state and get really really excited... even when he lost to Fuji during the prefectural games (of course!), he had a very happy face... he really does loves a good match...

9) Oshitari Yuushi - Hyotei's own tensai player... even has his own higuma otoshi like fuji... difference between them is that oshitari is more of a doubles player while fuji is a singles player... he's the tensai for doubles... love his kansai-ben... heehee...



10) Hikaru Amane - from Rokkaku, he's the king of all bad puns... but sometimes, even his bad puns are funny... heehee... one of his team mates, Kurobane Harukaze can't stand it and always hits/kicks him after he tells a bad pun... uses a special racket made by his coach (who is this very very old man) that has a long handle... in fact, each member of Rokkaku has their rackets hand-made by the coach...

comedy moments in PoT, brought to you by:

Inui - nothing can stop him from inventing new juices and upgrading his Penal-Tea (note: pun intended)






Kawamura Takashi (Taka-san) - "BURNING!!" that's wat Taka-san says whenever he holds a tennis racket in his hand... usually, he's the timid, shy, and helpful person... But once he takes up a racket, his personality changes... Drastically... ryoma used him on many occasions whenever they're doing laps to make a way thru the other regulars in front of him... heehee...

tenipuri end...

finished! I've finally finished!!!!

All 178 episodes of the Prince of Tennis!!!

I think i must've watched more than 80 episodes in the past week. but it was worthed it to finish up the entire series before the OVA starts in 2 weeks' time.

Roar Roar's commentary for Tenipuri...

the good...

Chibi attacks
haha... always the highlights after a major competition... I love the chibi episodes, esp the last few ones which had the seigaku team playing different members of a family... hilarious to the end...

Junior Invitational Team camp
now this is something that i love... and one of the better fillers i've seen compared to that in kenshin or bleach... had most of the best players from the kantou schools in a training camp to choose the best players to go against the US Junior Invitational Team.

the matches were great and you get to see combinations btn the diff schools... from fuji-saeki pairing, to a rematch between sengoku and momo...

fav singles match, atobe VS sanada
fav doubles match, eiji-ootori VS oishi-shishido

Tezuka VS Fuji
spanning 3 episodes at the end of the series, it was a fantastic match!! just dun watch it while ur sibling is sleeping behind u and all u want is to scream "YOSHA!!!" when Fuji gets a point... heehee... but that's just me...

the not so good...

Storyline
ok, the story drifted from the manga right when they started prepping for their game with Rikkaidai... the formation for the teams during the Seigaku-Rikkaidai matches were still the same, but the matches in the manga were much more exciting...

Ryoma in US Open
HUH!?!?!
i thot that was going abit far out. he's only13 for goodness' sake!!

and defeating tezuka in the final episode?!?! i'm already sadden that fuji was defeated by tezuka during the regulars ranking tournament...

no doubt this is ryoma's story but it should be alittle realistic wat... this is tennis, not ninjitsu...

on the last episode...
seriously, there was too much "special effects" during the ryoma-tezuka match that i thot i was watching gundam or cooking master boy or something...
i mean, wat's with all the cylones & energy blasts scenes when you really want to see the ball going back and forth the players? too much dramatization...


but overall, tenipuri is a great series... lots of exciting matches, bishonen-galore, very very cute chibis, funny sempais & even funnier moments of inui juices (penal-tea, aozu, akazu)...

i'm so looking forward to the OVA. it's right where they left off in the series.

NATIONALS!!!


next entry: tenipuri top 10...

heehee....

RR's PoT ranking

Birthday greetings: Happy birthday Yomay!!! you're finally one of us! the 1982s... heehee...

i can't control myself... i've got to get this down...

RR's Prince of Tennis character ranking
(after 16 books and 3rd episode of the anime)

1) Fuji Syuusuke (TENSAI!!) - fav character in PoT... though he'll never be no. 1 since that's Sanji's position... mwahaha... has a sadistic streak, loves weird drinks (courtesy of Inui), smiles way to much (sometimes sadistically) and is a tennis prodigy...

OMG(osh)!! my kind of character to love!! 2nd only to Tezuka (which i feel is only cos Fuji lets him) in the courts...

2) Tezuka Kunimitsu - Seigaku Gakuen Tennis captain... responsible, strict, bespectacled, handsome... No. 1 player in the team... (see above for reason why)

3) Momoshiro Takeshi - affectionally know as Momo-chan, he's the sempai (japanese 101: upperclassmen) you'll definitely love to have around... he's funny, caring (with the exception of Kaido), and always brings high spirits to everyone around him...

4) Echizen Ryoma - the main character... basically, he's juz arrogant... really really arrogant... but i guess he has a right to be seeing that he really does plays very well... i would say his skills is after Fuji's... not much to say... he's only in here cos, even though he knows he's good, he still stands up for his friends...

5) Kikumaru Eiji - 1 half of Seigaku's Golden Pair, i call him the stunt man of the team... always seem with a plaster across his right cheek, he can do all types of moves (which i'm sure will never happen in real life)... but like Momo-chan, he's also very easy-going and loves to hang around with Momo-chan and Ryoma...

6) Oishi Syuichirou - 2nd half of the Golden Pair, Oishi is vice-captain of the team and is technically the "nanny"... he looks out for everyone in the team...

7) Shishido Ryou - from rival school Hyoutei Gakuen, i love his attitude towards tennis... cocky in the beginning, he was forced to eat humble pie after being beaten by Tachibana Kippei in the Prefectural Tournament... though he doesn't has any special talent, through determination, he hones his skills enough to put him back on the regulars team...

8) Fuji Yuuta - Fuji Syuusuke's younger brother... it's hard to live under someone's shadow, and more so if your brother is a tennis tensai... went to St. Rudolph so that he can have the chance of meeting his bro on the courts... somehow, the Fuji siblings are still close, even with the rivalry between them...

no 9th or 10th ranking yet... no one in mind...

The start of another big project...

Anime News: Bleach 51 is out... chinese subbed though... sorry meow meow... and i've watched GSD 49 too... all hooked up and ready for the last 2 episodes!!

i've juz embarked on another big manga project... Prince of Tennis aka PoT for short... it's suicidal, but i've decided to do it anyway... this is gonna take longer than my One Piece project because;
1) the manga is currently at its 29th book.
2) my sis is not gonna be sharing this with me.

on the bright side, that at least meant that i'll have something to buy every week from now on... as i've already said before, recently the rate that taiwan is producing their books is getting slower and slower... i'm getting depressed... my favorite shojo author, nakajo yuuki's new book is already at its 2nd book in japan, and yet taiwan is still not coming out with the chinese translation... and guess what, Chuangyi is schedule to release it soon! i'm now in a debate with myself on whether to buy the Chuangyi version or wait it out for the TongLi one... *dilemma*

in other news...
moo moo wants either Suzuki Jimny/Ignis or a boyfriend for her birthday... i have NO IDEA who is Suzuki Jimny/Ignis... boyfriend, can still source out for you... kekeke... what you want in a boy boy must also tell us... if not, we dunno how to narrow down the search...

损友 No. 2 can never tells ultimate 损友 not to go to sunshine plaza... that job is for meow meow who canot be 损-ed... 损友 No. 2 job is to go along to sunshine plaza and get tempted to buy things also... especially after seeing ultimate 损友's latest possessions...

moo moo u see lah... make me gian already... but nevermind... after buying my kon (tmr! tmr!), i dun think i'll haf the capital to go sunshine plaza to spend anymore... cos this month is quite xiong for me money wise...
1) Kon
2) Mom's birthday
3) Moo moo's birthday
4) Birdy's belated birthday
5) Soh hong's wedding dinner (need to give 红包)
6) Genting trip

i need to save money... taiwan still awaits me in apr 2006... moo moo... this time i confirm wouldn't pang seh you... surely go taiwan... die die also will go... borrow money from parents also will go...