The Prince of Tennis Love In
Mar. 5th, 2007 11:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So we survived a silly fandom-wide wank. There have been a number of love memes since then, but they've been people and fandom orientated and I wanted to go back to the root of everything, the reasons why we're here, and because
restriction is hosting one at the moment for the My Chemical Romance fandom (no really. My flist is varied.) and it seems fun.
And people are stressed and lethargic so I thought it would bring a smile to everyone's faces.
Also people are trying to write PoT challenge fic while being distracted by Bleach and Naruto and other such shiny things so I thought it'd be a nice reminder.
So here is:
THE PRINCE OF TENNIS LOVE IN
So this is all about what we love about Prince of Tennis. The manga, the anime, the musicals and the radio shows and the songs. The video game! The movies, animated or live action. There's a lot to love and a lot to smile about.
All you need to do is share the love. Tell me what you love about PoT. Pictures, scenes, moments. Characters, themes, jokes. Pairings. I don't care what you think of the people who like/hate/don't care about PoT. I don't care for your pairing hate. This is a *love* in. Love it like Kaji loves cake.
And I know you guys are more spammy than some canned meat.
So to get the party started in here, here are some reasons *I* love Prince of Tennis.
I like teenage boys. And I don't mean that in the way that could get me arrested. I like how everything in their lives are simultaneously simple yet extremely complicated at the same time. I like watching them grow up. And one of the best things about Prince of Tennis is that everyone goes through some sort of character growth. The whole storyline may only be a few months in their lives but they're very different people at the end from they were at the beginning.
I love that they learn things on their own, through their friends, through their teachers and through their rivals.
I love how everything is deathly serious, even though nothing really is. I love that they love what they're doing and that for all the seriousness, they have a lot of fun doing it.
I admire people who work hard. And everyone in Prince of Tennis works oh-so-very hard.

I like that sometimes, nothing makes sense at all.

I like how there's a billion characters, each individual and recognisable. (and that image isn't even up to date!) I love how attached I am to them.
I like the different characteristics of the schools. Shitenhouji. Rokkaku. Rikkaidai. Hyoutei. Fudomine.

I like how it's an individual sport yet put into a team environment.
I love the contradictory nature of Momo.

I love ♥Morieiji♥ when he plays Momo. I love the fanservice available for PoT. The musicals especially.

I love Episode 71.
I love that part where Kaidoh gives Momo his bandana to tie up his wound. I like how it's a rivalry without actually being a rivalry.

I love captains. And what they do for their team.

I love how the filler arc in the anime gave us Senbatsu. Which in turn gave us Wonderful Days. Tango pair.

I love how it's very very gay. Yet still un-gay enough for my brother to watch it just for the tennis.

I love fistbopping.

I love that this is totally feasible.
And I love how I could state that all that seriously without any keysmashing, emoticons or exclamation marks. That's how much I love it.
Now how about you? I'd love to see some spam. And tell your friends, otherwise it's no fun.
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And people are stressed and lethargic so I thought it would bring a smile to everyone's faces.
Also people are trying to write PoT challenge fic while being distracted by Bleach and Naruto and other such shiny things so I thought it'd be a nice reminder.
So here is:
So this is all about what we love about Prince of Tennis. The manga, the anime, the musicals and the radio shows and the songs. The video game! The movies, animated or live action. There's a lot to love and a lot to smile about.
All you need to do is share the love. Tell me what you love about PoT. Pictures, scenes, moments. Characters, themes, jokes. Pairings. I don't care what you think of the people who like/hate/don't care about PoT. I don't care for your pairing hate. This is a *love* in. Love it like Kaji loves cake.
And I know you guys are more spammy than some canned meat.
So to get the party started in here, here are some reasons *I* love Prince of Tennis.
I like teenage boys. And I don't mean that in the way that could get me arrested. I like how everything in their lives are simultaneously simple yet extremely complicated at the same time. I like watching them grow up. And one of the best things about Prince of Tennis is that everyone goes through some sort of character growth. The whole storyline may only be a few months in their lives but they're very different people at the end from they were at the beginning.
I love that they learn things on their own, through their friends, through their teachers and through their rivals.
I love how everything is deathly serious, even though nothing really is. I love that they love what they're doing and that for all the seriousness, they have a lot of fun doing it.
I admire people who work hard. And everyone in Prince of Tennis works oh-so-very hard.

I like that sometimes, nothing makes sense at all.

I like how there's a billion characters, each individual and recognisable. (and that image isn't even up to date!) I love how attached I am to them.
I like the different characteristics of the schools. Shitenhouji. Rokkaku. Rikkaidai. Hyoutei. Fudomine.

I like how it's an individual sport yet put into a team environment.
I love the contradictory nature of Momo.

I love ♥Morieiji♥ when he plays Momo. I love the fanservice available for PoT. The musicals especially.

I love Episode 71.
I love that part where Kaidoh gives Momo his bandana to tie up his wound. I like how it's a rivalry without actually being a rivalry.

I love captains. And what they do for their team.

I love how the filler arc in the anime gave us Senbatsu. Which in turn gave us Wonderful Days. Tango pair.

I love how it's very very gay. Yet still un-gay enough for my brother to watch it just for the tennis.

I love fistbopping.

I love that this is totally feasible.
And I love how I could state that all that seriously without any keysmashing, emoticons or exclamation marks. That's how much I love it.
Now how about you? I'd love to see some spam. And tell your friends, otherwise it's no fun.
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Date: 2007-03-05 12:50 am (UTC)EPISODE 40. OH RAIN.
SAITO MADE ME LIKE OSHITARI. BONUS.
D-BOYS. HAHAHA BECAUSE I NEVER WOULD HAVE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT OTHERWISE, AND IT IS OH-SO-FUNNY. EXCEPT WHEN ENDO IS PRETENDING HE KNOWS HOW TO DO A LONG-ASS FREETHROW.
DID I ALREADY SAY TANGO PAIR. BECAUSE I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN. TANGO PAIR.
ALL OF RIKKAI, WHILE WE'RE AT IT.
SANADA'S V-DAY KISS SONG. TOTAL AWESOMENESS RIGHT THERE.
UM. TENIMYU IN GENERAL? AND YANAGI. WHO DESERVES HIS OWN FANDOM, IF YOU ASK ME. ONE THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE
I FORGET WHY THIS IS IN ALL CAPS. I THINK IT'S A REMNANT FROM MY LJ POST. SORRY?
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:03 am (UTC)TANGO PAAAAAAAAAAIR.
Well, Okay the picture is way old now but it was handy mmkay?
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Date: 2007-03-05 12:52 am (UTC)But I'll join the love-in even though I'm not a part of this fandom *at all* and just say that I love YOU, okay?
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:01 am (UTC)Yeah, Renne's post made me want one for my own fandom because I'm not part of the MCR fandom at all either!
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Date: 2007-03-05 12:55 am (UTC)It would be awesome to inspire a rash of mad fandom love across the multi-fandom! :D
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Date: 2007-03-05 12:59 am (UTC)Ummm... I love how characters who have only been in the show for like, 3 episodes are given so much depth that they can easily become one of your favourites.
I love how one of the sweetest and most genuine pairings in the series is a boy and a cat.
I also love how I have no idea who 'Satoshi' is. Oh Rokkaku.
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:02 am (UTC)Word.
When you mentioned Satoshi the first thing that popped into my head was 'Horio.'
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:03 am (UTC)And Fuji. Fuji has eaten my brain or something.
And lots more but I'll have to get back to you on that. Like I said, Fuji's having a ball eating my brains.
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:06 am (UTC)I don't dare to love Fuji. My brain couldn't handle it, I think.
Momo's much easier.
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:21 am (UTC)No keysmashing, emoticons or exclamation points. His name is a statement. :D
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:23 am (UTC)* The way I grew to like EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER, even the ones who seemed evil/crap/boring to begin with. Apart from Jyousei and the Americans, obviously.
*BOBBY MAX *_________*
* How Fuji/Yuuta is so. canon. it. hurts
* Everything about the relationship between Momo and Kaidoh. Rivaltastic yet so very codependent too.
* The crack. It hurts, but in a good way.
* Konomi gave us canon gay. What a man. *___*
* Horio's two years of tennis experience.
* Shinji's obsession with grip-tape.
* Karupin. The most seme of them all.
* I really like the non-tennis moments, where you see them just hanging out and being teenage boys who are friends and not just teammates.
* TRAINING CAMP.
* Everything about the myus. They make me so happy.
* The scene with the kitten in the live action movie. Pretty much the only scene that didn't suck. Well, the scenes with Kaji in them didn't suck either ... :D
* The fact that it's totally possible to ship any character with any other character
and there's probably fic written about it.* nfu
* Most of all I love that Prince of Tennis was totally a gateway for me to discover all kinds of other cool Japanese stuff which culminated in the whole moving to Japan thing. <3333333
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:26 am (UTC)...that.
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:28 am (UTC)I love seme!Choutarou. He's the obvious seme in his relationship with Shishido. *____*
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:32 am (UTC)I love Sanada Genichirou. End of story.
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:32 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:32 am (UTC)I love the fangirls. I love how spazzy and cute they are. I love how full of wank and anger they are. XD I love them.
I love the music, I love the amusing groups that get put together as pot people sell us more and more music.
I love Sanada. I love the totally WEIRDASS positions Konomi-sensei puts his boys in. I love the stoics and the Hn's and the kick ass totally fake tennis. I love Sanada's tented crotch
I love Kamio, I love Atobe's Gift.
I love doujinshi. I love the porn and the crack and the random. I love the art. I love the multiple pairings.
I love the fanfic of PoT. I love how absolutely terrible it is, and how there's so much in it that's absolutely awesome. I love how people band together over pairings, and form little sub communities. I love how PoT can bring people together. I like how it makes me see PoT characters in things they're not in.
That's not Oishi! But really. ><;
I love the Musicals, I love how the musicals helped me find a whole bunch of people to fangirl over.
I love Endo and Yanagi, I love Ryomacest. I love how they're so f-ing cute as Ryoma.
I love the crossdressing the PoT actors do in other productions.
I love KimeHime!
I love Aiba!
I love Fuji!
....I be done for now
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:40 am (UTC)Chopping Wood Will Never Be The Same Again
Date: 2007-03-05 01:41 am (UTC)Just Because This Screencap Will Never Get Old
Date: 2007-03-05 01:43 am (UTC)Pillar Pair... In The Rain... *__* Yes Plz.
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-05 01:48 am (UTC)I've never seen that before. o__O
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:46 am (UTC)I love that doujins and fanart are a reason to put these pretty boys in skirts.
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:47 am (UTC)The end.
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:57 am (UTC)How can you not want him.
I also love how Oishi can be paired with almost anyone and it'll still be omfg cute. Kind of like Jirou.
I love his motherly nature and how Seigaku would be utterly lost without him sometimes.
I love his eyes. He has the best eyes in PoT, hands down.
I love how he's the sexiest guy in Seigaku without even trying to be; that, in itself, exudes sexy.
I love his headfangs and his egg shaped head.
All in all, how can you not even like him a little bit?
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Date: 2007-03-05 02:14 am (UTC)1. Inui
2. Inui
3. Inui
4. Hell. I did something like this before, didn't I?
5. Inui
6. Kaidoh
7. Taka-san
8. Inui/Anyone
9. Rokkaku
10. Renji
11. Fudomine and I have really been in the closet about my love for them. I need to correct that or something.
12. Inui/Everyone
13. The character songs. I don't know why I love them so much, as I don't know what's being sung, but I do.
13. Davide
14. Inui's glasses
15. The musicals because clearly the best thing in life is watching Japanese boys dance and sing while holding tennis rackets.
16. The tennis back when it was actually somewhat believable (stop laughing) and didn't involve sparkling and massive internal damage.
17. Inuinuinuinuinui
18. When Seigaku gathers in the sushi shop.
19. Rikkai, with Renji, Kirihara, Marui, and Jackal in particular
20. Inui Sadaharu
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Date: 2007-03-05 02:19 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-03-05 02:27 am (UTC)But mostly, I love Kaidoh.
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Date: 2007-03-05 02:56 am (UTC)I love how this has nothing to do with tennis.
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Date: 2007-03-05 03:00 am (UTC)I love this picture to pieces.
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