I'm on crack also tennis

believe in your tennis

[eru-eru-ee]

Tenipuri x Lawson (in 2026?!?)

Buy 3 sweets get one sheet!

Even tho sales only started this morning, there were sold out sheets at both of the Lawson I visited!

But I managed to get Tezuka and Fuji, and the GakuPuri/DokiSaba sheet, so I’m happy 😁

I thought about trying to get all 9 but honestly that would cost minimum like 4500-5000 yen and the game itself is 7000 hahaha… 😅 save money buy game.

[arlzuteni]

Ohhh! Is this happening right now?? I guess I‘m buying all my groceries from Lawson now.

[otaku553]

Self indulgent drawing for my birthday week!

Prince of Tennis Pokémon au :) it’s very convenient that all of Fuji’s three counters are named after animals that have Pokémon counterparts: Swellow for the swallow in tsubamegaeshi, Ursaring for the bear in higuma-otoshi, and Wailord for the whale in hakugei

I’ve been thinking a lot about teams for the others too but I feel like it works surprisingly well— tennis matches as pokemon battles with teams choosing the order of players and those players having individual or doubles matches. I’d write something for it if I had the bandwidth to right now

[kisa-ownworld]

Ryoma VS Sanada huh? I wonder how is this match gonna be lik--

the episode :

ok

[arlzuteni]

haha, the episode title that gave it all away

[ghibli22]

[arlzuteni]

yes! pillar of support.

[kisa-ownworld]

ohhh no nonono you guys are not getting away with this

If Momo and Kaido win, then Mizuki and Kajimoto will have to come to Seigaku instead >:)

[arlzuteni]

I‘m not entirely sure on the timeline, but isn’t this already Mizuki‘s second attempt to recruit Kaidoh through some weird doubles scheme?

I love him.

[mikyapixie]

𝙷𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝙱𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚃𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝙺𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚘𝚔𝚒!!

[arlzuteni]

All these big tough guys surrounding one 15-year tennis boy will never not be funny. Happy birthday!

[turnupblade]

‘Prince of tennis’ is lowkey about what if the main tennis club group was in a big poly and then adopted a kid

[2sweetforu]

Tezuka in that one episode

[arlzuteni]

This sounds like exactly the kind of thing I‘d have an opinion on. Oh, wait…

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💬 1  🔁 3  ❤️ 20 · Echizen: Buchou. Why didn‘t you choose me as a representative? Tezuka: You weren't serious enough about the selection. E

[starry-dreamer]

Was randomly browsing the Nintendo DS section of PlayAsia recently and came across these two games. I'm not sure what the first game is - it's probably the first Ace Attorney game based on the artwork but the title is different so I'm a bit confused.

Also apparently they released a part dating sim/part deserted island survival game for Prince of Tennis, which I find pretty funny. Like, yes, it is a sports anime with a lot of cute guys, so making a dating sim of it makes sense. But it's still really random. And adding the "surviving being shipwrecked" element is even more random. 😂

[arlzuteni]

Although it might seem random at first glance, after the playing doubles together dating game and the multi-school festival dating game, being stranded on a deserted island with your tennis boy was the logical next step as far as romance goes.

[monn-chan]

Watch as your Seigaku Captain performs the TEZUKA ZONE

[arlzuteni]

okay but why

[arlzuteni]

peek into the group chat (fanbook FIGHT)

Eiji, Echizen, Momo (3)

✳︎ All players have agreed to the publication. ✳︎ Using Kikumaru-kun's screen as a base, all icons were replaced with face photographs.

This is from page 63 of the Seigaku fan book FIGHT.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Ochibi. Which do you think will be made an item for the tennis club national tournament limited time support sale, my fluffy cheese omelette yakisoba bread or Momo's tonkatsu yakisoba bread?

Momo: If you get it right, I'll treat you to lunch next week.

Echizen: Momo-senpai's one.

Why!

Momo: Isn't that right, Echizen!

Echizen: Because there's more of it.

But you could even write something on top of mine with ketchup or something!

Echizen: I don't care, it'll go in my stomach either way.

Momo: Boys in sports clubs are about volume after all, Eiji-senpai!

But other kids will be buying them too!

Momo: But if we voted on it that's what we'd end up with, probably.

So if mine gets chosen tomorrow you both have to treat me!

Echizen: What does that have to do with anything.

Please!

Momo: It can't be helped, I got it.

- - - - - - next day - - - - - -

Momo: So a third force was Fuji-senpai, huh...

That's weird, nobody would ever vote for that except Fuji himself!

Echizen: But Oishi-senpai did say that omelettes or tonkatsu were difficult to do with the budget we have.

That doesn't mean we should go for super spicy!

Momo: Well, super spicy dishes get popular from time to time.

Fuji's super spicy is beyond the level we could even sell at the school!

(bonus info: Kikumaru's phone battery is at 32%)

[stuck-in-the-tezuka-zone]

So which one of these dumb tennis boys would have labubus?

My money is on Mizuki

[arlzuteni]

Kaidoh is very vocal about how he considers labubus a stupid fad that only idiots partake in (especially since Momoshiro won’t shut up about them) but the truth is that he has a labubu at home that he treasures because his mom got it for him.

[arlzuteni]

some forgotten treasures from my old lj

[deanbane]

As much as I love Prince of Tennis and whatever, I genuinely wish they would make Ryoma lose one match. Be it against Sanada or Atobe, hell, if it was against someone on the u-17 too would be great! like why are you giving the kid a teaching moment right before his match? why should he learned about how to defeat a stronger enemy before he even play against the enemy? letting his father whoop his ass every time they played doesn't even count.

Hell, even Tezuka lost in a match against Sanada, and he continued to be the weird God-like player that he is.

[arlzuteni]

You’re preaching to the choir!

It’s pretty lame that Echizen never loses. I mean, it only serves to makes any match he plays a low-stakes match.

The only point where we ever come close to that being subverted is the vs Shitenhouji match. And even then, not really.

Some of the best matches in the series - Tezuka vs Atobe, for example, or Fuji vs Shiraishi - were great because we thought they‘d win, and then when they didn’t, it mattered because we were invested in the thing.

With Ryoma it’s always just about the how.

[arlzuteni]

On the other hand, Ryoma being a bland (sorry) and predictable protagonist is what allows the other characters to take the spotlight and shine ✨

[kisa-ownworld]

Ladies and gentleman, (Chibi) Fuji with short hair

[arlzuteni]

Not to be confused with chibi Fuji who is a grandma and married to Tezuka (this is an important distinction).

[kisa-ownworld]

but he is a child

LMAO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING

[arlzuteni]

Gently reminding the audience that he is in fact, 12 years old and in middle school.

[rlkkai]

A Semi-Quantitative Analysis of Rikkai Doubles

**Includes all known doubles combinations as of NPoT Chapter 382 (end of Team Japan ranking matches before U17 World Cup finals)

This analysis looks at the categorical stats of the Rikkai players and those of their doubles partners (within and outside the team). Stats below are taken from NPoT Official Fanbook 10.5 (2013).

The order of players above (Yukimura → Kirihara) was taken from the fanbook STRENGTH (2021). This sequence will be taken as a fairly accurate reflection of the Rikkai hierarchy. 

Limitations of categorical stats

The stats do not accurately capture a player’s actual strength. In particular, for Rikkai, the stats do not accurately predict the outcomes of the tiebreaker elimination matches (save for Marui vs Jackal):

However, this analysis, being partly quantitative, necessarily relies on the categorical stats. I make the following assumptions: 

All five stats have equal weight; none is more valuable than the others. 

The stats are objective rather than subjective and thus provide a basis for comparison between players.

For ease of analysis, Kirihara’s total stat is assumed to be 16.5, the average of his normal stats (15) and Devil Mode (18). 

Limitations of analytical approach

This analysis mostly looks at the variety and strength of doubles partners. It does not account for stability/frequency of partnerships (eg. Marui-Jackal and Niou-Yagyuu being the standard doubles pairings).

Similarly, this analysis does not consider the "strength" of the partnership (ie. how good each pair is as a doubles pair). It is difficult to draw meaningful conclusions from win-loss ratio because of small sample sizes, lack of data for certain pairings, and the sheer variety in opponents (eg. a 6-0 win against a weak school doesn’t mean much). Further, some match outcomes are affected by other considerations (eg. Marui and Jackal throwing their D2 match against Nagoya Seitoku). 

That aside, let’s get into the analysis proper. 

**I don’t have a quantitative background, this is entirely just futzing around with the numbers for fun. 

Doubles within the team

The number in brackets indicates the sum of a player’s categorical stats. Again, I followed the order of players as set out in the fanbook, which roughly corresponds to the intra-team hierarchy. 

When making this table, I noticed that the doubles pairings tend to fall along the vertical line from top-left to bottom-right: that is, players generally play doubles with those around their skill level. 

The table is visually separated into two distinct areas: the Yukimura-Sanada-Yanagi vortex in the top-left corner and the rest of the team. Within the team, Yukimura and Sanada have only played doubles with each other and Yanagi. 

Visually, Yanagi-Kirihara (18-16.5) and Yanagi-Jackal (18-15) appear to have the greatest skill gap (3). However, the biggest skill gap is actually Yukimura-Yanagi (23-18) and Sanada-Yanagi (23-18): both have a skill gap of 5. 

The two most stable doubles pairs, Marui-Jackal (17-15) and Niou-Yagyuu (18-17) have a skill gap of 2 and 1 respectively. 

Pairings with a skill gap of 0 are Yukimura-Sanada (23-23), Yanagi-Niou (18-18) and Yanagi-Devil!Kirihara (18-18). Other possible pairings with a skill gap of 0 are Yagyuu-Marui (17-17) and Jackal-Normal!Kirihara (15-15), but there is no official record of them. 

The largest possible skill gap (8) would be Yukimura/Sanada-Jackal (23-15).

All Rikkai regulars have partnered with at least two other players. Niou, Yagyuu, and Jackal have partnered with three others, Yanagi has partnered with five (ie. everyone except Marui and Yagyuu). As a side note, Marui and Yagyuu are the only serve-and-volleyers on the team. Like Inui.

Out of a total of 28 possible doubles pairings amongst the Rikkai regulars, there is an official record for 11 of them, ie. 39.3% of all possible pairings. The average skill gap for these 11 pairings is 1.91.

Doubles within and outside the team 

*Whether Kaidoh is included/excluded as a partner for Yagyuu doesn’t affect the calculation of average (but affects standard deviation). Uncertain whether to include as their doubles partnership was an unofficial match. 

Yukimura, Sanada, and Yagyuu are the only members of the team with a negative average skill gap: that is, on average, they are more skilled than their doubles partners.

Jackal has the smallest spread (1) and standard deviation (0.58). Unless you exclude Yagyuu’s partnership with Kaidoh, Jackal is the only one who has not played doubles with someone outside the team. 

I’ve singled out Yanagi, Niou, and Kirihara’s stats for analysis as they have all played with five or more people and there’s more room for discussion (see below). All three have also partnered with players across all four different playstyles (excluding Akutsu’s “Freestyle” which defies classification). 

Kirihara has the highest average skill gap (5.10) because everyone he’s played with is more skilled than him. He has the second-highest spread (11) behind Niou (12) and ahead of Yanagi (10), and the highest standard deviation (4.72). 

It would be interesting to see where Kirihara goes as a doubles player when he’s not being mentored/guided by a more experienced player. Although I used 16.5 as his average stat, even using his Devil Mode stat of 18, he would still have the highest average skill gap (3.60). 

Yanagi vs Niou

In terms of overall stats, Yanagi (18) and Niou (18) are tied for third place on the team behind Sanada (23) and Yukimura (23). Both have a good claim to being the best doubles players amongst the singles players and the best singles player amongst the doubles specialists. 

Although Yanagi has partnered with more players (7 to Niou’s 6), I think Niou has the stronger claim to being the more versatile doubles player. Niou has the greater spread (12 > 10), the greater standard deviation (4.63 > 4.19), and the greater average skill gap (1.58  > 1.07), suggesting that he’s better able to attract and work with stronger players.

Additionally, Niou’s portfolio has a more balanced mix of playstyles (two counterpunchers, two serve-and-volleyers, one all-rounder, and one aggressive baseliner), probably because Niou himself is an all-rounder. Meanwhile, Yanagi’s portfolio is heavily skewed towards all-rounders (4/7), with only one each from the three other playstyles.

Then again, for their final matches of the NPoT series, Niou, like Sanada, opts to throw his hat in the ring for Team Japan's S1, while Yanagi persuades Yukimura to try for D2. Similarly, for the Nationals finals, Niou and Yanagi take their chances in S2 and D2 respectively. That seems a fair indication of where they prefer to develop as players.

In terms of value-add to the team, Niou contributes a good amount of stability through his regular partnership with Yagyuu. But Yanagi holds the distinction of being the only one who has partnered with Yukimura and Sanada.

Interestingly, within the Rikkai team, Yanagi and Niou have partnered with each other (D1 in Nationals semifinals), but otherwise, their doubles partners are mutually exclusive. Niou has played with Marui and Yagyuu; Yanagi has played with Yukimura, Sanada, Jackal, and Kirihara. 

In conclusion: We were robbed of seeing Yanagi and Niou play D1 against Nagoya Seitoku. It would have been epic. 

**Discussion via asks/reblogs/messages welcome! Might see what other comparisons within/between teams can be done…

[arlzuteni]

Wow, such data! Seriously, this is awesome.