The school that came second last year. They have good balance, but not having been able to compensate for the hole left by 3rd year ace(s) is a weakness.
An unexpected elimination last year’s runner-up school on the second round.
Though it was rumoured their capability had gone down, who could have ever imagined the school that came in second last year would lose to debuting a no name school…? Developing their human recourses in singles is urgent business.
Tennis club data
Captain: Kadowaki Satoru (3rd year)
Vice-captain: Hanabata Kaito (3rd year)
Treasurer: Kondou Minoru (3rd year)
Person in charge: Ookuma Tsuyoshi (2nd year)
Advisor: Ikeuchi Hayata
Club membership: 37 people
Makinofuji’s cheering party losing their voices during the unexpected development.
“Tezuka Kunimitsu ain’t nothing much!” *1
The master of “super tennis”…?! Kadowaki Satoru
What he himself calls “super tennis” is actually still an enigma. The play itself is surprisingly steady.
Profile
Birthday (sign): March 25th (Aries)
Blood type: B
Hobby: visiting sentou *2
Bad at: fraction division
In S2 that sealed the team’s fate, Kadowaki was totally beat by Ibu.
Hagi Einoshin
Suffering overwhelming loss to Shitenhouji’s 1st year rookie in Kansai tournament left lasting effect, and his play was lacking in brilliance in the current tournament. *3
National tournament match results
Makinofuji’s carelessness played a role, but Fudoumine, having read through the opponent’s line-up, had a great strategy too.
Round 2
S3 Inoue vs Kamio 4-6
D2 Kuge-Shinokura vs Uchimura-Mori 6-2
S2 Kadowaki vs Ibu 1-6
D1 Hanabata-Misaki vs Ishida-Sakurai 4-6
S1 Hagi vs Tachibana
When you’ve estimated the opponent to be lower rank, but start getting overpowered in one play, it will cause mental collapsing too. The result is getting defeated as if by self-destruction. *4
TN:
Scans provided by @dimensionaltennis - thank you!
I’m not very confident about this translation, so perhaps take it with a grain of salt. Please offer any corrections if you find mistakes!
23.5 St. Rudolph and Fudoumine Minor character sheet
Under the cut the (quickly) translated mini profiles for the members of St. Rudolph and Fudoumine who didn’t go to the camp.
St. Rudolph
Akazawa Yoshirou
1. St. Rudolph 3 MSER
2. 03/08
3. O
4. 179 cm/66 kg
Favorite saying: The sea doesn't refuse any rivers
Most wanted thing right now: Divers watch
Yanagisawa Shinya
1. St. Rudolph 3 MSER
2. 09/12
3. O
4. 169cm/58 kg
Most wanted thing right now: Down Jacket
Bad at/with: Cleaning the dorm's toilets
Kisarazu Atsushi
1. St. Rudolph 3 MSER
2. 20/11
3. O
4. 169 cm/55 kg
Favorite saying: ?
Most wanted thing right now: Lately he's gotten into the goods of this cat character…
Nomura Takuya
1. St. Rudolph 3 MSER
2. 28/2
3. B
4. 158 cm/50 kg
Date spot: A VR live of his idols
Most wanted thing: An SSR card
Kaneda Ichirou
1. St. Rudolph 2 MSER
2. 31/12
3. AB
4. 163 cm/52 kg
Favorite book: Vocalization training books
Most wanted thing right now: Divers watch
Fudoumine
Sakurai Masaya
1. Fudoumine 2 MSER
2. 18/7
3. O
4. 164 cm/54 kg
Favorite food: Tonkatsu ramen, Cherry flavored confectionery
Most wanted thing right now: A personal computer for the club
Ishida Tetsu
1. Fudoumine 2 MSER
2. 30/11
3. O
4. 188 cm/81 kg
Most wanted thing right now: Kawamura Sushi towel
Daily habit during the camp: Sending refreshments to his brother
Mori Tatsunori
1. Fudoumine 2 MSER
2. 18/04
3. A
4. 164 cm/52 kg
Family: Grandmoteher, Father, Mother, Big sister
Favorite type: …from the same class
Uchimura Kyousuke
1. Fudoumine 2 MSER
2. 28/10
3. B
4. 159 cm/52 kg
Favorite saying: Leave no room for scandal
Daily habit during the camp: Checking out the australian fashion
Tachibana Ann
1. Fudoumine 2 MSER
2. 21/3
3. O
4. 155 cm/46 kg
Favorite food: Apricot tofu
Favorite type: Someone you can rely on
Okay, so this is going to be pretty garbled cuz i’m tired and trying to get this all from a tumblr chat @solosorca and I have been having for the past 2 hours minimum, BUT IT’S ALSO AMAZING.
(below a cut for length)
Seishun - battle class ship
Captain - Tezuka Kunimitsu
Pilot/Second-in-command - Oishi Syuichiro
Communications Specialist - Fuji Syuusuke
Radar? Fighter pilot? - Momoshiro Takeshi (still up for grabs)
Fighter Pilot - Echizen Ryoma
Fighter Pilot - Tachibana An
Fighter Pilot - Kikumaru Eiji
Lead Scientist - Inui Sadaharu
Science Officer - Sakuno Ryuzaki
Med-Bay - Osakada Tomoka
Engineer - Kaidoh Kaoru
Engineer - Kawamura Takashi
Ensign (Med-Bay) - Kachirou Katou
Ensign (Engineering) - Katsuo Mizuno
Ensign (Security) - Horio Satoshi
Hyotei Empire
Aliens with a very strong holding of multiple galaxies
Atobe Keigo is the crown prince
Currently out traveling to create treaties and see about expanding Hyotei’s holdings
Oshitari Yuushi is Communications specialist
Oshitari and Fuji do not get along at all, but share all the ship’s gossip with each other
Will also share misinformation with each other mixed into the gossip. It is both a game and a test to see if they can pick out what is and is not true.
Atobe had heard tales of Tezuka in his early years as a fighter pilot and was very excited to come across his ship during travels. So excited, in fact, that he drew the Seishun into a battle to test Tezuka’s command capabilities.
Now they are begrudging allies.
Rokkaku - Deep Space Exploration
No one is sure if these guys are actually crazy or immune to the insanity deep space tends to drive humans to, but either way these guys spend most of their time exploring the unknown, unmapped parts of dark space -- the edges of the known universe or the long gaps of empty space between galaxies that were left untouched for fear of being forever lost in (think how ships in earlier times kept to parts of the sea where they could still see land, that’s how most ships travel in space, but NOT ROKKAKU!!!)
Spending a lot of time out there with only infrequent returns to the civilized universe to pass on any new discoveries or map expansions, they tend to do their own ad hoc ship repairs or adjustments, so their ship looks like a mess and like it should be falling apart but it is in super amazing shape and perfect for what they need it for.
Captain - Aoi Kentarou
+took the position cuz he thought it’d make him seem super attractive to girls
+mostly girls are concerned he’s crazy so avoid him
Most positions on deep space exploration ships are filled by people who are cross-trained, because they are too far for any sort of response from other ships in emergency situations. For example, Kurobane and Davide are both fighter pilots, but Kurobane is also a mechanic while Davide fills the role of ship counselor (a necessity on expeditions like this because the solitariness of deep space has led to...incidents. Icchan is Med-Bay doc and scientist. Saeki is communications and second-in-command, helping Aoi with battle tactics when required. Ryo is pilot and radar (his set-up is insane and nobody else really gets how he does it)...I honestly don’t know what to do with Shudoh yet...
Anyway, whenever Rokkaku comes back on the map, they always have the coolest stuff to share, but everyone’s afraid to make first contact, because what if they ahve gone off the deep end this time....
--Deep Space/Incidents/Character history--
Deep space is very solitary. Like, there is usually nothing out there except when a new galaxy is found or they come across intergalactic stars/planets, etc. So sometimes, when people have been out there too long, they way they think gets warped and suddenly ships don’t come back or they do but they’re pirates or cause extreme destruction. There are rules in place that require a counselor on board all deep space exploration ships and any time a ship begins to show signs of mental instability amongst its crew, they have direct overarching orders to return to the nearest base for reassignment. Most deep space crews are regularly shuffled around so no one is out there too long. Rokkaku makes people nervous because of how long the crew has been together and in deep space.
Fuji and Saeki were once both on a deep space exploration ship as ensigns and were the only two to make it back. They will not talk about what happened, so it’s a complete mystery, but they both did manage to pass their psych evals and get reassigned. Fuji requested and was granted assignment as Comms specialist to Combat/Defense ships and was placed on Seishun, a new ship that Ryuzaki Sumire was working with captain, Tezuka Kunimitsu, to staff. Saeki, much to everyone’s surprise (and some concern), requested to return to deep space exploration and was placed with Rokkaku by Oji. Every once in a while, Fuji and Saeki both seem a bit different, scarier, with an odd light in their eye or tilt to their smile, but before anyone can really begin to catch onto it, it disappears behind their usual smiles.
Higa - space pirates
Rikkai Collective - attempting to conquer and expand influence over the known universe. They have lost their home solar system to their star dying, but colonized many of the ones they have taken over. Because of this, they are not one alien species, but a blend of many, with some cross-species existing, as well. Are known to be particularly cruel in battle and conscript all healthy civilians of where they take over into direct military service or the military industrial complex as a whole (i.e.: building ships, arms development, etc)
Fudoumine - battle class
Home defense
An originally started off here under her brother’s captaincy but transferred to Seishun because they tend to have more time spent traveling outside of the solar system and galaxy and she wanted the chance to grow.
Everyone cried when An left.
Further notes
1. Women are a definite minority in the fighter pilot class and female fighter pilots have a tendency to be looked down upon by male peers. An works, like, 120% harder to prove herself as just as good if not better than any man and is really blazing a path for future female fighter pilots, as well.
2. She and Ryoma don’t get along too well at first because Ryoma’s a cocky snot who will definitely be the best so how is this girl managing to keep up with him??? But they become friends because they both work insanely hard to prove themselves (Ryoma because of his famous father and An because of her gender) and don’t take shit from anybody. They work really well together as a team once they do become friends, mostly because An is really good at figuring out what Ryoma is trying to do while fighting and can back him up or fill in the gaps.
3. An becomes a definite mentor for the younger members
4. Anytime one comes up to Ryoma for training because they judge An based on her gender not her results as a pilot, Ryoma runs them through the same drill An is running at the time so she can kick their ass at it.
5. Sakuno gets a lot of flack, too, because it’s her grandmother who helped Tezuka put the crew together. She can be on the quiet side and not one to really stand up for herself, so some of the crew will talk about her like she’s only there because of her grandmother. When that happens, Sakuno gets angry and hurt and rants to her friend Tomoka when it gets to be too much, but instead of confronting anyone, she just focuses more on her research and is actually an indispensable member of the team. When Inui’s unsanctioned experiments with alien flora/fauna/minerals/etc get out of control or start causing problems, she’s the only other person with the capacity to figure out what Inui was doing and how to stop the chaos.
6. All Comms personnel are horrible gossips.
7. Tomoka is the second biggest gossip on Seishun and she and Fuji often get together to share watercooler talk.
8. Kawamura enjoys trading culinary tips and tricks and menus with individuals from alien species he meets. He cooks in his spare time and practices a lot of what he learns to make really interesting fusion dishes that are greatly appreciated.
9. Inui’s similar attempts at nutritional supplements are not near so looked forward to.
10. Earth’s space agency is called ISEF. Ryuzaki Sumire and Oji are both high up in its management. The agency takes from all countries with affiliated schooling systems, but the systems are under the control of the country and ISEF only has objectives and educational requirements that have to be met before they will accept students for testing and, upon passing the tests, placement. Although Ryoma is the same age as the three ensigns on Seishun, he is actually a semi-experienced fighter pilot because the US starts its combat training at an earlier age and, thanks to training from his father, Ryoma was allowed to do a sort of accelerated program due to how advanced he was.
Extras because we ship it
1. Sakuno definitely does not have a crush on the super amazing female fighter pilot, An, who won’t take shit from anyone and stands up for herself, she doesn’t know what you’re talking about. NO TOMOKA, DON’T SAY THAT!!!
2. An definitely does not have a crush on the cute, quiet and super intelligent female science officer who is really kind and amazing and *sigh*...I mean, what???
3. Pillar Pair. It exists. They have to keep it a secret, though because of the power discrepancy. Protocol would normally demand they work on separate ships, but then they’d never be able to see each other which is stupid. Fuji and An are the first to find out about it. So much teasing occurs.