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Post by Mashou no Tenshi on Mar 1, 2008 15:39:27 GMT -5
Honestly, i cant quite form thoughts yet. I am not functioning. I mean I just read the very last chapter of a series I have been following for...I dont know, a couple of years. And is not just any series. Its one of my favourite most hart warming, fangirling series EVER to be seen by me.
And its all over. I cant say I am not happy with the ending. It was everything I could ever wih for. Ryoma winning, the heart warming Seiagku part, KAORU BUCHOU (Which stole my heart completely away) and my little baby all grown up and colourful doing his little taunting naughty witty remarks to random people, being my little prince with his own particular charm.
The ending was predictable but perfect to suit my tastes. And I am still crying. Because I cant help it. Its so hard to part with smoething that I love so much and that I have kept upp with for such a long time.
I can help but say this ending, as mosy endings are, is extremly bittersweet for me. I feel so sad and happy, and I keep crying and laughing (but that has to do with me being emotional, as you all know).
I dont know. Those are my own feelings. I loved the ending and I will miss my little darling brat a LOT.
What do you girls feel?
(BTW, Mum is so proud of you, my little Ryomakins and she will folow and love you forever. You have grown so much and will soon go away, actually you have already gone away from mother hen´s arms that she feels her little chick is SO beautiful that she is gona burst
I MISS MY LITTLE CHICK (RYOMA) ALREADY!!!!!!!)
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Post by miruchu on Mar 1, 2008 16:32:15 GMT -5
I don't know? I'm kind of indifferent about the ending. Not because Ryoma won. Probably because it doesn't feel like an ending. I still feel there's more to it. Who knows? Konomi might continue the series. >.>
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Post by plantress on Mar 1, 2008 16:39:00 GMT -5
I know what you mean about it not really feeling like an ending. -_- But I squealed when I realized that Kaidoh was buchou. ^^ That made my day.
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Post by CoolChibi on Mar 1, 2008 16:48:34 GMT -5
DSHKASDFJD TT.TT It end. But I really live the ending ^.^ I knwe it Ryoma was going to win =) Well it was really nice that Kaoru was a buchou ^.^ And momo was Fuku buchou right? xDD And Horio,Kachirou and...Well those three now are tallers and one is blondie! xD And Ryoma was in Germany and he is going to win everyone =) I'm very sad but happy too.That's my feeling =)
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Post by zqr on Mar 1, 2008 23:06:35 GMT -5
why is the ending so fast? it was a disappointment to me... I mean after the very long last match, it just ended that way... i guess the song thingy is not very good for manga... but for the anime, it will be very good  i still think that konomi should finish it in chapter 380 (and not 379) -> because i wanna know what happens to the year3 seigaku members... well... there may be an epiloge (i hope)... and why was it sanada, and not yukimura, who received the award? lol |
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Post by saro on Mar 2, 2008 7:47:35 GMT -5
Expect one-shots.
Trust me, TeniPuri still has money to make. :X
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Post by Lovux The Great on Mar 2, 2008 9:21:11 GMT -5
It all started in February 2006.
Because of me whining on deviantART, one of my friends there had done me a kind favor by burning anime down to DVDs and send to me, thanks to me being unable to download anime because of my slow internet. It was quite a mixed bunch of japanese cartoons; here was Naruto and Fullmetal Alchemist, and something I had never heard of before.
Prince of Tennis.
"A show about tennis... meh. How could that possibly be interesting?", I thought nonchalantly as the narutard I was back then and watched the adventures of the hyperactive Uzumaki Naruto instead. But after many weeks, I do not remember how many, I decided to watch a few episodes of Prince of Tennis. I put the DVD in the computer and turned on VLC Media Player...
It was the most boring crap I had ever seen. I, who have never liked any aport to begin with, found the concept less interesting, the drawing style was not that special, I recognized character stereotypes everywhere and the music did everything but impress on me. So it is not that strange that it took me two weeks just to get through the ten first episodes. But despite all this, I concluded to give the show a real chance; I know myself, I know that I almost never like something from the beginning, but need time to let myself sink into a series in order to enjoy it. And I was right - I got hooked during our heroes from Seigaku and their match against the black-clad Fudoumine, and I had barely reached episode 20 when I had a warm, nice feeling inside me telling me repeated times;
This is going to be one of the best things I have ever seen.
Now, I'm sitting in front of the computer once again, with Kimeru's epic "You Got Game?" playing over and over in my headphones. I have just finished reading the last and final chapter, Genius 379, and I do not now what to say or think or write. I will just write down the words as they pop up in my head.
To me, these two years have been nothing but fantastic. I have experienced so many amazing events for an anime/manga, it is compleately stunning. I will never forget when Ryoma uttered his (nowadays, poisonously hated by me) motto "Mada mada dane". I will never forget when the regulars of Seigaku made their extravagant arrival at the tenniscourt and displayed their different personalities in the way they talk and act and play. I will never forget how Inui wiped out the whole team using his terrifying Inui-juice while chuckling evily. I will never forget the chibi episodes that made me fall off the chair laughing and gave me light in my dark, dark world when I was depressed and cut myself with knives I had stolen from school. I will never forget how the screen took the colour of blood, a tennis racket fell to the ground and Tezuka's knees gave in to the pain in his shoulder.
I will never forget Atobe.
Atobe. Atobe Keigo.
To tell you the truth, I was not that impressed when you showed up for the first time. You were just another pointless, arrogant tennisbrat Seigaku would put in your place. I had already forgotten your name for the sake of a wacky misunderstanding at the end of your debuting episode, 22.
But you changed. Or should I say, I was the one who changed. Ever since the beginning, I have been one of Kaidoh's fangirls. But as the time went by, something got a grip on me and pulled me away from Kaidoh and closer to you, Atobe.
Your arrogance and pompousness should have scared me off. But it did not; the way you act like you know that you are better than just about the whole world is more admirable than objectionable. When you entered the court to go up against Tezuka and make this a memorable clash between two titans, between the captains of Seigaku and Hyoutei, the sky was reached and lifted by the cheerings around and about you. One snap of your finger was all that you needed to make the whole court hold it's breath. You had already proclaimed your victory, and yes, in the end you won one of the most touching and adrenaline rushing confrontations I have ever seen since I got into anime and manga.
You are the one behind the destruction of Tezuka's shoulder, but that is forgiven since long ago. You are more than just a haughty aristocrat boy; I have witnessed you stand up for your teammates as well as other teams's wellfare, how you fought your way to the top by using not only the natural talent you have so much of, but also very hard work, and how you prooved to us all that you are everything and the whole world and larger than life.
It was thanks to you I started with the Prince of Tennis manga when I had finished the anime. I had read spoilers about your bitter fate with Ryoma and reads like nuts to reach that chapter, and when I finally did... it was an emotional massacre. Even though I deep inside knew that it was pointless, I was still rooting to the last drop of blood for your comeback, but it never came. In the setting sunshine, you rose and shouted that this was Hyoutei's victory, but you had already lost consciousness. I cried when I read that chapter. I cried so much. Not only because of the loss itself and that you was humiliated in public by the worst scum that has ever stepped on a tenniscourt - but for your Bravity and Willpower of Steel that had taken hold of my heart and refused to give it back.
That is the way it still is. I am touched by each and every panel you appear in, by all the words that leave the mouth of your brilliant voice actor. I do not know what it is, but it is most likely a proof that I need to socialize more in real life. You know, if we ever met, you would probably be mad and yell at me for stubbornly pairing you up with one of your rivals from Rikkai.
But I still love you.
I know you are just a fictional piece of paper, but what I feel for you, all the emotions and tears and the laughters you have given me are true. You do not exist, but yet you have a part of my soul. I feel safe in knowing that it is with you. Even if it officially is over, you will always be there for me, and my mind and heart will never let your name sink into oblivion.
My Atobe. My Keigo.
My real Prince of Tennis.
Somewhere in Tokyo, Konomi Takeshi is right now letting out a sigh of relief. He has been working hard for the last eight years. The one having the hardest time to seperate from the series is probably, not the fanboys, not the fangirls, but HIM, the creator of Prince of Tennis. Sure, you could tell that he lately did not put as much soul and heart in his work as he used to, but I still respect him for what he has given me and millions of other people interested in anime and manga. What he created is nothing but a modern classic; an unforgetable and sincere proof that tennis so much more than just a court and a ball and loads of sweat.
Long live Konomi Takeshi!
This rant is coming to an end, and I should round things off with a goodbye. But the more I think about it, the more I have come to realize... it is not over yet!
There are still OAV episodes to look forward to. More CD's will be released. New musicals will be performed. The anime and manga will be licenced in countries all over the world. And even after all the OAV episodes have been animated, all thinkable CDs released, the musicals have covered the last and final match against Rikkai and the anime and manga have sold out in all countries in the whole world, it will still not be the end. That is because I keep Prince of Tennis inside me, with me. And I am not the only one, but millions of other people all around the Earth do the same. We remember everything, all the feelings and adrenaline rushes we have had ever since we in a way or another got into Prince of Tennis.
That is the reason why I will not end this with a "Goodbye", but with a - "See you again". I know we will. As long as there are people who love Prince of Tennis, the series will never die. I will return the TeniPuri-verse many, many times and laugh and cry and bite my nails and rant over the wonderful and despiseable characters I have learned to known during these two years that has gone since I watched episode one. And will always, always be as amazing as it always has been.
Prince of Tennis, I thank you for everything you have given me.
Thank you, thank you so much.
MATANE, TENNIS NO OUJISAMA!
SEE YOU AGAIN, PRINCE OF TENNIS!!
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Post by Raiden on Mar 2, 2008 9:37:10 GMT -5
...I have never seen such a last chapter rant before. And you said in one thread that you're not a worthy fangirl. ...Seriously, THAT'S what I call fangirlism. *points at rant*
You definitely outdid any Ryoma fangirls out there with that part about Atobe.
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And my thoughts? ...It still ticks me off that Yukimura lost, and I adore the idea of Kaidoh-buchou. I wonder if he and Momo get along better now? X3 And I really want to know what happened to the third-years. And the other schools, too... who is the Captain of St. Rudolph, and stuff like that.
And yay! NO BRAT-BUCHOU! *victory dance*
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Post by Lovux The Great on Mar 4, 2008 7:37:00 GMT -5
Aaaawww, Raiden, you're just SAYING that!  Other random thoughts about the Final Chapter... * Nice shot of Yuki's behind.  * I am convinced - Konomi hates Inui. Why else would he let him be a mummy in his last panel in the manga? * Sakuno looks so pretty! * Horio is hot. WTF. You know, I have always had a weak spot for that guy, but now he of all people turns hot. First Near (Death Note), now Horio... I think I have psychic powers for pointing out little guys who will be hot when they grow up. Doubble WTF. * KAIDOH-BUCHOU!  MOMO-FUKUBUCHOU! Lovux has yet another reason to worship MomoKai, because even if she never has been THAT into Buchou-Fukubuchou pairs, they are still very special. Just like doubles are. * But... uhm... what happened to the third-years? * And WTF is Echizen doing in USA? * JUST WAER IS ATOBE?!?!?!?! |
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Post by sphere on Mar 4, 2008 8:46:31 GMT -5
Kaidoh buchou is awesome! Horio...nyuuhu!!!
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Post by plantress on Mar 4, 2008 14:18:23 GMT -5
I was wondering what was up with the Ryoma in America thing too. I mean, why was he there? Did he move back or something?
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Post by sphere on Mar 5, 2008 2:46:53 GMT -5
me thinks he just went there for the grand slam tournament..
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Post by Mashou no Tenshi on Mar 5, 2008 13:51:51 GMT -5
He is going pro on me, you girls. I cant even elaborate more on my feelings towards Ryoma becuase I am childishly refusing to think about parting ways with him. And I will definitely star crying again. Is it really that weird that I develop these mother hen feelings towards my bishounen?
BTW, why does everyone hate Ryoma fangirls? TT.TT I am proudly one of those >.<
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Post by Raiden on Mar 5, 2008 13:56:10 GMT -5
We don't hate the fangirls. We hate HIM. *points at Ryoma*
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Post by plantress on Mar 5, 2008 14:21:53 GMT -5
*Agrees with Raiden* Ryoma is just very annoying.
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i still think that konomi should finish it in chapter 380 (and not 379) -> because i wanna know what happens to the year3 seigaku members... well... there may be an epiloge (i hope)...
