Tennis? Hell yeah, Tennis.

[mousapelli]

While watching PoT OVA 12 and 13 tonight, i was reminded that what i love about most shounen series is watching people do things they love, love more than anything else in the whole world. In Hikaru no Go it's Go, in Death Note it's having battles of wits, in One Piece it's being part of a crew.

In PoT, obviously, it's tennis, and the best thing ever is watching Ryoma stand on a court and just radiate* how much he loves playing. I love how this is a show about growth and change, how at the beginning of the series Ryoma really didn't get loving tennis, and now he does.

I think this also has a lot to do with how PoT is so pairings-various, because virtually any two characters in the show can have the following exchange:

Character A: "Tennis?" *holds out fist*
Character B: "Fuck yeah, tennis." *fistbops*

*and i don't mean radiate in the gay golden pair sense either, although in some cases it's applicable.

In other news, roddick :( not like the sony tournament is hot shit, but still. I'd have much rather watched a real match between him and Murray.

ETA: have just realized that the brand of DVD i have the Rikkai Arc burned onto says "FOR DATA" on it. ahahahahaha DORKLOVE.

Comments

[erinlin.livejournal.com]

... I gotta ask- is that an Animorphs icon?

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

ahahaha, it IS. It's Andy Roddick really, but it's definately an Axe quote.

Excellent catch ^^V I made another one that ramen_addict uses, which is more immediately recognizable.

I'd just like to say...

[kagyakusha.livejournal.com]

Wii Tennis makes me want to watch PoT.

That is all.

Re: I'd just like to say...

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

heeee! PoT makes me watch real tennis, so i suppose we're all even...

[erinlin.livejournal.com]

Yes! I love that scene. ^_^

[reposoir.livejournal.com]

Nothing says tennis love like fistbopping.

&hearts

[biggersandwich.livejournal.com]

Yes! I love shows and books and whatever where doing something is the most important thing in the world even when it's technically not, in comparison to, say, saving the world or something like that.

And the "conversation" is love. ♥