Prince of Tennis 168-169

[prillalar]

Hrm. Kind of sucky. As if Eiji could give Inui such a challenge. Maybe Inui was also doing differential calculus in his head to make it more interesting for him.

I was shocked and pleased by The Eye. Lovely. :) But it also serves as a reminder that things are winding down. They wouldn't do that if we weren't near the end, would they?

And the rest of the episode seemed like there was a lot going on, but without much actually happening. Usually I watch the whole episode and then read a write-up. This time I kept stopping after every scene and reading.

And usually that's enough. But whenever there is TezuRyo convo, I don't just want a sub, I want a literal translation and notes on all the subtleties, and analyses from ten people on what it might mean for Their Love. So, argh.

But still, just hearing the change in Ryoma's voice whenever he speaks to Tezuka, and seeing Tezuka's eyes follow Ryoma wherever he goes...

*sigh*

Oh, and I was ready to see Arai wind up and return Kawamura's serve. Come on, let him have some dignity! We should at least see him losing well by now. Bah.

The movie looks so, so ridiculous. But that shot of Kaidoh playing soccer will keep me warm for days. I want to see him play every sport! I wonder when we'll get to see this.

So, in conclusion: meh.

Comments

[miko-no-da.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that shot of Kaidou in the trailer was lovely. But the entire time I was watching it, I was like, 'this is somebody's fanfiction come to life, isn't it?' I mean... how can they introduce such a MAJOR character-background altering change like that so suddenly? When there was NO indication of anything like it throughout the entire series? O_O

Ne, are you just watching these eps raw, or do you have a secret source of subs that I don't know about? *whimpers* I cannot find anything higher than 152 subbed to save my LIFE, and it's KILLING ME. >.

[prillalar]

I think that the movie is meant to be AU. But don't quote me on that.

I'm watching the eps raw. But then I usually read a write-up of the ep by ee970. The last couple are on himawaribento instead of her personal journal. That helps a lot.

*wants lots more soccer!Kaidoh*

[branchandroot]

First: *dies laughing over your icon* *twice*

Second: They actually showed Inui's eyes in the manga some time ago, during Rikkai, so I'm inclined to think this is just another round of aniwriters pulling back in the things they missed first time around. And a lovely job they did; the eyes console me for the general meh-ness of this ep.

But not for the purple suit. *shudders*

[prillalar]

Re the icon: I *had* to. :)

I remember Inui's eyes in the manga, yes. But my impression is that the manga never made a big deal about not showing his eyes, while the anime has. So when they finally did, well, I attached a lot of importance to it.

God, the purple suit. I had this theory that Tezuka never actually went to Germany, but instead went to Paris and became an international male fashion model. Now that theory is disproven. *sigh*

*watches soccer!Kaidoh again to cheer up*

[annotated_em]

So much icon love. Gah.

[prillalar]

Hee! Ta. :) My *real* theory about Inui is that he's a Goa'uld, but this was too good to pass up.