PoT manga questions

[prillalar]

Got smacked upside the head last night with a story idea I'm going to try to get out before I leave for vac on Friday. (We'll see how that goes.) And I think it might work better with manga canon than anime canon, but I'm not up on the recent manga stuff. (That's a task for when I get back.)


1. What happened with the recent ranking matches and Oishi? I know there was something, but I was trying to avoid spoilers. Now I need to be spoiled. :)

2. Do we have any idea who the buchou and fukobuchou were when the present third-years were in second year? I've seen Tezuka-fukobuchou in a lot of fanfic, but I don't know if that's founded on any canon.

3. This is actually an anime question, but does anyone remember what episode (or even just story arc) it was where we saw Inui, I think in second year, taking Tezuka's data and then having a convo with Oishi about it? They talked about Oishi and Tezuka having a match.

4. Fanfic!Oishi always heads off to medical school. Is that just fanon or is it based on some canon ambition of his?

I think that's all. It's difficult when you suddenly have to write a character you haven't really focused on before this. Now I'm all unsure about details.

Comments

[maeran.livejournal.com]

They have started. Oishi's still in Seigaku uniform during the opening ceremony, but he's not playing, at least so far. I'm not too sure what happened with the ranking match, actually, as the later raws have not been translated yet.

The zip will be send momentarily; hopefully gmail won't act up.

[prillalar]

Thank you -- the zip came through just fine. :)

What do you suppose was on Oishi's mind when he challenged Tezuka? Do you suppose it was just exactly what he said or something else? It's a bit confusing to me. Hmm.

[maeran.livejournal.com]

I think he did mean that he couldn't allow Tezuka back with any kind of doubt lingering. Tezuka had to be 100 % back or not at all. Seigaku has just been through the entire Regional without Tezuka; for the Regulars to once again accept and trust him, I think they might need some assurance he really is back. Perhaps Oishi thought this and did it to demonstrate Tezuka is indeed back, and his strength is all there. Oishi is surprisingly sneaky that way, I've found, in the manga (referring to the manga chapter when Tezuka leaves).

...Internal politics. That's how I interpreted it. >.>

[prillalar]

Yeah, that makes sense. The good of the many outweighs the good of the few or the one. :)

Oishi is surprisingly sneaky that way, I've found, in the manga (referring to the manga chapter when Tezuka leaves).

I don't have that chapter, but it fits with what I've seen of him in the ones I do have.

[maeran.livejournal.com]

It's volume 19, chapter 160. If you don't have it, I can send it to you.

[prillalar]

Oh, I do have that one, so no worries. I thought you meant from a little earlier than that.

And you're so good to me. :)

[maeran.livejournal.com]

Sure. *smile* I like spoiling my Flist. A lot, when I get to know and love them well.