Genius 290

Genius 290 raw (YSI, zip)

( hee! )

Tezuka, Oishi, Ryoma: Manga vs Anime

ETA: I just wanted to add that it's entirely possible that I'm insane for spending so much time over stuff like this. I never did before, for any other fandom, though I did (and still do) re-read the HP books rather a lot, because I liked them.


In which I look at important events in the Prince of Tennis manga and anime, to observe differences in characterization and emphasis for these three characters: Tezuka, Oishi, and Ryoma.

This is not a shipping discussion, although the reason for doing it is to help me write relationship-oriented fic. I ship Tezuka/Oishi only in manga canon and Tezuka/Ryoma only in anime canon. So I needed to be aware of the differences, especially in characterization.

This is fairly rough, part summary and part commentary. I meant to tighten it before posting, but decided it was too big a job; I would rather spend the time writing fic, not editing characterization notes. So, it's long. But I hope it will be useful. Any and all comments are welcome, if you have thoughts you would like to add.

NB: Spoilers for basically all of the canon, manga and anime.


( Tezuka's match with Ryoma - manga 42-43, flashbacks in 232, 234 )

( Tezuka's match with Ryoma - anime 25-26 )

( Tezuka vs Atobe - manga 143 - 153 )

( Tezuka vs Atobe - anime 63, 65-68 )

( Tezuka leaves - manga 159 (end) - 160 )

( Tezuka leaves - anime 73 (end) - 75 )

( Tezuka away - manga (flashback) 282-286 )

( Tezuka away - anime 130-131 )

( Tezuka's return - manga 248 (end) - 250 )

( Tezuka's return - anime 139 (end) - 141, 164, 166 )

( Conclusions, somewhat )