The OVA, as well as the flashbacks to ichinen!Tezuka, seem to me to show that Tezuka really was very similar to Ryoma, even in personality. Being brought up in Japan, he is naturally more polite to his senpai-tachi, but he doesn't see any point in hiding his strength. Oishi interprets Tezuka's using his right hand as a way of sparing his senpai's feelings, but I think that says more about Oishi than Tezuka. With Ryoma's US--New York, at that--manners, he leaves no doubt that he uses his right hand because he doesn't need his left. With Tezuka's natural reserve and respect, it becomes doubtful. And when an angry senpai hits him, he certainly doesn't back down respectfully; instead, he gets angry right back and shames his senpai about his disgraceful conduct ("How many years have you been playing tennis?!"; such a contemptuous thing to say). I don't think there's any question that Tezuka considers himself superior to his senpai; he's just more tactful than Ryoma about it, and I think a lot of that is upbringing. I believe he often thought--and thinks--similarly snide things, and is, if anything, amused that Ryoma actually voices them. Note that when Ryoma baits Kaidoh before the match with Kamio, Tezuka reprimands Kaidoh for rising to the bait, not Ryoma for teasing his senpai.
Their leading styles, however, would undoubtedly be different. Tezuka's a born commander; Ryoma prefers sniping from the sidelines. Tezuka stands around watching practice with a hawk's eye, Seeing All; Ryoma pulls his cap down and looks bored, but Sees All nonetheless. If and when Ryoma becomes buchou of Seigaku, his players will be falling over themselves to try and make him look interested in their play. That's how they'll know they're doing well. And some of them will probably think he's full of it, until they see him and Tezuka play a practice match play someone he finds interesting, at which point they will hide in the clubhouse and cry.
I am getting way off-track here, and I should be in bed. Pardon my rambling, but your posts seem to inspire a ridiculous amount of thought about PoT.
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Their leading styles, however, would undoubtedly be different. Tezuka's a born commander; Ryoma prefers sniping from the sidelines. Tezuka stands around watching practice with a hawk's eye, Seeing All; Ryoma pulls his cap down and looks bored, but Sees All nonetheless. If and when Ryoma becomes buchou of Seigaku, his players will be falling over themselves to try and make him look interested in their play. That's how they'll know they're doing well. And some of them will probably think he's full of it, until they see him
and Tezuka play a practice matchplay someone he finds interesting, at which point they will hide in the clubhouse and cry.I am getting way off-track here, and I should be in bed. Pardon my rambling, but your posts seem to inspire a ridiculous amount of thought about PoT.