I have to say that I doubt very much Tezuka would ever stop playing tennis (in both anime and the manga). He may not become a pro but he wouldn't stop playing. I don't think he'd risk his health and everything he's got for a game he didn't truly love (or maybe that's just my wishful thinking).
Either way, fics which suggest that he'd become a lawyer (a doctor/teacher/etc) just somehow don't sit well me somehow. I have a seriously hard time imagining him doing anything but playing tennis because (or maybe especially because) he's good at it. What am I saying, he's the best at it.
A valid question, though. I don't think I can answer you, because quite frankly, I don't want him to stop playing tennis. To see such a talent go to waste would - IMHO - be disastrous. Because just like you said - everything revolves around Tezuka. Everyone knows him, and everyone's goal is to beat him. If he stopped playing it'd be like tennis lost its meaning completely. There'd be no goal for any of the others to strive to anymore. Except... Ryoma, Tezuka's 'child'/replacement.
Ryoma as Tezuka's parting gift to tennis?
Because once Tezuka stops playing, there will still be Ryoma others would then gravitate to, pretty much like they once did to Tezuka. ...I just killed my own theory, dammit. >_<
Anyway, back to your question. I feel that Tezuka would probably at least finish college before going pro just to have an education to go back to in case his body doesn't hold out the strain of being a pro.
But I wonder much more why is it that Ryoma plays tennis... I wonder about it every time I watch the anime. Does he play because he loves the sport, or because his father didn't give him any other option but to play it? And now he can't stop because that's the only thing he's good in.
Okay, I'm shutting up now as I have had 5 hours of sleep in 48 hours and I'm not even making much sense even to myself. Ignore me.
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Either way, fics which suggest that he'd become a lawyer (a doctor/teacher/etc) just somehow don't sit well me somehow. I have a seriously hard time imagining him doing anything but playing tennis because (or maybe especially because) he's good at it. What am I saying, he's the best at it.
A valid question, though. I don't think I can answer you, because quite frankly, I don't want him to stop playing tennis. To see such a talent go to waste would - IMHO - be disastrous. Because just like you said - everything revolves around Tezuka. Everyone knows him, and everyone's goal is to beat him. If he stopped playing it'd be like tennis lost its meaning completely. There'd be no goal for any of the others to strive to anymore. Except... Ryoma, Tezuka's 'child'/replacement.
Ryoma as Tezuka's parting gift to tennis?
Because once Tezuka stops playing, there will still be Ryoma others would then gravitate to, pretty much like they once did to Tezuka. ...I just killed my own theory, dammit. >_<
Anyway, back to your question. I feel that Tezuka would probably at least finish college before going pro just to have an education to go back to in case his body doesn't hold out the strain of being a pro.
But I wonder much more why is it that Ryoma plays tennis... I wonder about it every time I watch the anime. Does he play because he loves the sport, or because his father didn't give him any other option but to play it? And now he can't stop because that's the only thing he's good in.
Okay, I'm shutting up now as I have had 5 hours of sleep in 48 hours and I'm not even making much sense even to myself. Ignore me.