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Prince of Tennis OVAs 4 & 5

Notes and reactions while watching the raws.

Episode 4

Singles 2, Eiji vs Kai. Eiji is wearing tight black shorts, like cycling shorts, under his normal whites. Is it to protect his virtue? Were people using camera phones to snap his Domo-kun boxers? Is it a message to Oishi about what you lose out on when you abandon your beloved doubles partner?

Speaking of beloved doubles partners, Momo and Kaidoh are standing beside each other and both smiling! Kaidoh looks a little freaky, actually. Now Kaidoh isn't smiling, but they are a lot more snuggled than before. Well, Oishi is pretty close to Kaidoh on the other side too. (Who can blame him?)

WTF? Ryoma said "Eiji-senpai" instead of "Kikumaru-senpai"! (Though not to his face.) Does this signify a closer relationship or a mistake in the script?

I love Eiji so grim and serious. It's a nice change. Also, I'm actually finding Eiji rather attractive! It's freaking me out, man.

Eiji wins a bunch of games so Kai switches to his incredibly strange grip and does the whole Viking Horn shot. How can that grip even work? And why is Fuji explaining it? Where is Inui?

I feel so badly for Eiji in the flashbacks. Poor sweetie. But the significance is just so undercut by the substitution of Ryoma for Tezuka in that match. Still ticked about that.

The whole doubles for one thing is still too much for me to swallow. Especially when Kai and everybody else seems to see two of Eiji just standing there, not some sort of double-image from him racing around. They see him doing Australian Formation with himself!. The ref comes over to tell him this isn't doubles! WHAT THE BLOODY FUCKING HELL?

God, I can't take it any more. I just. Cannot.

Okay, here's what I suggest: This is Eiji's account of thte match. We're not watching what happened, we're watching what Eiji said happened.

Oh, Eiji called Oishi "aibo"! *melt* *Dekaranger glee*

And the preview for next ep has Momo and Kaidoh arguing in the voice-over!

Episode 5

Okay, time for InuKai doubles. If only they weren't both drawn so weirdly.

Kaidoh is standing in the river, doing weight training on his arms, while Inui hovers nearby with his notebook. LOVE!

Kaidoh says some stuff to Inui about Higa. I must know what they say to each other! Their voices are both so sexy. LOVE!

Kaidoh looks so serious and determined. LOVE!

Back at Nationals, Momo is talking about Kaidoh. I must know what he says about him. LOVE!

Kaidoh puts on a weighted wrist-band. He is wearing a black t-shirt under his jacket. LOVE!

Yagyuu comes over to wish Kaidoh luck. LOVE!

The match begins. We are treated to many, many Kaidoh midriff glimpses. LOVE!

Kaidoh is freaking running all over the court, getting shots that Inui should probably take. And Inui lets him, even not hitting one that comes his way so Kaidoh can dive behind him and take it. I forget -- did we actually see any detail of this match in the manga? Because I don't remember this. But Kaidoh is getting all the balls. LOVE!

Tezuka actually speaks! He says, "Fuji." They must have lifted that from a previous episode, just to try to convince us that this isn' the carbord stand-up again.

Now, the flashback to the confrontation at the tennis thingy. (Genius 240, if you want to go back and re-read it.) Those guys badmouth Yukimura and Kaidoh gets mad at them. Sadly, tragically, crushingly, he does NOT punch any of them. Stupid anime. I want my punching! Kaidoh gets mad and punches people! That's who he is!

Anyhow, Yagyuu shows up and they have their tricksy doubles match. Okay, in the manga, the tip-off about the switch was the socks and lack-thereof. They even switch that in the anime, which I feel is a little unfair to the viewer.

Oh, Yagyuu and Kaidoh are so cute as they tick each other off for messing up each other's signature shots! LOVE!

Kaidoh looks great in the Rikkai uniform! LOVE!

Yagyuu says some stuff to Kaidoh about the Snake, something not good. Which seems to be the reason Kaidoh freaking running all over the court but not using it during the Higa match.

Oh my god! A shot of Shiba pressing her tits up against the wire fence. I was so not expecting that!

Momo watches Kaidoh with great intensity. LOVE!

Kaidoh has a perfect opportunity to hit a Boomerang and doesn't. The sweet, sweet boy, he's trying so hard to do this without his special shot and sweet, sweet Inui is letting him try. LOVE!

More riverbank flashback where Kaidoh confides his misgivings about Yagyuu and the Snake (okay, that sounded weird) to Inui. Inui speaks seriously. I must know what they are saying! His voice is so gentle and soothing. Kaidoh is so pretty. LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!

Oh my god oh my god oh my god. Kaidoh suddenly has the ABS of DOOM (which actually aren't that attractive, sadly). Momo gasps. Fuji gasps. I don't gasp because I'm holding my breath. "Kore ga ore da! Kaidoh Kaoru da!" I'm a bit shaky, typing this up. LOVE!

Momo is just stunned. I think Horio is going to cry. I think I'm going to cry. It's 5-3 for Seigaku and one of the Higa guys passes out, he's so exhuasted, so Higa defaults.

Inui says a bunch of nice things to Kaidoh. Please, somebody tell me what they are! He's so, so proud of his boy. So proud. LOVE!

Kaidoh passes Momo on his way out of the court and Momo says a bunch of nice things to him. Kaidoh just tosses Momo the weighted wristband he wore through the whole game. Momo is stunned, amazed, and very turned on. LOVE!

I am freaking exhuasted just from watching that. Oh, oh, oh, Kaidoh. You are my favourite forever and ever. You are the coolest and the hottest and the hardest working. You should have anything you want. And anyone. Just let me know.

♥♥♥♥♥

I think I gave myself a migraine from the tension. Okay, time to watch again.

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PRILLAAAAALAAAAAAR. I'm dead. Oh so dead. I think I need to watch the fifth OVA about ten times.

I, too, demand to know what they are saying to each other. Because. There is so much more than what was in the manga. I LOVE YOU KAIDOH.

I can't remember when I last felt like this. Oh oh oh oh KAIDOH!

I feel like I'm thirteen again. KAIDOH, WHY DO YOU MAKE ME CRUSH SO BAD ON YOU?

KAIDOH KAIDOH KAIDOH So hot, so sweet, so determined and strong and as;dlfkjmasdlf;kjads.

How can anyone not root for Kaidoh? I mean. Possibly the only instance where I wouldn't root for him would be if he were playing singles against Inui, because Inui is my true love, but a part of my heart would still be chanting, "Kaidoh, Kaidoh, Kaidoh!" KAIDOH, WIN ALL YOUR MATCHES, KEEP WITH YOUR INSANE TRAINING, AND STICK WITH INUI-SENPAI 'KAY?

ALSO. The tip-off for the Yagyuu/Kaidoh switch is their suntans, I think. Yagyuu is lily white while Kaidoh is smokin' hot.

I would so love to see them play a singles match now! Oh, god, who would win? I don't know who I would root for either.

My prediction: Inui and Kaidoh lose track of each other for several years, only Inui doesn't really. Then he pops out of nowhere to become Kaidoh's coach and live-in special friend while Kaidoh takes the pro tennis world by storm. Momoshiro sits at home and cries.

I know! Inui has got to have a ton more data on Kaidoh now than he did during the first ranking match. But Kaidoh now has a good idea of how Inui operates and could distract him with his magically appearing body builder muscles.

I think I read a fic like that. Or maybe I imagined it, sometimes I can't tell. And Momoshiro follows all of Kaidoh's matches and swears at the television and then one night he bumps into Kaidoh in a store or something and tries to deck him but Inui appears out of nowhere and stops Momo's punch dead and so Momo tries to deck Inui and then Kaidoh pulls Momo out in the street, telling him to stop being an idiot andandand.

If it doesn't exist, it's definitely the fic in our heads. Oh. Oh. Oh. InuKai is so much more fun with Momo there.

sjdksahd. I HAVE LOST ALL ABILITY TO THINK AGAIN.

Thanks, Hal. THANKS.

sduhasud *rewatches*

WE'LL WATCH IT AT THE SLEEPOVER OMG.

GOOD IDEA OMG. BEST SLEEPOVER EVER.

Much better than that whacked out dream you had, at any rate. :D

I can't download these fast enough. *G*

You really can't. *flails* Oh, Kaidoh.

OMG OMG! I haven't actually watched the whole thing yet, just skipped through it, but I think I bounced all over the place seeing the Yagyuu and Kaidoh switch getting animated. ♥♥♥

And Kaidoh was looking so so hot in this one. I'm bitter about the whole not punching thing either. HE SHOULD HAVE PUNCHED THEM. THAT WAS THE MOMENT OF HIS REDEMPTION IN MY EYES AND THE MOMENT WHEN I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM AND WORSHIPPED HIM EVER SINCE. I FEEL CHEATED.

But seriously. ALL THE INUKAI SCENES. ALL THE GORGEOUS KAIDOH SCENES. ALL THE BREATHY INUI VOICES SCENES. ALL THE INUI SMILING SCENES. ALL THE KAIDOH BEING ALL HOT AND MANLY SCENES. (I may have mentioned that last one before. o_O) KAIDOH IN THE RIKKAI UNIFORM. AND YAGYUU. And I caught a glimpse of Yukimura, too. I AM SO HAPPY. YAY.

GOD I LOVE THESE OVAs. Though I have a feeling people who only watched the anime will be a bit confused watching the OVAs.

And Tezuka vs. Kite in the next episode--can't wait! Kite being all bloody. ♥ I never noticed it before, but apparently I have a fetish for boys with glasses. o_O

Oh, and the Eiji match was cute, too. :D And the whole Shiba thing startled me to. Whoa. Don't do that, woman. :-/

BUT: Kaidoh. ♥♥♥

Sorry about all the capslock abuse and rambling. I am just so hyper about it. *_____*

EVERYONE IS FLAILING!

Missing the punch was just wrong. It makes him look like less than he is.

The InuKai is freaking canon. It's. Just. THERE. Oh, the river. Oh.

There will never be enough Kaidoh, but this is close enough. :)

AS THEY SHOULD. I am so happy they're going with the manga now.

Exactly. I wanted to see that punch. Those punks deserved to be punched. And that slam to the wall looked painful. Ouch. Poor Kaidoh.

Oh yes. InuKai is so, so canon. And Momo's obsession with Kaidoh, too. ♥

Yes, there needs to be more episodes that focus on Kaidoh--and not those that make him suffer either. :)

you're right, the 4th episode is very WTF?! indeed. at least in the manga there was an attempt at trying to explain how eiji cloned himself (though it didn't make much sense XD). and at the end! when the ball rolled itself up the net and flipped to the other side! that just about killed me. XD
i thought the black bands underneath eiji's shorts were just shadows, at first. then i thought they might've been weights (and i thought maybe he'll throw them off midway through the match, inui-style).

oh, and in the 5th episode, the second scene by the riverbank, kaidoh is telling inui about how yagyuu asked him what he would do without the boomerang snake move. kaidoh says that he intends to play the whole match without using the boomerang snake at all. inui says that if kaidoh wishes to test his limits, then inui would not make a play/move in this game at all.
when they're standing at the fence, i think inui's saying something about being interested in seeing kaidoh test his limits. then he says that kaidoh's endurance surprised him.
momo says to kaidoh that he did well, and then he adds that kaidoh should be pretty tired from the match. that's when kaidoh tosses the weights to momo, hee.
hope that helped a bit! :)

Awesome, awesome! Thank you so much. Inui loves his boy so much, so much. And so does everyone else.

I've only just gotten around to watching the 4th...
Also, I'm actually finding Eiji rather attractive! It's freaking me out, man.

*points and laughs*
XD

Serious is how I always see him. ♥ Call me a fewak, but yeah.
(That typo amused me so much I had to keep it in. :3)

Yeah, I knew you'd laugh at me. But I thought I'd better be honest.

LOL! In retrospect, that sounded rather mean of me. I was actually rather happy. XD XD

And I read your 'school reunion' entry too... it was absolutely charming. ♥
I really wondered about those kids. Surely you'd... oh, I don't know, scream in fright when your school explodes, not laugh at it. It was probably the chips.

OH OH OH. OH.

That moment, when Kaidoh is walking away? And Inui is watching and his shoulders just sort of relax, and he chuckles and smiles and looks like he could melt all over the tennis court???? I DIED.

Also, I highly approve of the closing-credits shot of Kaidoh, sweeping up his backside, where all he needs is a coy over-the-shoulder glance to be a Betty-Grable style pinup :D

That moment, when Kaidoh is walking away? And Inui is watching and his shoulders just sort of relax, and he chuckles and smiles and looks like he could melt all over the tennis court???? I DIED.

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes.

This was the best InuKai yet. They are so in sync, so comfortable together, and who else would do that for Kaidoh? Oh, Inui. You love your boy almost as much as I love him.

Also, I highly approve of the closing-credits shot of Kaidoh, sweeping up his backside, where all he needs is a coy over-the-shoulder glance to be a Betty-Grable style pinup

That's what the series is really all about: Kaidoh's fine ass. And, apparently, megane fetish. :)

ajsdlgkjldgk YES. And there was rivering *___* I love it when they river. Although, why did Kaidoh need to be in the water to do curls? Not that I'm complaining, mind.

The OVA has me contemplating the whole arc of their relationship. When they first begin to train together, it seems that Inui is falling in love (or at least, he is the one giving towels) while Kaidoh is either oblivious or resistant. Then at the Kantou finals, it seems that Kaidoh just might return those feelings (or at least return the towel). So what does this new piece of the puzzle say? Inui's feelings are still pretty clear, but what are Kaidoh's feelings? And why is it so hard, in the absence of any towels given to anyone, to figure out what is going on?

Kaidoh doesn't freak out or ignore Inui, but he also doesn't do the gooey-face thing he did after the data pair match. He just acknowledges Inui and then walks away. In terms of his character development, I assume it means he's coming into his own as a player. But in terms of InuKai, I am still trying to sort it out.

Also, KAIDOH'S ASS. YES. It's a very nice one. Especially cf. Sanada's lack of ass, though I suppose that doesn't stop Yukimura from staring. Also, I am wondering about Inui's ass. It's hard to tell, in those baggy pants, although he did have some interesting things going on round front, in the OVA. Actually, that's my second hypothesis in the Green Sweatpants Theory. The first is that Inui is depressed after getting booted off the regulars and can't be bothered to dress himself properly; the second is that he needs to hide the fact that he finds tennis very... exciting ;)

I love it when they river.

All the fanfic is true! Whenever I see the river in other sports series -- and I do all the time -- I always imagine that Inui and Kaidoh are down there too.

Kaidoh doesn't freak out or ignore Inui, but he also doesn't do the gooey-face thing he did after the data pair match. He just acknowledges Inui and then walks away.

I think the difference between this and Kantou is that Kantou was about Inui and this is about Kaidoh. This is SUCH an accomplishment for Kaidoh, I can't even begin to say. And being who he is, he needs to be alone to process that. Inui clearly understands that. (And oh, how proud and happy he looks!)

(One of the things I tried and failed to write about the OVA was the moment, later, when Kaidoh tries to thank Inui. Maybe later.)

To me, the fact that Kaidoh is still so comfortable with Inui, that he would broach the subject of his tennis with him and accept Inui's offer of, well, not exactly help, but you know what I mean, means that their relationship is at least the same as it was at the Kantou tournament.

That was the biggest IK moment for me: when Kaidoh started talking to Inui.

Green Sweatpants Theory

Hee! I think it's really a lot more mundane. That cohort -- the current third years -- all have green shorts and warm-up suits. But Inui seems to be the only third-year non-regular left in the club at that point.

Though he did have that equally ugly pastel green warmup suit as well. Hmm. I just think he has no dress sense. When I was watching the OVA, I wished that he would dress like he does in the manga to play: blue Regular pants and shirt, no jacket. He looks soooooooo hot in that.

I think Inui deserves an OVA post all of his own, actually, because to do what he did, that's just amazing.

Okay, I'm starting to FLAIL again. al;sdfjasdilfj

AUGH. I wasn't going to watch these until the subs were released, but I think I have to now. The Kaidoh fangirl in me is screaming bloody murder. Omg. *freaks and downloads*

Maybe these will make me into more of an InuiKai fan. XD Because. To be honest. I'm not. I think they have the cutest. friendship. ever. But...uh...blaaaargh. I don't know. XD (My MomoKai bias is too great at this point in time. It's so silly, but what can ya do? =_=)

This is the ultimate Kaidoh episode of all time. I don't usually flail like that, with the ALL CAPS and the a;slkfjl;asdjf but I just couldn't do anything else.

I don't know if it will make you ship IK if you don't now, but you will at least bask in their True Attachment Of Whatever Sort. Which is a lovely thing.

God, I want to stay home from work and watch it 20 more times!

MY BITTORRENT ISN'T DOWNLOADING FAST ENOUGHalkjdasfj;ldasfjdlas

you will at least bask in their True Attachment Of Whatever Sort

Oh, I already do. Inui's such a good guy. ;__; He genuinely cares about Kaidoh's well-being, and that makes me SQUEE SO HARD. (Which makes absolutely no sense. Because normally, when there is squeeing involved, there is shipping involved, but this case is different. I think I just really like their relationship as platonic, for some reason. Like...mutual admiration. *starry eyes*)

Gah, Inui. ♥ You're so valiant. (And I wish he would actually sing more often. His singing voice is so sexy I could die).

Your icon is love. *paws at*

*kicks your BT*

Inui. I think I'll have to make a whole post about Inui in this episode. Because who else would have done what he did?

His singing voice is so sexy I could die

Yes x 1000000. You have his album, right?

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HOLY. CRAP. Just...just...just...alkfjdsafd;

I was so frustrated at not being able to understand most of what they were saying, though. HOWEVER. The language barrier is of little relevance. (All of the grunting going on cracked me up. XDDDDDD)

I don't even know what else to say. XD I'm like, over the moon right now. AUGH. ♥♥♥♥

You have his album, right?

Yep! Though he only sings in like, two songs. >< Not that his speaking voice isn't sexy. Because it is. :3 STILL.

How well I know this feeling! *g* STILL FLAILING MORE THAN 24 HOURS LATER.

If you scroll up through the comments, there's a recap of some of the important convos.

KAIDOH! INUI! And the moment when Kaidoh tosses the wrist-weight to Momo is perfection.

I skipped over Episode 4. Watched Episode 5 back to back. It's the same thing... just without the wtf'ness. *nods*

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