Mmm, yes, one of the baby thoughts I was talking about this morning was Inui's sort of joking, "let's see who's the real man, Renji!" at the beginning of the match and how Yanagi's "that was superb, Sadaharu" in this Genius means Inui won. Inui has faceplanted on the court, covered in blood, and will most likely default (please default, sweetie), but he won.
A chunk of PoT is about the student surpassing the master: Ryoma over Nanjiroh and Tezuka, Kirihara over the Troika, Ryoma-Kaidoh-Momo over the Seigaku third years, but Renji taught Inui everything he knows about data tennis. Everyone acknowledges that, including Inui. In that way, even though they're the same age and were doubles partners and best friends, Renji is a bit like Inui's senpai. Renji might win this battle, but Inui is still ahead now. He beat Renji 1-on-1, he's the one who's a better senpai to his kouhai, he's the one who's taken what he's learned and grown from it; he's surpassed the Master.
Anyway, yeah, thoughts aren't complete, but Inui is fantastic. Not like we didn't already know that.
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A chunk of PoT is about the student surpassing the master: Ryoma over Nanjiroh and Tezuka, Kirihara over the Troika, Ryoma-Kaidoh-Momo over the Seigaku third years, but Renji taught Inui everything he knows about data tennis. Everyone acknowledges that, including Inui. In that way, even though they're the same age and were doubles partners and best friends, Renji is a bit like Inui's senpai. Renji might win this battle, but Inui is still ahead now. He beat Renji 1-on-1, he's the one who's a better senpai to his kouhai, he's the one who's taken what he's learned and grown from it; he's surpassed the Master.
Anyway, yeah, thoughts aren't complete, but Inui is fantastic. Not like we didn't already know that.