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Sep 28, 2008 3:03 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Now this was a crap episode seriously, I don't know what the hell was this... No comments.
Sep 28, 2008 11:17 PM
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I agree, crap episode. though, i got a chance to say "Boom! Headshot..." a lot while i was watching it with my friend o.o
Sep 29, 2008 5:22 PM
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This match was 10x better in the manga. That's what I need to say.

Regardles, FUJI IS UP NEXT!!! It's about fucking time. The moment I read his match, I've been DYING to see it animated. I hope they do a good job with it.
Sep 29, 2008 6:31 PM
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Again manga was way better than the anime... but still enjoyable to remember what happened.
Sep 30, 2008 12:27 AM
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What the f is going on? What's with the sudden angst with Kaidou?! And I can't explain it.... but it seems that they're trying to overlook the reason why Rikkaidai's Yanagi turned so godly all of a sudden. And seeing both Kirihara and Kaidou turn devil mode just made me "HUH?!".

Sep 30, 2008 6:51 PM
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What's with Echizen suddenly losing his memory? Did they just skip a big part of the manga or something? I didn't read the manga so I have no idea what's going on with that.
Oct 5, 2008 6:44 PM
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anyone know anything about when the next ones are coming?

Mar 15, 2009 1:54 PM
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This was possibly the single worst episode of anime I've ever seen. How does physically attacking the opponent the way Kirihara did not lead to Rikkaidai being disqualified? This was so rubbish.
Apr 3, 2009 8:22 AM
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what the hell..why why..this is a crappy ep. duh!
Apr 19, 2009 12:49 AM
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calaveth said:
This was possibly the single worst episode of anime I've ever seen. How does physically attacking the opponent the way Kirihara did not lead to Rikkaidai being disqualified? This was so rubbish.


You can actually hit your oppoent with the tennis ball from your racquet, and the point will be yours. It's definately nothing like in real life tho haha. The episode was pretty bad tho, everything was so rushed.
Apr 19, 2009 8:22 PM

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wow...way too rushed


Jan 5, 2012 8:29 PM

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You guys are funny i really enjoyed this episode inui and kaidou pair was one of the best i have seen.
Feb 3, 2012 3:36 PM

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:O I'm confused.. I'm on the episode with Tezuka and Sanada... WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT INUI AND KAIDOH?!
Mar 7, 2012 10:17 AM
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The thing i don't get is Kirihara was supposed to have gotten past needing to do that after Fuji beat him....but now he's gone back. Way to throw his development out of the window.
Apr 8, 2012 6:27 AM

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jpem said:
The thing i don't get is Kirihara was supposed to have gotten past needing to do that after Fuji beat him....but now he's gone back. Way to throw his development out of the window.

This
Feb 20, 2014 8:05 PM
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jpem said:
The thing i don't get is Kirihara was supposed to have gotten past needing to do that after Fuji beat him....but now he's gone back. Way to throw his development out of the window.


Apparently, that was just the anime staff horribly messing up Kirihara's character, he never had such change of heart in the manga. I was really upset about this too.

Jeez, if these guys don't even know that you can't screw canon characters like that and keep on as if nothing happened, I wouldn't be too surprised if the manga really was much better than the OVAs for the Nationals. Still, it's hard to forgive the sudden aura nonsense and ridiculous power level inflation, so I'm not too keen on checking the manga either way.
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I don't even know anymore
Bye

MechaMeister said:
jpem said:
The thing i don't get is Kirihara was supposed to have gotten past needing to do that after Fuji beat him....but now he's gone back. Way to throw his development out of the window.

This

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Jul 11, 2015 5:12 PM
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I've got the feeling that these ova series (and especially this episode) is parody of the original prince of tennis anime. Doesn't make much sense though...
Aug 18, 2016 6:08 PM
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Sanada's lightning "makes opponents lose their will to win" lol is this even about tennis anymore. I mean, I get that it's Nationals so everyone has to bring their A game and up their techniques but still... It's all about ~*~auras~*~ and whatever now

Ahh well, the ED was cute, I like seeing all the teams doing something other than tennis.
Feb 16, 2020 9:40 AM

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Wow, I must say that Ryoma with amnesia is adorable haha.

Anyway, these matches are going too fast for me. I also felt bothered seeing Kirihaya hurting his opponents again. I still remember how I loved his development in the old series.




Jun 26, 2021 1:03 PM

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Honestly I didnt mind the fight between Sanada and Tezuka, it was entertaining and it definitely seems that the anime is going more and more towards ridiculous power ups.

Kaidoh and Inui are next!

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