Prince of Tennis manga discussion

[chamelean75]

Can someone tell what the chapter equivalence to the end of the episode 118 of Prince of Tennis? I mean with what happened in the anime so far, what chapter does this correspond to in the manga.

[Sinanju]

I heard that the manga has episodes past the 178 episodes of the anime, can anyone confirm this? oO Also if anyone knows if there are plans on making more anime of prince of tennis (except OVAs) I'd appreciate if you told me ^^;; Thanks

[AznOverThere]

umm yeah there starting POT national championships episode one is out =P

[sanghyun1990]

Originally Posted by chamelean75

Can someone tell what the chapter equivalence to the end of the episode 118 of Prince of Tennis? I mean with what happened in the anime so far, what chapter does this correspond to in the manga.

Chapter 195 or 197 is start of events in 118. Anyway manga is way better

Spoiler:

In anime Ryoma goes to U.S open and he won, which is retarded since he competes in the national and is having trouble against middle school student.

[Nightengale]

Originally Posted by sanghyun1990

Chapter 195 or 197 is start of events in 118. Anyway manga is way better

Spoiler:

In anime Ryoma goes to U.S open and he won, which is retarded since he competes in the national and is having trouble against middle school student.

Nonsense.

Spoiler:

He only won the US Open preliminaries ( which is still bullshit in my opinion, since he can't beat Tezuka, and Tezuka is said to be on par with Japan's pros and last I remember, there's no top Japanese pros since Nanjiroh ), and he clearly lost somewhere in the US Open rounds, possibly the early rounds and thus able to come back in time to actually play in the Nationals, officially killing off all the angst and emo he went through in the anime's ending, undecided on Nationals or US Open since he killed 2 birds with one stone.

That or he probably possessed some sort of l33t time-space warping powers. Not surprising considering some of the techniques those players possess. Just when I thought the manga was getting better at Chapter 310 and 311, they pull the 3 doors crap.

And I kinda like the anime better a bit, for it's amazing fillers and the s-x-e battle between Tezuka and Fuji at the end.

[Spooky-Electric]

Amazing fillers? You've gotta be kidding.

The only filler I ever liked was Jyosei Shounan.

The US team was terrible filler. None of those characters even looked American, nor were any of them intriguing at all. They had no interesting tennis moves and their stories were generic and bordering on ridiculous. Scouting a large football player to play tennis? Terry Griffith was the closest thing to a female I've ever seen, even for anime. There's no way that guy is a dude. And then you have filler like entire episodes based on Ryoma and Momo trying to pay a guy for some ramen. Don't even get me started on the chibi episodes..

[Nightengale]

I found it entertaining. Sure, the chibis weren't all that good, and I hate training episodes, but I liked most of them. Each to their own though. Though that may be because of my Kevin Smith fanboyism.

And I don't think the current Nationals arc are any better than US Open arc imo. If anything, I'd say the only good point of the Nationals is Tachibana vs Chitose, minus Chitose's ridiculuous blabbering....and his l33t powers.

[Spooky-Electric]

What's so great about Kevin Smith? All he did was rip-off Echizen's moves and he was full of generic angst.

[Nightengale]

Originally Posted by Spooky-Electric

What's so great about Kevin Smith? All he did was rip-off Echizen's moves and he was full of generic angst.

If you want me to be very technical in my every preference in anime, I would've given up on countless animes long ago and now for failing to reach certain standards in animation, character development, storyline, etc. And yes, PoT is one of them for weak character developments, overblown perspectives of tennis, weakly constructed opponents, etc.

To me, liking an anime character isn't really all that focal on their genericism. It all so goes on my own personal impression of the characters. Kevin Smith may be incarnated in another different anime with a different role and I may dislike him there.

[Nightengale]

To anyone who still cares, my biggest fears have come true... Konomi's such a Tezuka fanboy.

Spoiler for Latest chapter:

Tezuka has officially surpassed the hax values of Kira Yamato and Kenshiro. The author had just pulled another one of his favourite Tezuka-fanboyism by giving him both Saiki Kanpatsu and Hyakuren Jitoku, a new Zero Shiki SERVE, WTFLEGASP!! by almost everyone....except Atobe and unofficial acknowledgement by Chitose that Tezuka is like...2nd only to Samurai Nanjiroh, who is PoT's unofficial god.

Atobe = <3

[cloud28]

Finally on Volume 13!(I read 12 volumes in 2 days..i am amazed..)

[Mykas]

I am reading through this series and I am trying really hard to like it but it is near impossible. Any sports manga will inevitably be compared (at least by those who have read others) to other sports titles, like Hajime no Ippo, Slam Dunk, Eyeshield 21 etc, even some other titles that might fall into the genre due to the competitive nature of the story ie Hikaru no Go. In this sense POT falls short woefully so, the main character isn't lacking in any serious way except his standoffish personality, which seems to bother no one. Many may say so what, but if you carefully examine the characters that are most loved in Manga especially sports manga you will find people who while they might have natural talent are not already trained masters of the sport that can steamroll thier opposition. One of the greatest moment of Hajime no Ippo was when he lost to Date Eiji, not because I like seeing the hero loose but because when he took the belt 10 volumes later it was impossible not to feel like it was that much greater of an accomplishment since he had to retrain and comback after a defeat. And in Slam Dunk, not only Sakuragi but most of the team is flawed fataly so, even the guy who comes in with all the skill and talent (Rukawa) falls short when it comes to teamwork something he doesn't overcome until the very end and even then just for that moment. In POT you see the hero overcome almost every obstacle with little or no effort, he looses at street tennis and by the next match he is able to stand in a match with seasoned players and beat them because he is just that good. I guess what I am saying is the fact that the main character is so flawless makes him boring. He is even loved and admired by all the girls maybe I will finish enough volumes to see in it what so many others do but I am doubtful I am on volume 10 and I wanna take a nap.

[Nightengale]

Ryoma's like....the last reason I read TeniPuri, or maybe 2nd last, topped only by Sakuno. I got bored of him by volume 3.

I think TeniPuri's best appreciated as a crack manga. It has it's good moments, but more often than not, it's almost as if the author is drawing it just to fuel his fanboyism of Tezuka or to poke fun at it. Seriously, recent serious chapters are real comedy in my opinion. Right now, it's totally for the laughs. I've given up wanting to see some real sports drama in TeniPuri.

[Mykas]

To me it is like those old episodes o dragon ball z, Someone is getting beaten so they suddenly learn super blaster style X which gives them a momentary advantage until the oponnest laughs heartily and says but what about my "evil eye Z!" after which the hero digs even deeper and comes up with smashing fist of doom or something like that, these guys don't practice and perfect techniques through hardwork (see slam dunk and hanamichi's 1000's of jump shots, and even then he was still a begginer) they suddeny develop them in mid game through some sort of mystical tennis power, maybe they are channeling andre aggassi or something but this series is more than slightly lame. (yes I know i am not only reading it but bothering to comment on it but seriously if someone comes here looking for info on the series they need to know what they are getting into.)

[Hydex]

I still read this, only for Ryoma (That's why I didn't stop at volume 1). That's one of the first time in sports manga where the main hero isn't a complete loser at the beginning and doesn't fear every one...
Although I read other sports manga like HnI or ES21, that's certainly not for the main protagonist.

[Mykas]

Try Slam Dunk no one on the team is afraid of anyone even when they face gorilla like players twice thier size. I am obviously biased twards it but it really is a great sports manga, If it had the back story that Hajime no Ippo does it would still be going on today.

[DwArD]

I just read chapter 341. Its pretty hilarious and I think you guys should know what's the story about when I said its hilarious. I mean....the few hilarious chapters had something to do with Inui's drinks

[aikming]

Originally Posted by DwArD

I just read chapter 341. Its pretty hilarious and I think you guys should know what's the story about when I said its hilarious. I mean....the few hilarious chapters had something to do with Inui's drinks

The BBQ right???

[qT_dRn]

i would like to ask if anyone knows the real name of the actor portraying the role of tezuka in prince of tennis the movie. your answer would be very much appreciated...thanks a lot...ciao

[qT_dRn]

i would like to ask if anyone knows the real name of the actor portraying the role of tezuka in prince of tennis the movie. your answer would be very much appreciated...thanks a lot...ciao