[meta] About Fuji
This is going to be long.
And as a general disclaimer, if you like or love Fuji, I really recommend you do not read this.
Hmm, why don’t I like Fuji? Like is a really bad word for how I feel about him. It’s more than hate. It is downright loathing. I hate Fuji as much as I hate Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter. My friend, this is an exorbitant amount. I despise him so much that just seeing him on my dash irks the ever living fuck out of me. He is on my Tumblr Savior in every possible iteration of his name. I will gladly skip decent posts if it saves me possibility of seeing his annoying mug.
I’ve been on the Anti-Fuji Syusuke committee since his first appearance in both the anime and the manga. I don’t really care for that tensai shit.* I don’t really think his personality is all that appealing. The whole “I’m going to keep my eyes closed all the time and only open them when I’m pissed off” is a stupid ass fucking thing too.**
Another thing, it says something about your personality if your own brother can’t stand you. Yuuta didn’t need to transfer schools to prove that he was a good tennis player. He’s good. It’s the fact that Fuji is an overprotective asshole who can’t seem to listen to the word “no” or “stop.” It also irks me that he’s always seen as so perfect and awesome. (Yuuta actively tries to ignore his elder brother throughout most of the series. It isn’t until during the Shiraishi-Fuji match that Yuuta suddenly has stars in his eyes about his brother.)
A lot of my problem with Fuji is the fact that Konomi wrote him so horribly. I couldn’t connect with him. (From a purely athletic standpoint, I can only connect with characters from Kuroko no Basket since I actually used to play basketball.) He comes off as insincere and unmotivated. Why would I want to like a character like that?
Honestly, the entire crux about why I hate Fuji comes down to the fact that he doesn’t give two fucks that he’s good at tennis. He’s not even playing for fun. He’s playing because he’s bored. He doesn’t care about getting better. He cares more about defeating Tezuka (which he’ll never do), hurting those who hurt his brother (see overprotective brother complex) instead of letting his brother fight his own battles, and being a prissy bitch when he doesn’t get his way. (See, winning against Tezuka when Tezuka wasn’t 100% because of his injury.)
Note that at the beginning of the Kirihara-Fuji match, Fuji purposefully starts going after Kirihara’s knees because Kirihara had targeted Echizen’s previously. He then says to Kirihara “I will destroy you.” (Genius 216)
Why? Because Echizen got hurt by Kirihara? Um, okay, that’s not your fucking battle to fight. Listen, I know Fuji is Echizen’s senpai, but you didn’t see Fuji getting all worked up when Ibu’s Spot technique caused Echizen’s eye injury. His “concern” is fucking inconsistent. He only “cares” about the wellbeing of his teammates when it can serve his own purposes.
Shiraishi said during their semifinal match, “Fuji… That’s some fancy tennis you’re playing, but it’s all flash and no substance.” (Genius 316) Then towards the end followed it with “Fuji Shuusuke…I had thought you were in the same class as Tezuka…”
Also in Genius 316, there is a panel where Fuji is lying on the ground surrounded by thought bubbles.
"Where is the real you?" (said by Tezuka in a flashback during Genius 218)
"It seems that I have no motivation for victory…" (said by Fuji to Tezuka in the same flashback in Genius 218)
"I wonder if I also can become serious?" (said by Fuji after remembering Tezuka’s match against Atobe, Genius 218)
Then he has the audacity to say (after Echizen illegally comes onto the court to “cheer on his senpai”) “That’s right… If I lose like this… I think that I will regret it.”
This shit spewing from Fuji’s mouth makes me want to bash my head against something hard.
Kirihara laid a nice bit of foreshadowing (probably completely unintentional, but still) in Genius 216 when he said to Fuji:
"So you’re the one they call a genius? But you know, the thing about geniuses is… Once you crush them, they turn out to be unexpectedly fragile."
After the match against Shiraishi, he sits in a chair and puts a towel over his head. Kawamura (bless him) says that Fuji really regretted the match.
Oh? What’s that? Losing to Shiraishi ignited his passion? Sorry, I can’t hear you over how lame of a fucking excuse that is. Blah blah, evolved Triple Counters. I seriously cannot get over how it took him almost until the end of the series to give a fuck. And even then, it was a minor one.
And defeating Niou? No. Fuji had technically never beaten Tezuka, so Fuji’s whole “I never lose to the same opponent twice” is some goddamn bullshit. Mainly because we never see Fuji play the same opponent more than once. Niou using Illusion to become Shiraishi is not the same damn thing as actually playing Shiraishi again.
(Before anyone accuses me of stanning for Rikkai, sit the fuck down. I knew Niou would lose. That’s how it goes in the name of sports manga. The underdog always wins. I would argue that Fuji isn’t a fucking underdog, he just plays on an underdog team. And counting Seigaku as such is its own essay in and of itself. Calling on Rokkaku, Fudomine, Higa, St. Rudolph, Midoriyama, and Yamabuki to stand up.)
In the series, to date, including Shinpuri, Fuji has lost all of once in an official match. He always pulls out some stupid ass fucking move that he’s either been working on for ages or just magically created to win. Really? Are you fucking kidding me right now? Why does Fuji have any reason to create new moves to win a match? Oh… I see. Because he was fucking pissed off that Oshitari could do his some of his moves. Oh boo fucking hoo. Echizen can do plenty of moves once he reaches the Pinnacle of Perfection, but Fuji doesn’t bitch about that. Heavens no.
Fuji requesting Tezuka to play him before Tezuka leaves to go to Germany is at once both asinine and childish. He thinks he can actually beat Tezuka. After Tezuka unlocks the Pinnacle of Perfection? Bitch please. “I can’t beat Tezuka as he is right now?!” - Fuji says then follows with a thought of “No matter where you are, you always seem one step ahead of me…” (Golden Age 38) Fuji, Tezuka will always be five steps ahead of your bitch ass.
Fandom has latched onto him in an incredibly unflattering way, amping him up so much that they are apologetic whenever he’s an asshole and that’s just not right. ***
In the end, I just don’t give a fuck about Fuji. I give so little fucks about him I am in the fucking negative. He’s a horrible, god-mod-esque type character *** and I wish he wasn’t in the series.
Fuji is not fucking special. I repeat. NOT. FUCKING. SPECIAL.
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* For the record, I do like Oshitari and Marui. Their brand of “tensai” is different than Fuji’s, in my opinion.
** Yes, I realize there are others in the series that do it. Namely, Yanagi from Rikkai, but he doesn’t do the shit Fuji does and yes, that annoys me about him, but I like him a hell of a lot more than I will ever like Fuji.
*** Again, Rikkai fans are also known to be apologetic about the teams’ violent tendencies (Sanada & slapping, Yukimura & the Yips, Niou/Yagyuu and hitting Kikumaru) and gloss over them. That’s not right either, but this isn’t about Rikkai. It’s about why Fuji is a bitch and why I hate him, but I don’t want my essay torn apart because I didn’t make light of the obvious issues with the fucking series.
**** You can list most every character in the series as a god-mod-esque type character. Echizen being at the top of this hefty list. Do I hate Echizen? No. Will I ever hate Echizen like I hate Fuji? No. I’ve only been pissed at him once. (Again, another essay in and of itself.)
(I originally posted this at http://fulminata.dreamwidth.org/295038.html.)
And as a general disclaimer, if you like or love Fuji, I really recommend you do not read this.
Hmm, why don’t I like Fuji? Like is a really bad word for how I feel about him. It’s more than hate. It is downright loathing. I hate Fuji as much as I hate Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter. My friend, this is an exorbitant amount. I despise him so much that just seeing him on my dash irks the ever living fuck out of me. He is on my Tumblr Savior in every possible iteration of his name. I will gladly skip decent posts if it saves me possibility of seeing his annoying mug.
I’ve been on the Anti-Fuji Syusuke committee since his first appearance in both the anime and the manga. I don’t really care for that tensai shit.* I don’t really think his personality is all that appealing. The whole “I’m going to keep my eyes closed all the time and only open them when I’m pissed off” is a stupid ass fucking thing too.**
Another thing, it says something about your personality if your own brother can’t stand you. Yuuta didn’t need to transfer schools to prove that he was a good tennis player. He’s good. It’s the fact that Fuji is an overprotective asshole who can’t seem to listen to the word “no” or “stop.” It also irks me that he’s always seen as so perfect and awesome. (Yuuta actively tries to ignore his elder brother throughout most of the series. It isn’t until during the Shiraishi-Fuji match that Yuuta suddenly has stars in his eyes about his brother.)
A lot of my problem with Fuji is the fact that Konomi wrote him so horribly. I couldn’t connect with him. (From a purely athletic standpoint, I can only connect with characters from Kuroko no Basket since I actually used to play basketball.) He comes off as insincere and unmotivated. Why would I want to like a character like that?
Honestly, the entire crux about why I hate Fuji comes down to the fact that he doesn’t give two fucks that he’s good at tennis. He’s not even playing for fun. He’s playing because he’s bored. He doesn’t care about getting better. He cares more about defeating Tezuka (which he’ll never do), hurting those who hurt his brother (see overprotective brother complex) instead of letting his brother fight his own battles, and being a prissy bitch when he doesn’t get his way. (See, winning against Tezuka when Tezuka wasn’t 100% because of his injury.)
Note that at the beginning of the Kirihara-Fuji match, Fuji purposefully starts going after Kirihara’s knees because Kirihara had targeted Echizen’s previously. He then says to Kirihara “I will destroy you.” (Genius 216)
Why? Because Echizen got hurt by Kirihara? Um, okay, that’s not your fucking battle to fight. Listen, I know Fuji is Echizen’s senpai, but you didn’t see Fuji getting all worked up when Ibu’s Spot technique caused Echizen’s eye injury. His “concern” is fucking inconsistent. He only “cares” about the wellbeing of his teammates when it can serve his own purposes.
Shiraishi said during their semifinal match, “Fuji… That’s some fancy tennis you’re playing, but it’s all flash and no substance.” (Genius 316) Then towards the end followed it with “Fuji Shuusuke…I had thought you were in the same class as Tezuka…”
Also in Genius 316, there is a panel where Fuji is lying on the ground surrounded by thought bubbles.
"Where is the real you?" (said by Tezuka in a flashback during Genius 218)
"It seems that I have no motivation for victory…" (said by Fuji to Tezuka in the same flashback in Genius 218)
"I wonder if I also can become serious?" (said by Fuji after remembering Tezuka’s match against Atobe, Genius 218)
Then he has the audacity to say (after Echizen illegally comes onto the court to “cheer on his senpai”) “That’s right… If I lose like this… I think that I will regret it.”
This shit spewing from Fuji’s mouth makes me want to bash my head against something hard.
Kirihara laid a nice bit of foreshadowing (probably completely unintentional, but still) in Genius 216 when he said to Fuji:
"So you’re the one they call a genius? But you know, the thing about geniuses is… Once you crush them, they turn out to be unexpectedly fragile."
After the match against Shiraishi, he sits in a chair and puts a towel over his head. Kawamura (bless him) says that Fuji really regretted the match.
Oh? What’s that? Losing to Shiraishi ignited his passion? Sorry, I can’t hear you over how lame of a fucking excuse that is. Blah blah, evolved Triple Counters. I seriously cannot get over how it took him almost until the end of the series to give a fuck. And even then, it was a minor one.
And defeating Niou? No. Fuji had technically never beaten Tezuka, so Fuji’s whole “I never lose to the same opponent twice” is some goddamn bullshit. Mainly because we never see Fuji play the same opponent more than once. Niou using Illusion to become Shiraishi is not the same damn thing as actually playing Shiraishi again.
(Before anyone accuses me of stanning for Rikkai, sit the fuck down. I knew Niou would lose. That’s how it goes in the name of sports manga. The underdog always wins. I would argue that Fuji isn’t a fucking underdog, he just plays on an underdog team. And counting Seigaku as such is its own essay in and of itself. Calling on Rokkaku, Fudomine, Higa, St. Rudolph, Midoriyama, and Yamabuki to stand up.)
In the series, to date, including Shinpuri, Fuji has lost all of once in an official match. He always pulls out some stupid ass fucking move that he’s either been working on for ages or just magically created to win. Really? Are you fucking kidding me right now? Why does Fuji have any reason to create new moves to win a match? Oh… I see. Because he was fucking pissed off that Oshitari could do his some of his moves. Oh boo fucking hoo. Echizen can do plenty of moves once he reaches the Pinnacle of Perfection, but Fuji doesn’t bitch about that. Heavens no.
Fuji requesting Tezuka to play him before Tezuka leaves to go to Germany is at once both asinine and childish. He thinks he can actually beat Tezuka. After Tezuka unlocks the Pinnacle of Perfection? Bitch please. “I can’t beat Tezuka as he is right now?!” - Fuji says then follows with a thought of “No matter where you are, you always seem one step ahead of me…” (Golden Age 38) Fuji, Tezuka will always be five steps ahead of your bitch ass.
Fandom has latched onto him in an incredibly unflattering way, amping him up so much that they are apologetic whenever he’s an asshole and that’s just not right. ***
In the end, I just don’t give a fuck about Fuji. I give so little fucks about him I am in the fucking negative. He’s a horrible, god-mod-esque type character *** and I wish he wasn’t in the series.
Fuji is not fucking special. I repeat. NOT. FUCKING. SPECIAL.
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* For the record, I do like Oshitari and Marui. Their brand of “tensai” is different than Fuji’s, in my opinion.
** Yes, I realize there are others in the series that do it. Namely, Yanagi from Rikkai, but he doesn’t do the shit Fuji does and yes, that annoys me about him, but I like him a hell of a lot more than I will ever like Fuji.
*** Again, Rikkai fans are also known to be apologetic about the teams’ violent tendencies (Sanada & slapping, Yukimura & the Yips, Niou/Yagyuu and hitting Kikumaru) and gloss over them. That’s not right either, but this isn’t about Rikkai. It’s about why Fuji is a bitch and why I hate him, but I don’t want my essay torn apart because I didn’t make light of the obvious issues with the fucking series.
**** You can list most every character in the series as a god-mod-esque type character. Echizen being at the top of this hefty list. Do I hate Echizen? No. Will I ever hate Echizen like I hate Fuji? No. I’ve only been pissed at him once. (Again, another essay in and of itself.)
(I originally posted this at http://fulminata.dreamwidth.org/295038.html.)