Prince of Tennis - Rikkai
Kirihara Akaya - Mantis
Sanada Gen'ichrou - Danila
Niou Masaharu - Bake
Yagyuu Hiroshi - Miya
Marui Bunta - Anna
Pics by Benji, CLS, Corsairs, Csepi, Lucy, Ms.Tifa
2010. 10.
Budapest, Hungary
I tried to categorize the pics, so there will be several sections according to places, etc., it's easier to look through this way...
CONVENTION PHOTOSHOOT
Posers
Gekokujou daze, hmm, hmm, hmm~
Danila as Sanada
Miya&Bake as Yagyuu&Niou
Anna as Marui
Mantis as Akaya
Pose-pose~
Laser BEAM!!!
And then some D1 goodness...
Must. Hide. From. Senpai-tachi... can't find me here, hehe...
Oh shit, they found Akaya...
And molest him to death...
OUR PHOTOSHOOT and RANDOMNESS
Oretachi no jishou ni...
Choutarou Niou wants world peace for X-mas
Sanada making ecchi D1 pics... of course on Yukimura's orders...
High places, we like 'em
Rikkai 5
Sanada: Niou! Behave!!! We're at a photoshoot!
Niou: ...che
Akaya: ... at least it's not me this time...
Yagyuu looks content, while Akaya molests Sanada (which will result in a tarundoru combined bitchslap of doom) and Marui is hungry...
New special training, play tennis with bubbles!
(It was really a random moment, some ppl came to us if they could take our pictures, we said sure, why not, and they blew bubbles infront of us... and we killed them bubbles, showing the killer bee spirit of Rikkai! Joushou Rikkai, no mercy for bubbles!)
Ooooh, Niou-kuuuun!
D1 mirror
And some slightly +18 stuff...
No gum, no gum, no gum....
No gum... ah, racket promotion then....? Dou, tensai teki?
Up to no good~
Ouja Rikkai!
Yagyuu: Niou-kun...
Niou: What, just found a good table!
Attempted murder
(Yeah, this pic is upside down, because this is the reflection...)
Reflection
Water, wohooo!!! And I see some things inside, too!
Solitude
Sanada: Come back here!
Akaya: No, I dun wanna~ I want Yukimura-buchouuuuuu!!!
D1 reflection
D1 rocks!
Puri~
Courtship... because a gentleman deserves it
Looking daaaark~
And wtf for a Pokémon is that in the background???
Dun wanna practice...
Hehehe...
Tensai pose
Still no gum, because Jackal stole it!
Chillin'
And lookin' cool~
Even our drinks are Rikkai colored...
Enjoying tea with Tanaka-san, ho-ho~
Posers... don't let them near to a mirror!!!
Akaya's demon ability... he moves, but the reflection stays...
Wrong sport, Yeahgyuuu!
You were saying?
... the hell is that ball???
Oh, there it is...!
Niou: Um, Yagyuu...
Yagyuu: Hush now...
And now for some D1 romance...
Before
After
And in between...
Well, what were YOU thinking???
Sanada feeling content
TRAINING FOR THE SKIT
Training Akaya, and Yagyuu thinks he is Yukimura... which he is not...
Mmm, ecstasy~
Choreography... but not our one... too much myu....
Samurai, ore wa samurai~
It's so wrong in so many places...
Playing some real tennis... w/o a court, but with ball...
Higuma Otoshi
Light ball!
ON STAGE PICS
I believe I can fly~
How could you DO THIS to me??? - Sanada having a temper tantrum?
Such a hard work, being fukubuchou...
Damn, those split ends...
I want my gum~
Killer Bee in the background!
A true gentleman must always have a proper hairdo
Yessir!
Being such a good gentleman, Yagyuu feels empathic
Meditating
20 laps, lets get started!
FUU!!! Now, your turn!!!
... we can't do that...
Never give up, never surrender!
Corporal punishment by Sanada...
Tennis? On stage?
Yes, we hit~
Then get hit by... TARUNDORU!
VIDEO OF THE SKIT
Under it the whole transcript to English for the viewers comfort, as the skit is in Hungarian:
Click to viewKILLER BEES
2010 MondoCon, Hungary
Akaya dances to Lucky Star, till Sanada comes in
Sanada: Akaya!!!
Akaya: Mep…
Sanada: Tarundoru! (slaps him)
Sanada: This behaviour is unworthy of Rikkai.
Akaya: I-I'm sorry, fukubuchou...
Sanada: What would Yukimura say, if he saw this?
Akaya: (to the side, mumbling) Probably, that it was funny.
Sanada: AKAYA!!! (would slap him again)
Marui: Sanada, don't get carried away... ah… Have you seen my pink strawberry gum?
Niou: Sanada… if you'll continue like this, not much will remain from our second year ace's head... though who cares... (twirling his hair - Akaya in the background: Thanks…) Ah, I found a split end!!! Does someone have scissors?
Marui: Jackal, did you steal my gum?
Jackal (voice over): Why do you always accuse me???... Oi, Yagyuu, chill, I just wanted to get something out from under the closet with your racket… what, that I’ll contaminate it with my smelly socks??? They don’t stink…
Akaya: Where’s Yanagi-senpai?
Marui: Jackal, where is my guuuum? And my choco? (whiny)
Niou: Someone? Scissors?
Akaya: I want Yukimura-buchou!!!
Sanada: ENOUGH!!! This is abominable!!! Assemble!!!
Sanada: You are like a bunch of nursery school kids! You bring shame to our team with your constant whining! How will you face Yukimura this way?
Akaya: But half of the team is missing…
Sanada: Tarundoru! This cannot continue further! You weaklings, here, at the Sanada Dojo, I’ll make a man out of you …
(Mulan - I’ll make a man out of you
You probably know the English lyrics, however, I’ll translate the Hungarian back to English, as it differs here and there, and we built the performance on the Hungarian lyrics…)
You not only need bows,
Sanada takes out the racket
to defeat the Huns.
Points his racket to the others, and they stand at attention while shouting
Sharp mind and loyalty,
Steps to Yagyuu
makes the hero.
There won’t be any idleness, nor any lazyness.
Steps to Niou and threatens him
Remember, the officer is ’the man’.
Steps to Akaya and threatens him
This hand will make a man from a kid.
And proves this with his fists
It’ll take men to fight a war, where we’ll be going to
Again, he points to Yagyuu
Be a cool pool outside!
Who, in turn, goes down to a meditating position
But inside flame and fire.
Points to Marui, who goes FIREEEEEEEEEE
It takes training, discipline and punishment.
Points to Niou, and sends him running, then Akaya, who doesn’t want to run, but rethinks when he sees
Sanada’s hand
From kids only this will make soldiers!
And they run around…
God, I’ll get apoplexy.
Yagyuu gets up a bit dizzy
I’m runnin’, just don’t shoot me!
Niou sings this line while running
I always had release from P.E.
Akaya sings this line while running, tripping
Go, give him a slap!
Marui tells this to Yagyuu and sends him to Sanada who stand facing the other way
God, just don’t make he realize it!
Yagyuu goes there, but rethinks and shies away
I need life belt, but the payment is not enough!
Marui stares at his stomach (… fat…) …
Be strong! Fight in war like a shooting hurricane!
They get back to line, and imitate Sanada’s hits
Be strong! Stand guard as proud as a cliff!
Be strong! And be wild like a raging fire.
Sanada makes a difficult form, and they can’t imitate that
But mysterious, as the other side of the moon!
They fall down, get tangled, etc.
Those will reach the goal who fight and bear.
Sanada turns around, and sends them to run again
You must stand the test, or the Hun will take you down.
Akaya falls over
You’re unsuited for the war, so it’s better if you leave
Sanada grabs Akaya and throws away, his racket, too
You’ll never be a proud man!!
They stop running and get back in position
Be strong! Fight in war like a shooting hurricane!
In the background Akaya trains alone, while the others make different hits
Be strong! Stand guard as proud as a cliff!
Be strong! And be wild like a raging fire.
But mysterious, as the other side of the moon!
Akaya stand into his position, too
Be strong! Fight in war like a shooting hurricane!
They make the hits together
Be strong! Stand guard as proud as a cliff!
Be strong! And be wild like a raging fire.
But mysterious, as the other side of the moon!
Final pose
Then Sanada slaps everyone (except Marui)
Niou: Au, why did ya do that?
Sanada: Weaklings, go and practice! (Sanada points out)
Marui: And what did we do just seconds ago? (Threatens to slap him) Okay…
They all bow, and run out shouting things.
FIN
Aaaaand that's it, you've seen it all, congratulations for your efforts!... we hope you liked it, because we had much fun practising, doing the skit and running around as Rikkai players. The whole group was nominated in the category Best Character Portrayal, though usually only individuals are nominated, so we were surprised and happy at the same time. :3