no, seriously. i just finished up watching the third Dream Live concert, one of the more emotional ones mainly because it's the graduation of the second Seigaku cast, my favorite cast so far.  (I mentioned this last entry, too.)

( IKU ZE, SEIGAKU!!! )

( This fic was only 8 pages in Word )

Today is indeed the beloved buchou's birthday--24th birthday to be exact, by my reckoning.  The manga was started in 1999, and he is 14; ergo, he is 24 in 2009, precisely ten years after the manga was started.  Whew, ten years, and TeniPuri is still as popular as it was when it first appeared.  Anyway, that makes his birthdate October 7, 1985.

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well, in the beginning of the summer, when i first heard of Prince of Tennis and all of the media it has been made into--manga, anime, live-action and musical--i swore that i would stop at the live-action movie, and read the manga if i found it online.

( THIS IS THE PRINCE OF TENNIS )

I would have written this last night right after i finished it, but chelsee was already in bed, and I was actually tired, too.  I did write down some notes and whatnot.

( The epic OVA was epic )

Finished RK yesterday.  As expected, the last thirty episodes are indeed filler.  BOO.  I skipped, like, two complete arcs, totaling in about 7 episodes.  But I don't care.  I really should've stopped watching before then.  at first, they weren't bad; they were honestly good.  But around 84 or so, they just went downhill.  Now I did watch the last ( Read more... )

...'cause i got game.  I just had my first tennis match today.  My first real match.  yeah, it was pretty fabulous.

( Game. Set. Match. )

it seems that i won't be able to find any more episodes of Prince of Tennis: Another Story ~Kako to Mirai no Message~ till, y'know, more come.  so i figured i might as well start my next anime: Rurouni Kenshin.  Yup, moving in the complete opposite direction.  i figured i just watched two modern-day anime, let's take a step back into feudal ( Read more... )

Holy shit, there is another Prince of Tennis OVA!  Yeah, called Prince of Tennis: Another Story ~Kako to Mirai no Message~!!  How the hell did i not know this!!  best part is, it's still airing!


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there may be a possibility that i may be able to visit Japan in the future.

To coin a phrase from my mother, "It's all in who you know."  My co-worker Shannon, with whom i have an excellent rapport--we are very good friends-- has relatives in Japan; a friend of hers is a pilot, and could possibly hook us up with Buddy Passes.

Granted, this will ( Read more... )