...yeah, I'm still alive but busy as hell. >.< Have to work. Sorry.

My roommate and best friend put on Satsuki's glasses (she doesn't need them though, her eyesight is perfect, but the girl likes to do stupid things just for the heck of it) and scarred me for life. No, seriously. This is a picture of her that we took on that fateful day (today, in fact). Yes, that... thing is female. YES, this is an Atobe fangirl who looks and acts like Inui (she's snarky, evil and insane). I fear her.

Drew a Gakuto pic for a girl from my group (who isn't even an anime fan but likes my drawings anyway). Surprisingly enough, he actually looks like himself. I'm so proud.

Ootori & Shishido have a duet. Sign of canon love? Why, of course.

It is a relatively well-known fact that I'm not a Fuji x Yuuta fan. However, I am interested in Fuji x Yuuta doujinshi and fics, because they tend to involve my precious, precious Mizuki, too. Does that make me obsessed? I guess it does. Not that I care.

Atobe & Sanada play doubles. Nope, still can't see them together.

This file (zipped audio clip from episode 144, around 700 KB) proves that Mizuki is a complete and utter nutball. Does St.Rudolph Gakuen have a psychiatrist?

Mizuki vows to defeat and destroy the cruel world of sane, intelligent people who don't appreciate his mad tennis skills. Fear him and his... wicked grin of doom and despair.

The St.Rudolph anthem from the More than Limit musical is... gothic.

More screenshots... Mizuki in a training camp jersey (kawaii!), chibi!Sanada x Yukimura (AWW!), Inui & Kaidou (yummy), Shishido x Ootori (sexy pose, Shishido-san!) and more Mizuki (Hajime-kun is short! AWWW! Urge... to hug... rising...).

Episode 135 is hysterical. And... no, I don't mind Inui's shameless flirting. The whole story looks like a prank on Kikumaru to me. Sasuga Inui-sempai, huh? He and Kaidou got married in episode 123 (with The Towel as their wedding ring), so nothing and nobody can separate them, not even idols or cats. Or Oishi, Inui's wife (according to chibi!episode 132, which is pure crack, as usual). Now I just want Mizuki to grow up and propose to Yumiko (and drive Fuji mad by doing so). Ah, Hajime-kun in a dress...

No, Sanada, no. You can't lose. Not to the Seigaku brat. Argh! I hate those thrice-damned laws of the genre! Ah, but... Sanada x Yukimura is so blatant (and their relationship is deliciously angsty). And there's an image of chibi!Sanada holding a Yukimura plushie somewhere after the credits (episode 126 or 127, can't remember, am too lazy to check). He's blushing. I mean, really. Sanada. Blushing. Strong and stoic Sanada. Blushing. Yet another semi-canon pairing for me to ogle over.

This is a tiny Inui pic drawn by yours truly (and yes, his hair is not... spiky). I was planning to make this a larger illustration, but I suck, and therefore I failed. The image was scanned by my very own Yuuta-kun who is unreasonably kind to me, nfu ♥.

I have a new favorite straight Prince of Tennis pairing - Mizuki x Yumiko. Sure, they don't interact much (and I suppose there will be no more Mizuki x Yumiko scenes after episodes 124-125), but I see good fanfic potential here. And yes, I find it cool that Mizuki is attracted to women because that makes him a very original and amusing character. A heterosexual guy with gay manners (you can always blame his older sisters for turning him into a girly boy), that's great. Yay for unusual het and gorgeous adult ladies who have nothing against Mizuki, the pathetic evil loser.

My opinion on episode 123. ( More? )

Long Prince of Tennis survey. ( More? )

Good lord. Shishido x Ootori is practically canon.

Hyotei is back (yay!) and I have an mp3 of Megane wo Hazusu Yoru ~ Meganezu Version. I ♥ this song muchly, and Oshitari sings it with Inui and Tezuka.

OK, why does Inui turn red (in episode 101) when that bikini-clad girl appears on the TV screen instead of the Fudomine and Rikkaidai teams?... oh well, I guess it doesn't matter, the tape isn't his to start with (he got it from a friend whom he labels as his secret source, right?) and it doesn't really threaten his relationship with Kaidou. Ne?!... sorry, I'm crazy like that and tend to worry about the smallest things (and... yeah, I am obsessive-compulsive and psychotic in general, just in case you wonder). But... maybe Inui is embarrassed because, um, the situation is a bit weird. It's not important. And besides... we have Distance. That sweet, romantic song that is obviously about him and Kaidou. I mean... Bandana?! I love how he reacts to that word and repeats it. Inui x Kaidou is at least semi-canon and I should calm down. Now.