446 – Triple Dip 72 – PANDORA, Mothers, A Favorable Wind on Full Sails
Seamus and Morgana are back as we try out another live recording this week! We discuss shonen manga, Free Comic Book Day, Skip and Loafer, The Prince of Tennis, and more! Then we review PANDORA, Mothers, and A Favorable Wind on Full Sails for a Glacier Bay Books Triple Dip!!!
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Continue readingShin Tennis no Ouji-sama
The sequel to The Prince of Tennis where an all-star group of the Japanese middle school tennis players are brought to an Under-17 training camp to prepare for the U-17 World Tennis Cup.
As a long-time The Prince of Tennis fan I have to say this very clearly.
This is not worth reading.
I think Takeshi Konomi has either gone off the deep-end or spent too much time listening to his own song; this sequel series takes everything over-the-top about The Prince of Tennis and multiplies them 10-fold.
Endless 2-page spreads of various characters posing instead of playing tennis? CHECK
A slew of new characters who never look like their actually under 17? CHECK & CHECK
Every character using special moves that defy physics while literally going super-saiyan? CHECK & MATE
Shit is ridiculous and not in a good way. It’s kinda sad to see the series downfall.
Go read the original and pretend this doesn’t exist.
~dakazu