This was a great idea. I watched the anime first, and then I skimmed through the manga. This will be a great opportunity to pay attention to all the small details and stuff I’ve forgotten about. Oh wow the art, the art! The art in the beginning of the series was a bit crude. Everyone looked a bit different than what they look like now. Fuji had his eyes open at least 50% of the time. Eh, there seems to be some confusion of whether or not Tezuka is breaking the rules or tradition for Ryoma, to me it doesn’t matter. I don’t see anything wrong by breaking the rules for Ryoma. I believe Tezuka chose to let Ryoma play in the ranking matches because he knew of Ryoma’s abilities thanks to Ryozaki and Momo. He listens to Ryozaki because she’s the one with the main authority, she is the coach of the team, and she knows what she’s talking about. Tezuka is new to this captain thing so he’s influenced/persuaded by what the coach says, you can see that in Volume 1, chapter 6, page 2. It’s not explicit but she hints that she would like to see the first year participate in the ranking matches. Momo is a regular who had a hard time defeating Ryoma (injury aside). He wants to be a good captain, he wants to see his team make it all the way to Nationals, he has a “whatever it takes” mentality at this moment. So if he recognizes that Ryoma would be an excellent player to have on the team, then why not break the rules? Even Oshi, the vice-captain doesn’t have a problem with Ryoma participating.
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Oh wow the art, the art! The art in the beginning of the series was a bit crude. Everyone looked a bit different than what they look like now. Fuji had his eyes open at least 50% of the time.
Eh, there seems to be some confusion of whether or not Tezuka is breaking the rules or tradition for Ryoma, to me it doesn’t matter. I don’t see anything wrong by breaking the rules for Ryoma. I believe Tezuka chose to let Ryoma play in the ranking matches because he knew of Ryoma’s abilities thanks to Ryozaki and Momo. He listens to Ryozaki because she’s the one with the main authority, she is the coach of the team, and she knows what she’s talking about. Tezuka is new to this captain thing so he’s influenced/persuaded by what the coach says, you can see that in Volume 1, chapter 6, page 2. It’s not explicit but she hints that she would like to see the first year participate in the ranking matches.
Momo is a regular who had a hard time defeating Ryoma (injury aside). He wants to be a good captain, he wants to see his team make it all the way to Nationals, he has a “whatever it takes” mentality at this moment. So if he recognizes that Ryoma would be an excellent player to have on the team, then why not break the rules? Even Oshi, the vice-captain doesn’t have a problem with Ryoma participating.