Axis Mundi

 

Welcome to my collection of Prince of Tennis pages. These are pretty much textual analysis, the only real eye-candy is on this front page. What you will find here is largely geared toward and based on the manga, since the anime (and musicals, and music, and radio shows) flew off in such fantastically cracked out directions.

Needless to say, there are spoilers everywhere.

 

Contents

All About. A few thoughts on some of the things Tenipuri is about, as a story.

Hashira. Reflections on how the concept of a central support gets applied to a tennis player.

Strength and Progress. Thoughts on the idea of strength in Tenipuri, and how it is nurtured.

In-group Violence. This is my take on what lies behind Sanada's physical discipline of his teammates.

Interesting Notes. Little snippets of facts and figures to fill in the characters' backgrounds, many stumbled across while looking for something else entirely.

Tournament Dates. My best guess, graphed out, at how tournament dates are set, and when everything happens in relation to everything else.

Niou and Yagyuu. An attempt to untangle and perhaps explain these two chracters.

Sanada. Theories about Sanada's personality and history.

Rikkai Raw Material. Annotated list of all Rikkai's appearances in the manga.

 

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