In some ways I very much agree. I think it all depends on whether Fuji can get motivated or not. Because that's why the others are so strong, why they can advance in such crazy ways--they're completely motivated and focused on their goal. Fuji hasn't had that, to date. He's been incredibly talented, but lazy. When Yukimura said he was a bully, he wasn't kidding; that's what Fuji has been. Basing this off the manga, I like to think that Fuji is having an awakening; I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt for now. As of current manga-time, I think he's gone as far as he can with pure talent, and that has taken him to just above the current level of Tezuka/Yukimura/Atobe. What will really decide whether he takes his place among the very best or not will be whether he can really take hold of a soul-deep desire to play the game and win, just for the excellence of the game itself. If he can't... Yukimura and Tezuka and Atobe will pass him, because they will have the motive to advance and Fuji won't.
Of course, that's one of the reasons I'm letting Yukimura deliver the wake-up call. I don't think Tezuka could; Fuji wouldn't hear it from him. Yukimura has a better chance, I think.
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Date: 2004-07-02 11:58 pm (UTC)In some ways I very much agree. I think it all depends on whether Fuji can get motivated or not. Because that's why the others are so strong, why they can advance in such crazy ways--they're completely motivated and focused on their goal. Fuji hasn't had that, to date. He's been incredibly talented, but lazy. When Yukimura said he was a bully, he wasn't kidding; that's what Fuji has been. Basing this off the manga, I like to think that Fuji is having an awakening; I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt for now. As of current manga-time, I think he's gone as far as he can with pure talent, and that has taken him to just above the current level of Tezuka/Yukimura/Atobe. What will really decide whether he takes his place among the very best or not will be whether he can really take hold of a soul-deep desire to play the game and win, just for the excellence of the game itself. If he can't... Yukimura and Tezuka and Atobe will pass him, because they will have the motive to advance and Fuji won't.
Of course, that's one of the reasons I'm letting Yukimura deliver the wake-up call. I don't think Tezuka could; Fuji wouldn't hear it from him. Yukimura has a better chance, I think.