he's never known what it meant to strive for his goals. And he never risked going far enough to see if someone could make him, in tennis.

Ditto. I'm sure we've had this conversation before, though I might have had imagined the whole thing. Fuji is brilliant, but it is tragic because of the reasons you've pointed out. Having painted Fuji as the most powerful player in PoT, the question is whether Konomi will continue to allow Fuji to be the Most Powerful. Because PoT is all about the evolution of character's tennis, and perhasps Fuji has come to the end of his evolution. (I relaly don't see anything else beyond blind tennis, but this is shounen sports...so -_-;;;).

Anyways, moving onto the fic. The way you made Yukimura the one to act as the catalyst. Perfect. Fuji need someone he can respects to tell him what is going on, and preferbly someone who is not close to him.

I love this fic. I really love this fic. I love the premise, I love the discussion (because it's so true, Tezuka would make Fuji play all out now that he knows Fuji had played seriously), and I love the fact that Fuji beat Yukimura.

LOVE!MORE!