PoT: Challenge: Need

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Need

Fuji visits Rikkai, hoping Yukimura can explicate a few things for him. Drama, I-3

"Fuji," Seiichi sighed, running a hand through his hair. Still, he had been trying to wake Fuji up for years, now. Something he suspected Fuji had recalled, too.

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[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

The mere idea of Fuji teaming up with Niou scares the piss out of me... the thought that they could--well, Niou probably could, anyway--talk Yagyuu into joining them makes me want to hide under my bed with the killer dust bunnies.

My terror aside, though, I've got to say that it's about darn time that *some*one talked some sense into Fuji's head. What's the point of playing if you aren't going to give it everything you have? That's the entire point of PoT, or one of them at least--if you do something, you do it with everything you have, and if you win, that's no excuse not to keep working, and if you lose, it's not dishonorable if you gave it your all, and you need to work harder. Fuji, until this point, *has* been a bully--how many times in the series have we seen him deliberately drop games against Tezuka and toy with his opponents? The only person I can really think of whom he has played seriously has been Ryouma...

Meh, I'm rambling.

LoveloveLOVE this, darling. [snoodles]

aha, now you're talking shonen manga!

[issen4.livejournal.com]

My terror aside, though, I've got to say that it's about darn time that *some*one talked some sense into Fuji's head. What's the point of playing if you aren't going to give it everything you have? That's the entire point of PoT, or one of them at least

I'd just like to add that *this* is what makes shonen sports manga so popular. On paper, it sounds so cliched, but that's exactly what the Japanese (and most of us) think the spirit of true sportsmanship should be, and they (sort of) frown on geniuses that don't want to give their all. Which is why we adore the players even when they lose, because you can see that they go all out and give it everything they've got.

Re: aha, now you're talking shonen manga!

[branchandroot]

Ex-actly! Which is why I really think Konomi must be planning to rehabilitate Fuji, too. I mean, he's done it for everyone else.

That's one of the things that fascinates me about PoT--the prevalence of geniuses and prodigies, and all the many and varied ways they find to cope with their talent inside their culture.

[branchandroot]

*perplexed* Well, I was going to let Fuji and Niou actually play each other, but Yagyuu came all over protective. *shrugs* Oh, well, we still get a nice little clash.

*nods* I'll give this to Fuji: he only gets vicious when he's protecting or avenging someone. Still, he does need a good thwap, and Yukimura has enough of a cold streak to deliver it. *pets Sei-chan*

*wallows in the love*

[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

Awwwww, protective Yagyuu! [melts]

[waits for ficness]