[Fic] Scattered Beans, Year Passing

[branchandroot]

Cross-post from my archive.

Fandom/Arc: Standalone, Yami no Matsuei
Characters/Pairings: Touda, Tsuzuki Asato, Tsuzuki/Touda
Summary: Post-canon. In the wake of revelations about Touda and the Yellow Emperor, Touda comes to Tsuzuki to begin again.
Meta: Drama with Porn, I-4, implied spoilers
Wordcount: 1277

Touda walked the halls of Tenkou wearing only his leather leggings and armlets, the long fall of his hair, and a collar and pair of stiff cuffs buckled snugly around each wrist.

Read: Scattered Beans, Year Passing

Comments

[aishuu.livejournal.com]

Touch and Slam Dunk immediately spring to mind as classics.

Whistle!, Hikaru no Go and Eyeshield 21 are all worth considering as "modern" examples. I also have a sneaking fondness for Dear Boys, but that's definitely mediocre.

[branchandroot]

*nodnod* I figured Slam Dunk would probably be on the list. I'm torn over HikaGo, though; HxH is going to be on the fight genre list, and I may have to leave HnG off to preserve as much author-variety as possible.

*makes notes*

[aishuu.livejournal.com]

Hunter x Hunter wouldn't be my choice for fight genre - if you're going with a fight genre, you'd need Dragonball Z, since I think that's the standard. If you want a Togashi piece, YYH is much more classic than H x H (and borrows a lot of the tournament-style that you might . Still, none of those strike me as true "sports" manga - although they are all shonen.

I can't think of any other "sports" manga that Obata did - as far as I'm aware, he did Ayasuri Sakon, Hikago, and Death Note (all different genres although there's a lot of similarities in the characters).

Dan Doh is another example of weird sports animes - welcome to the wonderful world of golf.

Although it's not "shonen," Yawara should be mentioned as an important piece of sports anime.

[ssj10.livejournal.com]

Are you worried about Obata in terms of author variety? Because he didn't write HikaGo. The author was Hotta Yumi. Obata works mainly as a primary artist. Same deal with Death Note and most of his other works.

[branchandroot]

... I knew that.

*groom ears with great focus and determination*

*laughing* I /do/ remember the DN connection, actually, and, now I think about it, of course that isn't the HnG author. I think it may have been HxH and YYH I was thinking of... all those aitches. Now I'm actually listing up sources to go hunt for, I shall have to remember to write down authors, too, so I don't get crossed up.

[prillalar]

I've just been rewatching Dear Boys. It's such a sweet show. And I love that the girls team actually plays and plays well. That's a real treat. I wish I could get hold of the manga.

[aishuu.livejournal.com]

I only saw the anime - I'm not much of a manga fan. It was cute, but nothing that I'd take the time to go through again. The animation was poor, and the ending was disapointing. I think a lot of anime suffers from the 12-24 episode standard.