O Príncipe do Tênis (2019)

Just wanna point out that I'm a HUGE fan of the anime, I couldn't even count how many times I've re-watched the anime so obviously, my 10 is reserved for the anime and my review is all about the comparison between the two.

First off, the characters. Visually, most of them were great for their roles (all of Seigaku/ Yu Qing were good-looking). I have no problem with the fact that they changed them fro middle schoolers to high schoolers. Lu Xia (Ryoma) is not as lovable but I got used to him gradually. My favorite are Qiao Chen(Momo) and Tang Jiale (Kikumaru) - they are so effin' cute.

Major differences that I liked are:
One, Lu Xia's relationship with his father. Nanjirou was cool but it was so heartwarming seeing how much Lu Xiangqian dotes on his son.
Two, the development between Lu Xia and Qi Ying(Sakuno) which I guess natural given that they are 3 years older from the original.
Three, Ji Jing Wu (Atobe-sama). I love Atobe-sama with all of my being but he was a b!tch at the beginning of the anime even after that he was a bit much. But here, Ji Jing Wu shred off that excess b!tchiness - still a b!tch but in the right amount.

Now, for the differences that I don't really care for:
One, I've offended by this - Momo and Tachibana Ann's relationship. I love the dynamics of their relationship in the anime but here they changed it completely, they made Qiao Chen a besotted teenager and Xu Xingzi(Ann) a tease - like, what the hell?
Two, Baiyang and Yan Zhi Ming (Inui). They still followed the story but I don't care for Baiyang's attitude towards Zhi Ming. Kaido was never that disrespectful towards his seniors specially Inui.

This version is mostly based on the manga rather than the anime specially with the game rosters and scores by the way. The show didn't really focus on the out-of-this-world techniques as much the anime which seems to be a good thing because they could - most probably - fvcked it up. They matches are shorter too as expected. It's fine overall, I guess, but the major con would be the audience wouldn't be as attached to the characters from other school as compared to the anime/manga which for me is a very big part of my PoT experience.

Overall, I enjoyed this series very much. Though I would love another season, it pretty much closed the story after the Kanto Tournament and with no apparent loose end.

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My personal opinion as well as a question ⁉️

The prince of tennis is a drama worth watching
It's the collection (of realisation of friendship, passion and goal ) , comedy, fierce competition and slight touch of love .
Here's my question: Does this drama really have only 40 episodes ? Because here it shows that it should be 42 eps... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... ....
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Definitely enjoyed it way better than I imagined. When I first saw it in dramacool the first episode I fell in love with the first episode. The cast was excellent I really loved Peng Yu Chang as Lu Xia! My other favourite characters were Jia Le, Zhuo Zhi, Siyang and the dad. The "female" lead's character is a bit annoying to me. I mean it's expected. The matches were fun to watch I was actually nervous with the team every time they were nervous. I wished they were longer though. They could have gotten rid of those flashbacks and 'inspirational' moments for more match scenes. I really love this drama one reason is I was able to watch a lot of tennis matches compared to the other dramas. This is one of the best school Chinese drama I have to watch hope there will be season 2 of Prince Tennis can't wait for it to release.

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I've watched this series 5x and i love it. I have no complaints except for two things : I hate the female Qi Ying. Why is she always there? She should be on the sidelines. It's unfair for others who doesn't have an aunt coaching Tennis to use her advantage. I mean, when Lu Xia said that nobody should come inside, everyone didnt except her. She's not even a gf! When they have a team dinner, she's there. She's always making Lu Xia food and it's bad for a man to refuse her. Luxia has to wait for her to go home so he can go. 😭😭😭 Her clinginess irks me. She's a stalker and a creep.
Secondly, Lu Xia's smile creeps me out.

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♥️ Is Anything in the World More Nonsensical Than Tennis Scoring? °6.3° °good°

I won't lose. Lu Xia always says that. He's almost always right.

PoT is a 2019 release that is rated 8.4 on MDL. It is 1 season consisting of 40 45-minute episodes, and is based on the Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. It's also an anime… A movie… A musical! …It's a HIT.

A Chinese show that is based on a Japanese manga invariably makes a tennis club seem more like a martial arts sect. That's the spirit, the vibe, the plot, and the appeal. The characters are the show’s strongest assets. They are likable, being written and acted out well. Moon ascend volley. Snake ball. Twist serve. The Australian Formation. Celestial Drive. The vibrating Ball (it's an optical illusion). Their signature super-shots have amazing names. Some of these balls don't even bounce up, but spin on the court like they will bore a hole through the clay. One team works so hard to be able to defend the Snake Ball ~🐍~ only to be hit with the /boomerang/ snake ball!

Peng Yu Chang (I Am Nobody) is ML, Lu Xia. His father was a tennis star - a stratospheric one. All he wants is to beat his dad. He's the only freshman to make the starting team. His father appears to be a cheerful goof and their relationship is intermittently competitive (more on Lu Xia's part than dad's) and supportive. Ireine Song (Ever Night, Different Princess) plays a girl, Qi Ying, who's infatuated with him. She is a tiny, adorable thing. He doesn't seem to mind her presence around him at all.

Dong Li (Arsenal Military Academy) is Qiao Chen; Zhang Yi Jie (Scent of Time) portrays Zhuo Zhi; Xie Bin Bin (Please Be My Family, The Code of Siam) is Mu Si Yang; Zhu Zhi Ling (The Sleepless Princess-9.1) portrays Chi Da Yong; Xu Ke (The Last Immortal, A Love So Beautiful) plays Tang Jia Le; Wu Xu Dong (The Eternal Love) is Zhang Bai Yang; Herman Li (Detective Samoyeds) portrays Yan Zhi Ming, Fan Lin Feng (Good Bye, My Princess) plays He Xing Long; and Ireine Song (Ever Night, Different Princess) is Qi Ying. Their personalities are all over the place. One is a sweetheart until he picks up a Racket. Some are morose, others dutiful, cheerful, coldly analytical, playful, angry, aggressive… They are a team of distinct individuals. In addition, Xiang Yun Long (My Roommate Is a Detective) makes an impressive appearance as Tian Zi Long, an anger-riddled competitor with dramatically white streaked hair.

TPoT reinforces teamwork and individual achievement. It asks competitors to reflect on their motivations. It incorporates a cycle of mini-dramas set around tennis matches. The soundtrack and soft spoken Mandarin seem to be designed for a peaceful effect. I found the characters likable yet I had trouble focusing as the show went on. Halfway through the show I had involuntarily stopped giving it my full attention. I think if I just watched an episode or two a week I would have been able to stay with it better, but It was leaving Netflix and I had to watch one or two episodes a day. It's lots of cyclical plotlines where each match and story arc looks quite a bit like all the others, so it started feeling redundant.

They ramp up the drama and the players’ special skills. As it's based on manga, that is to be expected. For a team with near super-powers, the show still felt slightly pedestrian. Viewers who prefer realism should take their ball to another court. Actually, viewers who prefer realism wouldn't like nearly anything that China puts out; they may have to avoid the country altogether. Viewers who like manga, sports- tennis in particular, relaxing soft-spoken voices, and low drama may like this show.


QUOTES📢

Someone who doesn't want to admit their weakness can only show their evil side to the whole world.

Losing is not a frightening thing. What's terrifying is that we can't learn a lesson from it.


〰🖍 IMHO

📣6 📝7.3 🎭7.5 💓5 🦋3 🎨5 🎵/🔊6 🔚? It goes on… 🤗3 ▪ 🌞5 ⚡4.5 😅3 😭2 😱1 😯2 🤢1 🤔4 💤5

Re-📺? I couldn't give it 100% attention the first time.

Age 9+
Language: d@mn


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Better than Expected

I just happened to see the trailer for this on Netflix and decided to check it out. The actors did a great job portraying their characters. There is one female lead that I found annoying at times but thats just my personal opinion and didn't stop me from enjoying the show. There are predictable moments especially towards the end. However, thats only to be expected since it is obvious who the winners will be in the end. Even when I knew what was about to happen, the show was still was able to keep me wondering if something unexpected would happen. Also, there were some scenes that weren't tied to the main storyline that I felt were boring. That being said the interactions between the players and the action scenes at the games were entertaining enough to overlook the negatives. Overall in my opinion it is an enjoyable show with a good message as well.

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Definitely worth watching.

This show is great and the story. line is very interesting. The actors were amazing. The setting was very very awesome. Luxia played the make lead very well. Although I did I’ve with song yiren the show was still good. This show is great and the story. line is very interesting. The actors were amazing. The setting was very very awesome. Luxia played the make lead very well. Although I did I’ve with song yiren the show was still good. This show is great and the story. line is very interesting. The actors were amazing. The setting was very very awesome. Luxia played the make lead very well. Although I did I’ve with song yiren the show was still good. This show is great and the story. line is very interesting. The actors were amazing. The setting was very very awesome. Luxia played the make lead very well. Although I did I’ve with song yiren the show was still good.

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Tennis with ninja moves

I liked the story and especially the main character.
However... there were 3 things that really bothered me - the 'almost romantic' interest should have been left out. The way it was brought in, was just embarrassing. I skipped forward every time the girl appeared.

The second problem I have with this series is the sound. It is as if all the voices have been dubbed over and the viewer ends up with lots of unnecessary breathing, sighing and extremely annoying eating sounds. Also the camera would be 5+ metres from the character, but the voice sounds like it is right by the camera.

The 3rd problem was the makeup on the characters. They are high school boys, spending time in the sun on a daily basis, but all of their faces are made to be unnaturally white. At times the contrast between their necks and their faces are stark.

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A show with friendship, family, fighting, enemies, and a whole lot of tennis

I really enjoyed this drama I felt you had the friendship, the family, the relationships, the enemies, and tennis. As a person who plays tennis and also really enjoys watching tennis I definitely wouldn’t miss out on this show. I loved every character because they each had their own story to tell whether it was sad or happy. My favorite characters are Jia Le and Zhou Zhi. Hear me out, but I felt we didn’t need Qi Ying and Ping Xiang only because they didn’t really do anything in the show like yeah they were the cheerleaders, but every time Yu Qing made a point they’d be like oh they are that good and they would basically only cheer for Lu Xia since Qi Ying had a crush on him. I also felt that whenever they’d have team dinners Qi Ying didn’t need to be their because all she’d do is try to distract Lu Xia and he would barley pay any attention back. Im gonna warn you that there may be spoilers coming up, but it also could not be any since all they did was play tennis.
I loved the whole storyline it was basically what you see in a high school tennis team, but it’s just more extreme and way better than normal tennis in high school. The whole story started off with Yu Qing trying to add more members to there team and see who want or who is qualified enough to be on their team. We see that the captain is Si Yang and the members are Qiao Chen, Zhou Zhi, Da Young, Jia Le, Bai Yang, Zhi Ming and Xing Long, but their team isn’t like any normal team each of them had their own special techniques whenever they play tennis for example Si Yang is know for being a highly advanced player and his most used move is a zero chip which means that the ball goes in the air to the opponent, but it lands on the ground before anyone can get it, but it does lead to an injury that effects him in the end of the series. Qiao Chen in my opinion isn’t too advanced, but he’s a really funny character who has a good relationship with Lu Xia and his dad that he even calls himself Lu Xia’s uncle, but his signature move is a vertical smash which is just jumping in the air and aiming the ball straight down at the opponent. Zhou Zhi is known to be a genius player and he has never lost a match, but he doesn’t put a lot of effort because he wants to make it a fair game because he thinks he is too hard on others if he plays normal, but overtime he starts to let lose until his last game where he literally plays like himself which is playing with his eyes closed. Da Young is part of the golden partners with Jia Le and they are both known for being an unbeatable doubles team, but even though at one point they start to lose each other but they will always come back to each other and play like it’s their last game from learning from each other and being best friends. Bai Yang is known for being a very strong player for example he has the muscles and probably the most strength and stamina out of all the players, but his signature move is the snake ball where each game it gets stronger and stronger, but the snake ball is a very different move because it can curve all the way outside of the court and land in the court in the end. Zhi Ming is known for playing data tennis which means that you play tennis, but instead of playing normally you play it based on calculations so basically you can predict the opponents moves based on your calculations. Xing Long is a very genuine and sweet person as you can see in the drama even though once he’s on the court and holds his racket all he knows how to do is hit it while screaming “burning” and uses as much strength as he can use he ended up leaving the team for a little because his father was having back troubles and needed help running their restaurant in the end he does come back because his father noticed how much he loves tennis. Lastly is Lu Xia, he is a freshman and is basically the youngest on the team and he is most known for his serve which is an earthquake smash. Overtime everyone gets used to Lu Xia’s serve so it didn’t seem special anymore and all of his moves were predictable so he was put on a hiatus to find out what he can learn about himself and once he’s ready to come back he can, but it would be replaced by Huang Jin. Even though Lu Xia’s father was a pro tennis player, but quit because he wanted to start a family and Lu Xia’s only goal was to beat his father and make himself have his own legacy he started to forget that and play like the professional he is by being able to master everyone on his team and opponents moves which makes him able to beat his opponent. I was really stunned when he had his eye cut on his racket because it broke, but still played because it shows his determination. My favorite matches were the Hai Guang aka the last match they played because so much happened Zhi Ming’s glasses broke, but he became such an amazing player and lost his data tennis, Si Yang couldn’t play with them and it was their first game without them, Jia Le got hit in the head by a tennis ball and was almost taken to the hospital until he did a flip and started playing again, Zhou Zhi losing his vision and played with his eyes closed and won, Qiao Chen and Bai Yang both learning more about each other and even though their “enemies” they seemed like best friends and Lu Xia literally ATE that match with Hai Guang and I’m so proud of him for never giving up. Xing Yao is a team where both teams were very strong and how Yu Qing was losing at first, but slowly started to catch up and won, and how even though Jing Wu and Si Yang were opponents once Si Yang got hurt badly he was going to try to help Yu Qing and Si Yang get better and win the tournament. And in the end they did!! I really loved how even though they were enemies with Yu Feng and Lu Xia got injured in that game they became best friends immediately after the game. I also loved that scene where they ate barbecue with so many teams they beat, but ended up becoming friends with them. Overall, I really enjoyed this series and I’m so sad that it’s leaving Netflix, but it was such a good series where each character was tolerable (except for the girls) and each game was so good that I was screaming and cheering as if I was watching it in real life. I also really recommend this drama and it’s a must watch for sports lovers.

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