The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup - Final Member Selection Match
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After fighting their way to the World Cup finals, Ryoma Echizen and the Japanese U-17 national team face a problem: they have more elite players than roster spots, and the final match against Spain is coming fast. Before they can face their opponents, they have to face each other. This TV series centers on the internal selection battles where teammates go head-to-head to earn their place in the starting lineup, and honestly, the intra-team rivalry hits harder than some of the actual tournament matches. What makes this stretch of the Prince of Tennis franchise work is how well it uses the roster pressure to develop characters you've been watching for years. Fuji's tactical mind, Ryoma's raw talent, and a deep bench of players with wildly different styles all collide in matches where losing means sitting out the biggest game of their lives. The stakes feel personal rather than abstract, and the animation leans into the kind of over-the-top tennis choreography the series is known for: strategic depth mixed with moves that basically defy physics. If you liked the team dynamics in Haikyuu or the flashy ability-driven matchups in Kuroko no Basket, this scratches a similar itch. And if Baby Steps is your thing for the more cerebral side of sports anime, there's plenty of tactical back-and-forth here too. It's a solid entry point if you're already invested in the franchise, though newcomers might want to start earlier in the timeline.
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Duke's power shots literally shaking the court is the most Tenipuri thing to ever happen and I am completely here for it
Nioh getting a whole expanded match when the manga gave him a page is the kind of thing that makes me glad the anime exists. He never once fired up the Illusion stuff and still went down swinging with that smile. That loss meant something
The moon and sun thing got me. Oshitari saying he can shine too and then still losing to Atobe anyway felt like the most Hyotei thing possible. Beautiful and a little cruel
I get why people are tired of the Ryoma match dragging but I could watch Sengoku fight a losing battle forever. That one game he won meant something
Sengoku yelling that he is not Akutsu's replacement got me good. Dude knew he was gonna lose the whole time and still went out swinging as himself. Respect
The twins calling out that Medanore was a different person the next day got me more curious than anything that happened on the court. Two Medanores is wild. Frio sniffing that out from a bruise is such a fun detail
The twins watching Frio return everything acrobatically was charming and then those last two lines about Medanore being a different person the next day completely turned the mood. Two Medanores. I'm going to be chewing on that for a week
Genuinely got caught off guard by that last shot of Ryoma and Fuji across the net from each other. That rainy day callback after all these years. Never thought we'd get this match back
Filler-heavy and you can feel it. We sat through a whole Kintaro flashback when the Spain final is right there waiting. Match was fine but nothing like last week's Duke fight
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