History Manga / ThePrinceOfTennis

* DroppedABridgetOnHim: [[spoiler: Tezuka]] mistakes [[spoiler: Miyuki]] for a guy at first. Then, she drops her NiceHat...

* {{Tsundere}}: Tomoka "Tomo-chan" Osakada. Gushy and fangirly towards Ryoma, sweet and protective towards Sakuno, spunky and straightforward towards everyone else, and SlapSlapKiss-y towards Horio. Ryoma's mother Rinko also was like this when young, evolving into a mild YamatoNadeshiko after getting married to Nanjiroh (she still doesn't give the control of the relationship to him).

** Let's not forget the chibi episodes, people.

** Nearly averted by Ryoma in the anime, when he ''almost'' hits a Libby from Jyousei Shonan and her GirlPosse with tennis balls for [[KickTheDog throwing Sakuno to the ground and threatening Tomoka when she stood up for her]]
* YamatoNadeshiko: Sakuno, in the manga. And in the anime, Narumi Iijyuin (whose twin younger sister Kurumi is a {{Shorttank}}). The mothers of the players, logically, also are like this: special mention goes to Kaidoh's mother Hazuki, Tezuka's HotShounenMom Ayana and Fuji's mother Yoshiko (sho ''is'' called one in manga canon).
** In the anime, Ootori can be seen as a ''male'' YamatoNadeshiko. Tall? Check. Polite? Check. WiseBeyondTheirYears? Check. Focused on his goals? Check. Very competent in his "mission"? Check. ''[[HoYay Very]]'' devoted to his partner Shishido? Check...
*** Ootori fits in the mold, okay, but what about ''Oishi''? If someone's a male YN, it's ''him'', consiering he's a male TeamMom who's extremely devoted to Tezuka and Eiji and later makes ''many'' sacrifices for the team. [[spoiler: Specially when he forfeits his regular position to let Tezuka (manga) or Ryoma (anime) make use of it.]]
** Genderflipped ''and'' subverted with Seiichi Yukimura. The local IllBoy ''looks'' and acts the part eerily well with his long-ish and wavy black hair, pale skin, polite speech patterns (complete with [[CrossDressingVoices his soft voice]]) and gentle off-courts behavior... but he's revealed to be a {{Determinator}} MagnificentBastard in regards to tennis. Not to mention that his ''very'' stern [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan and masculine-looking]] [[TheLancer sub-captain]], Genichirou Sanada, defers to ''him'' quite a bit.

* BackToBackBadasses: The 2011 movie gives us [[spoiler: Fuji and Kite]].

* ContrivedCoincidence: The 2011 movie has a lot. Clack's BigFancyCastle hideout turning out to be one an old home of Atobe's and Higa appearing out of nowhere to offer a boat rental service are prime examples.

**** Kai from Higa Chuu actually has one of these moments; up to a certain point of the game, he uses his right hand. Then he changes not only to his left, but also with a reversed "stabbing" grip.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj-nfYMcJpk Tezuka caused the extinction of the dinosaurs]].
** Or simply tennis.
** Atobe's method of getting to school, [[spoiler:base jumping off a stealth bomber.]]

The manga has ended in Japan (where it is wildly successful), with over 40 volumes and 40 million copies sold in that country alone. The sequel, Shin Prince of Tennis, is currently ongoing and now also has the anime airing. A LiveActionAdaptation Movie was also made. Two animated movies have also been released in cinemas: The Two Samurai: The First Game, co-released with short movie A Gift from Atobe (2005) and The Battle of the British City (2011).

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Takeshi Konomi is either ignorant about the rules of tennis, or chose to ignore them.

* DeadlyUpgrade (Kawamura and the Ishida's Hadoukyuu, the Zero-Shiki Drop, Yuuta's Top Spin Serve, the Pinnacle of Perfection)

* JerkJock: The Rikkaidai team skirts the line (though they're also made [[{{Nakama}} quite]] [[CharacterDevelopment sympathetic]]), the Higa team crosses it per orders of their EvilTeacher.

* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: Several of the actors in the stage musical have gone on to perform in {{Toku}} series. In particular, ''KamenRider'' has several Tenimyu alumni, including Kouji Seto ([[KamenRiderKiva Wataru Kurenai/Kiva]]) as Kikumaru, Masahiro Inoue ([[KamenRiderDecade Tsukasa Kadoya/Decade]]) as Atobe, Ryota Murai ([[KamenRiderKuuga Yuusuke Onodera/Decade!Kuuga]]) as Shishido, Dori Sakurada ([[KamenRiderDenO Kotaro/NEW Den-O]]) and Renn Kiriyama ([[KamenRiderDouble Shotaro Hidari/Double]]) as Bunta. ''Super Sentai'' also has their fair share of TeniMyu alums, with Hiroki Suzuki ([[JukenSentaiGekiranger Jan/GekiRed]]), Hirofumi Araki ([[JukenSentaiGekiranger KuroJishi Rio]]), Hiroki Aiba ([[SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Ryuunosuke/ShinkenBlue]]), Kyousuke Hamao ([[TensouSentaiGoseiger Aguri/GoseiBlack]]) & Kento Ono ([[TensouSentaiGoseiger Haido/GoseiBlue]])

* BeyondTheImpossible: The special tennis moves become increasibly more improbable as the series progresses.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLYjEOD6AsA&feature=related Then there's this.]] It's so over the top the creator of the manga laughed his ass off at the scene.

** Subverted when [[spoiler: Shusuke sustains a concussionwhile playing against Kirihara, causing him to be stricken with temporary blindness. [[BeyondTheImpossible He plays BETTER!]]]]

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Comes with the Fanservice.

* HotShounenMom: [[spoiler: Akutsu's mother, Yuuki.]] She's so beautiful and young-looking that [[spoiler: Kawamura's]] friends mistook him for a CakeEater when they saw them talking. Also, Tezuka's mother Ayana.

* HoYay: See "Fanservice".

The manga has ended in Japan (where it is wildly successful), with over 40 volumes and 40 million copies sold in that country alone. The sequel, Shin Prince of Tennis, is currently ongoing. A LiveActionAdaptation Movie was also made.

* CoatCape: Yukimura, when we see him after he gets out of the hospital. In fact, the last match makes a point of noting that Ryoma is able to knock his coat off while playing. Atobe is also guilty of this.

** There are also several musical actors that have gone on to become seiyuus, most notably MamoruMiyano as Fudomine's Testu Ishida.

* CoatCape: Yukimura, when we see him after he gets out of the hospital. In fact, the last match makes a point of noting that Ryoma is able to knock his coat off while playing.

* BrokenAesop: The attitudes towards violence in-courts. YourMileageMayVary.