History YMMV / ThePrinceOfTennis

* ShippingGoggles: In many fics and for most of the female viewers, there're very ''few'' that don't get paired with another male character, and is more common to find fics where everyone is gay. The most common example is Seigaku fics, with Momo/Ryoma, Tezuka/Fuji, Oishi/Eiji, Inui/Kaidoh and Kawamura is het or paired with Akutsu, or any other combination aside from the {{Fan Preferred Couple}}s. The same applies to Hyotei and Rikkai... or any other school, for that matter.

* WhatTheHellCastingAgency:
** For the Tenimyus, most of the Seigaku 2nd Cast (except for Yuu Shirota, Creator/HirokiAiba, Kosuke Kujirai, and Hirofumi Araki, who were good singers and actors) the others were ''horribly out of tune''. There were many instances where it was painful to hear them reach high notes (most notably all the songs that featured Osamu Adachi and Hiroki Suzuki singing).
*** It was justified with Kotaroh Yanagi (Ryoma) because his voice was affected by his car accident, but still no excuse for the others. Many fans still forgive his performance because of this.
*** Even though Hirofumi Araki was a very decent singer (he even had a solo), fans still were fixated on the fact that he was very short to be playing Inui since even Fuji (who is supposed to be the shortest of the seniors) was taller than him (also justified since Hiroki Aiba is taller).
*** The one who got more criticism was Adachi Osamu as Kikumaru since he didn't look like the character at all, even with the wig on. Not helped by the fact that he wasn't a very good singer either.
** For the Live-Action film, even if the film adaptation did not do an AgeLift, it was an abuse of Suspension of Disbelief in the casting of RIKIYA as Egate Mcleod Higaki. You can seriously reassure the guy looks 15-19? That's also applied to the cameos of the rivals, many Tenimyu actors who were in their early/mid-twenties.

* AssPull: The opinion of the fandom when Konomi introduced the concept of [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands "The Tennis Pinnacles"]], with many of the fans labelling the series as "Tennis Franchise/DragonBall" after that point.
* AwesomeEgo: Atobe. The guy really knows how to put on a show, organize parties and make an entrance (by dropping to school in parachute from a jet, mind you.)

** Ryoma. Some really like him as he is cute and a good player (it's debatable if this is thanks to the more sympathetic portrayal in the anime), others consider him a SmugSuper DesignatedHero, and there's also the small portion that just ignores him in favor of the other characters.
** Atobe. He is a great rival with an AwesomeEgo, good looks and insanely rich, while others despise him for being a arrogant character.

** Also Sakuno to a lesser extent. She is either bland, too girly and shy to be with Ryoma, or a very needed female character in a series full of guys who is loyal and a good foil to Ryoma.

** Fans of the series devided about the "Tennis Pinnacles". Some think it's a cool concept, while others consider the series "Dragonball Z with racquets" because of this.
** ''New Prince of Tennis''. Some fans are glad the series are continuing after the National Tournament, while others think it's just a lame attempt for Konomi to cash in with Fanservice.
* CoveredUp: We'll all forgive you for thinking the "Valentine•Kiss" singles originated from this series, given the double digit amount of covers across the franchise's lifetime. The song by itself was originally written for and sung by Sayuri Kokusho, and was popular in its own right.

** From ''New Prince of Tennis'', Irie Kanata is the only high schooler in the ranking poll, helped a lot by the fact that his voice actor is Hiroki Aiba (the third Fuji in the Tenipuri Musicals). Also it seems Tokugawa is shaping into another Dark Horse.

** Kirihara counts as well. He's been paired with his whole team (mainly with Renji, Sanada, Yukimura and Marui), Ryoma, Hiyoshi, Kaidoh, and Zaizen.

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: In New Prince of Tennis, half of the middleschoolers are eliminated from the U-17 Camp (among them there're Sanada, Niou, Inui, Kaidoh, Momoshiro, etc. and even Ryoma and Kintaro). You knew they would endure the TrainingFromHell and return to the Camp somehow!

* MisaimedFandom: [[spoiler: An Tachibana]]'s actions during the Senbatsu arc were not supposed to be seen as "awesome" and "proper of a strong female character". They were supposed to be a part of AnAesop in regards to how [[spoiler: seeking violent resolution to a conflict is not worth it.]] Especially considering that [[spoiler: Kirihara could have died after that StaircaseTumble--and that almost everyone blamed Kamio for the incident!]] And that [[spoiler: An herself broke down crying in regret when Ryoma unmasked her and Kamio called her out!]]
%%* {{Moe}}: Sakuno and Tomoka, especially during the Jyousei Shounan anime arc.

* ShippingGoggles: In many fics and for most of the female viewers, there're very ''few'' that don't get paired with another male character, and is more common to find fics where everyone is gay. The most common example are Seigaku fics, with Momo/Ryoma, Tezuka/Fuji, Oishi/Eiji, Inui/Kaidoh and Kawamura is het or paired with Akutsu, or any other combination aside from the {{Fan Preferred Couple}}s. The same applies with Hyotei and Rikkai... or any other school, for that matter.
%%* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Happens a lot in fanfiction, given that there are A LOT of pretty boys to pair up, even if they haven't have canon interactions. With that said, that didn't stop Konomi from making all those omakes...

* TheUntwist: For some it was fairly obvious, since the latest chapter where it's revealed that [[spoiler:Tezuka would be playing for Team Germany, right after it was revealed that Ryoma could switch to Team America just by location]].

** Rikkai fans have been whining for several ''years'' about how the team was portrayed in the anime and about [[spoiler: ''The Switch'' between Yagyuu and Niou not being featured in their match]]. Lots of fans of the manga often say it of the original after the Hyoutei arc (the anime had caught up to the manga, changes started to be made), while viewers who know about the tennis rules argue that [[ArtisticLicense the switch doesn't make sense]].

*** Replacing Wakashi Hiyoshi with a [[CanonForeigner new character]], [[CardCarryingVillain Egate Mcleod Higaki]], who was a villain even ''better than Atobe''.
*** On the same page, [[ShrinkingViolet Sakuno]] was replaced by Higaki Shion, who was Egate's ''CuteMute'' sister.
*** Also the inverted AgeLift and AdaptationalAttractiveness of [[CoolOldLady coach]] [[TeamMom Sumire Ryuzaki]] (played here by Hitomi Shimatani), making her Nanjiro's ''kohai'' and [[DemotedToExtra demoting her role to the background]].

** For the Tenimyus, most of the Seigaku 2nd Cast (except for Yuu Shirota, Creator/HirokiAiba, Kosuke Kujirai and Hirofumi Araki, who were good singers and actors) the others were ''horribly out of tune''. There were many instances where it was painful to hear them reach high notes (most notably all the songs that featured Osamu Adachi and Hiroki Suzuki singing).
*** It was justified with Kotaroh Yanagi (Ryoma), because his voice was affected by his car accident, but still no excuse for the others. Many fans still forgive his performance because of this.
*** Even thought Hirofumi Araki was a very decent singer (he even had a solo), fans still were fixated on the fact that he was very short to be playing Inui, since even Fuji (who is supposed to be the shortest of the seniors) was taller than him (also justified since Hiroki Aiba is taller).
*** The one who got more criticism was Adachi Osamu as Kikumaru, since he didn't look like the character at all, even with the wig on. Not helped by the fact that he wasn't a very good singer either.
** For the Live-Action film, even if the film adaptation did not do an AgeLift, it was an abuse of Suspension of Disbelief in the casting of RIKIYA as Egate Mcleod Higaki. You can seriously reassure the guy looks 15-19? That's also applied for the cameos of the rivals, many Tenimyu actors who were in their early/mid-twenties.

** Also Ryoma, naturally due to being the main character and by far the prominent shota of the series. His most popular pairs are Tezuka, Momoshiro, Fuji, Kintaro, [[IncestYayShipping Ryoga]], [[FoeYayShipping Atobe, Sanada, Yukimura, and all his other rivals]].

** Atobe's most popular ships include Tezuka, Sanada, Oshitari, Ryoma, Kabaji, Jirou. As of New Prince of Tennis, Yukimura and Niou were also added to his list.

** Kirihara counts as well. He's been paired with his whole team, Ryoma, Hiyoshi, Kaidoh, and Zaizen.

** Who has ''NOT'' been paired up with either Keigo Atobe, Tezuka Kunimitsu and Shuusuke Fuji in fanfiction and doujinshi, people? Sakuno also verges on the trope.
** Also Ryoma, naturally due to being the main character and by far the prominent shota of the series.
** Kirihara counts as well. He's been paired with his whole team, half of Seigaku, half of Hyoutei and with a bunch of of other characters from just about any team. If they've interacted, they have been shipped.

* {{Moe}}: Sakuno and Tomoka, especially during the Jyousei Shounan anime arc.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Atobe, Yukimura, Kite. ''And'' their teams.
** A lot of people like to forget that Atobe in particular tried to ruin Tezuka's entire tennis career by wrecking his arm in their match, for no real reason other than he [[ForTheEvulz wanted to]]. Sure he comes to regret it and has [[PetTheDog a moment of redemption]], but it's a fact that seems to commonly slip from the memory of most.

* FauxSymbolism:
** The Tezuka/Fuji duel in the anime is chock-full of symbolism slipping dangerously into HoYay territory.
** Krauser's special technique... ''crucifies'' people.
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: A considerable amount of fans and casual viewers seem to think this about ''New Prince of Tennis'', since it's still the same plot from the original series with some aesthetic changes and ''a lot more new characters''.
** From the same portion, some people also think it's SoBadItsGood, since it also feels like the series is now self-aware of its own tropes, without taking itself so seriously.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: ...Who has ''NOT'' been paired up with either Keigo Atobe, Tezuka Kunimitsu and Shuusuke Fuji in fanfiction and doujinshi, people? Sakuno also verges on the trope.

* MisaimedFandom: [[spoiler: An Tachibana]]'s actions during the Senbatsu arc ''were not supposed to be seen as "awesome" and "proper of a strong female character"''. They were supposed to be a part of AnAesop in regards to how [[spoiler: seeking violent resolution to a conflict '''is not worth it'''.]] Especially considering that [[spoiler: Kirihara could have ''died'' after that StaircaseTumble--and that '''almost everyone blamed Kamio for the incident'''!]] And that [[spoiler: An herself broke down crying in regret when Ryoma unmasked her and Kamio called her out!]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: From the Musical: Hajime Mizuki [[Series/KamenRiderGaim would go on to form a dance team in Zawame City]]. Meanwhile, Kunimitsu Tezuka is [[Series/UchuuSentaiKyuranger the Space Bu-Star, Houou Soldier]]![[note]]Coincidentially enough, Yutaka Kobayashi, Hajime's actor, almost got the part of another Red Sentai Ranger, [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Captain Marvelous]], after he was cast after auditioning for the role, but turned it down for another project[[/note]].

* ShippingGoggles: In many fics and for most of the female viewers, there're very ''few'' that don't get paired with another male character, and is more common to find fics where everyone is gay.
** The most common example are Seigaku fics, with Momo/Ryoma, Tezuka/Fuji, Oishi/Eiji, Inui/Kaidoh and Kawamura is het or paired with Akutsu, or any other combination aside from the {{Fan Preferred Couple}}s. The same applies with Hyotei and Rikkai... or any other school, for that matter.
* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Happens a lot in fanfiction, given that there are A LOT of pretty boys to pair up, even if they haven't have canon interactions. With that said, that didn't stop Konomi from making all those omakes...
** There're also other fans who ship the coaches Hanamura and Sakaki.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The anime does some changes that are better received by the viewers.
** One thing fans agree is that Ryoma gets more humanized in the anime version, as he is shown having a wider emotional range, more interests outside tennis, and stuff he isn't good at (volleyball, billiards, bowling, etc.)
** When the [=OVAs=] start covering the Nationals arc and get praise for portraying some rather... polemic manga scenes [[AdaptationExpansion in a much more understandable and sympathetic light.]] I.e., [[spoiler: Ryoma cutting Atobe's hair when he's still almost unconscious]] in the manga is switched to [[spoiler: Ryoma having second thoughts about it, Taki offering to have his own hair cut instead to spare Atobe the humiliation... and then Atobe swiping Ryoma's razor and willingly cutting his own hair.]] Or [[spoiler: the rendition of the Rikkai matches, which also include flashbacks of the Rikkai regulars anxiously waiting for Yukimura in the hospital, remarking on their TrueCompanions bond.]]

** For the Tenimyus, most of the Seigaku 2nd Cast (except for Yuu Shirota, Hiroki Aiba, Kosuke Kujirai and Hirofumi Araki, who were good singers and actors) the others were ''horribly out of tune''. There were many instances where it was painful to hear them reach high notes (most notably all the songs that featured Osamu Adachi and Hiroki Suzuki singing).

** Rikkai fans have been whining for several ''years'' about how the team was portrayed in the anime and about [[spoiler: ''The Switch'' between Yagyuu and Niou not being featured in their match]]. Lots of fans of the manga often say it of the original after the Hyoutei arc (the anime had caught up to the manga, changes started to be made).
** Subverted later, when the [=OVAs=] start covering the Nationals arc and get praise for portraying some rather... polemic manga scenes [[AdaptationExpansion in a much more understandable and sympathetic light.]] I.e., [[spoiler: Ryoma cutting Atobe's hair when he's still almost unconscious]] in the manga is switched to [[spoiler: Ryoma having second thoughts about it, Taki offering to have his own cut hair instead to spare Atobe the humiliation... and then Atobe swiping Ryoma's razor and willingly cutting his own hair.]] Or [[spoiler: the rendition of the Rikkai matches, which also include flashbacks of the Rikkai regulars anxiously waiting for Yukimura in the hospital, remarking on their TrueCompanions bond.]]

*** Replacing Hiyoshi Wakashi with a [[CanonForeigner new character]], [[CardCarryingVillain Egate Mcleod Higaki]], who was a villain even ''better than Atobe''. On the same page, [[ShrinkingViolet Sakuno]] was replaced by Higaki Shion, who was Egate's ''CuteMute'' sister. Also the inverted AgeLift and AdaptationalAttractiveness of [[CoolOldLady coach]] [[TeamMom Ryuzaki Sumire]] (played here by Hitomi Shimatani), making her Nanjiro's ''kohai'' and [[DemotedToExtra demoting her role to the background]].

** Yuuta's brother complex.

** For the Tenimyus, most of the Seigaku 2nd Cast (except for Shirota Yuu, Aiba Hiroki, Kujirai Kosuke and Araki Hirofumi, who were good singers and actors) the others were ''horribly out of tune''. There were many instances where it was painful to hear them reach high notes (most notably all the songs that featured Adachi Osamu and Suzuki Hiroki singing).
*** It was justified with Yanagi Kotaroh (Ryoma), because his voice was affected by his car accident, but still no excuse for the others. Many fans still forgive his performance because of this.
*** Even thought Araki Hirofumi was a very decent singer (he even had a solo), fans still were fixated on the fact that he was very short to be playing Inui, since even Fuji (who is supposed to be the shortest of the seniors) was taller than him (also justified since Aiba Hiroki is taller).

** For the Live-Action film, even if the film adaptation did not do an AgeLift, it was an abuse of Suspension of Disbelief in the casting of RIKIYA as Egate Mcleod Higaki. You can seriously reassure the guy looks 15-19? That's also applied for the cameos of the rivals, many Tenimyu actors.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: The Tezuka/Fuji duel in the anime is chock-full of symbolism slipping dangerously into HoYay territory.
** Krauser's special technique... ''crucifies'' people.

* AmericansHateTingle: Played a bit in Latin America: While it does has its fans in that region, the fact the ''tennis'' sport itself (along with golf as well) is normally considered as an [[SnootySports elitist sport]] normally reserved for the filthy rich makes ''really hard'' to empathize for Latin American viewers with the cast. Oddly enough, that hasn't prevented to still having a new Latin American Spanish dub at 2021.

* FoeYay: Like you wouldn't even believe! It also doubles as {{Fanservice}}.

* AmericansHateTingle: Played a bit in Latin America: While it does has its fans in that region, the fact the ''tennis'' sport itself (along with golf as well) is normally considered as an elitist sport normally reserved for the filthy rich makes ''really hard'' to empathize for Latin American viewers with the cast. Oddly enough, that hasn't prevented to still having a new Latin American Spanish dub at 2021.

* LGBTFanbase: Oh there was ''plenty'' of gay male fans for this show in its heyday. It still has a gay following somewhat.

* EstrogenBrigade: Due to the CastFullOfPrettyBoys, girls flocked to the franchise in droves, and even more came when the musicals started catching fans' eyes. It's regularly advertised in shoujo magazines and magazines aimed at older female otaku, and there have been several {{Otome Game}}s made based on the series. In fact, most outsiders would probably laugh if you told them this is actually a shounen manga. We're tempted to say that there's so much fangirl squee, that whatever male audience is left is the ''PeripheryDemographic''!