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Goal in Life, there's It Amused Me but by your examples it seems to be subverted. (Acting out of pure sake having fun) There's the Motivation Index if I happened to miss anything.
I don't think we have that specific trope, a focus in a story where the levels of one's dedication are being measured. Although, it sounds slightly like The Power of Love. I'm at loss.
Creative output heya.
Hm...well, I can see my part of my second example being a subversion to Goal in Life, seeing as he's twice used shogi as a method to avoid problems rather than just for the game.
How about we pedal it back a bit to the basic concept, though, since I don't think "love of the game/sport" has to necessarily be synonymous to dedication or motivation here, and me being that specific about it seems to have lead to a dead end for most people who saw this. So is there anything that emphasizes the importance of actual enjoyment of the game/sport a work revolves around, sometimes as an element toward success or sometimes not?
Edit: Sorry, I was Troping Under The Influence of sleep deprivation.
Edited by Miss_Desperado If not for this anchor I'd be dancing between the stars. At least I can try to write better vampire stories than Twilight.
Spirited Competitor and To Be a Master also play into this.
Edited by Scorpion451
Are there any tropes for where the love of the sport/competition/game/etc. is a theme or moral of work, or for when one character tells another character that he's lacking love for said sport/game, and its one of the contributing factors to his losses?
Examples:
- Piano no Mori: The deuteragonist, a Technician in piano, asks one of the other characters if he will ever play in a way that will move the hearts and emotions of others like the protagonist, the Performer, does. The character responds that he needs to "love [his] piano more."
- Sangatsu no Lion: One of the ongoing issues with the protagonist, a professional shogi player, is that he does not truly love the game as much as he probably should. The first time he was asked on whether or not he liked the game, he said yes, but as a lie to avoid being put into foster care by uncaring relatives. His stepsister is aware of his lack of actual love for the game at that time, and snidely calls him out on it once in a while. One of his peers/rivals in professional circuit, while unaware of his exact circumstances, calls him out for not "cherishing his shogi" enough, while the protagonist is experiencing a string of losses.
Edited by Bakazuki