Right now there isn't anything noteworthy on the serialization scene so I bought some stuff for a change.
New Prince of Tennis V5 - AKA the X-ray episode. As one reviewer puts it, this is what sets NPoT from nearly just suck since it takes bad to an art form. This arc is about how a guy trained himself to develop X-ray vision and then apply it to the game of tennis and apparently gaining some kind of advantage from that (it seems his enemy have Naruto eye powers and X-ray vision prevents it from working, or something). If you've never seen Prince of Tennis, you should check this one out because this is pretty crazy even by PoT standards, since it's not even clear how this power could help you become better at tennis to begin with.
Dorabase V17 - Dorabase, if you recall, is a story about robot cat overlords (designated Dora-XYZ or XYZ-emon) playing baseball in the 22nd century. The main character's team, the Doras, has 5 out of the 9 players in the starting lineup in team Japan, including the best 3 players (starting pitcher, #3 batter, #5 batter). Inexplicably, the Doras are always the underdogs even though not even the New York Yankees boost this kind of dominance. Their eternal rival is Shiroemon, who is Japan's #2 pitcher, but for the most part it seems like Kuroemon and Aemon of the Doras absolutely pound this guy and Shiroemon went through multiple shoulder replacements just to try to stay ahead of them (though replacing a shoulder probably isn't a big deal for a robot).
Kuroemon, Aemon, and Takaemon were intentionally walked on every single at bat in the championship game in an odd nod to strategy (seems like they'd have hit a home run every bat otherwise), which goes to show just how extremely overpowered this team is, and the Doras actually lost the championship game. Reading this reminds me of the jokes about how the Miami Heat needs to get Chris Paul and Dwight Howard to win a championship because having 3 of the top 10 players just isn't enough.
New Prince of Tennis V5 - AKA the X-ray episode. As one reviewer puts it, this is what sets NPoT from nearly just suck since it takes bad to an art form. This arc is about how a guy trained himself to develop X-ray vision and then apply it to the game of tennis and apparently gaining some kind of advantage from that (it seems his enemy have Naruto eye powers and X-ray vision prevents it from working, or something). If you've never seen Prince of Tennis, you should check this one out because this is pretty crazy even by PoT standards, since it's not even clear how this power could help you become better at tennis to begin with.
Dorabase V17 - Dorabase, if you recall, is a story about robot cat overlords (designated Dora-XYZ or XYZ-emon) playing baseball in the 22nd century. The main character's team, the Doras, has 5 out of the 9 players in the starting lineup in team Japan, including the best 3 players (starting pitcher, #3 batter, #5 batter). Inexplicably, the Doras are always the underdogs even though not even the New York Yankees boost this kind of dominance. Their eternal rival is Shiroemon, who is Japan's #2 pitcher, but for the most part it seems like Kuroemon and Aemon of the Doras absolutely pound this guy and Shiroemon went through multiple shoulder replacements just to try to stay ahead of them (though replacing a shoulder probably isn't a big deal for a robot).
Kuroemon, Aemon, and Takaemon were intentionally walked on every single at bat in the championship game in an odd nod to strategy (seems like they'd have hit a home run every bat otherwise), which goes to show just how extremely overpowered this team is, and the Doras actually lost the championship game. Reading this reminds me of the jokes about how the Miami Heat needs to get Chris Paul and Dwight Howard to win a championship because having 3 of the top 10 players just isn't enough.
