Pendragon Is Mightier Than The Sworddragon
Dang, I was reading the most recent Suzuka manga volumes, and Suzuka has to be one of the hardest to please girlfriends ever! I guess it’s not surprising, considering what she was like in the beginning, but she is so far out of that n00b Yamato’s experience range, that it is painful to watch him [...]
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In spite of its rather lackluster production values, Suzuka really emerged for me as one of the most enjoyable series of 2005. While it’s not flashy or anything, the simple romantic story is well told and the characters are really wonderful. Unlike in other series, Suzuka doesn’t just fall head over heels for Yamato and [...]
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Tired from all the slapping, Suzuka heads home all wet and bedraggled. Yamato has to tell Miki about what happened, but decides not to apologize to Suzuka. As he tells Yasunobu, he doesn’t feel he did anything wrong. Yasunobu is rather unsure, however, and wonders at what kind of mad skillz this Tsuda has. Naturally [...]
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At the shrine, Suzuka decides it’s a good time to finally have a complete flashback about what happened to Tsuda. On that day we see Suzuka excitedly talking about Tsuda as her older sister realizes that Suzuka has the hots for the rocket starter. Naturally Suzuka denies these feelings, but then Miyamoto gives her the [...]
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Suzuka clears her high jump and now can start looking ahead to the Kantou tournament, but Yamato doesn’t fare as well. Just as Miyamoto suspected, Yamato is unable to master the new style of running; even though Yamato’s curve is looking good, he lacks the acceleration at the end to beat Arima. Although this style [...]
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Miyamoto isn’t captain for nothing, and he busts out some speed-time graphs comparing Yamato, Arima, and the number one runner in the world. Clearly Yamato can’t prolong running at top speed, so Miyamoto advocates changing Yamato’s style to delay peaking. Yamato feels he can improve his style in time for the tournament, and enlists Miki’s [...]
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