[Prince of Tennis, Another Story] EP4 - The Trials of Rikkai

[emothy]

[ Prince of Tennis, Another Story ]
EP4 - The Trials of Rikkai




Kirihara: Starting today, I'm a Rikkai Middle School freshman, huh?
Kirihara: At this school I'll join the tennis club that's number one in the nation!
Kirihara: Then I'll become number one!
Teacher: Hey! what do you think you're doing up there? Get yourself down this instant!
Kirihara: S-Sorry!





Teacher: Look sharp, Kirihara! ...You realise you slept through the entire lesson.
Kirihara: Oh no! [grabs his bag and turns to leave]
Teacher: Wait now, I'm not through talking to you!
Kirihara: I'm sorry, but I got something real important to do!
Teacher: I have something real important for you to do, too.
Kirihara: Eeeep

---

Marui: Freshman, get in line!
Jackal: Hmm...
Marui: How is it? How's new member registration going?
Jackal: We've got three time the people as last year.
Marui: Yeah but... Doesn't look like any of them are that tough.
Jackal: Most of them came to register because they want to watch. We'll have a lot of drop-outs half a month from now.
Marui: Oh yeah! That kid isn't here.
Jackal: Kid?
Marui: Y'know! The one on top of the main gate. The one howling, "I'll be number one!"
Jackal: ...Right, there was that idiot.

---


Kirihara: Damn it! Now I'm super late!
Kirihara: Okay... Now where was the tennis club room?
Kirihara: Hey, you! Hey, are you maybe from the tennis club? Where's the club room? Can you tell me?
Niou: Heh.

---

Kirihara: Sorry I'm late!
Yagyuu: Do you have business in the Student Council Room?
Kirihara: Student Council Room? This is the Student Council Room?
Yagyuu: It is indeed.
Kirihara: That's weird...
Yagyuu: Someone's played a trick on you then. What a troublesome fellow he must be.





Kirihara: That bastard... He sure got me good!
Kirihara: I'll knock him one for sure!
Kirihara: Dang it, where is that guy? [gets a poke on the cheek] What're you doing?!
Marui: This is what you're lookin' for, isn't it?
Kirihara: Club Entry Registration? That's right! This is it! I'm the freshman, Kirihara Akaya! Rikkai Middle School Tennis Club's Super Rookie! The Kirihara of whom you have heard so much... is me!
Marui: [snorts] ...HEHEHEHE.
Kirihara: Is it possible you haven't heard of me? That's weird. I'm a pretty well known guy in the Junior League.
Jackal: We can go through that after you hand in your registration. Go get changed quick, then you can join the others in swing practice.
Kirihara: Huh, swing practice? You're kidding! Don't you think I can get right to having a match with the strongest guys? See, I want to make it to number one A.S.A.P.
(Third Year): Who are you?
Kirihara: I know you! You're from this, you're these guys, right? [pulls out magazine with Nationals article in it] See! Right?
(Third Year): That's from when we won the National Tournament.
Kirihara: Oh man, what an honor! I have always admired you guys.
Kirihara: 'If I can defeat these guys, I'll be number one in the nation!'

---


Jackal: Is this for real?
Marui: He won every single match.
Kirihara: What's this? Getting to number one was easier'n I thought.
Yukimura: What on earth is all this fuss?
(Third Year): Yukimura! Sanada! Yanagi!
Yukimura: It would seem you've been taken, sempai.
Sanada: You, new boy. What are you trying to pull?
Kirihara: What'm I trying to pull? Can't you tell by lookin'? Just now I made myself number one in this club!
Sanada: What's that?
Kirihara: But I guess the Nation's best ain't so much after all! I kinda thought you'd be a little stronger.
Sanada: You brat!
Yukimura: I think we might need to teach this one a little lesson.
Kirihara: What's all this? Why do I have to play a bunch of second years like you?
Sanada: Silence. Save your bullshit for when you win the match.





Yukimura: You'd best leave for the day. Even if you should continue, you have no chance of winning.
Marui: ...Hey, are you okay?
Kirihara: Shut up!
Marui: Hey!
Marui: ...Oh well, there he went.
Sanada: What a joke.




Yukimura: That boy didn't come today, either.
Sanada: When someone disturbs the observance of order, he is not qualified to join the Rikkai Tennis Club.
Yukimura: I see.
Sanada: However, talent... Isn't something I can let alone.
Yukimura: [chuckles]

---


Kirihara: Damn it! I lost the video game too? Who is this fem-freak anyway?!
Marui: That'd be me!
Kirihara: ...I might be first class, but there's no way I'm joining the tennis club!
Marui: What's that? Still can't deal with the fact that you lost?
Kirihara: Even though those guys are just second-years, what the heck are they?
Jackal: The people you faced...
Marui: -Who wants to stand around talking in a place like this? How 'bout we go eat some ramen? What? It's a treat of course! From Jackal here.
Jackal: From me?!

---


Jackal: You see? The ones who got Rikkai the National Cup last year... Were these three. Yanagi is called, 'The Master', Yukimura is called, 'The Demigod', and Sanada is called, 'The Emperor', as their second names. All together the three of them are called the Rikkai Tennis Club's "Big Three".
Kirihara: Big Three?
Marui: Basically, it's not just within Rikkai. Even out of the whole country, they're extraordinarily strong. You were facing guys that awesome. You should be happy!
Kirihara: I should be happy? I'm not going to be satisfied with that!
Jackal: You can play those guys until you're sick; it's probably just a matter of pure ability.
Marui: But that's fine! They're people you can be proud of.
Kirihara: I don't know anything about some "Big Three", but they're just middle schoolers like me! I'll take all three of 'em together and bring them down!
Jackal: Is he serious?




Yukimura: That boy... He reminds me of how you were back then. At the Junior Tournament two years ago, when you were in elementary school, struggling with that match, and Tezuka had come from nowhere to defeat you completely.
( Sanada: Someday... Someday, I... I'll become number one!)
Yukimura: After that you took up practice upon practice, and finally reached the highest peak.
Yukimura: People become stronger in measure equal to their knowledge of defeat.
Yukimura: Just as you did back then.

---


Kirihara: Today at three in the afternoon, come to the tennis court. An' don't you run off.
Yukimura: He's really quite a handful, isn't he?
Sanada: These kanji are full of errors. He's too careless!
( Missrs, Yukimura Seiichi, Sanada Genichirou, and Yanagi Renji:
Today, 3:00PN* At the school tennis chord*, I'm going to crash* you all fare* and square.
-- Kirihara Akaya.)


Sanada: Leave this one to me.
Yanagi: Well, Genichirou certainly is being personable.
Yukimura: He's unexpectedly fond of that reckless child.
Kirihara: Here I go.
Sanada: Oh? I'd say your power and speed have improved since last time.
Kirihara: If all you do is move your mouth, you'll suffer; just watch!
Sanada: Too weak! Be swift, just as the wind.
Jackal: There it is, Sanada's Fuurin Kazan.
Marui: Oh wow. I couldn't see the swing at all.
Yanagi: A Split-Step?
Kirihara: I'm not fallin' for the same trick!
Jackal: But that was Fuurin Kazan's Wind!
Marui: He returned it?!
Yukimura: Eh? So this opponent can keep Sanada in a rally...
Yanagi: But even still, Kirihara is outmatched. At this rate, he has no hope of winning.






Kirihara: I'm going to defeat the "Big Three", and become number one!
Marui: A rising shot?
Sanada: Pursue silence, just as the forest.
Kirihara: He took away all the ball's power.
Jackal: Fuurin Kazan's Forest.
Kirihara: I'm not gonna lose!
Sanada: I'm finishing this!

---


Sanada: I'd say that does it.
Kirihara: Hold it right there. Don't you run off.
Marui: What's with his eyes?
Kirihara: I'm gonna waste you.
Jackal: Are you serious? Sanada's getting pushed around?
Marui: He should use the impenetrable guard, Fuurin Kazan's Mountain! Why hasn't he invoked it?
Yukimura: He did invoke it... Quite some time ago.
Sanada: That's fine-
Sanada: I'll just stop holding back!




Sanada: Invade and lay waste, just as the fire!
Kirihara: What was that... just now?
Jackal: That's Fire. Sanada invoked Fire at last.
Sanada: What's wrong? Are you finished now?
Kirihara: Nowhere close!
Yukimura: That's enough! This is your loss, Kirihara-kun.
Kirihara: My...
Yukimura: That's right. This is your loss. With the strength you have now, no matter how often you try the result will be the same.
Yanagi: But you can become stronger.
Sanada: Join the tennis club. Set your eye on even greater heights. We will play you at any time.

---


Kirihara: I'm going to join the tennis club! But it's not 'cause I lost, got it? It's so someday I can beat you and become number one!
Sanada: Is that so? Alright. In that case, start with the basics. One hundred laps around the grounds, right now.
Kirihara: One hundred laps? Right now?!
Niou: [removes wig]
Jackal: Guess that kid got tricked by Niou again.
Marui: He really is a neat kid!
Yukimura: I'd say things are starting to get fun.
Sanada: Honestly, he's too careless!



(Images can be used, but I'd appreciate credit because it took ages to put them all together!)

Comments

[emothy]

me: ...screencapping this is such a good idea, I keep thinking things like, "wow the Rikkai tennis club indoor part is actually huge - Seigaku don't even have one", and "I wonder if this court layout is consistent in every episode", and "I think the troika must not be there on the courts initially because it's the beginning of the school year and Yukimura has just been chosen to step up as captain so there's things to deal with".
Cinnamon: You need to jot down those ideas so that way you can mention them in your post
I should maybe go through and do that as well, look at things a little closer and consider the details.
me: We have time for that :D I'm making up some images and then I also want to quote and maybe screencap particular subtitles if they're important to characterization and then in the comments we can discuss!
Cinnamon: Yeah, that will be a good thing to do!
And probably lots of fun, to think about canon and characterizations and everything.
me: there's one thing I totally love in this episode; I am so sick of the freshman defeats regulars thing - Echizen, Atobe, Kirihara, BUT the way Kirihara sees the seniors and gushes at them XD But once he's beaten them and then finds out who the real strength of the team are he's really, REALLY rude to them in comparison.
Cinnamon: Oh I love that bit! xD Kirihara is such a little brat there, disrespectful and everything.
Honestly, it shows that he has the same mentality as the rest of the team - be the best :D
me: lol, that's true. He gets totally smug over himself very quickly XD
Cinnamon: Yeah he does xD
And then he falls and crashes thanks to the troika
me: Oh they are so responsible for Kirihara going crazy, I blame them for that totally XD
Cinnamon: Yeah, they definitely are.

[thelittleone]

But wasn't it always the troika's fault? XD We can blame Sanada in particular, since it was Sanada who was playing him when he went into red-eye mode.

(me to Noey)

[emothy]

- "Even if you should continue, you have no chance of winning."
<-- you know what gets me about this? I mean, we see it a few times in canon but Yukimura overall not so much, so it's obviously way overblown out of proportion how much he actually says it, but it's interesting. It's kind of like the Insight, but mostly it's just completely psychological. Tell your opponent they won't win, back it up with intimidating skill and they will lose in their own mind way before the scores are settled.

Re: (me to Noey)

[thelittleone]

Seiichi and his mind games. I swear. He scares me sometimes, but I LOVE IT.

Re: (me to Noey)

[fairytales]

I want to say I read a quote about tennis that talked about it being a psychological game. Can't remember it exactly and don't even know if it's true, but if you consider the game, it makes sense. It's usually just two people, rather than a team, so there is the 'me vs. the world' mentality to the game.

These great players, the ones who do play with the psychology of stuff, they have the determination to win; they might love the game for the game itself, but they want to win and be the very best. That adds into the psychological factors - you have to do whatever you can in order to win. If it means playing mind games, then that is what you have to do.

Obviously Yukimura, and Rikkai, have no problem with the psychological aspects of the game. Consider the switch done by Niou and Yagyuu in the manga - total mind games right there. And Niou's playing tricks on Fuji later on? More mind stuff.

I'd venture to say Yukimura encourages it. All of the players on Rikkai tend to have a lot of mental strategies and tricks and they're a team willing to do whatever it takes to win, even if it means being a bunch of bastards.

Re: (me to Noey)

[emothy]

Noey: SO SO SO
ABOUT TRIALS OF RIKKAI
me: What about it? XD
Noey: i cannot unwrap my brain from the yukimura quote
cos i really want to work it into the rikkai!high continuity
Noey: WE CAN SPECULATE?
toss me your theories while i bask in massu pictures for iconage
and you see, this is why i want to believe that there will be more OAVs
STUFF LIKE THAT
me: YES. Need more Rikkai, need backstory, need information and team interaction omg.
Noey: YES
me: ...urgh, Yukimura is definitely a character I find it harder to wrap my head around. Possibly because we're so different XD Looking at the actual words and phrasing of the quote I CAN see it as not being from his own personal experience. I think that a part of me just wants it to be regardless. I suppose there's also the possibility of this being something someone in his family taught him, (is it wrong that it strikes me as something a woman would say as opposed to a man, the way it's phrased?), mother or grandmother. But to me that would still require some kind of personal experience to lead someone to comfort/reassure him that trials are a test of character.
(I do all this rambling and get NOWHERE).
Noey: lol. we will get somewhere, i swear.
THINK OF ICONS AT THE END OF THIS.
it does sound like something woman would say. the phrasing maybe.
me: THIS IS WHY I STARTED WRITING ABRIDGED I SWEAR. I needed fic to vent out how much I just do not get Yukimura.
Noey: i can't say for sure because i don't know the gender-bits of how it's spoken in japanese, but if we are to take it as it is in english, def something a woman would say
YES
LMAO
well okay. let's run on the idea that it is a woman. what do we know -- we know he has both his parents still, we know more about his father than we do his mother.
though very little at that
me: ...there's also the possibility that one of his parents suffered a set-back (demotion at work for a rough example?) and he was at an age to understand enough that it worried him and then his mother could have explained that sometimes that sort of thing just goads people to work harder? I don't know, I think I'm talking rubbish now.
Noey:
no no no
dude
i like that theory
Noey: okay, back to yukimura
do you think it might have been his dad?
where did he take up elementary btw?
me: Elementary School: Minami Shounan Elementary School
Noey: do you think that school exists?
me: I think they might all be made up :/
Noey: damn
/brain is trying to speculate
oho
okay. just positing an idea
his father's in an ad agency right?
what if there was supposed to be a promotion
but it got taken away and given to ssomeone else?
i mean its not pretty but
THEN AGAIN
we can just make vague references to whatever it could be
IDK
me: The only thing to think on with my own theory here is why he would be so at peace with the situation, otherwise the lesson learnt would be more likely "pride before a fall" XD OR do we totally put Yukimura's attitude down to being learnt from his parent(s) - hardships make us stronger, we have to work for everything, to be the best, (and possibly this experience makes him decide losing is not allowed?)
Noey: i think i like that theory
i mean, he's obviously afforded a lot of luxuries in life and allowed to pursue his passions -- only, he goes to such extremes
okay refresh my memory, but was it specifically said in the anime that he might never play tennis again?
me: Yeah; in the Nationals episode flashbacks he overhears a doctor saying it
(Which is so awful)
Noey: (it is)
because, okay let's put it this way. what if, he knows (as the elder brother) that in anything he does, he has to be like his parents: all or nothing because all gets you everything and anything less would.. idk.
cos i cannot not think of that quote in light of what eventually happens.
me: It's kind of impossible not to :x
Noey: i don't think it's pride before the fall. because yukimura is proud because he knows what he is capable of.
shit. okay. think of it like this: tezuka is GOOD. natural talent and all that shit. atobe has everything going for him because his family is filthy rich and he could do whatever he wanted.
my impression of yukimura is that he was permitted to pursue dreams: a.k.a. tennis
BUT
me: Oh I agree with that; he never ever acts anything other than confident of victory based on experience, he doesn't get smug or "assume" his victory; he just knows the only option is to win XD
Noey: that is over and above everything else
school, etcetc
yes
and we have to lookat the rikkai regulars
sanada is anal. let's face it. it's true. sanada HATES losing. HATES falling short ESPECIALLY since he knows he's good.
Renji is a calmer (less temperamental) version of that.
but renji is constantly striving for perfection as well
akaya.
i cnnot help but feel like there's so much said in that oav
me: (because Renji can use data to forsee the outcome and knows when it's possible he should win and therefore a loss would be illogical as well as unacceptable XD)
Noey: like how yukimura points out that damn, he didn't show up
or when he sees akaya
(YES)
and then there are the doubles teams
yukimura appreciates and values hard work
like, working yourself to the bone and throwing everything into your passion
its a huge signpost that calls to him
<-- we are slipping into my headcanon now
so if he grew up with that kind of mentality, and if his own familiar experience proved it as truth,
i think he would incerely believe it
and then to get sick. THAT WAY.
to hear the doctors say "oh, he'll probably never play again"
its the ultimate slap in the face
me: That scene when Yukimura points out to Sanada that Akaya didn't show up again, I love it so much. Because they KNOW they've really crushed that kid and yet they are waiting for him on his own to come back XD They expect so much from him from the get-go.
Noey: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSsss
OMG
TROIKA
WTF
me: EVIL

[emothy]

"After that you took up practice upon practice, and finally reached the highest peak."

Yukimura didn't go to elementary school with Sanada, but obviously was at the Junior Tournament. Sanada and Renji were in the same class in first year junior high. [reference], so I think it makes sense that Sanada told Yanagi about this rather than Yukimura directly.

[thelittleone]

Okay, I clearly mucked up with my canon timeline, because I'd totally forgotten that Yukimura wasn't from Rikkai originally. And now I can't help but wonder why Yukimura went to Rikkai and how he and Sanada grew to be so close.

This is ttly reshuffling my head-canon.

[emothy]

- "People become stronger in measure equal to their knowledge of defeat."

Yukimura's quote about defeat; I still want to explore - just how would he know? It's clearly not a reference to tennis because we know he's undefeated. Which makes it a lesson he's learnt elsewhere in life, which intrigues me insanely.

[thelittleone]

I freaking LOVE this quote. And yes, this should be explored because it is just begging to be explained.

On a not-so-random note, I'm wondering if there might be any other OAVs on Rikkai. Just thinking out loud.

[fairytales]

This begs the question of where did he learn defeat, like you said. There are a number of other possibilities that can come up - illness in childhood, bad grades, loss of friends or something (or maybe he encountered a loss in tennis at a young age, in a private game, that made him strive to be the best).

This and the quote above make me wonder about Yukimura. He implies that Sanada is at the peak there. Does he think about the future at all? Think about the tennis after this moment? Or does he expect Sanada - and himself, in extension - to always be at the top?

It makes it interesting to consider this in terms of his surgery and subsequent defeat at the hands of Echizen.

last one for now;

[emothy]

- Sanada's hat. Somebody who watched this episode wondered why the hat was gone during second year if only to find it on during elementary school in the flashback. I'm really tempted here to make a big symbol out of the hat; Tezuka defeats Sanada and he throws the hat off, a childish, protective thing. Through first (presumably) and second year it is gone, but come third year perhaps he has his confidence back, his belief that he is strong enough to defeat Tezuka (we certainly get evidence of that belief at Senbatsu in the anime), and so he can re-don the cap? Make sense?

Re: last one for now;

[thelittleone]

Shit Em. I hate you. I want to write this. I CANNOT UNSEE.

Re: last one for now;

[fairytales]

I can't think of what else to add to that. xD

[emothy]

Wait, a point about somebody else for a change because I do mean to do that at some point XD

Yagyuu - not in the tennis club at the beginning of second year. Totally fits my canon, I'm sure we'd all found out at some point he wasn't a tennis-head like some of the other series characters. What about anyone else, has it ruined anyone else's canon? XD

[thelittleone]

Lol. Well, original canon did show that Yagyuu was in the golf club and it was essentially Niou's fault that he got dragged brought over to tennis. Fits in my canon juuuuuuuuuuuust fine.

[fairytales]

I don't remember how it went in the manga, vs. the anime, but this totally fits into my head canon (which is probably your canon too xD).

It's obvious he knows Niou from the 'Yagyuu: Someone's played a trick on you then. What a troublesome fellow he must be.' comment. He at least has some knowledge of the other boy. But how much? What does he know? And Niou knows of him. Again - how much and what? Why, even?

This makes me want to read the manga again, at least those chapters!

NEW THREAD: WHO STAYS ON THE SENIOR!HIGH TENNIS CIRCUIT?

[fairytales]

So, who do you think stays on the senior high circuit? :D

I LOVE YOUUUUU CYYYYYN

[thelittleone]

HYOUTEI. I can see the whole team there.

I'm very torn about Seigaku, because the anime shows that Oishi is shifting schools as a kick-start to pursuing medicine. I know Taka-san said specifically that he won't be playing in senior high because he'll be focusing on the family business.

I can see Fudoumine. Not sure about Yamabuki or St. Rudolph, but then again, I'm terrible for not being invested in them.

NEW THREAD: WHO GOES PRO?

[fairytales]

Who goes into the professional world of tennis?

Re: NEW THREAD: WHO GOES PRO?

[thelittleone]

Barring the happy!accidents AU:

YUKIMURA You're right Cyn. Tezuka.

Not sure about Atobe. He *is* the sole heir to his family's empire and I always saw him more of building his personal kingdom than participating in Wimbledon. THIS IS JUST ME, MIND YOU. If he doesn't go onto Pro Tennis though, I can see him flying out to watch the shows for real or maybe investing in his kohais who are serious about going into the big leagues.

[fic snippet!]

[emothy]

Intuition, Analysis, Emotion.

-

Later on, once practice is settled back into normalcy again and ended some time later, Yanagi can't help having regrets. He approaches Yukimura only when everyone else is gone to talk about the freshman who upset the day's practice, if only momentarily.

"Was what we did wise?"

"You worry too much," Yukimura says. "About things you don't have data for. Why don't you go and look him up? Kirihara Akaya; he told Marui he's well-known on the junior circuit."

-

"Kirihara Akaya," Yanagi says, placing his book down open on the desk and pushing it in Yukimura's direction. "Is a very talented player. It's good that he has come to Rikkai. We can make him better than talented; we can make him exceptional. As good as any one of us."

"Better?" Yukimura asks pointedly. He always thinks to the future, to making sure Rikkai does not go downhill without them once they are gone, even though it is only the beginning of second year. Leaving a legacy behind is just as important as the accomplishments they achieve now.

"Should we approach him?" Yanagi asks cautiously. He says 'we' because he does not want to volunteer himself for the job, and doesn't know if Yukimura might prefer to do it anyway. Or if it is wise at all.

"Leave him; he'll come back. If he's serious about becoming the best he won't be able to keep away."

-

The only thing Yukimura is concerned about in regards to Kirihara is where Sanada stands. He watches over the freshman as they do their drills but his mind is clearly elsewhere.

"That boy didn't come today, either," Yukimura says as he leans against the gate. Sanada barely turns to meet his eyes, but that's not unusual; knowing he is so easy to read means it's much safer for Sanada to keep his expressions out of Yukimura and Yanagi's direct sight.

"When someone disturbs the observance of order, he is not qualified to join the Rikkai Tennis Club," Sanada says simply. Yukimura may be content for the team to cause chaos around him, but Sanada cannot handle it. The last thing they need is another undisciplined player.

"I see," Yukimura replies. This he had expected.

"However," Sanada continues, and Yukimura had expected this, too. "Talent... Isn't something I can let alone."

Yukimura chuckles to himself. Sanada is prepared to give the boy a chance, so long as he finds the discipline to bring himself back. It's reassuring to know they are all on the same page after all, the three of them.

-

Re: [fic snippet!]

[fairytales]

OMG SO THEM.

The Troika is always on the same page. They are so amazing. And akaya! Even though he's not in the fic, he's such a huge presence! :D

RE: Last year's Nationals team of Regulars.

[emothy]

Today I noticed something when rewatching this on the coach; there are nine people in the picture. Nine. Why nine? I mean, you need eight members. Seven to play and one reserve. Seigaku are the only team I can think of in canon who have more than the seven or eight because of the way their Regulars shifted and got injured in canon. So I'm just wondering if there's a justifiable reason for nine members in the photograph (and whether I can work a reason into fic).

Also on a related note, the members; three of those members are the troika, and three of those members are the ones Kirihara accosts, praises, and then beats the hell out of on the court XD So out of the nine team members three were freshman and three were second years at the time, at least. This can all be related back to the questioning of Rikkai's motto and whether it came about before or not I think. The team did not have enough third years to take them to Nationals and so the team was comprised of younger members.

Thirdly, I have been thinking about and making notes on fic for the troika entering freshman year and how they get onto the team (and trying to explore Yukimura's scary way of playing tennis, and the way Sanada seems to know it from experience. So there XD). So if anyone says anything to skew my fic plans I will crush them! XD XD XD

Re: Last year's Nationals team of Regulars.

[thelittleone]

NO OPPOSITION FROM OVER HERE. AS LONG AS I GET EM FIC I WILL BE HAPPY.

[emothy]

OH and!
For my fic, eventually: Yanagi as a freshman tries to give the seniors his data to help them and they turn their noses up at him. Later on once Yukimura places him on the Regulars Yanagi tries again to give him a notebook.
Yukimura: Isn't all this in your head anyway?
Yanagi: Yes.
Yukimura: Then I trust you. I don't need the notebook.

And that is the story of why Yanagi doesn't write in notebooks like Inui does XD