Sixth Counter

Sixth Counter of Fuji Syuusuke from Prince of Tennis, Hoshi Hanabi. Let me explain how it works if you still don't understand the illustrations.

Firstly, some background knowledge, Fuji's Fifth Counter, " Gatekeeper of Hetaconchieres " forces his opponent's shot not to go across the net. (now, realise how imbal is that, that is almost saying "your opponent will never be able to return this shot"). But his opponent, managed to return it by countering the spin of the Fifth counter and barely pull a Cord Ball (a ball that hit the tip of the net and crosses it barely).

The 6th counter is a counter to counter Cord Balls. Imagine if you can, he will lob the ball up high from the net (which is tumbling at an abrnomal spin...), he lobs it so high and out of sight. (wow), and then because the stadium (which the final is taking place), is open air and there is wind and since Fuji is a genius (he can READ WIND directions!!!, and im serious!), the abnormal spin sends the ball into the audience's seat and bounces from the audience seat onto the court. Now, how much imagination would that take.

That is my definition of the Sixth Counter. " Hoshi Hanabi " which translates into "star fireworks". Very suited name.

Just when I thought Echizen's "Cool drive" is really absurd.

I know not everybody reads/watches Prince of Tennis, but it's really a hilarious (yet at the same time, allows one to think chimeral and induldge in fantasy tennis shots that would never have a chance to exist in real life, it makes me wonder whether the author's (mangaka's) imagination will ever reach a state of repletion, and it makes me feel that his creativity and absurdness in work is exponentially rising, dramatically)...

Sighs, and claps. Prince of tennis is very unrealistic yet it it is unrealistically interesting.