Dear Konomi-sensei:
Did you watch the Wimbledon finals? If so, you would have seen how tennis SHOULD be. The guy I was rooting for lost, and yet, I couldn't bring myself to be disappointed. I respected both players immensely.
That is how your series SHOULD have ended. Sadness and maybe regret for the loss for a previous champion, but optimism and respect for the winner who came so far and fought so hard. The epic 'passing of the torch'.
I don't know about the rest of your 'fanbase', but most people *I* know would have kissed you if you'd gone about it that way, instead of subverting your own canon and messing with your own characters to the point where they weren't even the same characters any of us knew and grew to love anymore.
SO, MAYBE THINK ABOUT IT SO THAT YOU DON'T BLOW YOUR *NEXT* SERIES and have to rely on releasing 239847298462938423 character CDs and video games and ten billion kinds of merch to keep it going.
I'm sure you could have worked a great ending into all your super speshul majik tennis FX, and you totally double-faulted on it.
SINCERELY,
Someone who willingly accepts defeat at the hands of a REALLY good fight.
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P.S. Since Tenipuri has officially ended, I have some ideas for your next big hit.
- Yakuza no Oujisama. Who's REALLY behind the Japanese mafia? MIDDLE SCHOOLERS! Obligatory drugs, sex, and violence. Cameo by Atobe.
- Japan's Next Top Prince. SUPER IDOL DRAMA. 40 Middle school boys vie for the title of Japan's next super idol Prince. Obligatory homoeroticism, catfights, and bad fashion choices. Cameo by Mizuki.
- Extinction of the Dinosaurs: What Really Happened? (Documentary). How Tezuka destroyed the dinosaurs and caused an Ice Age. Starring: Johnny Depp as Tezuka Kunimitsu.