Introduce yourself - RYOSAKU L Squad Productions Forum

Topic: Introduce yourself

Do you feel relatively new to the fandom?

Feel like you haven't made very many RyoSaku friends, and want to make more?

Feel like no one's reading your fics?

Well, maybe that's because no one knows you're a RyoSaku fan. So introduce yourself. Tell us how you contributed to the fandom to spark our memories. Tell us where you're from. Or just say hi. Hi is good too. =)

#1 Dec 15th 2005, 3:49pm . Edited Dec 15th 2005, 4:41pm

xMeme

I am not usually good at introductions but here goes...

My name is Meme and I've been writing RyoSaku fics since last year. However, I can't say that I am a loyal fan since I've been guilty of shipping and/or writing fics involving crack pairings *cough* KiriSaku,KinSaku *cough* .But RyoSaku still remains as my most favorite het pairing in tenipuri. X D I hope I meet more RyoSaku fans here.

#2 Dec 15th 2005, 7:08pm

Hi!

I'm Ames. I'm Vietnamese, Buddhist and in the IB program. I'm from the oh sunny Florida, which I loathe for living here for 17 years. I have two fics, Mot Tram and to Catch. Which, I will start over the winter break since I can't really write fics during school or what not. IB takes most of my time or I'm either sleeping or studying. If you are ever around LJ, please look up the community, _ryosaku. I know there are many RyoSaku fans out there, though are too shy to speak out or to spread out the word. I rarely get online (especially AIM, those instant messages programs) because I'm lazy to type in my password.

~Ames

#3 Dec 16th 2005, 9:36am

Ames, your fics are really cute. I remember Mot Tram. And about the _ryosaku community, thanks for the link. You actually put it in the RLSP guestbook, and that's how I found Meme's LJ, *lol*. I hate LJ, but since I have a few buddies that use it, I visit from time to time. Thanks for the heads up. ^o^

BTW, what's IB? Is that like AP(Advance Placement)? And you're from Florida! Cool. I'll be visiting there for a work conference next year, *lol*. Hope everything is ok, w/ the hurricanes and all.

#4 Dec 17th 2005, 9:06am

loveling

'Allo. I am ginny and I'm seventeen years old, 18 on december 24. I'm born and raised in the bay area.

Hm, relatively new to the fandom? Er. No. I entered the fandom when Cinpii's Solitude was still a oneshot.

I have very mixed feelings about the RyoSaku fandom. I have so many RyoSaku/PoT fics I wanna write, and I've written quite a few. Originally I started to write RyoSaku fics to spread my RyoSaku love, but for a while I've wanted to quit writing RyoSaku now and then. I used to be a rabid RyoSaku fic reader but now I hardly read RyoSaku fics, I only write.

#5 Dec 17th 2005, 8:08pm

Yay, Ginny's here! Yanno, I'm with you. My love for the fandom wanes. It really helps when I stumble across a good fic, but those are far and few in between. I find that writing my own RyoSaku fics are more satisfying than relying on others to feed the need. That doesn’t stop me from trying to support the fandom when I can though.

It’s good to see you here, Ginny. Ganbatte on your writing. Your fics rock. ^o^

#6 Dec 18th 2005, 7:41pm

beriath

This is Beriath, Cinpii's partner in crime and is the lazy webmistress of Ryosaku L. Squad Productions. I'm weak in the writing department so I enjoy more sketching fanfics, preferrably to pick a scene of my fave stories to doodle. I became part of the fandom thanks to Cinpii, whose fic "Solitude" had magic to drive anyone into certain fetish *lol*. If you have comments on the Ryosaku website or you have great ideas for improving it, please email us at ryosaku@gmail.com. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!

#7 Dec 20th 2005, 9:31pm

Everything is okay. IB is International Baccalaureate. It is almost like AP, but you are allow to choose AP classes and all. IB doesn't. -_- They make you take 5 years of Spanish and take exams for the whole month of May. -_- you can find more information at http://www.ibo.org

I'm a dork like that (i keep sites for IB and my school).

Yes, everything is okay in Florida. Expect rain, and uh humidity. :D:D:D:D:D And it's not that cold. Cold for Floridans is like 60 degrees and below. [lol]

#8 Dec 21st 2005, 8:15am

Beri: Aibou! Glad to see you here, kekeke. Yes, now we can wreak havoc together. XD

Ames: I will most likely be in Ft. Lauderdale in Feb. Which city are you in? Any tips for my stay? Local lingo? Cool places to see? Yummy things to eat? Good souvenirs to buy? Dunno if I’ll be able to do it all, as it’s a work conference, but we’ll see. =)

What's over in Florida, anyways? Besides yanno, Disney World, alligators, and oranges? *runs away*

#9 Dec 21st 2005, 12:03pm

Cinpii: I live in Orlando. But Ft. Lauderdale is much nicer than Orlando (Really it is). Orlando is Orlando. It has Chinatown sure, Waterford and good malls. Like the Florida Mall (good name eh?) Okay, places you should go are Olas Boulevard (Las); It's a place where there is trendy and expensive stores, Latin-flavor (people and food) and mansions on canals. It's exotic and just different. It's not good if you have a tight budget. But you could take pictures and look around at people's yacht and what not. :D It's really pretty. Next place, is the Water Taxi and the Jungle Queen, it's relaxing and not too crowded like the Jungle Queen if you want to visit other attractions around Ft. Lauderdale. Also as well as Seldom Seen Gallery, which has a lot of great contemp. art. They have a lot of diversity around there like fun and elegant styles. You could go to Bonnet House, it's a break from all the beaches. It's an artist's home filled with plants and flowers. It's really lovely. Mainly, go to the beaches and all. It's really nice over there.

Foods to eat, well... there is seafood, so order whatever seafood you likee. =D It's Florida afterall.

Find what you like and buy it. Haggle prices if you have to if you are at the Asian stores or what not. D::D

Florida has actually nothing. LOL Except Disney, oranges, alligators, and beaches. :D

#10 Dec 21st 2005, 5:29pm

AnimaeChina

Hi! I just found out about these forums today!

When I sign the RyoSaku guest book I go as "Hazuki."

AnimaeChina is a name that I haven't used in a long time...so please do call me Hazuki from now on. ^^;

#11 Dec 24th 2005, 9:49pm

Strawberry'd

Hello~~ :D I'm new to the forum, but not really new to the fandom. I started writing RyoSaku ever since I first saw the anime (this summer) and I haven't stopped since.

Err.. I've only got one RyoSaku fic.. but it's a series of one shots, so it feels like I've got a lot more? xD;; Oh well~ and um, I guess a few people read my story? I like to write for the actual writing, rather than the reviews (although that's a pretty good incentive).

And um, hi. :D

#12 Dec 25th 2005, 7:30pm

dira

Hi! I'm Dira and I just found out about the forum from Beriath. I want to say hi to you RyoSaku fans! ^^ I like to read RyoSaku fics but don't have any fics.. although I've attemped to write it. I do fanarts though and sometimes when I read a fanfic I make fanarts out of it. Anyway, nice forum you got going here! I'll be seeing you guys! ^__^

#13 Dec 26th 2005, 8:03am

Uranaikko

Wahhh.... i haven't introduce my self.. :P

Anyway.. as you can see, i'm Uranaikko. But you can call me Nikko for short ;)

I'm a Ryosaku fan from Argentina :D, umm.. actually indonesia, but i start to watch POT in Argentina.. Well.. i won't make you confuse :P

I hope i could get to know all of you guys.. and by the way, Any writer who writes a ryosaku fan has done a great job... i love all of it.. ;)

#14 Dec 26th 2005, 10:06pm

usagichan1

Usagichan1 Desu!! Hajimemashite!!

I'm a big fan of RyoSaku fanfics, I do believe that Konomi kinda wanted it that way. I've only read the manga so I'm not very well versed on what's going on in the anime. I have three stories so far, two with Ryoma and Sakuno and a one-shot dealing with Kaido. Check them out, I would love to see what everyone else thinks besides the ones who complain about OCCness and other stuff. I hope everyone is having a wonderful new year!!

Usagichan1

#15 Jan 03rd 2006, 5:38pm

I'm Kei. I love cute pairings or couples in anime and manga and I'm a crazy fangirl.

I love RyoSaku to bits-- that's why I'm here. Is there a point in editing an intro such a long time after you've typed it? XDD Anyway... I figured people still read these.

Although I'm not so hyped about PoT nowadays my love for RyoSaku is still there. They're adorable and nothing will change that~~ :D

#16 Jan 04th 2006, 6:20am . Edited Apr 24th 2007, 4:07am

rechel

Hi! I'm me and your you(duh!,juz joking.

I'm rozeanette but you can call me Chel my friends always call me that. I love to joke,Ilove talking about PoT

espesially Fuji. I like RyoSaku fics. but I'm very choosy I only read stories I like or feel like reading.

Don't get me wrong I'm not insulting other fics but I juz can't stand other fics..I love and I mean I love any Saku fic or pairing as long as they're not too fluff or romantic...That's all bow *bows to all the people*...

#17 Jan 07th 2006, 1:34am

noomma

*standing up*

Hello! I'm noomma and I write RyoSaku fics. I just discovered this forum because my computer at work crashed and I've been trying to rediscover my PoT favorite sites.

I'm not new to fic or fandoms (still mourning the loss of Buffy), but I am relatively new to PoT. I got caught with RyoSaku fic because I saw a little of what I was like when I was 12 in Sakuno. To be honest, I'm more of a Sakuno fan than anything else.

I fell for RyoSaku because I started reading the mangas first and read how he remembered her later. I fell for the the couple in the anime when he wore the regulars jacket just for her and then gave in to her scolding when he was about to walk away from loudmouth Horio who was impersonating him. (To me, it just showed me that he felt a little something for her.)

As for fic...let's just say, I'm still working on my only PoT fic. And I'm honestly feeling the urge... to write... a Sakuno and... Sanada romance becauseIreadachallegesomewhereandIwanttoseeifIcanmakeitwork! :: dashes for cover ::

Anyway, nice to meet you all and I hope to read more of your fics soon!

*sits down*

#18 Jan 09th 2006, 10:22am

ice-riz

Hai,hai,hai...i'm Riz,i'm totally new here.So i need all the guidance that i can get.

I don't know what i'm gonna write but if i finally do,i do hope for your support.:)

#19 Jan 23rd 2006, 9:42pm

rumiko-serenity

hi minna! this is serenity-san from the philippines. ^^ PoT had just been aired in our country last december (can't remember the exact date. -_-;) and i was even unlucky enough to miss the first episode (ryosaku's first meeting. ::sobsob::) but then again it didn't prevent me from being a RyoSaku fan! i can't help but be a shipper of the pairing since i am not a *big* fan of yaoi and RyoSaku just makes me squeal (with all the canon-ness (?!) hinted in the other episodes). ^^ plus, it's just adorable to see the extremely timid Sakuno try to know (and get herself close) to the incredibly aloof albeit super cool tennis prince, Ryoma.

actually, i haven't written any fanfics regarding RyoSaku (quite afraid that i get criticized because of wrong grammar, spelling, OOC-ness, and stuff.... -_-;) but i do LOVE reading them! (i get so much inspiration!^^) well, i hope we can be friends.

i'm a true blue RyoSaku fan. :)

#20 Feb 05th 2006, 4:02am

Night Foliage

Mew, hello everyone here can call me Juevy and I kind of accidently pressed the subscribe button (stupid keyboard, I'm telling you it's the worst) but I do love this paring anyway!

Anyway, do not look at my fics for they are really bad, but i don't have the heart to take them off because of my friend helped me write them.

As I am computer illiterate, I will need everyones help here. Arigatou Gozaimashta Minna-san!

#21 Feb 05th 2006, 1:55pm

whitelilies

Hmm, haven't introduced myself yet XD

Anyway, I'm Lily and I was drawn into the PoT fandom because of the ryosaku pairing. Sadly, my likness for them waxes and wanes because I am a crack writer. I don't like canon very much but these two are ok at times. Depends on the fic I read or sites I visit ^^

Bye for now,

Lily

#22 Apr 01st 2006, 5:16pm

trapping tempers

Sorry to interrupt, but can someone spend some time to tell me what's 'mada mada dane'? I'm not new to Tennis no Ohjisama, but I'm new to the fandom.

#23 Apr 09th 2006, 1:27am

'Mada mada dane' means 'not yet' or 'you've still got lots more to work on' or 'you're not good enough'.

When Ryoma says it, it's somewhere on the lines of 'I'm not impressed'. =) Hope that helped.

#24 Apr 10th 2006, 5:07am

noomma

Or if he's saying it about himself, he recognizes that he's not good enough yet. That was my impression on one episode.

And let's not go into the time about how Sakuno took it when he said that! :)

#25 Apr 11th 2006, 2:43pm

neko11lover

wow... i didn't know what 'mada mada dane' means... now that i know, Ryoma is ten times cuter! ^^

Anyway, I'm neko11lover (I have such an ugly real name I'm so embarrassed to let it out in public.). I live in the Philippines! I'm sort of new to Prince of Tennis, since I only discovered it last year, accidentally. I only got to watch poorly dubbed versions of it (don't sue. I'm just stating the truth.), that's why I'm not familiar with the mada mada dane phrase. I used 'got to' since they've cut the show *boohoo* which means, I'm not having a chance to watch it at all! So sad... but I'm planning to buy a fansub (yes. BUY. And I thought fansubs were supposed to be FREE. =P). More about me... heh... I only started writing POT fics this year (oh, the time wasted!), and I LOVE anime (that was an understatement). Check out my profile! Anyway, I'm sort of called 'Ran' by one of my close friends because I adore Ran Kotubuki from Super Gals! so you can call me that too. It's much shorter! I'm thirteen, and I'm head over heels in love with Rukawa Kaede from Slamdunk. You might be wondering why NOT Ryoma? It's because I've sworn to Rukawa (yes, to an anime) that I would stay faithful to him until the end (lucky him. hehe.). That probably sums it up.^^

#26 Apr 16th 2006, 7:36am

SurreptitiousSuspicions

Hey neko11lover, I read some of your fics! They're really good.

Hi everyone!I'm a girl from Singapore and I love Prince of Tennis!...obviously. haha. I'm pretty new to the whole PoT fandom so help me out if I get something wrong! I'm currently addicted to PoT and am re-watching the whole thing again

:P. My fav het pairing is RyoSaku, cos they just seem so cute together! Sakuno the innocent lil girl while Ryoma...um...how DO you describe Ryoma? haha. So I love RyoSaku and also Shaman King. That's it I guess...anime life story.

#27 Jun 06th 2006, 12:40am

Twerksie

Hey, I'm Twerksie! New to the PoT fandom, but still in LOVE with RyoSaku. I haven't written anything as of yet, but hopefully that will be amended quite soon.

I'm fifteen, and looking forward to meeting you guys as well!

This is also my first forum experience, btw. =]

#28 Jun 09th 2006, 6:09pm

emii-chan

Emii-chan desu (short for Emily). Yoroshiku onegaishimasu! I am a huge fan of any Sakuno pairing, RyoSaku the most. Relatively new to the PoT fandom, I was into it for a while, but hadn't gotten far enough to understand anything, so I quit until I finished the anime, and now am back into it more than ever. I have a RyoSaku in pencil/paper drafting stages, but a FujiSaku that's already out. Which is kind of odd, because I NEVER thought that I would end up writing fics.

#29 Jun 10th 2006, 3:51pm

Welcome everyone~! I'm so late in watching this forum. :XXX

#30 Aug 12th 2006, 10:29am

sasuki

mmm I wanted to ask if we could create a thread only for sakuno,ryoma and ryosaku fanarts?

or maybe only fanfics are allowed? (since it's a site for fanfics^^)

#31 Aug 17th 2006, 11:06am

Well, as far as I know, you can't even post fanart here. And it's against the rules to post fanfics. But it IS ok to post the links to the goodies, and minna can do that in the existing threads called "Linkage to POT goodies" or "Fic recommendations".

If you would like to create a thread solely to promote the links to RyoSaku fanarts, that's ok with me. Just click on the green plus sign called "new topic" near the top of the main page of this forum. Please remember that the title cannot be edited afterwards, so make sure you spell it right the first time! *lol*

Oh, one more thing about fanarts. Please put a warning not to hot link to any fanarts, ok? If there are links, they should lead to the main page or main fanarts page of a website. Thanks. =)

#32 Aug 18th 2006, 7:56am

sasuki

thanks you cinpii^^___^

don't worry,when I talked about fanarts,I mean our fanarts and not fanarts found on japanese sites (I don't

really know if some fans here like drawing but hey,who knows?^^)

#33 Aug 19th 2006, 10:02am

Adria

Hello everyone :)

My name is Adria, and I suppose it's safe to say that I've been in the Prince of Tennis fandom for nearly two years now and a RyoSaku fan for just as long, although I've fallen out of it for the past few months. I suppose I'm at that stage of "rediscovering" my love for the pairing. I remember when I started reading PoT fics, there were perhaps only two pages worth of RyoSaku fanfiction and I'm pleased to see how many there are now and how rapidly the fandom has grown to include such fabulous new writers :) While I am a RyoSaku fan, I feel it is important to state that I am not anti-yaoi; in fact, I do enjoy it. I actually harbor a fondness for Golden Pair and many other couplings; however, I must say that I absolutely cannot read any yaoi that features Ryoma coupled with anybody other than Sakuno.

I've seen many of the wonderful authors I've read post on this forum, so I thought I'd make it a point and introduce myself. If you've written a RyoSaku fic (or really, a Sakuno + anybody fic), chances are I've read it :) Feel free to drop me a message sometime too :D

#34 Aug 19th 2006, 2:36pm

whitelilies

Another crack fan :D *waves*

#35 Aug 19th 2006, 4:09pm

Adria

Hahaha, heyyy ;) *waves back!*

#36 Aug 19th 2006, 4:28pm

xMeme

Crack FTW!X D

#37 Aug 19th 2006, 7:11pm

Yay, fandom rediscovery! Welcome... back!

#38 Aug 19th 2006, 9:11pm . Edited Aug 19th 2006, 9:12pm

Adria

Lol! I feel so compelled to just squee right now, I've admired all of your works xD *fangirls over everybody* Yay :D!

#39 Aug 19th 2006, 9:16pm

whitelilies

Lol, you've read everyone's works? That's something to be proud of! Squee away :D

#40 Aug 19th 2006, 10:37pm

Welcome, Adria! It's good to see new faces here. =) I'm sort of like you, in and out of the RyoSaku fandom. I actually got into it a long time ago, and contributed like, the 5th RyoSaku fic here in ff.n (oh man, it feels like ages ago). The pairing has really exploded now, ne? I use to read all the RyoSaku fics, but for the past year or so, I don't keep up anymore. Since you've read them all, if there are any recent fics that deserve attention, could you point them out to me (via email or under the Fic Recommendations topic thread)? I'll check them out and add them to the RLSP C2. Thanks!

#41 Aug 19th 2006, 10:52pm . Edited Aug 19th 2006, 10:54pm

runningondreams

I think I'm going about this backwards....

Anyway, I'm runnongondreams, previously called Triton Bloom. I've been reading fanfics for about four to four and a half years and I just discovered Prince of Tennis this summer. My fics are generally in the 'general' category, with a little shonen ai romance and (hopefully) occassioanl humor thrown in. Right now I'm focusing on friendship fics and unexplored relationships. I haven't written and Ryoma/Sakuno fics, and I haven't really read many either, but I like the fandom too much to just shut them out, so here I am. Besides, I like finding different opinons ^.^ I think it's rediculous that this fandom can be so divided sometimes, and I'm rather disgusted with the over-abundance of shonen ai with so little to counter balance. I think this fandom is in danger of stagnation if more people don;t try to chalenge the limits. There seems to be some very distinct grooves here.

I'm a freshman at the University of Kansas and I have yet to decide on a major, and I'm back into writing fanfiction as a combination of my obsession with this series and the stress levels of a new life style. My fics so far are 'Winner' and 'Floating' (Tezuka character studies), 'Wallpaper' (an exploration of Kachirou's reaction to Hyotei's coach), 'Arrogance' ( a brief glimpse of Atobe), 'Do I know you?' (parody/humor based on inconsistencies of fandom and canon) and two (extrememly light) shonen ai fics: 'Implications of Silence' and 'Dichotomy.' I have several others in the works. One-shots seem to be my best friend right now. ^.^

Maybe if I spend enough time here and talk to enough people I'll get around to writing soemthing for Ryoma and Sakuno ne? Just have to figure out how to make them interesting.....

pleasure to 'meet' you folks.

#42 Nov 17th 2006, 9:59pm

novelist742

Hi, I'm Sakurablossoms742. I'm not obliged to give you my real name for fear of creepy stalkers surfing the webs.

I've been reading fanfics for five (turning six) years now, ever since I got my own computer. Over the summer I decided to try posting up some of my stories. Some people liked them. I've only been flamed three times, and two out of three of those people I turned into my email buddies and I completely changed their minds about my writing and my opinions.

I love manga/anime. My two faves are Naruto and Prince of Tennis. Though I'm not so good at the sport, I love to watch games and learn everything I can about it.

My whole life is based on music. I'm kind of sick of it. I mean, it's fun to do, but what I do is overkill. All state, elite choirs, scholerships, sang before I could walk, the whole ideal little miss singer right here. I really want to change myself and show everyone that there's more to me than music.

Which is where tennis comes in. I'm currently training to be in the tennnis team at school in the fall. I know I have months, but I really want to prove to everyone and myself that there's more to me than just music.

My parents are very doubtful of my talent in tennis, and are getting a kick out of me pushing myself to my limits every single day when I go to the gym. I'm very determined to show them up.

So that's basically all I feel like telling you.

Email me if you wanna talk, or something.

--Sakurablossoms742

#43 Feb 18th 2007, 10:15am

rookie-chan

hi minna! my name is ayyah (but my username is rookie-chan)I really like RyoSaku pairing eversince when I watched its first episode. I love reading their fics, especially the dramatic ones. Ahehe. I also write some fics about them, but gosh, I'm not that good when it comes to my grammar. Ahehe, I mean it. ^^'. I came from Philippines too.

I don't know canon. What is canon? Gome ne..^^'So there are peepz from the Philippines too. Nice to meet you guys! As well as those who came from other countries..It is nice to make aquaintance with you! Anou, minna, I'm sorry if I'm not that so good when it comes to my grammar(things that happens after sleeping in the english classes). I also like Naruto anime, as well as Gundam Seed (Destiny)too. Umm, Prince Mackaroo too. Ahehe.

Ahehe, Philippines aired Prince of Tennis for the 3rd time last October 16. Good thing I'm home because of my sick. Chey. ^^

I'm only 13 years old, turning 14 this October. I like listening to POT music and singles especially Dreaming on The Radio, Between You And Me(Kokodake No Hanashi) and Haru No Ao. Ahehe, I really want how their voice works (eh?).

Anou minna, yoroshiku onegai shimasu desu!

#44 Apr 02nd 2007, 9:06am

Big Sister Kitty

Ah! A fellow countrywoman! How do you do, I'm Pellea (not my real name), an Ethnic Chinese right here in good 'ol Philippines. I'm fifteen going on sixteen, and though I have yet to write a PoT fanfic, I have read some few good ones. I try to avoid romance genres, due to the overwhelming number of yaoi and OC-centric fics, so if anyone can recommend some good, well-written, un-cliche'd RyoSaku fics, I'd very much appraciate it. I'm such a die-hard fan of the pairing. (Although I have half a mind to go over and knock Ryoma on the head with a tennis racket for being mean to Sakuno in the first few eps of the anime and the first chappie of the manga.)

Oh, and Ayyah, canon means standard. That is to say, "in-anime/manga" if you will. It's sort of a "default" of a story. So, to say "canon characters", we would be referring to, for example, the Seigaku Regulars. A "non-canon/canonical character" would be OC's. Or to say if a particular storyline (usually in a fanfic) is canon, it is to say that you have written your story with accuracy and in correspondence to the actual story. A "non-canonical" story would usually be referred to AU's. To say that a particular character isn't canon would also mean that you've gotten the said character out of character.

Er...sorry to babble on like that. But it's nice to meet everyone!

#45 Apr 21st 2007, 7:52am