Interest Takeshi Konomi Announces Prince of Tennis Charity Event in Kumamoto
posted on 2016-05-31 15:15 EDT by Eric Stimson
On May 26, Takeshi Konomi, the manga artist behind The Prince of Tennis, announced that he would participate in a Prince of Tennis charity event on June 26 to benefit the victims of the April earthquakes in Kumamoto. To drum up anticipation beforehand, he posted a series of tweets in the voices of his characters (particularly in those of Kippei and Senri, who hail from Kyushu, where the earthquakes struck).
Tachibana: It's about time we made our announcement!!
Chitose: In another 18 minutes hours and 11 minutes [sic] (the pinnacle of cleverness✧)... it will be time for us, the Two Wings of Kyushu, to make an announcement.
Atobe: Uuuh... you two've been let out already?
Tezuka: I've got a question... Have the Two Kings of Kyushu [been to] Higa Junior High?
Ryōma: Not yet.Kenya: Chitose!? What is 18 minutes hours and 11 minutes supposed to mean??
Chitose: I (well, the writer) made a mistake!
Inui: More accurately, it's in 17 hours, 31 minutes, 51 seconds, 219465...
Yanagi: Sadaharu, leave it at that.
Zaizen: The point is, it's around 10 o'clock tomorrow.
橘くん「そろそろか…………俺はこの一言でいいんですね…」 pic.twitter.com/1xCo7aoQDl
— 許斐剛 (@konomi_takeshi) May 27, 2016
Tachibana: It's almost time... I wonder if one word will be enough?
千歳くん「緊張しとるばい、桔平♪」 pic.twitter.com/DFdD111aRH
— 許斐剛 (@konomi_takeshi) May 27, 2016
Chitose: Don't get nervous, Kippei♪
橘くん「コホン……サプラ~イズ!」
— 許斐剛 (@konomi_takeshi) May 27, 2016
千歳くん「タ~イム☆」
許斐「九州二翼のお二人さんありがとう♪*.
6月26日はテニプリキャラクターの皆と手を繋ぎましょう‼」 pic.twitter.com/iJmT5hptK9
Tachibana: *ahem* Surpriiiise!
Chitose: Tiiiime☆
Konomi: Thanks, Two Wings of Kyushu♪* On June 26, let's join hands with all the TeniPri characters!!
The event will be called Takeshi Konomi ☆ Surprise Live ~ One-Man Teni Petit Festa and will be held on only one day, but with seven different performances. Further details will be posted on Konomi's Twitter account.
Other figures and organizations that have lent charity support to Kumamoto include Cygames, Yoshiki and Good Smile Company. Konomi enjoys a burgeoning career as a singer.
Source: Nijimen