"You do nothing but play and screw around. Even if there's no point, I'm moving on, and I'll be waiting for you, so come at me."
Crosspost from the 2015 Sports Anime Shipping Olympics, *Bonus* Bonus Round. Original prompt by uwu_anon requested Ryoma & Nanjirou inspired by the quote, “You are going to break your promise. I understand. And I hold my hands over the ears of my heart, so that I will not hate you” (Deathless, Catherynne M. Valente). If ever there were a perfect quote for Ryoma and Nanjirou, that's it.
Japanese text in sumi-e ink, and foreground in gouache over a dye wash on watercolor paper.
Image Description: Tennis court with four tennis balls, one of which has rolled away. Japanese calligraphy reads: "巫山戯って遊んでばかり. 無理にでも前に進んだ 待っているから来い." [Fuzakette asonde bakari. Muri ni demo mae ni susunda, matteiru kara koi. - Composed by artist. Translates roughly to: "You do nothing but play and screw around. Even if there's no point, I'm moving on, and I'll be waiting for you, so come at me."]
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