Can someone explain the anime & manga - fillers and not to me?

**Ruzz** · 09-02-2007, 11:56 AM

I'm thoroughly confused. I just learned that much of the anime has been fillers during or afterthe rikkaidai arc. -_-;

So can someone tell me,
-where I can read the manga online / dl it
-which chapter it is at the start of rikkaidai arc
-are 100% of the anime shown after rikkaidai fillers up to nationals?

And also - the anime OVAs aren't fillers are they? Are they based more on the manga? I noticed that it's named Nationals but isn't HIGA CHUU ANd shitenhouji more japanese tennis schools how is that NATIONALS?

greatly appreciated if someone can clear some my doubts thanks in advance.

**Feez** · 09-02-2007, 01:08 PM

1. There's a lot of place out there, though I'm not sure where to get some of the older chapters. OneManga has a lot of chapters though, but I don't think it goes back that far.
2. I don't know, sorry.
3. Almost all of it is. All the American Team stuff, including the Junior Senbatsu is pretty much filler. The only non-filler I can think of is in the last episode where Hyotei gets invited to take part in the Nationals. Then there's the few misplaced non-fillers, such as Atobe's Tanhausser Serve, which first truly makes its debut in the Nationals.

4. The OVAs follow the manga much more closely than the shitty anime. They have to make up some stuff so that they can keep consistent with the anime, but other than that, the accuracy is pretty good. Also, did you even bother to keep up with the anime? Because Nationals refers to JAPAN NATIONALS. The Kantou tournament refers to, well, all the schools in the Kantou district of Japan, which is only a small portion of Japan (think of it as a state).

**kawaiikitsune** · 09-06-2007, 12:32 PM

Uh..... This site has many of the chapters. The newer chapters are in this subforum. Just look for them.

If I'm not mistaken, the Rikkaidai arc starts somewhere around 150. I'm not completely sure, though.