Tezuka/Ryoma: 101 fanfiction recommendations.

elsewhere on this journal i have removed or only indirectly linked livejournal posts. in this post, however, doing so would be virtually impossible because the prince of tennis fandom is located almost entirely on livejournal, and especially the tezuka/ryoma corner. I will search for alternate links for the fics listed below. If you are an author recced on this page and you have a non-livejournal site where your fan fiction is hosted, please let me know so that I can provide an alternate link. Thank you!

Tezuka/Ryoma: Fandom Recommendations.

* - Denotes Series Spoilers
** - Denotes an AU with Series Spoilers
*** - Denotes an AU that is not really an AU, because it’s PART OF CANON - and only Tenipuri fandom can manage that. ;)

Series Fics: | (Jump to AUs)

TezuRyo fandom, your favorite fic is:
Playing Grownups by [info]soundczech.*
Futurefic. Summary: Tezuka assumes he has been forgotten.

Top Vote-getters (in order):

  • the case of the missing phonecall, or: favorable outcome by [info]cimorene111.
    in which tezuka and inui form a truce, ryoma shares tezuka’s preferencefor mysteries over gothic romances, and tezuka keeps giving ryoma his phone number.
  • Be Like Buchou by [info]soundczech.
    Bodyswitching.
  • Big in Japan by [info]scoradh.
    Futurefic. Ryoma has lost his way; Tezuka, meeting him years later, may be the only one who can help him find it again.
  • Letters from Echizen by garlandgraves. *
    Did you know that they have Ponta in America, but it’s called Fanta and the grape kind is really hard to find? Well, now you do.
  • Not the Triumph by [info]prillalar. *
    Beijing, 2008. Tezuka’s last chance.
  • Tall Grass, New Cut by garlandgraves
    Wimbledon, 2008, Finals, and he can’t believe that they’re just going to walk calmly toward each other and meet at the net; that they’ll shake hands and say “good game,” like that’s all it was.Runners-Up (Fics with multiple recs):
  • 100 Drabbles challenge, by [info]innusiq:
    Year One (Ryoma’s POV , Tezuka’s POV), Year Two, Year Five, Year Seven.
  • Articulation Problems by [info]die_gute_seite.
    He’s twenty-four. He shouldn’t have articulation problems. Least of all with Ryoma.
  • Attrition by [info]sparklespiff.at•tri•tion n. 1. Erosion by friction. 2. Thewearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice.3. Sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation. 4. A wearing down toweaken or destroy; “a war of attrition”. 5. The act of rubbingtogether; wearing something down by friction.
  • Before You Repent by [info]achiasa.
    Futurefic, manga continuity. Tezuka, Ryoma, and years of regrets.
  • Breaking Orbit by [info]achiasa *
    A study in inevitability. Manga, specific spoilers for Genius 145-155/episodes 65-68.
  • Call Me, by [info]kishmet.
    Somebody has to take the initiative. Ryoma does so.
  • Catharsis by [info]siriusangel.
    Tezuka needs to learn how to stop being selfish.
  • A Court of Appeals by [info]syldana. *
    Seigaku tennis coach Tezuka Kunimitsu goes to recruit a talented boyfor the team, and finds something else he’d been seeking for a verylong time.
  • Deuce and Deuce Redux by [info]jennifier_d *
    Contains spoilers through Ep 68.
  • Facing Forward by [info]achiasa.*
    Facing forward and becoming one, wherever we may go.
  • Fame by [info]kishmet. *
    From [info]bookshop’s request: TEZUKARYOOOOOMA. Prompt: Superstar.
  • Father in Law by [info]kishmet.
    Tezuka, meet Nanjiroh.
  • Five Minutes Early and the continuations by [info]kessie *
    It isn’t the same when Ryoma enters high school.
  • Focus by Sweedy-sama.
    Multi-chaptered, TezuRyo getting-together fic.WIP. Please note: this is in-series TezuRyo.
  • Golden Eyes Green by [info]knw.
    Response to [info]pillarchallenge #15: Quarrel. It doesn’t matter how good your eyesight is if you still fail to see what’s right in front of you. Some truths are just that hard to learn.
  • The Games We Play by [info]pareathe. *
    Futurefic. Multi-chaptered. WIP. Eight years. That’s how long it had been since he’d watched Tezuka-buchou play a match in person.
  • The Internet is the Most Fun You Can Have Without Taking Your Clothes Off by [info]storyteller.*
    federer_sucks has entered the “Gay Tennis Players” chatroom. Series spoilers up through ep 68.
  • A Lack Thereof by [info]two_if_by_sea. *
    Tezuka decides to take a visit to the Echizen residence. Anime continuity, spoilers through early 70’s eps / manga Hyoutei arc.
  • The Night Before by [info]knw. *
    “This was never how their reunion had gone in his head; he’d never been exposed and vulnerable, blind without his glasses, alone in a sleazy nightclub in some foreign country with lipstick on his chin.” Tezuka hasn’t seen Echizen in almost a decade until a chance meeting in England, and now the tennis star has plans for his old captain. Futurefic.
  • Part the Skies by [info]clinck. *
    Tezuka has been waiting. Spoilers for the end of the series.
  • Pushing Forward by [info]die_gute_seite.
    Tezuka and Ryoma together at a rock concert.
  • Revolving Doors by [info]two_if_by_sea. *
    They both have a love in them that is almost the same, a harmful, hurtful thing that does not give way. Spoilers through the early 70’s.
  • Runaway by [info]kishmet.
    Tezuka doesn’t expect to find Ryoma on the curb outside of his house.
  • Ryoma Hates Puberty by [info]sparklespiff.
    “YOU WANT TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL?” Nanjiroh yells. “WHYYYYY?”
  • Scrimshander by [info]telegraph50free.
    This is summer.
  • The Seven Snogs Series by [info]achiasa. *
    7 Kisses. 7 Steps. Spoilers for anime & manga.
  • Steps by [info]prillalar.
    People are starting to talk.
  • The Theft Series by [info]kishmet: Purloined; Thief; Stolen; Exchange; Taken.
    Tezuka and Ryoma find a new way to communicate: kleptomania.
  • Thief by [info]clinck.
    Agassi and Ryoma have gotten pretty damn close.
  • The Third Wheel by [info]0rien.
    Tezuka tags along on Momo’s day out with Ryoma.
  • Tongue-Tied by [info]two_if_by_sea.*
    “What do you think is the saddest number?” In-series. Momo/Ryoma, unrequited. Spoilers thru early 70’s.
  • Unspoken by [info]prillalar.
    Tezuka. Ryoma. Bench. Adolescence.Other Fics Recced:
  • 100 Words About Propiety, by [info]poilass.
  • A Brother’s Love by [info]kessie.
    Ryoma knows that Ryoga has never been a good son. PoT/Loveless crossover, with spoilers for the Insane Gay Boat Movie (Futari no Samurai).
  • Are You There, Karupin? It’s Me, Kaidoh. - by garlandgraves.
    Growing up is… uh, hard. :P Multiple pairings. Please note: fic is locked.
  • Awaiting Reprobation by [info]siriusangel.
    Half-psychotic + Obsessive-possessive + Romantic!Tezuka. Futurefic. “Contains blood.”
  • Awakening by [info]shushesyou.
    Tezuka knows that Ryoma is improving every day because he has to work harder and harder to keep ahead.
  • Canon, by [info]lady_androgene. *
    Tezuka lets Echizen go, believing he has done all he has to do for him.
  • Catch Me by [info]kishmet.
    Ryoma catches Tezuka. Karupin assists.
  • Choice by [info]kessie. *
    All he had was the certainty that Ryoma would now surpass him and more. Spoilers to ep 68.
  • Circle by [info]copinggoggles.
    He’d probably do half the training exercises by himself, Tezuka thinks,if only he could, alone inside a circle maybe the width of the reach ofthose thin arms.
  • Double Holidays by [info]freewayspike.
    Of buttons and wristbands. Only the tennis court knows for sure.
  • The Domestic Series, by [info]kishmet:

    Light Reading
    Swinging
    Arm* (spoilers thru 70’s!)
    Couch
    Breakfast
    Bread
    Paparazzi
    Socks, Part 1
    Socks, Part 2.

    Kish doesn’t know I’m linking these. GO READ THEM BEFORE SHE FINDS OUT. ♥

  • Expiration Limit by [info]one_if_by_land. *
    When he sees their faces, their expressions, the spotless blue andwhite uniforms, he thinks he shouldn’t have come back at all. This fic diverges from canon. Spoilers thru early 70’s.
  • The Four Step Complex Scenario by Ralspudzinmoose.
    Echizen Ryoma prides himself on being one of the noted few who can ask the sort of question that Tezuka can’t answer.
  • Lavender and Pink by [info]mmmdraco.
    Tezuka’s mother still dresses him. Of course that means he’s in love with Ryoma. *crickets chirp* Really. That’s what it means.
  • Oblivious by [info]nekocatechan.
    Ryoma’s a complete slowpoke.
  • Possessive by [info]weirdlyyours
    Tezuka/Karupin. Hee.
  • Reach by [info]achiasa.
    because over the net he doesn’t need to look upwards at all.
  • Seventeen by [info]achiasa. *
    For [info]pillarchallenge; prompt: cliches. Spoilers for the end of the series.
  • Shinkokyuu by [info]ayatsujik. *
    Tezuka thinks about investing in a new pair of sunglasses.
  • The Solitaire Series by [info]achiasa. *
    There was more in Ryoma’s voice than anticipation of a game.
  • Spin and Kiss by [info]knw.
    It’s buchou’s turn in spin the bottle.
  • Statues at the Gate by [info]sparklespiff *
    in-series. spoilers for the end of the anime.
  • Strings by [info]kessie
    v. strings break
  • Taken by [info]kishmet.
    Take what you want. More klepto!Ryoma from Kish. She has this thing, okay.
  • Theft as a Worthwhile Pasttime by [info]philalethia. (Mild R-NC-17.)
    “My hat’s gone.” …..aaaaaand Klepto!Tezuka. :D
  • Weightless by [info]copinggoggles.
    He is more solid than anyone or anything else
  • welcome home, by [info]soundczech.
    Ryoma smiles at him, small and beautiful after three weeks alone.
  • Wimbledon by [info]ella_w.
    for [info]pillarchallenge. Echizen would do things on his own time, and for once Tezuka was content to let that happen.
  • The Yaru Arc by [info]__branch.
    Multi-story TezuRyo get-together arc, written in-series. Pre-nationals to several years on. Hybrid continuity, Canon divergence, series spoilers.

    Alternate Universes:
    (with apologies to all for the summaries, all of which are mine. I couldn’t resist. ♥)

    Your favorite AU fic is:
    aozu & kyappu to bin: live tour in usa 2003 summer     by [info]cimorene111 ***
    Then Karupin jumps onto the buffet table and lands in the fruit salad and they get thrown out of the hotel.

    Runners-Up:

  • Draconic by [info]kishmet.
    Tezuka is a dragon, but Ryoma loves him anyway.
  • Flight, by [info]kishmet.
    Ryoma might be a mutant, but Tezuka loves him anyway.
  • Forte by [info]kishmet **
    Ryoma and Tezuka conquer the world through classical music. Series spoilers by implication.
  • Singer, parts 1, 2, by [info]kishmet.
    Ryoma is a mermaid, but Tezuka loves him anyway. (Fairy tale AU based on The Little Mermaid.)
  • Unspeakable by [info]knw.
    Crossover with the Harry Potter universe. In another universe Ryoma has a far more literal way of flying, yet Tezuka is still there to broaden his horizons and open his eyes to possibilities he never could have imagined.Other AUs recced:
  • A Companion’s Tale by [info]nekokatechan.
    Tezuka is a vampire, but Ryoma loves him anyway.
  • Earthly Love by [info]kishmet.
    Ryoma and Tezuka conquer the world through art. (Based on the life of Caravaggio).
  • Fading with the Tide by [info]cherprudence.
    Ryoma is a siren, but Tezuka loves him anyway.
  • Fool’s Paradise by [info]kessie.
    Ryoma is a ghost, but Tezuka loves him anyway.
  • The Karupin Letters by [info]nekokatechan.
    Ryoma and Tezuka conquer the world through children’s lit. And porn.
  • Laughter in the Silence by [info]kessie.
    Ryoma is a woodsprite, but Tezuka loves him anyway.
  • Lost by [info]nekokatechan. Hikomori!Tezuka.
    Tezuka won’t come out of his room, but Ryoma loves him anyway.
  • Over the Waves by [info]kishmet.
    Ryoma is a mermaid again, but Tezuka loves him anyway.
  • Programmed and Technophilia, by [info]kishmet.
    Tezuka is a robot, but Ryoma (really) loves him anyway.
  • Remembrance, by [info]kishmet.
    Tezuka (might) have amnesia, but Ryoma loves him anyway.
  • The Song Drabbles by [info]ka0richan and [info]faire_estela. ***
    Tezuka and Ryoma conquer the world through rock music.
  • Stars by [info]nekokatechan.
    Ryoma is not a Hollywood idol, but Tezuka loves him anyway.
  • The Stone King, part 1, & part 2, by [info]kishmet.
    Ryoma is a sulky, spoiled prince, but Tezuka loves him anyway. (Fairy tale AU based on “King Thrushbeard.”)
  • The Spark, by [info]mysticblueside. **
    Tezuka and Ryoma conquer the world with acting.
  • Sea Glass by [info]storyteller.
    Tezuka is a desert island hermit, but Ryoma loves him anyway.
  • The Prince of the Ouran High School Host Club by [info]0rien.
    Tezuka and Ryoma conquer the world thru escort services. Ouran crossover, obviously.
  • Sleeping by [info]nekokatechan
    Ryoma and Tezuka meet for the first time in high school.
  • Two Princes by [info]poilass.
    Correspondence between two noblemen.
  • Winter’s Embrace by [info]kishmet.
    Ryoma is an ice demon, but Tezuka loves him anyway. (Fairytale AU based on “The Snow Queen.”)

    Except for maybe reccing more than 10 fics *whistles*, I have not imposed my personal preferences on this list. What you see is every fic recced by everyone who participated in the poll. Obviously, nothing has been weeded out for quality. I will never be an elitist when it comes to fic recs, but I have to say that this is the first rec list I’ve ever seen where I would, personally, agree with nearly everything on here. Almost every single one of these fics also has my personal recommendation. ♥

    TezuRyo fandom, you’re amazing.

    Feel free, if you see a favorite fic of yours that is missing, to comment to this post with the link/author/info, and i will be happy to add it to the compilation.

    And you really need to examine your klepto tendencies write a lot of AU.

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