"Ne, Oiishi-sempai." "Yes, Ryoma?" "Can I ask you something?" "Sure." Oiishi was a little surprised at being voluntarily approached by this reticient junior, but it was his last night in the Seigaku Junior High Tennis Club, after all, so perhaps it wasn't really surprising that Ryoma, as Tezuka's successor to the captainship, had a question or two to ask the outgoing vice-captain. "What was Tezuka-sempai like, when he was my age?" Oiishi smiled. So that was what Ryoma wanted to ask. He found it an oddly touching question. "Smart. Serious," he said. "And absolutely devoted to tennis."