"Kunimitsu Tezuka Wiped Them Out": How a Bizarre 'Prince of Tennis' Meme Broke the Internet

With the release of the remastered versions of the popular anime and manga series The Prince of Tennis fan-favorite video games, Gakuen no Oji-sama (GakuPri) and Doki Doki Survival (DokiSaba), a shocking phrase trended heavily on social media: "Kunimitsu Tezuka wiped them out."

The sensation started with an official media post on X (formerly Twitter) announcing the game releases. The article's description contained a line that left readers baffled: "Since dinosaurs—which Kunimitsu Tezuka was supposed to have wiped out in the 2005 movie—appear in certain routes, this may suggest a parallel universe or the possibility of survivors."

Fans and social media users were caught between utter confusion and uncontrollable laughter. Comments flooded in, such as: "Wait, what dinosaurs did Kunimitsu Tezuka wipe out?", "That is way too much of a power word," and "I hate that this sounds grammatically absurd, yet I understand every single word of it."

The phrase "Tezuka wiped out the dinosaurs" refers to an iconic scene from the 2005 theatrical anime movie, where a visual effect accompanying Tezuka's extraordinarily powerful tennis shot depicted the extinction of the dinosaurs. For long-time fans, it is a legendary moment, making the ridiculous phrase technically accurate and fueling the massive online reaction.

Along with other quirky game elements—such as "a tennis game where you barely play tennis" or "characters deciding to practice tennis while stranded on a desert island"—the viral topic of Tezuka's dinosaur extinction has once again highlighted the uniquely absurd scale and irrepressible charm of The Prince of Tennis.

The Context

The Prince of Tennis (created by Takeshi Konomi) is a world-famous sports manga and anime franchise known for progressively abandoning realistic sports mechanics in favor of superhuman, world-shattering special moves—often described by fans as a "battle manga with tennis rackets." Kunimitsu Tezuka, the stoic captain of the Seigaku tennis team, is famous for moves so intense that their visual metaphors include creating black holes or causing meteors to strike the Earth, leading to the infamous visual joke that his tennis shot wiped out the dinosaurs. The newly remastered dating sim/adventure games originally released for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2 are notorious among fans for their comedic, over-the-top storylines that blend romance with absurd tennis lore.

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