Rajipuri # 1 - 3 Apr 03

Decided to start writing reviews on the Rajipuri series so I'll start with the debut O.A. on 3 Apr 03 where the monthly personalities were Minagawa Junko (Echizen Ryoma) and Suwabe Junichi (Atobe Keigo) but Suwabe-san wasn't present.

Guests: Okiayu Ryotaro (Tezuka Kunimitsu), Kaida Yuki (Fuji Shusuke), Suzuki Chihiro (Kamio Akira), Toriumi Kosuke (Sengoku Kiyosumi)
OP: Never End by Echizen Ryoma
ED: White Line by Aozu

According to the seiyuus, they took part in various sports clubs during their junior high school days. Minagawa and Toriumi were in the volleyball team but Toriumi left within one semester. Okiayu was in the basketball team but he left too in the first semester. Kaida was in the badminton team while Suzuki is the only one who has played tennis. According to him, he used to be playing doubles and usually took up the position of the rear guard as he always got hit by the ball when he was in the front. ^__^

Pin-Point Smash: Minagawa Junko
This is the segment where the picked seiyuu has to answer 10 questions with YES/NO with comments and "sarcasm" from the others during the process.
-Minagawa and Ryoma are similar: YES
-Popular among guys in school: YES
-Good in studies: YES
-Has confidence in singing abilities: NO
-Has abilities/tricks unrivalled by others: YES
-Prefers cats to dogs: NO
-Good at tennis: NO
-Have felt that she is far from it at times i.e. mada mada dane: YES
-Has some grouses with regards some seiyuus: YES
-Feels that Konomi Takeshi-sensei is cool: YES
Well, according to Minagawa, she answered some of the questions in haste so didn't understand them properly at all e.g. the second question when she thought it was referring to popularity among guys and girls.

Seishun Gakuen Kounai Housou (Seigaku School Radio Programme)
Host: Echizen Ryoma / Guests: Kamio Akira and Sengoku Kiyosumi
Well, this is a short skit where the characters talk in the setting of a lunchtime radio programme in Seigaku. The ending song for this segment is PERFECT GAME by Kamio Akira.

Tenipuri Senryuu: A segment where they have short phrases about the various Tenipuri characters and they are mostly humourous in nature. Since this was the debut OA, the listeners had not written in yet so the staff came up with a few. The one which caught my eye most would be the one about wanting to see Tezuka-bucchou slip and fall. ^__^ Ending song for this segment is Trial of Luck by Sengoku Kiyosumi.

Finally, we have the shiritori game between Tezuka and Fuji where the latter won. This is going to appear regularly in the future episodes and Fuji won a number of times if my memory did not fail me.