As a sports series brimming with Ho Yay / Foe Yay for the male characters, The Prince of Tennis is also a breeding ground for shipping wars. * In The Prince of Tennis fandom, Sakuno and Tomoka are heavily bashed by yaoi fans since they both have crushes on Ryoma Echizen, the male lead who is very slashable in fandom despite being just 12-to-13 years old. And if Tomoka and Sakuno are maligned for being females, then the girls from the Dating Sims are... well, let's not get into it. * In the case of Dating Sim girls, Tsugumi Obinata from Sanroku no Mystic gets the biggest share of bashing because of her quiet, sweet and shy personality that makes her an Expy of the already maligned Sakuno. The comparisons between her and the more outspoken Ayaka Tsujimoto from Umibe no Secret always gi