As reported every year, the fans of the sports manga series have been sending Valentine’s Day chocolates to Shueisha to show their love for their favorite characters, because the publisher have announced the ranking based on the number of the chocolates since 2001.
Takeshi Konomi, the author of The Prince of Tennis manga series, has announced on his official Twitter that an annual character popularity contest based on the number of Valentine’s Day chocolates will launch on February 7.
They received only 313 chocolates in the first year, but the number has grown to the last year’s gigantic 112,863.