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| Lol gotta admit Hayru absolutely bustin the balls of Taiki was pretty hilarious. |
| Haryu Senpai - the big gun on the badminton team, is seen walking with Chinatsu making Taiki all kinds of worried and jealous! Is there anything going on or?? Wait, now he is paired with his "rival" in love? Oh things are going to get messy. |
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| The current pairing of childhood friends and overwhelmingly popular Senpais, Taiki's deflated feeling is only but a downward spiral. For Haryu-senpai to call Chinatsu by her Chii nickname, it only exacerbates Taiki that their co-living doesn't make them any closer at all. Of course, nothing goes by without Chinatsu sensing Taiki's worries enough to sound off to him, and him playing off her genuine concerns might just be the boost he needs to push forward. But being TOO concerned about even the most miniscule of their relationship, Taiki is clearly feeling overwhelmed that Chinatsu might be stolen to Haryu since he's reaching the level of what Taiki is aiming for, as much as Kyo is the punching bag for his whims. The leg bracelet that Chinatsu so provided Taiki last episode gave at least one match push for his best (even though he'll lose to Haryu decidedly), but her wantng to play badminton with him out of the blue, she is a real ace for noticing Taiki giving his all with his no-losing mentality, and always reaffirms him that he'll be fine to win next time, since he's always liked her to begin with. Chinatsu's nickname is a universal thing because she's so loved by everyone, and Taiki having to be paired with the romantic rival he's trying to beat for doubles, Haryu-senpai's a real Spartan, not just because he knows his crush on Chinatsu, but he's also a real hard worker. Compared to the inferiority that is Taiki, everyday is a battlefield for him, and to both be berated and made fun of in front of the Senpais, there's at least a silver lining that he acknowledges Taiki's working hard. The bombshell of Haryu having a girlfriend, it's the stint of his personality that truly gets on Taiki's nerves, lol. |
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| AAAAA nice anime, I love sports anime and this have a cute couple as protagonists. Taiki is a cool guy despite insecure, he is not a boring prota. He is the hardworking nice guy who will grow up as the story continues (and succeed both in love and badminton). Chinatsu is cute and cool too, the kind of girl I would like to be friends with.  |
| Lol Haryuu is actually a chill and cool guy even though when it comes to sports he's training very hard, but it turns out he has a girlfriend so MC was stressing for nothing ahaha, at least he can finally aim for Chinatsu without worrying about her other relationships |
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| Haryu-senpai seems to be a great guy after that revelation at the end. Also, that すごいじゃん from Chinatsu at the end was cute ^^ |
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| If the 3-episode rule applies to any anime, then it applies to this one. Wouldn’t say that existing aspects improved, but rather than newly introduced ones have elevated the show overall. We have to pay respect to Taiki’s mentality. He gets flustered easily of course, but now that can easily be overlooked with seeing how he decided to deal with situation in this episode. Instead of letting it get to him, he chose not to let seeing Chinatsu and Haryuu together interfere with his passion of badminton, and still brought his A-game when faced up with what might have been his romantic rival. He sets anything drama-related aside and went to work. Respect. He is way better as an MC now imo. Like when Taiki comes across Haryuu and the other second years, and he gets roasted pretty hard about his badminton skill? Even more respect. He just internally accepted everything negative Haryuu was saying about him and took it like an absolute unit: “everything he’s saying is right!” Salute to the man right there. And how about our new character Haryu who gave us the cliffhanger at the end of the previous episode? He is cool. Man is just a chill guy. Was dreading that the rivalry between him and Taiki would be a toxic one. Thankfully it appears not to be, you can tell the second he starts teasing Taiki about liking Chinatsu; it looks to be the start of a healthy rivalry. Bless. He also had a girlfriend, so no love square here. He might break up with whoever his idol-or-whatever girlfriend is and then bring the heat with a love square, but none of that for now at least- and may that never happen. Dude might just be a good senpai for Taiki to truly look up to. Taiki does willingly and happily take Haryu’s guidance, and Haryu does seem to genuinely want Taiki to unlock his full potential. Whatever friendship they will have will be great to see. The animation continues to be sublime. It’s such a joy to watch any of the badminton scenes. Decided not to watch blue lock s2 because yeah. But if you did, coming from that to this must feel ethereal. Hina still claps Chinatsu hard because Chinatsu is just so boring, but it’s still early so let’s let things play out a bit more at least. |
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| Other than Chinatsu annoying me with her blandness I really enjoyed this episode. It’s refreshing to see for a change the mc guy not to be bland, I really like him and he’s been super funny and goofy. I did like how Haryuu acted to him just to tease him, I hope they end up being friends. Chinatsu telling the MC was doing a good job was the only time so far she didn’t annoy me (sorry not sorry) |
| maybe have senpai like haryuu is not that bad i think |
| We need MORE hina.. bro is too unsettled, he should just focus on himself instead of getting some pus see. Like bro chill ya'lls not dating gal can talk to anyone she wants in schoool. do better. |
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| "The truth is, I do feel inferior to him." |
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| Thankfully Haryu is a chill guy and actually has expectations for Taiki. I hope he'll become one of the few guys that are close to him because the dynamic is kinda funny lol |
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| So far very good, I just wonder why Hina is also the main cast if she doesn't look like she loves him, maybe she is hiding it still? Maybe she will win? ;o but damn he is lucky two girls support him.. ;( not sure if Haryuu not being his rival is good but their interactions were funny ;] |
| (づ￣ ³￣)づ ちゅっ ちゅっ キス (´｡✪ω✪｡｀) I hate it when anime/manga that I enjoyed ends, especially when there could be much longer plot and when I love main heroine :P I wish I had magic glasses that let me see real world in anime colors ;) |
| I really am loving this anime. This episode was if plot-twist had a plot-twist and they continue to double down lol. It's like a spiral and not a downward one. They cleared up everything audience were worried about and not only that, they cleared the future as well. I see a lot of potential in this series considering they have a lot on substance based on my view from this episode. This line was a mouthful xD I cannot believe that I am liking a series so much that I am writing each episode review. Considering I was watching Giji Harem before this, man I just keep winning lol |
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| better than the second one, especially for the focus on Taiki trying to challenge himself and stronger rivals in his beloved badminton. It seemed inconvenient to discover that he will team up with Haryu, and to discover that he has already a GF and thus should be out of competition for Chii. Allegedly. Hopefully, more hoops focus for her is arriving too. |
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