The focus this episode has been on Jun and Tsukasa, but shoutout to Shinichirou for being such a bro. Also, feels bad for Shinichirou, getting overshadowed by Jun his entire career. Unfortunately, it looks like this situation is going to carry over to their students, with Inori and Hikaru gapping the rest. It reminds me of those strong but forever-second Umamusume / horses who had to compete with prodigies of their generation (e.g. Win Variation vs Orferve)

Banner nominations: so hard to decide between the funny (read: horny) one and the cool shot

Which one would y’all pick? Or something else entirely?

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I always love watching Tsukasa get bullied by the other coaches! I can’t believe he did a backflip with no helmet just because he was told to, lol.

Also, does it still count as a back-handed compliment if they explicitly say “this isn’t meant to be praise btw”?

Edit: the music that played while Tsukasa watched Jun skate made it feel really gay.