
Since Hongo and Yoshimura both earned Sports Recommendations for college, they plan to still participate with helping out with the training and all. But that doesn’t mean they are completely out of the the picture though. Because she’s talented and good at communication, it meant he didn’t have to talk much and he developed a habit of observing things from behind her.Īpart from Ryo’s breakthrough, this week we learned the third years are done, so now Yusuke has been made Captain. I was also quite happy to see we actually got the chance to learn how Ryo picked up his observation skills, and it turns out it’s actually thanks to his sister. And the minute he started focusing on creating his own plays, he finally ascended to the next level of his game. This is so important because following the bidding the flow of his opponents and waiting to adapt and counter the opponent strategy hasn’t worked for him until now. While being hyper-fixated into the zone of observation certainly proved useful, the biggest thing Ryo obtained from this breakthrough was actually coming to the realization that he needed to create his own strategic plays. And the key to that was taking the initiative to create his own plays. That said, he did manage to achieve a rally 32 shots against Kento, and won that battle. One of the things Ryo quickly learned is that, obviously– it’s easier said than done to make no mistakes, so he’s probably better off not focusing on that when he’s just starting to get a grasp on his strength. He just amped it up and imeaditely sought to crush him to quickly put him “back” in his place.) (And boy, Kento sure didn’t like it when Ryo got him there. Although he didn’t win the rest of the match against him, it still paid off.


Timing can be essential and that was a key moment that lead to Ryo’s breakthrough, earning his first “win” against Kento. Luckily for him, Hishikawa the team’s alumnus (and former ace) who had dropped by to help them out with their hellish training camp noticed how he was getting a grasp on things and quickly swapped him into the game while it was fresh on his mind. Thanks to that, we see him starting to pick up the little details he once overlooked, or missed entirely. But now he has solidified his resolve to become stronger, he is now consciously observing his teammates.

And a lot of that has to do with underestimating himself. Finally, everything is starting to fall into place for Ryo and I must say it’s quite exciting to see! His efforts are starting to pay off!ĭespite everyone telling him so, up until now Ryo never really understood just how good his observation skills actually are.
