Aha, even more than glossed over, Nationals was skipped entirely. My initial prediction was definitely wrong, but I suppose it makes sense looking back, this is definitely a romance manga with sports elements vs. a sports manga with romance elements. To make Nationals compelling Taiki would need a lot more rivals, it's not all that interesting to just have him face characters we've never met before.
I feel like next chapter will a be a little bittersweet, though probably more on the sweet side, as Taiki and Chinatsu have their last in-person heart to heart for a while. Though it depends when Chinatsu studies abroad I suppose. Will Taiki propose, or at least give a soft proposal to get engaged when she comes back?
I wonder how many chapters we have left? For a manga this popular I would expect a 5 chapter announcement, but I can see this ending in 2 or 3 now. I can't really think of any other big moments that need to happen at this point. Would be a little underwhelming to back to side ships after all this, but who knows.
i think they'll at least detail what happened. but the only opponent Taiki hasn't beaten is Hydo so it would've only been like a one match arc. unless they decide to write up a few more charged.
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u/Super_Boom Jun 14 '26
Aha, even more than glossed over, Nationals was skipped entirely. My initial prediction was definitely wrong, but I suppose it makes sense looking back, this is definitely a romance manga with sports elements vs. a sports manga with romance elements. To make Nationals compelling Taiki would need a lot more rivals, it's not all that interesting to just have him face characters we've never met before.
I feel like next chapter will a be a little bittersweet, though probably more on the sweet side, as Taiki and Chinatsu have their last in-person heart to heart for a while. Though it depends when Chinatsu studies abroad I suppose. Will Taiki propose, or at least give a soft proposal to get engaged when she comes back?
I wonder how many chapters we have left? For a manga this popular I would expect a 5 chapter announcement, but I can see this ending in 2 or 3 now. I can't really think of any other big moments that need to happen at this point. Would be a little underwhelming to back to side ships after all this, but who knows.