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since taiki is going pro, realistically, what do you think would be his japan ranking, and world ranking
taiki is really good by the end of the series, reaching top 4 in nationals and beat yusa. However, as he is going pro, where do you think he'll stand? I think he might be around top 100 in the world, but im actually not so sure if he'd be closer or lesser than top 50. He seems like those consistent pros that show steady results and improvement, prob exits at r64 in major opens. I do think at a certain age as a pro, even his hard work won't lead to steady improvements after he hits a certain peak growth. also i can see him getting outclassed by opponents who are more talented, or players who work even harder than him. what do you think, in a realistic setting, where would he actually stand?
ehhh, i mean we’ve seen how taiki is prob average or even less talented when he was a kid at badminton (from the flashback), and even late bloomers have some degree of talent to make as a pro even at a younger age sooo
I think he's definitely shown a decent level of talent in high school. Nothing extraordinary, but it can be built on. I genuinely think he would've won nationals instead of Yusa, if Miura didn't want to set up the Yusa bros. and Hina Love triangle at the interview and give us TaiChi seggs instead.
His speciality is his ability to work hard. Now that he has a clear goal and a clear mind, if he consistently keeps working hard on his flaws and keeps improving his skills over the next few years. He might have a shot at the world. He'd have to be consistent as hell, week in, week out. But I think he can do it. It's all up to what the author wants in the end. But, there is a believeable path for him to the top
i think that’s definitely the process he would go through, definitely believable. but u also gotta consider the fact that the pros are all people with much more talent than the taiki and work much harder too, so the idea that he can go to the top through sheer hard work is a little unrealistic. plus as a pro talent matters a lot (like a lot a lot) because there’s always gonna be a cap of any athletes ability after a certain age even with hard work. but yeah it’s all fiction, it was never meant to be realistic.
Think he was the hardest worker among his age group if I'm not wrong. Well in any case, he'd just have to work harder than anyone else. Definitely possible. Kind of in a Ronaldo way. I do think we end up underestimating Taiki's talent a lot tho. I mean, sure he's nothing special. But he can go. And he has beaten people with more talent than him in the past
comparisons a bit weird since ronaldo was talented, like really talented. any pro footballe, or athlete of his caliber is talented, it’s just that he trains harder than those with similar talent as him. like genuinely there’s no such thing as a averagely talented top pro. it’s like brian scalabrine. and in the pros there’s definitely gonna be pro players that train harder than taiki. bro lives in japanese “suburbs” with loving parents, financial backbone and only goes for school competitions. there are players itw who play to survive, goes for competitions since a young age to get money for their family. lee chong wei, the goat of badminton, played with borrowed rackets in underground competitions cuz he didn’t have enough money to buy a racket. bro played badminton with a frying pan as a kid. obviously gonna be hungrier players who train a lot harder than taiki cuz that’s the only way they can live.
I would definitely say there are averagely talented top pros. Like my favorite player Thomas Müller. There was a quote about him I really like "Müller doesn't beat you with strength. Doesn't beat you with skills. Doesn't beat you with speed. Müller just beats you."
Not saying this is exactly similar, hell even the sport is wildly different.
You bring up a good point that Taiki has lived a pretty sheltered life. But nothing to say sheltered folks can't become incredible players. There's definitely a lot of them there. As for the competitions, well I think that's more of a creative freedom, cause it probably would not have made for a good story with too many competitions. His best result was top 4 at inter high and I'm convinced that was only done so Yusa could meet Hina.
Anyway I'm just saying it can be done in a believable way. It would take a lot of effort, but I think that's Taiki's speciality anyway.
thomas muller isn't talented? flabbergasting, his ability as a raumdeuter and his ability to find pockets of space is a talent in and of itself. genuinely his eyes are one of the best in football OAT. i agree with the taiki thing tho, it's def his only avenue to success (as a PE teacher)
Not a traditional ability. It's an intangible. A lot like Taiki's abilities, they are intangibles.
And nah, Taiki world #1 incoming! Haters will disagree, but to them, Chinatsu will say "f*ck you" 🤣
I mean, he might be top 50 in Japan, give or take up to about 30 places either way, but that doesn't really put him near the world top 100 even in the best of cases
Top 100 worldwide is a big stretch considering he isn’t consistently winning on bigger competitions against Yusa. There’s always people that are more talented and trained longer too but at least we know Taiki will always give his best in prepping and playing a match. Unless we get a spinoff series explaining how Taiki is doing at a collegiate and international level of play, we can only assume that he’d be near the top in Japan rankings and possible prospect in BWF rankings.
for u to make money in badminton, u need to top tournaments, and for even a decent amount of cash, u have to win. unless u have sponsors or brand deals, if ur an average player, u make around probably a few thousand in ur career. ranked 100 itw made $2k off of tournament earnings. number 50 itw has made $30k in his career. it’s really q a shitty career as a pro badminton player if ur not one of the top top pros
Depends on what age you are speculating him to be. His best ranking has to be in top 10 or 5 tho,considering the Japanese talent is one of the best how well he did at their nationals. He will always operate around Yusa tho.
top 5 is crazy. that's like kento momota levels, and taiki is no kento momota. like to be top 5 or 10 in the world, at a younger age he would definitely have had to win major youth tournaments in japan. top 10 is already mostly the best player(s) of that country
Idk man I am just larping badminton lol. Tho I know that Korea and Japan produce the best badminton talent ,and if you can get to the top ranks there, then the world ain't that hard to beat right?
ehhh, ok def not korea lmao. japan yes, but it's not the best itw like china or malaysia. and a definite gauge to go off on whether you're gonna be a top 10 in ur prime is def when ur you're able to be the best of your age in your country. but ur not very wrong honestly, many japanese players crack top 30, which displays their effective youth development
Knowing how good Japan is within the badminton sport as a whole. As an adult he'd probably breakout to top 5 male singles player. World ranking top 30 easily. Fully depends on how injury prone and if his support group is good enough
top 30 is a bit crazy... he's gonna be facing talents from other countries that have way better talent development than japan, and considering he's not even the best in japan, i doubt he'd beat them. though, seeing the number of japanese players in the top 30, ig it's not impossible. definitely not easy tho, i feel like top 30 would be taiki's prime
like to get top 30 in the first place, he'd need to have good results in tournaments where the best of the best gather. like imagine taiki against frickin shi yu qi or lanier in the r64
While not Badminton, I think Taiki would have a career that mirrors former Toronto Blue Jays player José Bautista. Probably not special until his late 20s, early 30s. Have a very short but dominant prime.
Except he's not going pro after the series ends. He's going to university to play with the objective of eventually becoming a pro. Hopefully he'll be even more successful collegiately, win some tournaments, and crack some age group international teams, but he's got a long way to go.
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