Suzuka 07-09

Honoka-chan's attempt at covert psychological warfare fails to decisively change Yamato's mind about joining the track team so he can stalk Suzuka. Pretty convenient that he had a fantastic trial timing and thus a standing invitation from Miyamoto to join. Otherwise this would probably be the end of the anime. Yuuka inadvertedly tells Honoka-chan about Yamato's confession to and rejection by Suzuka and this dazes her with eye candy consequences. After fulfilling her dream of eatting croquette at Yamato's side on her shrine's steps, she determines that stalking him from the fence isn't close enough and will follow his example by joining the track team to stalk him as a manager but it isn't as stalkerlicious as she thought it'd be. When the selection trails arrive, she plays cheerleader to Yamato again but is left in the dust as he rushes off to Yokohama after Suzuka.

Warning: 70+ screencaps ahoy!

Not surprising that Honoka-chan wasn't completely honest about why she wasn't going to encourage him to join the track team as she knows that he is doing so to pursue Suzuka.

Ep 8:

Have to admire Honoka-chan's fighting spirit - got to admire how she picks herself up and she does her best even though she is normally shy, fragile and knows that Suzuka is, effortlessly, streets ahead and that even when she's alone with Yamato, Suzuka is always on his mind.

I enjoyed how cutely and insanely jealous Suzuka was. And conflicted too because she couldn't admit to herself that she was jealous. Cute jealousy +5 to cuteness.

Ep 9:

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