World Trigger 107 + 108
No wonder she the most popular operator lol
Aside from Haruka being super cute (and Akane's cat shenanigans) I really like how we are slowly starting to see how each individual member of Tamakoma-2 takes each victory and keeps on trying to improve after the match. We first had focused on Osamu directing both of teammates to prove his worth, then had Yuma trying to figure out how to defeate Ko while Osamu was struggling against Nasu. Now we are at the point where Osamu needs to figure out how to defeate Ninomiya, Yuma facing Kageura, and Chika finding a kindred spirit with Yuzuru. Building up these individual rivalries is what made the previous match with Nasu and Kuruma squads so exciting to see unfold, so I'm glad to see that we are still continuing with that going forward.
Osamu getting training from Arashiyama and Izumi to improve his own shooting was something that had to happen sooner or later, but somehow I doubt even that will help him against Ninomiya. He's a man who had once managed to get the top, and Osamu trying to get in a one-on-one fight can only end in defeat. Still, he's right in thinking that he had been counting Yuma more than is advisable, and he needs to start and be able to hold his own if the situation were to turn south for his team.
Liked Arashiyama's viewpoint on what a shooter (and by extension, a captain) ought to be focusing on during each match. Fits in nicely with what we had been seeing thus far through this Rank War with people like Arafune and Nasu as well.
On Yuma's side, I'm really happy he now seems like he found a friend in Ko. Guess that's what Jin was talki about when he was talking about Yuma having fun if he joined Border. Seeing that Konami is also among the shortlist of people Ko never managed to defeate was really nice.
The brief but we seen out of Kageura implies he has a side effect of some sort that allows him to understand or infer whenever someone thinks badly of him, though I wonder if that's the reason why he seems like he's always on edge. Guess it explains why his team's emblem is fangs lol
The one thing that connects everyone in the next match, from the 4 teams set to fight to the announcers, is Hatohara. I've been interested in learning more about her after what Renji and Ninomiya had to say, and seeing that she was Yuzuru's master and learning how freakishly good she was made me realise how great it will be once we meet her on the other side.
It's sort of neat how we are getting to learn more about her from not only the people who admired her (Yuzuru) and known her (Renji) but also the people who are now holding a grudge against her (Ninomiya) for just up and leaving. All what's left is just hearing what her former mentor has to say and we'd have a good future antagonist/ally for Tamakoma to go against or befriend.
And the giant elephant in the room gets pointed at. Yes, Chika has been scared to shoot anyone. She had been so terrified from shooting people to the point where she had never even gotten a single point on her own. The contrast between her and Hatohara in how they are both girls with powerful abilities but a crippling fear of harming others is an interesting twist (guess that's why Yuzuru is attracted to her? She reminds him of his old mentor?)
The fact that now we learned the reason what made it impossible for Hatohara to go on an away mission normally, and why she decided to leave in her own does add more to what Ninomiya said at the end of the previous match also. He knew Chika couldn't shoot anyone from a glance because he had someone on his own team who could never shoot anyone.
This was also pretty funny
Pretty great chapters. Shame it's on break next week but hopefully we will be getting a couple more set up chapters before heading straight to the final(?) B-Rank battle, and then off to the other world (probably the water nation, from the theories I've read recently).