showing up with a hangover and deep sense of confidence, that's how you know she's really leveled up these past 3 years, fits right in with the shenanigans we've seen more experienced characters pull in the past lol. Taison looks like a fun one as well, wonder if he'll be our conduit for Akane explaining what she's learned the past 3 years outside of her performances
also, you know this is a SJ manga because the protagonist is starting the timeskip by getting ready to easily body a former adversary that caused her some trouble pre-timeskip, can't wait for Rien to (figuratively) eat shit again