Oh no! Hanaaaaa! my boy friendzoning her like that...
But is understandable, In this stage of his life, Hana is better off as a friend, she has given him support and heartfelt advice every time he needed someone outside the football environment, is obvious they like each other, but is when they are aware of it when the problems arise (hence the drama of the last arc). Ashito can't handle emotional turmoil that has been made clear. I'm more interested in how the dynamic between those two is going to be, are gonna pretend like they don't feel anything for each other? Is Ashito going to run every time he gets flustered? XDDDDDDD
Hana also mentioned something really interesting, the coach of the team they're going against is from the same generation as Fukuda (maybe the old man will have a rival too??) which makes me wonder why is he a coach at such young age.
Thanks for the chapter BBP!