I LOVE OTOMO FOCUS. What a great character, to be introduced in the beginning along with tachibana with Aoi as try out players. What a great way to take the focus away from Aoi and build the world in Esperion properly by introducing other players that are as important to the team as Aoi that we can watch develop.
Time and time again he's shown that he's a natural leader. Written in a way where readers are supposed to slightly doubt him because of his personality on/off the court, which makes it difficult to read how he truly is early on, but proven now that once he's focused/overcomes the nerves he leads.