Reading comments and seeing people calling Hana manipulative makes me want to scream. Are you stupid??? The boy felt trapped, doomed! Of course Hana didn't want him to quit, she's his fan after all, but that's not why she put Noriko on the phone. Hana reminded him that football isn't worth all this suffering, that all the things he feels he owes his mother are not there to trap him! His mom wants him to be happy, not ruin his life and be miserable!! Ashito could have easily chosen to quit because he gained that support and clarity to look at his options and decide to give this an honest try. Not because he HAS to, but because he WANTS to. He wants to play football. Bruh... media literacy and critical thinking are dead in a ditch somewhere.