Orihara don't hurt me.WHAT IS LOVE
That's my bet on what will happen: Orihara loses from the psyche debuff (and to Nagatoro's buff) and becomes a wreck. A lot of her story suggests she got to where she was now with an unhealthy mindset and we already know she's super jealous of Nagatoro, it was her whole reason she's working so hard and sacrificed her "youth". A fitting ending would be if Orihara makes up with Nagatoro and she approaches judo with a different perspective (and I'll bet Nagatoro will echo senpai here and tell her it's not over for her and that she'll support her or whatever).could be jealousy. Orihara sacrificed probably quite a lot of free time and "youth" to get where she is.
but now Nagatoro, after a lengthy break, seems to have trained just a little bit and seems to be already be equal to her AND got a boyfriend AND a large group of friends who support her.
meanwhile Orihara is mostly shown alone. of course her team members congratulate her, give her pats on the back etc. but she is rarely shown in a group of friends.
so my assumption is that Orihara gets herself dragged down psychologically and loses to Nagatoro, after she disolves into a puddle of tears but gets lifted up again by Nagatoro and gets added to the friend group permanently.
I think Orihara is going to end up crushing Nagatoro after a bit of struggle, but she'll still feel like she lost somehow because those two will end up confessing to eachother anyways.so my assumption is that Orihara gets herself dragged down psychologically and loses to Nagatoro, after she disolves into a puddle of tears but gets lifted up again by Nagatoro and gets added to the friend group permanently.
It's probably much less about the rivalry and more about how much she's felt like she's had to give up of a "normal life" to get to that point and seeing how much of that life Hayase's been able to live away from competition and how much she's been able to grow as a person (and even get a guy!) while still getting to that very same point. She's angry, but with herself.Awesome set up chapter. It's really nice to see these moments between the two. The hug was precious, but man Orihara seems to be harboring some potentially unhealthy feelings about this rivalry.
it's probably a reference to that stare