After reading this saga again, I gotta say, it’s really drawn out. torturing Toda is fun for sure but i probably would have removed a good portion if it was to end on such an anticlimax.
but if it has to take this long cuz you gotta have shimizu appear before the soccer stuff, the Flashback, the festival then id Probably make their actual date more interesting. Same conclusion though, that’s actually the best part of this whole thing.