@Silfir
Looking at it rationally, Nagatoro could have won if she tried again back in the day. Now years have passed by and Naga is just doing various sports on a casual level, while the other went pro widening the gap at a level that maybe in 5 years of hellish training we can talk, but today's...
@Albertillo nah man I know my place and just I'm not gonna be the punching bag for a professional athlete crashing a high school tournament for their entertainment
@coldconut07
this discussion is very well beside the point on whether Taira knows or not
it's explicit from chapter 1 that Furi does know she likes him and is not lying to herself at all about it instead of the classic supreme tsundere or the more detached "I don't know what means to like...
@FredFriendly
that is quite nonsense
she can just reject that suitor on the simple grounds she is not interested him regardless of having or not another person on her mind
and it's very odd that you claim she has to admit herself to like Taira, as from the very first chapter she is much open...
@AsuraRaza well that's kind of the point, that he doesn't see him and Tendou on the same level, which is regarldess of romantic feelings. Tendou is frustrated also by this lack of reciprocality in which she is not considered a peer (an equal) but someone that has to be taken care of by someone...
@Maala aside that things can change over time yadda yadda, there is a pecularity in this situation in that Tachibana makes a point in avoiding seeing others a certain way because he thinks personal relationships are a distraction from his tennis career. he's the guy that wanted Tsubasa and Yuu...