Is it weird that I kinda hope Souya is the third party? Like I'm not sure if that is a possibility but I'd just find it hilarious if after all the effort Kiriyama put for those two to get to know Akari in a casual setting, Souya ends up meet cute-ing her at the Ginza or something.
The metaphor is so cute and cool hahaha
The geniuses just cruising, Rei flapping his wings hard and keeping up, Shimada pedalling like a madman, Dobashi putting in a lot of efforts but having small wings to help fly
And Shimada remembering that how he must be focused in his sundely matured that talk. This story is amazing, i just can imagine the nuclear blast of success that a third anime season by the same studio would be.