I'm with Idealistic.Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
He's just a little shallow and a bit twisted by his upbringing. He did what his mother told him, and all that time thinking that he's got to be the best at anything he does had to have ground at him a bit. It's poisoned him.The first time he got inspired, it was because Arata was so much better. The second time, it was because Chihaya beat him.The first time he got inspired to play, it was because Chihaya beat him. The second time he got inspired, it was because Arata was so much better. You could argue that he got fired up because he likes her (that being the reason he picked on Arata). But losing to Chihaya was more important than the fact that he lost to Chihaya. I think that was when he really felt what competition is. He wasn't the best. Someone he thought was inferior at the game turned out to be better than he was, simply because she cared more.
Now, he's gotten fired up again not because Chihaya is still playing, but because Chihaya's gotten really good at it. Taichi finally saw that giving something your all really can make a difference. You don't have to just give up because you don't think you're making headway. He'd probably enjoy soccer, but he's seen that Chihaya's spent all this time striving for her goal of making A rank...in Tokyo no less. She's also done it faster than nearly everyone else expected her to, and she's enjoying herself the whole time.
That it is Chihaya (his former crush) is just icing on the cake.
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