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Leon was loud and open about wanting to pursue music instead of baseball since his first interaction with Makoto. So of course the ultimate idol would choose him, HELLOOOO?!! Sayaka is a charmer with great intuition! Basic presumption is that Leon would have been stoked to have a professional talk with her about music… or to make a move on her (as he does show interest in her during one of his FTE)

People also underestimate how much of an advantage surprise can give you when going against someone, even someone stronger than you. People freeze, are caught off guard. There’s a split-second where your brain just does not work. Sayaka also has muscle on her. After being knocked to the ground by Makoto she says, "I know how I look, but I've actually built some pretty good muscle jumping up and down on stage," and in the official relationship charts, Sakura says, "It's hidden, but she's really quite muscular, isn't she," which tells us that her strength isn’t easily recognizable. Leon probably didn’t see her as a threat! Sayaka was known as a sweet encouraging teenage pop idol spreading hope to people all around the world, so I’d say it’d be pretty out of this world to see a her suddenly running at you with a knife, or to expect it from her

AND… It is entirely possible that the reason Sayaka didn't end Leon is because she hesitated. At the end of the trial Makoto says a whole bunch of stuff that ultimately results to "maybe she was using me the whole time and only wrote Leon's name to get back at him for killing her.” Kyoko says that that’s certainly one possibility, but goes on saying, "Sayaka meant to double-cross you. That's a fact you can never change. But even till the very end, she wasn't sure of her decision... [...] She was...uncertain. She wasn't sure she could kill someone...or deceive you. Which is why her plan failed. Her hesitation attracted failure."

Leon was open about wanting to pursue music instead of baseball since his first interaction with Makoto. So of course the ultimate idol would choose him, HELLOOOO?!! Sayaka is a charmer with great intuition! Basic presumption is that Leon would have been stoked to have a professional talk with her about music… or to make a move on her (as he does show interest in her during one of his FTE)

People also underestimate how much of an advantage surprise can give you when going against someone, even someone stronger than you. People freeze, are caught off guard. There’s a split-second where your brain just does not work. Sayaka also has muscle on her. After being knocked to the ground by Makoto she says, "I know how I look, but I've actually built some pretty good muscle jumping up and down on stage," and in the official relationship charts, Sakura says, "It's hidden, but she's really quite muscular, isn't she," which tells us that her strength isn’t easily recognizable. Leon probably didn’t see her as a threat! Sayaka was known as a sweet encouraging teenage pop idol spreading hope to people all around the world, so I’d say it’d be pretty out of this world to see a her suddenly running at you with a knife, or to expect it from her