I find it so sad how reo thought the only thing he needed to get fired up again was nagi’s words of affirmation, which he never received before. Even during nagi’s elimination reo blamed himself, remembering the only words he used to hear from nagi regarding soccer (and most things in his life) was “what a pain”.
This only made the insecurity stronger from seeing him having “actual” fun playing soccer with other people like Isagi, he never got that validation.











