Ah, these chapters are so long but so satisfying in both action, characterization, and story. I'm beginning to dislike Natsuo, and yet I'm intrigued by her. I think that's what the mangaka was going for tbh. Make your MC a bit of an egotistical jerk with some kind of past hurt involving her older brother and while you may start to dislike her, you wanna see her snap out of it. I mean, there are a lot of good moments referencing how she's a decent person when she does have her head in her butt about her 'natural talent'. So I'm routing for her to grow up. In the meantime, I'm really enjoying all the other characters and look forward to seeing more fighting in the next volume!
Kinda not very good in execution but also conceptually exactly what I want from sports manga so I decided to finish it after putting it down for (checks watch) 4 years. I probably should have reread the first two volumes before picking up here but oh well.