In celebration of the end of the Homework Arc, we're doing a daily dump of World Trigger volumes to catch everyone up

Today we're doing Volume 16, as the Galopoula Invasion arc is wrapping up and Hyuse makes contact with the neighbors, hoping to start making his way home

Previous Thread: >>280689641

>>280718447 (OP)
cuteruya on the cover

>>280718447 (OP)
Never noticed it before, but Hyuse's eyes are a little creepy looking.

>>280718555
Grayscale version looks better than the coloured cover.

>>280718447 (OP)
OUR PROTAGONISTS

>>280718586
Hyuse's eyes are cold and emotionless. he is the definition of cool beauty which is why he gets plenty of r63

>>280718620
>T1 & T2 double teaming Usami
slutty operator

Chapter 134: Yotaro Rindo: Part 2

>>280718773
He doesn't know

>>280718796
That's why he's the mvp.

>>280718829
absolute gigachad

Explain to me why Jackson is interesting because he's just a self-help device for ashihara.

>>280718447 (OP)
The Isekai MC and his princes- I mean prince

>>280718854
Later anon

>>280718864
>sheildgust melted even with perfect deflection
man that is one strong canon. I wonder what would happen if Chika got her hands on it

>>280718447 (OP)
Thanks for your hard work OP. Also, one of the best covers.

>>280718886
I-IS THAT A BAILO OUTO????!!!

>>280718864
>raygust with a focus shield under it
ko really puts all his point in tanking

>>280718866
No, you were right the first time. Hyuse is a beautiful princess.

>>280718864
>when your get respect from your enemy.

>>280718886
>>280718904
I don't know how long its been since the afto invasion, but how the fuck did they make a experimental but also functional bail out without even capturing a b rank agent? All while under whatever hell is going on in the neighborhood? it just doesn't sit right with me.

>>280718932
>imitate technology.
I wonder if Guacamole was the nation that picked up Hatohara & Rinji.

>>280718969
The smuggled border triggers found its way to galo?

>>280718969
their bailouts look the same as the teleport dog, so they most likely already has the tech, just a different application

>>280719035
>>280719060
Yotaro is such a good kid.

>>280719060
them talking about hyuse like a pet dog that they got from someone else always get me

>>280719079
True bros

>>280719060
>>280719079
I just realized but Yotaro & Hyuse are wearing matching hoodies with that horn face on them, omega cute

>>280718969
They share intel as to what happens in other invasions. Their bailout technology doesn't seem to work the same way border's tech does, it looks like a reporpused ship gate instead of a beam of light flying towards the base - it's not so much reverse engineering as it is convergent evolution (same needs generate similar solutions).

>>280719035
Interesting there was a 50/50 chance given Gala had orders not to help Hyuse and could kill him.

>>280719110
that is literally what he is, he is someone else pet dog they are temporally taking care off because it has fallen out of the car and couldn't find its way home

>>280719060
>Jin was surprised by Yotaro going to Hyuse
>Earlier Jin gave Yotaro a reason to meet with Hyuse

Did Jin believe that Yotaro would just sleep through Hyuse leaving, and gave him the trigger as consolation?

>>280719060
Knowing yotaro's background, his decision here is even more meaningful. The joys of good writing...

Chapter 135: Hyuse

>>280719212
>spit-roasted fish
what the actual fuck

>>280719187
It might not have been certain that Yotaro would tire himself out to the point of sleeping. In which case, Hyuse might have approached the situation differently and had to talk to Yotaro.

Nasu my beloved

>>280719262
Young Mira is so cute, adorable.

>>280719212
>normal trigger
That thing was a foot short of being a black trigger, but yeah

>>280718916
I never noticed the focused shield.

>>280719367
FUCKING NEIGHBORS

>>280719367
et tu hyuse

>>280719367
you ungrateful little....

>>280719431
yeah, it means you should start running

>>280719262
I wonder if the one behind is Hyuse's master

>>280719367
TND

>>280719482
Fair and balanced

>>280719461
What if Hyuse was BETRAYED and TRAPPED on another world?

>>280719482
Ah, he's really pissed now.

>>280719509
There it is the trigger that killed Ashihara.

>>280719482
>Scorpion fuckery
No. He TANKED that.

>>280719509
poor poor little soldier, he learned nothing. also this obscenely long spine trigger should be a ranged trigger, right? it just feels like the sharp thingies are supposed to fly off shooter style. maybe its dual purpose? you slash with it and then unload?

>>280719569
>enhanced trigger
I would have thought for sure that the beard guy's spider arms were also an enhanced trigger but it's called normal here >>280719212.

>>280719590
Vassiliisa is clearly custom trigger but its not "afto-enhanced" all afto triggers are wild like geist but stable because of horns. no other nation can have toys of this class because they don't have trion augmentations - horns.

>>280719593
>only one sawblade hit
just a few months and this guy already lost his touch with Lambiris. tragic degradation

>>280719618
My headcanon is that the enhanced triggers are something to do with the mother or crown trigger.

>>280719655
doesn't seem to be. Hyrein says that Geist is a lot like Afto's technology but because he doesn't have horns its self destructive and unsustainable.

>>280719154
The way he refers to the camera always gets me.

>>280719644
2 technically as the second one hit Thugator. Probably shot 3 just in case he had a way of moving.

>>280719338
>Yotaro nods
he taught him so many things

>>280719644
Wouldn't the others be there for if reghi was more skilled than he thought and can evade?

Chapter 136: Galopoula: Part 13

>>280719698
>things that are evenly spaced apart
based Rata

>>280719660
>bet against fucking Jin
>win
>still lose
lmao

>>280719698
>meat pie, white wine, things that are evenly spaced apart
ah the finer things in life

>>280719698
"which shows that he was born with class", kind of a shame we didn't do more theorizing on him back in the day.

>>280719819
I wonder if the user can apply it to himself to glide and then disable when necessary, would be a neat application.

>>280718886
Having Bail Out means that there is a possibiity that they also figured out a way to block it.

>>280719819
>Slime stays even after the trigger user is gone
Osamu's A rank trigger is being prepared

>>280719819
Based fun havers

>>280719908
they have different bailout tech, in the case of Guacamole its an actual gate and good luck blocking that.

>>280719904
>got raped
>pretty chill about it
>except Reghi

>>280719856
Love how Nino's team is just goofing off with the slime while he's trying to be serious.

>>280719961
>in this case, it could be...
there is a good chance he is suspecting a bullshit side effect

>>280719131
They are true brothers. Yotaro is the older brother by the way.

>>280719984
did they think they were fighting a bunch of shitters?

>>280719212
Gattlin is strong and could have won if it wasn't for that fucking cheat.

>>280719261
You do understand that's an actual cooking technique, and not a sex act, right?

>>280720039
ah, the best commentator is back the seat just in time for the main event, this is gona be good

>>280719880
Anons wife is so strong

>>280720084
of course I don't, who do you take me for?

>>280720039
Here we go.

>>280720009
Wasn't he trying to say that Meeden was more experienced with the evac function (ex.it's okay to "sacrifice" your ally to defeat a stronger foe because of the evac).

>>280719262
>>280719283
And Reghi has been in full cope mode ever since.

>>280720118
>yeah
>Katori squad has always been at the top

>>280720143
best K*T*R* and katori...

>>280720143
I want to see Urushima's matches so bad

>>280719856
The hag is already hunting for another teenager

>>280719644
Reghi is just too weak.
The extra blades are there to stop the sword and cut him if he evades.

>>280720187
remember that one time when Yuma did a bagworm kill? basically this for the entire match but he is a gunner and everyone on the map is paranoid and out to get him.

>>280718864
Kou didn't even need a nap to perfect that one.

>>280720202
>This season's dark horse, Tamakoma-2!
Our heroes.

>>280720251
even low effort Katori is pretty, she really doesn't need to bother with trion boobs

Chapter 137: Katori Squad

>>280719968
Because he got raped the hardest

>>280719974
Even their room reflects that.
Ninomiya just filled the fridge with ginger ale, but besides that he tried to make it look professional.
>Tsuji brings dinosaur toys.
>Inukai brings plane models.
>Hiyami brings a macaron couch (understandable, she fights while sitting in front of the pc).
>Hatohara brings a lot of boxes that nobody is allowed to open.

>>280720278
>14 years old R&D engineer
>so good afto wants him
kinda insane really, he is the most talented guy on the ship.

>>280720304
If i recall their sword guy is the one with genyo right?

>>280719968
I mean they technically have nothing personal against meeden and would prefer it stay that way.

>>280719925
>it's my fault for giving responsibility to Reghi
Oof, that's even harsher

>>280719968
Well the rest of them just lost but got away scot free thanks to their new bailout function. Reghi on the other hand disobeyed orders and fucked up by the numbers, including trying to handle the entire Aftokrator captive thing on his own without even trying to ask for his captain's orders in this situation, and botched it. That's pretty embarrassing even before the rest start asking him "What the fuck were you thinking?"

>>280720140
Yeah, he was talking about their use of the evac.

>>280720304
>their Ace gets the most of the points
95%
>and the other two use chameleons
to not get in the way, poorly

>>280720320
3 competent all rounders on one squad is kinda nuts. they have so many options they could use

>>280720148
It doesn't help that Ashihara thinks of him as the conveniennt punchbag.
I still laugh at remembering how he described him, like saying that his biggest feat was taking the dogs to a walk in the park.

>>280720278
10/10 would kidnap, don't know why Afto haven't tried harder

>>280719482
Kogetsu could never.

>>280720382
>we are going with our fucking graveyard.
Kakizaki is indeed a lucky guy, lmao.

>>280720497
shitty home situation, and with Galo being under their control, they probably have some control over him.

>>280720543
Once she switches to sniper she'll be a perfect all rounder. Maybe she'll beat Arafune to it.

>>280720278
Ashira keeps bullying Reghi, even when he is describing other characters.

>>280720483
The best, just the best

>>280720543
Cute Flatori

>>280720576
He did it to the cube first

>>280720574
it's Katori, just give her sniper rifle and like 2 hours.

>>280720278
A top operator and engineer, plus has enough trion for a side effect so quite probably also has his own combat trigger customized to take advantage of his parallel thinking. I hope we get to see him in action again.

>>280720630
Osamu blanco?

>>280720508
some really wise words are coming from the cushion lady

>>280720407
ENTER cutest operator

>>280720543
Being able to quickly mastr an attacker trigger, a gunner trigger then mix them to become an all rounder is amazing. Wakamura just sounds like a jealous loser.

>>280720278
He looks like a Gamer™, he would fit in with Terashima and Enedorad.

>>280720630
she is. she is burning herself trying and literally cannot use a good 50% of her capability because of it.
I wonder when Jackson looks back on this event, does he gets red with shame or not?

>>280718969
Of course meeden monkeys wouldn't get Aftokrator technology 's greatness

Why's he called Jackson anyway?

>>280720668
Nah, Osamu doesn't give a flying fuck about others not pulling through. He would be grilling himself to death instead even if he did everything right. He is masochistic like that.

>>280720711
Hana: I am not up for this shit, let them fight.

>>280720599
Maybe Inukai taught him wrong for giggles

>>280720497
If you want to get the best out of someone smarter than you, you have to offer them decent terms. An engineer can always just do shoddy work in protest, or sneak in features to screw you over. If you want to get the best out of someone smarter than you, you have to offer them decent terms. It's a different situation from press-ganging people into combat where their options are fight or die.

>>280720756
Katori was also at fault for her terrible communication skills. She comes off as apathetic towards the issue from the way she talks and isn't honest with them.

>>280720689
>gets called a slacker
>gets shouted on
>is the ace and the captain
>just deescalates
pure angel I tell you

>>280720786
Alternative kanji reading, so Oji realized all members in the squad could have foreign-sounding nicknames and went ahead with it

>>280720814
yes anon I definitely want him for his engineering skills

Chapter 138: Tamakoma-2: Part 9

>>280720786
Oji's nickname. Wakamura is written as 若村.
若 in Japanese is read as waka, but in Chinese (Japanese version) is read as Jaku.
村 in Japanese reading is mura, but in Chinese (Japanese version) is read as Sou. Reading his name in the wrong way is Jakusou, hence Jackson.

>>280719212
>Same age as me
>Married
>A captain of a ship/leader of project
Where did I go wrong...

>>280720866
Oh I thought it was a fan nickname

>>280719904
It's neat how they have their rank on the little shoulder tassel thing. And Afto did something similar with their capes. An easy detail to ignore, but its inclusion makes them feel more like a real military force.

>>280720825
She is too sodt to tell them that she is carrying them.

>>280718969
Its been like 3 months.

>>280720902
Pretty sure some of the nicknames already in circulation like Koala and Pokari were his.

>>280719338
I just noticed that Jin noticed Yotaro's nod

>>280720834
The MVP wo handled Hyuse all on his own!

>>280719508
Was Hyrein his childhood friend?

>>280719035
Tamakona sure is nice to let war criminals get away

>>280719367
>Jin was ready to Fujin Hyuse
So Hyuse might have kidnapped or stabbed Yotaro.

>>280720825
In a way it is indeed Katori's fault, she is too strong and so she doesn't see another way out but trying harder and harder to get even stronger.
But you have to look on this from her teammate perspective, she is already working very hard on her own, in fact its obvious as she somehow is solo carrying two potatoes to the top tier for like 2 or 3 seasons. Not every person has good communication skills or even understands that its an option. Katori's modus operandi is to do shit solo, she doesn't even see the obvious option of making Hana a captain.
None of this allows Jackson to be a shithead and pull more weitgh on her head, his goal should be to lighten the load.

>>280720508
>>280720543
Let the cringe begin

>>280720834
Captainbros why is his wife making stew for this runt

>>280719544
Cheat trigger

>>280720944
B-Rank must be entertaining as fuck. Iko and Oji are already funny enough to keep people in good spirits.

>>280720802
Katoree brain in action. see target, bite target.

>>280719458
You can't sleep with those horns.

>>280721019
Katori has a REALLY annoying way to talk to people, which is the issue.

>>280719338
Left handed snake.

Also Jin was like 3 futures away from sniping Hyuse.

>>280719632
>good acting
You think acting can fool Jin's foresight? Like he saw Hyuse stab Yotaro but didn't see it was fake?

>>280720834
>Loves gambling even though he sucks.
So let me get this clear. He is so stupid that he tried to fake an invasion using dogs (walking dogs in the park was his best feat), he got frustrated when nobody bit his bait, he tried to bait Hyuse and got shocked that he "killed" a child so he is a big softie, he got trolled by a 5 years old kid and he loves to gamble despite losing most of the time.
I don't want to be loved by Ashihara if that's how he treats the characters he likes.

>>280721019
I know modern HR is bullshit, but in my career a friend of mine who worked in HR told me they prefer sociable people who lacked knowledge than the other way around. And I just guess it is due to examples like Katori squad happening IRL

>>280721139
>>280721162
You should watch the anime for this.

>>280720868
>>280720900
>>280720935
>>280720935
this is such a cool fight. both aces show what they are made of

>>280719569
Jin told you that months ago.

>>280721189
Remember Katori is playing along without watching Yuma's logs. 100% instinct. A proper ace.

>>280721159
The most talented human in a field is not better than 2 hardworking retards because we have a hard cap in our skills and intellect.
That's why sociable people who can work together is way better and more productive than an asshole genius.

>>280720965
I wonder, would it work? Like both Kuga & Katori can slice her to ribbons in under a second, but Teru-teru is pretty good about her attacks so there is a good chance she trades her life for some good damage, it should be worth it.

>>280721019
From Jackson's perspective Katori tries something out for a little while, gives up and moves on. He clearly believes that she could do better if she just kept at it.
Katori unfortunately tried to act casual about changing her triggers, potentially to ease her squad's worries, which backfired because it looked like she was doing everything on a whim and would give up the moment anything got hard.
Even after being confronted Katori stays silent and can't be honest and then throws a phone at him rather than simply have a proper conversation.
Katori is the main offender and Jackson's only crime is holding a misunderstanding she refuses to spend two seconds fixing. He has no clue what she's thinking and openly states his issues to her.

>>280721208
The only ones Hyuse can trust are Konami because she is adorably guillible and Yotaro who is his bro.

>>280721139
Enter
Spiderman

>>280721139
>>280721162
It begiiiiiiiiiins

>>280719604
this whole scene is even funnier knowing what we do now about the capybara

>>280719856
Tsuji would melt if Kako got near.

>>280719698
>things that are evenly spaced apart
actual autism in my autism manga?

>>280720910
And then there is Nino.

>>280721243
Jackson bears half of the fault for being a retard who doesn't try to think from Katori's perspective. He only sees her as a genius who can easily do anything without trying to understand that pure talent is not enough to be as good as her. He needs to humble himself and understand that he is a shitter, but Katori is a retarded softie who can only say that to him indirectly, Hana doesn't want to reveal Katori's feelings because she feels is betraying her and Miura is an useless simp.
The entire squad was doomed to failure from the start.

>>280721242
I always got the impression that this decision is the moment Kakizaki lost them the match.

>>280721225
He even uses the same gun as Inukai. Shame the skills don't rub off apparently.

>>280721058
>Mikumo confirmed as Katori's future husband

>>280721109
>Katori rushing towards the love of her life

>>280719819
since we'd most likely never seem the research side of border, it makes the lab into this mystical place that can solve all of their problem
>agent got cube'd?
send them to the lab
>this slime?
lab time
>tachikawa kept kicking your ass with kogetsu?
to the lab

>>280721359
Jackson isn't a mind reader. He's as honest as he could be here and not correcting a misunderstanding someone has with you is your own fault.

>>280721011
And he can't even trust a 99% certain future because Yotaro is a mega chad who can easily change the future so Jin has to be ready to react in an instant.

>>280720140
Makes sense. Normally them triggering off is basically guaranteed death. Using it as tactic is new to them, being sacrificial pawns.

>>280721418
I mean, where else are things going to get researched and developed?

>>280721312
Katori may be bad at communicating, but this idiot is throwing blame in the middle of a match when they're in a vulnerable position. What the heck is he doing?

>>280721101
her ass is indeed deep inside her head, can't argue against that.
>>280721159
depends entirely on the field, the degree of sociability complications and manager control. as someone who had to be in charge of people I'd take 10 Katoris for a single Jackson but only because I've used to deal with much worse people, much worse. and I will crush any competitor who hired 50 Jacksons. It's not going to be close. The main issue is not to mix Jacksons with Katoris and to babysit Katoris so they don't do stupid shit and have everything they need to work.
Nowadays HR is populated by fat lazy woman who can't and don't want to do shit, so naturally they would prefer low maint low performers, this is why so much of modern games are shit btw. The better the devs the bigger pain they are.

>>280720086
Shitters.

Chapter 139: Tamakoma-2: Part 11

>>280721219
And I'm not disagreeing with you, because I guess modern recruiters and talent managers do that constantly. It's just funny seeing the textbook example in Katori's squad.

Another thing I am seeing is that Miura is useless when de-escalating conflict. I forgot if he has a crush on Katori, but he literally lets her walk all over him and Wakamura, while softly telling the latter to just stop being angry. Miura should try and be a voice of reason and sound judgment.

>>280720143
ENTER. MORE USELESS, OLD AND BUSTED CAPTAIN.

>>280720711
Nice pre combat pep talk everyone.

>>280721242
It's hard to say, Kuga is used to fighting multiple opponents at a time and Katori is used to drawing attention considering her teammates tend to follow along with chameleon. That said it would have delayed Kuga reaching the wire zone, so as long as she positioned herself in a way to prevent them both from focusing her. It definitely would have been risky, but it would have greatly payed off later in the match if she survived.

>>280720806
Nah, wakamura is in an even bigger rut that katori, he's in such despair over being terrible that he just repeats basic training and doesn't try to experiment with anything that might give him an edge. Inukai tried to bore him to death with boring training, but wakamura never got pissed off enough to think he needed to do something else

>>280721217
and this is right after her team shat on her head. imagine if she was actually in the mood from the start. Fucking hell these are two coolest fighting styles in the border, I want to see Yuma vs Katori proper.

>>280720382
Read like a fucking book.

>>280721427
Telling to the ace who scores all the points and makes the tactics (not the strategy) that she is not working hard enough is the epitome of being conceited.
He should have realized by himself that his support is utter shit. Osamu realized that Yuma was carrying him without anybody telling him. Jackson carries half of the fault in the petty squables he has with Katori for making her angry without a good reason. The other half is Katori who refuses to be honest and not trusting that Jackson can endure being told that she is overworking because he is an useless shitter.

>>280721362
And the coolest thing is that he immediately recognizes it after the match and works on correcting it. His maturity from his years at Arashiyama squad paid off. I know Azuma is a certified top dog in Border, but I also like when other captains prove themselves through their leadership skills.

>>280720407
Enter my wife.
>>280720435
Teruya is wasted with such a wishy washy fuck.

>>280720574
I know people like to wank her, but she doesn't have the temperament for it. She'd be a good shot and then suck at every other aspect of the role.

>>280721622
monkey boy hanging by one arm

>>280720630
Not entirely untrue.

>>280721058
>damn
>these annoying bullets
sekuhara'd
>>280721109
Katori will not stand being sekuhara'd
>>280721162
raped.

>>280721676
Scorpionchads are laughing at us again...

>>280721712
Their teamwork is all matter of whack. Like don't keep second guessing the captain.

>>280721473
How did/do you tard wrangle geniuses?I'm genuinely curious

>>280720802
Katori, what are we doing.

>>280721011
I think any future that starts with Hyuse "stabbing" Yotaro is a good one, hence why he didn't do anything.

>>280720104
She always gets to comment on on matches where Osamu gets to look good

>>280721601
>Telling to the ace who scores all the points and makes the tactics (not the strategy) that she is not working hard enough is the epitome of being conceited.
Jackson think she isn't because she was acting lazy and casual about things. That's the misunderstanding that caused everything in the first place.
>He should have realized by himself that his support is utter shit.
He did which is why he asked an experienced gunner in Inukai to help him. He just doesn't have the talent to keep up with high B-rank and seems to be a slow learner.
>Jackson carries half of the fault in the petty squables he has with Katori for making her angry without a good reason.
These all again stem from a misunderstanding Katori refuses to fix. He thinks she doesn't give a shit about the team and keeps trying to convince her to try harder and take things seriously.

>>280721162
TWAAAAANG

>>280720935
Are her tights fake too.

>>280721195
Yoko's headphones kinda look like horns. Also the second most usefull squad member does the most usefull thing. Based Miura.

>>280721195
Effective simp defense

>>280721242
No, she is not using bagworm. Yuma probably knows where she, might damage Katori.

>>280721721
Yeah, homework arc has completely melted people's brains when it comes to these two. Jakckson is a shitter with a lot of his own issues. But that doesn't make Katori perfect and always right. And it doesn't preclude him from ever having a valid point, which he does here. Her attitude really is garbage and really is holding her back from being as good as she could be.

>>280721162
FOUR EYES.

>>280720935
What thell is Hana, Wakamura and Miura doing?
From the radar, they know that Katori and Yuma are fighting.
Chika is hidden.
There are 2 unkown agents going to the battlefield.
Since Yuma is heading towards the 2 unknowns, the probablity that one of them being Osamu is very high. The one at the north being Osamu is the highest possibility too.
With that in mind, they should have aimed towards Teruya to do a pincer attack.
This actually shows why Katori shouldn't be the captain, she is busy trying to take down Yuma so she can't give proper instructions.

>>280721676
Buff Kogetsu

>>280720382
>>280720407
ENTER my wife both of them

>>280721712
>>280721828
This squad would probably be better of if Hana was the captain.

>>280721862
People SERIOUSLY understimate how shit working with someone like Katori is.
Her attitude is utter garbage and refuses to communicate properly which just throws the team in disarray. Working with Katoris is NOT fun and despite the shittiness of her other members, she has most of the blame here.

>>280720599
>Inukai
Did the gorilla plan that far ahead?

>>280721243
>throws a phone at him rather than simply have a proper conversation
deescalation. also they don't have time for it. Jackson chose the extremely poor timing for his bit speech, probably subconsciously knowing that its better to avoid full blown confrontation.
>Katori is the main offender
No. Before telling others that they suck, look in the mirror. The first thing I would do if I doubted my ace capabilities would to compare and ask around. I'd talk to everyone who fights Katori to find out how good she is objectively, and naturally I would do the same for myself.
This alone would immediately prevent everything they are experiencing. Jackson simply didn't eat enough shit in his life. And while I would personally snap his fucking spine for being a worthless loudmouth subhuman he isn't the person I should blame. He is simply too dumb.
The actual, unironical main offender is Hana. She is a genius, she sees the situation from the side, she has solutions. She prefers to watch.

>>280721985
>Step into Tamakoma trap
>get Kuga'd
>Step out of trap
>Risk getting Chika'd
yeah, good luck

>>280721981
I think so. The signs are all there. And it's his usual MO.

>>280721312
Just like my dota games.

>>280720831
>point of contention is apathetic attitude
>doubles down on apathetic attitude
>"deescalates"

>>280721463
>What the heck is he doing?
It's a symptom of the team being disfunctional. Half the point of Katori squad is that they're starting to spiral. Doing poorly because of unresolved personal and teamwork issues, which in turn raises tensions in the team and makes the teamwork worse.

>>280721985
>>280722013
>>280722044
Tamakoma's wild ride is not optional

>>280722011
>deescalation
Dude, that's called simping from your part.
Katori's attitude is shit and makes the whole thing go to shit.

>>280721489
Hana is an enabler.

>>280720382
>We can take cover from sniper fire
>The only sniper in the match is Chika
>The only person in border who can nuke building like it's fucking butter with one shot
Is he retarded?

>>280721801
Her attitude doesn't matter if she does the job. She does the job beyond any reasonable doubt. Jackson demands she does more, not only does he demand it, he shouts at her and calls her a slacker. Subhuman garbage is the only verdict.

Chapter 140: Tamakoma-2: Part 11

>>280721712
A bad play coordinated is better than the correct one alone.

>>280721979
She needs correction and I know just the guy who can do it.

>>280721312
Dammit Wakamura, it was your fault for being a shitter. Katori did the right thing, even if it was by pure instinct.
Yuma was heading towards an unkonwn agent, this means that he was trying to meet up so that one was Osamu.
If she heads directly towards Osamu, she would get 2 vs 1. Fighting Yuma so he doesn't meet his ally was the correct move since waiting for Wakamura and Miura to come wouldn't have been very helpful.

>>280722104
>Her attitude doesn't matter if she does the job.
But she is NOT she's doing her job as an ace but she is the captain.
Simp for her all you want but Katori is a garbage captain and her team being in a shit situation is her responsibility.

The cringe I got from reading this battle still feels like it's brand new.
Sasuga Jackson.

>>280722137
>>280722179
Does Chika count as a war crime?

>>280721922
>get distracted with someone else while your ace is in a 2v1 fight with the enemies' ace
That sounds like a very bad idea.

>>280722083
Unreleased sexual tension: the team.

>>280722104
Being a captain isn't just racking up points, you know.
Like sure she's strong, but her skills as a captain are pretty fucking crap.

>>280722083
they should just have an orgy or something, this cannot be healthy for the team morale

>>280722281
That's pretty much the team's issues.
Katori getting a good fuck would also debitch her somewhat.

>>280722011
>deescalation
Throwing a phone at someone is a terrible way to deescalate anything, even if they are in a trion body. It might be the single worst thing Katori does in the whole interaction.
>No. Before telling others that they suck, look in the mirror.
He does exactly this and tries to improve himself through training with Inukai.
>The first thing I would do if I doubted my ace capabilities would to compare and ask around. I'd talk to everyone who fights Katori to find out how good she is objectively, and naturally I would do the same for myself.
Jackson already brings up the problem to Katori herself and she doesn't ever deny not trying hard enough or taking things too easy. Why would he ever assume she is lying and ask someone else when the person in question won't even deny it? It makes no sense.
Even if somone else told him Katori was good or bad he would always assume the result would improve if Katori actually tried during training. No matter how she performs Jackson is under the impression that she is coasting on pure talent and is barely training, so in his eyes she can always do better.
>Jackson simply didn't eat enough shit in his life. And while I would personally snap his fucking spine for being a worthless loudmouth subhuman he isn't the person I should blame. He is simply too dumb.
It sounds like you have an irrational hatred for Jackson and can't accept that he's almost completely innocent in this scenario.

>>280721803
>They understand this
No they dont.

>>280722320
That, anon, is what we call simping for a girl.

>>280722174
Saying the facts is not simping. I already said that Katori has half of the blame in their squabbles for having shit communication skills and not having the guts to tell Wakamura that he is utter shit so she has to overwork. He should have realized why Katori always fights solo without waiting for support from her squad. Tamakoma 2 squad is similar to them and he can see that Yuma doesn't meet with Osamu if there is a target nearby unless is part of a bigger strategy (like their fight against Arafune and Suwa squads). I am not asking for Wakamura to be a mind reader, I am saying that he needs to stop being a retard and blaming others for his shittiness.

>>280722083
>two simps in the same team actually four since Hana is after Arashiyama and Katori lusts for Karasuma
They need to FUCK

>>280720382
It wasn't a bad decision to go with the industrial zone (they couldnt know about Wires beforehand), but...

>>280720965
Explicitly deciding to group up instead of letting Fumiya go after Chika /was/ the wrong decision. They /knew/ that Chika is a cannon, so grouping up in a zone with so much potential for collateral damage...

>>280722044
Could, if they had been less lucky, resulted in them being taken out in one go.

Kakizaki effectively Tamakoma dictate the pacing of the fight, despite Kakizaki being the one who chose the stage. They reacted instead of were the ones who forced others to react to them.

>>280721242
Directly? Probably not. But getting into a more chaotic scrap might have been more advantageous than trying to cleanly regroup. This highlights another issue with Kakizaki squad in that they lacked a clear vision of victory. It makes it hard to determine what is or isn't a good idea if you don't really know what you're trying to do.

>>280722083
The ntr team.

>>280722253
The cat is so important it gets its own chair.

>>280722106
KATORI WHAT THE SHIT. THIS SEASON IS A MONTH OLD ALREADY.

>>280722253
Cat nodding.

>>280722403

already said that Katori has half of the blame in their squabbles
>Subhuman garbage is the only verdict.
Dude, you don't even try to hide it.
Katori is NOT doing her job as a captain, this is like Osamu basically doing nothing and relying on Yuma and Chika to do the heavy lifting.
Katori behaves like an ace, not like a captain.
You know why Osamu lets Yuma do whatever he wants? Because he's actually shown to be reliable and they work together in general when devising strategies, so they have a proper relationship based on trust.
Katori is just a bad fit for captain because she fails at the very basics and can't even keep team morale in a normal state.

>>280722440
It wasn't Chika that Teruya had eyes on there, it was Kuga and Katori.

>>280721139
>>280721162
It begins.

>>280721629
But anon...teruya is on kakizaki's team because she's got a crush on him

>>280721868
Our villains.
honestly T2 has never looked this evil, just look at these pricks.

I like Jackson, he feels very human.

>>280721765
Stopping Yuma from meeting Osamu.
The problem is that she is too instinctual, doesn't bother to express what she is feeling and she is busy being the ace to give proper orders.
Hana should be the captain or at lest the tactician.

>>280722584
People hating on him have never worked with someone like Katori, she's extremely well written as downright infuriating if you've ever had.

>>280722492
>Look up
>Feral monkey child
I'd shit myself desu

>>280722253
>wire zone already this big
"Ignore Tamakoma" they said

>>280721000
He's probably not a war criminal, just an enemy combatant.

>>280722447
Kazikazi doesn't make bad calls but he has no plans, ideas, anything. First map Osamu uses the terrain to force a gang bang against Arafune, second map Nasu uses the weather to split the weaker people and third map uses the snow to make 1v1 more relevants so they can get picked off by Azuma.

>Lets block sniper sight sigh
Nigga there is one sniper that hasn't sniped all season

>>280721979
lmao. so here is what this Jackson here is saying.
>That moody over-performer makes my hard work looks like garbage and I can't take it, fire her now!!!
This is why you Must Separate Jackson's from Katoris. Katori is an angel, usual a single, UNO ONE, Jackson is enough to ruin an entire department of Katoris, they will just stop working at their usual speed and its fucking over.

>>280722694
Osamu looking good and refreshed here

>>280722599
If she had watched the logs she knows she has no chance.

>>280722035
a person who does its job has more leniency that the trash that is getting carried.

>>280722680
No, here is what he's saying
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU ARE DOING? We have a fucking deadline, you don't even look like you are working on it and at this rate we're getting fired.
Katori's reply
>*throws computer at you*
Awful person to work with.

>>280722083
>2 girls and their simps

>>280722722
A rare no sweat Osamu

>>280722242
Tamakoma 2 is hungry for points.
Osamu will try to save or kill steal. Katori will be able to do a 1 vs 1 against Kuga for a longer time.
They can pincer someone from Kakizaki team or Osamu (probably someone from Kakizaki team if they look where Kuga was going).

>>280722253
This cat is a little too smart. How do we know it's not some kind of spy?

>>280722611
Don't see how working with Jackons wouldn't be just as, if not more, infuriating. Having to slow your pace down in a mixed ability class because some retards take forever to understand basic stuff just holds the whole group back.

>>280722726
You can't ask Katori to actually look into the other team's ace as her team's ace, you know.

>>280722694
>>280722732
My boys are so confident. I love them.

>>280722770
What a miserable squad.

Chapter 141: Tamakoma-2: Part 12

>>280722044
b-rank mid tier by the way. fair and balanced matchmaking

>>280722770
Interesting, she tries to have self control. Also imagine not being allowed inside your own room.

>>280720599
Reminds me of a certain bald ping pong player

>>280722774
>give him a job
>he'll come by if he doesn't understand something
>maybe he's not particularly fast at it but he'll more or less do what you asked him to in a consistent way
And this is not a class this is a job, there's a big difference.

>>280722799
>she doesn't know

>>280722403
Tamakoma 2 has only shown up recently and has had just a handful of matches ever. Even their team composition is different from Katori Squad since they don't have a sniper.
Why it’s somehow Jackson’s fault for not watching the logs of a random team with fewer than ten matches—and then magically realizing all the faults in his own team and fixing everything, all while his captain lies to him and causes issues for no good reason—is beyond me.

>>280722806
We find out later Katori probably actually has real depression.

>>280722803
Hey don't blame matchmaking when it's all because of mikumo's hacks.

>>280722780
the biggest wtf of her by far, even ko and kage bothered to check on yuma

>>280722083
>Katori likes friends. Her best friend is Hana.
>Hana likes friends. Her best friend is Katori.
>Miura likes Katori.
>Wakamura likes Hana.
This is the real reason why this squad is shit.

>>280722770
>the boys are only allowed to use the area around the operator desk and the circular chairs in the small room in the back.
Jesus, what is this humiliation ritual.
I'm on team JACKSON, Katori a shit.

>>280722106
This is 100% Katori's fault by the way.
Even her simps agree with this one.

>>280722584
He's Mikumo but bitchier and less creative. I am rooting for him to overcome his own obstacles.

>>280722223
No, she counts as artillery.

>>280722833
They feel the same to me. In a job Jackons are slowing down the team project because they can't do shit like find information alone, or get paralysed making decisions when they don't have a procedure to do the thinking for them. And they're still complaining about Jira being too complicated 2 years after switching to it.

Trash.

>>280722929
Should have done that before even engaging kuga...

>>280722223
That's two matches away.
Nuking a whole mall and everyone inside is a war crime.

>>280722253
>half the map is just wires
oof

>>280723014
Kuga grasshoppering enemies never ceases to amuse me.

>>280722161
She didn't get fucked over by fighting Yuma. It was taking the bait and charging Osamu. Jackson is obviously retarded and in the wrong for arguing about it during the match. But the issue did arise from her underestimating her opponents and consequently falling for their trap.
And even without considering the possibility of a trap, the decision was questionable. You've got two other squad members. Send them to suppress Osamu. They don't even have to kill him, just keep him busy while she fights Yuma. And in fact, it would only take one of them to do that so she could still have a 2v1 in her favor against Yuma.
People make a big deal about her scoring all the points. But as much as that's a testament to her skill, it also sheds an unflattering light on her leadership. She just has them follow her around doing nothing. Give them orders to go do something useful or don't complain when they're useless.

>>280718969
It's not like it was "since the afto invasion", they might've been developing since much earlier. Almost every nation sends soldiers to Medeen every now and then for free pickings.

>>280718447 (OP)
This is a very nice cover

>>280722898
What a shitty formation.

>>280723057
as if a focused shield would have even blocked it anyway

>>280723075
If she had checked the logs, she'd know osamu is as much of a shitter as her teammates and would know that sending them to him was benefitial.
Jackson was right in that she should have actually researched them, but she puts too much trust in her skllls.

>>280723014
If Yuma had used his Bound seal Tomoe would already be off the map. Buff Grasshopper.

>>280718864
That "Excellent" translations seems really weird, I would have translated it "Bravo" instead

>>280723112
If it was Egret probably. Only Ibis increases damage.

>>280720461
>>280720483
>>280720508
>strategy meeting
>Wakamura isn't talking team strats
heh

>>280723100
Look at him, making it look so easy.

>>280723171
Our translator isn't John Werry levels of terrorism but isn't very good.

>>280722516
I think we all agree that Katori shouldn't e the captain in the first place. She is a retard trying to do everything by hersef. Hana should be the captain, Katori should stop being a bitch, Wakamura needs to undrestand that he is not the only one working hard and Miura needs to stop simping so hard.
>>280722854
Unlike Katori, Wakamura saw the logs, but he is in denial about how useless he is. He thinks that he can be a good support for Katori and it's her fault for not being cooperative which is only half of the truth, she doesn't cooperate with her squad because they are not good enough.

>>280722971
>>280723014
I like Tomoe, in fact I am liking Teruya too. They feel like Koarai and Okudera, with tons of potential to grow, and I can see how Border thinks in the long term as these people may likely become A-Ranks in the future.

>>280722942
You get room space equal to your points earned on that team.

>>280723186
>strategy meeting
>katori is looking at her phone and didn't even bother research the rookies she's fighting for the first time
Amazing captain, that's one of the biggest reasons she lost.

>>280720086
To be honest, she should probably just quit being an operator and be administration full-time. Her having so many responsibilities involving rank wars means that her team is probably being held down by her.

>>280720237
Actually, this a nice foreshadowing for his next match with Tamakoma, or maybe this mission was the inspiration for their new formation with Kuruma

>>280723232
They should just gang on Kazikazi squad.

>>280723245
Yep, that's how you improve team morale and foster unity.
Hana and her simp enabling her doesn't help.

>>280719794
>>280719819
I liked this guy, he also had fun stomping around the snow when they first teleported into the map in the previous match.

>>280722726
There is no defense for Katori here. She is a shit captain.
She is good at tactics, but not at strategy because she doesn't even bother to check the logs.

>>280720543
>>280720599
>Murakami needed half a year and his side effect to reach master class
>Katori reaches master class in half a year, probably lazing her way through it
Top tier

>>280721629
>Teruya is wasted with such a wishy washy fuck.
Best KTR too.

>>280723247
Yeah, that past data would have really helped them with the wire strats and lead bullet. Oh wait.

>>280723356
Murakami went from inexperienced new agent to master class in half a year.
Katori went from upper B rank attacker to master class shooter in half a year.
There's a difference.

>>280723391
Come on, you can't actually be thinking you're making a good point with that are you?

Yuta pls go and stay go.

>>280722770
This is why simping is bad.

>>280722320
Oh so you are saying she should have stood up and told him something along these lines
>A trion waste that cannot score a point in 3 fucking seasons dares talk back to me? The mister genius that can't reach 8k gunner even with good trion and a-rank mentor in two fucking years? The free point who can't even understand the basics of combat is talking back to someone who is solo carrying his ass for the last 3 seasons?
would be better? the gentle phone throw was proper deescalation, Katori had enough ammo to burn him alive on the spot and she didn't use a single bullet. if anything she was far too kind.
If you want to talk shit, prepare to be hit and Jackson has nothing behind his speech, he was not prepared in any way, completely and genuinely worthless. By far the most abdominal person in the whole story.
On that note I don't hate anyone, not even him, as he is here to learn a valuable lesson.

>>280723430
Katori unironically needs a captain that sets her really fucking straight, forces her to do stuff as her superior and then let's her go wild within a range during fights.
If someone had forced her to check tamakoma's logs her fight would have gone way different.

>>280723462
Seems like Hana job as the only one she actually listens to but I legit think Hana is a sociopath.

>>280721803
Hana understands this.*

>>280722099
He fights by the book, tactics as conventional as they could be, so it's unsurprising that none of them work against the completely unconventional tomakoma-2.

>>280723451
based Teruya, gotta break that stalemate

The whole point of this match is to see how much a captain matters in their team.
Katori and Kakizaki are shit for different reasons, meanwhile Mikumo is pretty good all in all despite how shit he is as a fighter.

Chapter 142: Kuniharu Kakizaki

>Katori vs. Jackson
The real answer is that the whole squad is fucking up equally hard. Katori is impulsive but also decisive, while Jackson is a planner who gets caught up in indecision. The main problem is they refuse to work with one another's strengths and are instead at each other's throats. Ideally Miura should acts a bridge for the two, but he's too passive and too much of a simp to reality check them. And Hana is too detached from the squad to get them to work together. They were high B-Rank, they're strategy does work to a point, but their character flaws are causing their team to implode.

>>280722492
The absolute insult of this move should not be underestimated. Osamu doesn't do shit blindly. He decided that he cannot fight Kakizaki but that it should be possible for him to deal with Katori.

>>280723514
He also failed to realize that this each squad tries to go after Chika plan, while good, its also what T2 wanted.

>>280723491
Funny how Hana is simping for a guy who has the exact opposite personality. Arashiyama knows better than to stick his dick in crazy.

>>280719644
In the anime the other two were used to destroy the dogs

>>280721828
>both squads now know T-2's strategy involves setup
>allow for a passive stalemate
This was a blunder by both of them.

>>280723512
I actually see a lot of agents being into running and athletics in general. I know Reiji must have an immaculate workout routine, and Zoe has actually muscle in addition to fat, but others probably are more into marathons and aerobic exercise.

>>280722745
if you don't understand what she is doing, why are you in the office? you just confirmed that you are completely incompetent

>>280722694
>no sweat when thinking of Kitora

>>280723457
>the gentle phone throw was proper deescalation
You legitimately have severe autism or something worse if this is what you believe.

First time the map decider is not setting up the pace of the match.

>>280723560
That's because kakizaki has meteor, he would be able to get rid of the wires faster than katori squad, so osamu calculated he would be able to stall them longer.

>>280722592
>how lucky

>>280723186
That one is Katori's fault.
Wakamura is bawling shitter who is in denial of how useless he was and even trying to blame the one of the only 2 in the squad who does her job properly, but not making a proper strategy is Katori's fault because she is the captain.

>>280723671
I just explained to you the alternative to that phone throw. Would you prefer that?

>>280723670
>>280723702
Ah yes, the difference between a pretty face and a leader.

>>280722253
This is why you need a sniper

>>280723739
Do something Kazikazi, anything. Think of something, say anything, do anything of actual relevance you 0 presence fucker.

Kako has good eye.

>>280722732
>sorry Kakizaki I will kill all of you
lmao

>>280722044
I love Tokieda so much.

>>280723391
That's just in hindsight.

>>280723670
>border agents have zero PR training
netsuki gets your shit together

>>280723772
Some people are born to be just that.

>>280723721
Screaming at him in a major escalation isn't the only alternative to her minor escalation of throwing her phone at him. Proper de-escalation that *doesn't* involve throwing things at him is another alternative.

>>280723796
That was probably Border first PR meeting.

>>280723245
no, they actually have more than 3% of the room

>>280722104
Her job is captain. And she's quite possibly the worst one in all of border.

>>280720483
She's out of line but she's right

>>280723014
>>280723057
stupidly fair combo. just imagine if Chiken could shoot real bullets

>>280723486
Kakizaki growth moment as a captain.

>>280723904
If Chika could shoot people she could've gotten like 3 free points off these guys

>>280723932
Note the added insult that arashiyama squad started doing much better when they replaced kakizaki with kitora...

>>280723546
Wakamura, charge in so I can figure out how the wire tricks work. Giving Tamakoma a point is bad, but losing you to figure out this trick is a good trade off.
Katori, just be honest for once. Wakamura won't grow if you coddle him so much.

>>280723960
sex with ui (14)

>>280723829
hahaha.
>I scream at you its fine
>you don't get to scream at me
okay, she says this in calm cold tone of the person who is about to end you. better? You need to understand a 16 years old girl, who is under severe pressure and stress, who could kill everyone in that room in under 1.2 seconds and has enough verbal arguments supported by objective truth to make sure they will never rise their head again choosing to gently throw a phone is not just proper deescalation. Its an act of fucking god. genuine miracle

>>280723932
>no confidence
He's just like me...

>>280722745
But they don't have a deadline, Jackson actually has no reason why they "can't afford to drop lower", it's just rank wars, he just feels entitled to be middle-upper B-rank because the team used to be that rank.
Katori is exactly right, if they drop down, that means they're only that good. It's not like anyone there is aiming for the Away Team.
What, does Jackson want to rank up to get A-rank salary? Is that his motivation? So he's complaining that Katori is not doing enough to carry his ass to a salary?

>>280723932
>Get replaced by that bitch Kitora
>Squad does better than ever
Ouch

>>280723721
I am the one who says that both of them are equally at fault and I think what you said is completely retarded.
There are better ways to descalate the situation, but Katori is shit at communication.

>>280723306
Holy shit confident sweatless Osamu.

>>280720508
I still can't believe some people like Katori while saying that Kitora is a bitch for being petty

>>280723419
rude, he is actually being usefull.

>>280724046
>Katori is exactly right, if they drop down, that means they're only that good.
In Jackson's eyes she's half-assing it. To him the team is better than the spot below them and Katori is giving excuses to be lazy.

I feel bad for Kakizaki. He isn't a bad guy, but he isn't extraordinary as a captain by any means. As a fighter he's just so-so too.

End of Volume!

So what's the verdict on the databook? Tomorrow now that Galopoula is done, or before the Selection Test?

>>280723486
Look at this guy. He knows he made a wrong decision but he shuts up, sobers up and tells her to just do it. This is a proper chad doing work on his mistakes.

>>280724155
Thanks OP

>>280724155
GET FUCKED NEIGHBOR

>>280724155
I'm going all in on kakizakicoin, suicide attack is always badass

>>280724155
I think before the Test would be the better time

>>280724155
holy based

>>280723960
He is truly useless. Had his friends not set him up he would have just done nothing.

>>280724076
I'm just using to deal with women collectives. If they have this much ammo and then some idiot gives them a chance, he will die then and there. Happens every time too.

>>280723462
Enter, cube with lung cancer

>>280724264
>I can fix him
where is my teruteru bwos..

>>280724033
The difference between a crush and a fan.

>>280724066
I like this guy. He recognizes his faults and is not a shitter unlike Wakamura and tries to do his job like a proper captain while being communicating nicely unlike Katori.

>>280724000
All those rookies are a rankers

>>280723739
No wonder Osamu is welcome in Arashiyama, he did save his brother & sister, Four eyes actually scored major points here.

>>280724026
Do you even know what the word deescalation means. Jackson is frustrated at Katori's refusal to engage with the team. Her choosing to continue ignoring his words and throwing a phone is the exact kind of action that would escalate the conflict. It is absolutely worse than her telling him he's a shitter. Her being a violent retard is half of what's causing the issue, the other half is Jackson's ineptitude.

>>280724302
>While he claims to respect Kakizaki, his hair is styled after Jin's

OOF

>>280724264
Zakibros we have plot armor!

>>280724302
kotaro's living his best life

>>280722559
This was the actual mistake of the match for Kakizaki. Teruya attacking the aces might have helped. And obviously letting T-2 set up was a bad idea. But this was the decision that sealed their fate.

>>280724302
>even after his captain turned out to be super lame
This feels like beating over a dead horse

>>280724264
Kakizaki is gonna need all that sports training endurance...

>>280724033
>that notion about Teruya liking to help weaklings
poor fucking Kakizaki

>>280724264
>Teruya
>Best Rookie Award winner
>押しかけ女房
>daddies money
>slightly sadistic but has a good heart
I've been long on Teruya coin for years now and I'm never selling.

>>280720772
I didn't notice before, but Tamakoma was really lucky with the positions they were transferred. They're all very close together, which really helped them secure their overwhelming victory in this match

>>280720009
I hope they succeed next time. I don't want stupid away mission. I want the next season of ranked wars.

>>280724264
Kakizaki gets to play ball with Kuga in his off days. Fucking lucky bastard.
Teruya is a stalker waifu in an ojou-sama school, a zako zako tsundere who beats the shit out of random people and fix the problem with daddy cash.

>>280724436
Osamu is lucky.
Unlike their new recruit.

Finally i can post this without it being spoiler

>>280724097
Team power of friendship and team tragic backstory vs our heroes

>>280724319
Yes, it meas that instead of choosing to increase the ferocity of the conflict you reduce it. Katori can juggle him over the entire room or destroy his ego in 2-3 sentences. She chose to toss a phone at him, lightly, dealing 0 damage.
You are blind to acts of mercy given and are arguing from the position of absolute entitlement.

>>280721162
FUCKING FOUR EYES

>>280724302
Kotarou is the ara ara magnet, thank goodness that he is a Tomoe, otherwise he would be in danger of getting eaten by the phantom hag.
Ui hits Kakizaki's butt...
Yuiga is the rival character lol.

>>280724155
wait this is the end of the volume? another brutal cliffhanger.
YES DATABOOK YES YES YES YES YES

>>280724155
Before the test would be great.

>>280722742
Katori's job is captain, which she fails to do. And, as captain, she already bears more responsibility than anyone else for the state of the squad. So no, she gets less leniency than anyone else.

>>280724494
What is with this total simp thinking.
Everyone should just spread their assholes for anyone more capable than them and are not allowed to criticize them?

>>280724302
I believe in Yuiga.

>>280718969
Remember that before the invasion even began, they had to know about bailout because exploiting the lack of it in the C Ranks was the entire plan. So neighbors knowing about bailouts has clearly been a thing for awhile.

>>280724494
See >>280723671

>>280724564
I firmly believe Jackson will step up as team captain after the away test arc.
Hyuse's beatdown will actually make wonders for his skills.

>>280722770
Just disband the squad already.

>>280724155
Before selection test.

>>280721123
Technically yes, but then Jin should be able to see beyond the moment to learn it was a fakeout so it's kind of irrelevant. It all depends upon how his future sight works, which is still somewhat nebulous.

>>280721123
I think it was 50/50 on whether the stab was real or not.
Hyuse is a chaotic character.

>>280720290
Jackson hands typed this

>>280722161
No, Katori was full of herself thinking she could take down Kuga easily, that was her first mistake. It was obvious that Yuma was going to rendezvous with Osamu, he wasn't even using a Bagworm, so she could have easily seen in the map the two dots running to each other.
She should've read the situation and planned with her squad the best course of action, but no she chose the worst option...

>>280721123
Honestly, i don't think Hyuse actually has the guts to kill a child, capturing him was likely the worst outcome

>>280724712
It's simple, she's not captain material.
She works best when other people make choices for her.

>>280722774
If you just communicate properly he seems fine. His issues with Katori and his training failures with Inukai could have been resolved if he wasn't expected to read minds. Hyuse shits on him, but the fact that he is willing to listen kind of undermines Hyuse's defense of Inukai a bit. If the people he sought help from had simply done what Hyuse did, he would have been doing a lot better.

>>280724494
Those are both escalating actions, the fact that she could be more violent doesn't stop minor acts of violence from being an escalating action since NONE OF THEM REDUCE THE PROBLEM. Her team is literally arguing in a match because she couldn't deescalate the situation, which is her job as the captain. Her actions literally increased the ferocity of the conflict, your own words.

>>280721123
In this case, no. Not really.
Because there'd need to be a future where Hyuse actually did stab Yotaro in order for Jin to even be fooled in the first place.
And if he somehow let the fake stab happen knowing it could be real, he'd know it was fake immediately because Yotaro still has a future.

>>280720569
Oops

>>280724796
Jin would be facepalming here
>10 different futures and you chose the worst one
>every
>single
>time

>>280721123
Jin's foresight will never be fully explained to let things like this work and I'm fine with that.

>>280719819
>We'll bring it back for more research.
Do you feel it, Meganebros?

What's with all these black bars

>>280724582
kek. No. but there is a big difference between criticism and being a waste of air. Jackson said nothing of value and done nothing of value. Empty hot air & pointless conflict right before battle is all he produced.

>>280720743
I mean, he is. He's well aware of how talented Katori is and it pisses him off to see her lazing about relying on pure talent when it seems like if she tried harder she could be even more amazing. It's all projection, because we'll learn Wakamura's baggage is he's afraid to try and find out he's actually completely worthless, so he's even more angry that someone with obvious talent isn't trying either.

>>280724737
I agree that Inukai's method wasn't effective, but I don't think there's ANY chance Waka would've accepted the talk from Katori. He's way too defensive. Look at where he put himself on the chart during The Talk. It couldn't have been Katori to tell him, they have too much baggage.

>>280724712
Katori saw that Yuma was trying to rendezvous with someone, this overconfident bitch thought that she could beat Yuma before he could do it. She is lacking in strategy, not in tactics because she doesn't plan anything at all.
Her tactic was sound, but since she relied on her instincts she is unable to properly explain it and she doesn't even bother to do it because she has zero trust that her squadmates can help.
The rest of her squad are over reliant on her. Only Hana tries to think, but she has the advantage of being Katori's childhood friend so she can understand her train of thoughts.
Katori fighting against Yuma while her 2 squadmates is in a 2 vs 1 vs 1 situation is a good tactic.
This is the kind of thiings that Osamu does, good positioning to force his opponents to play by his rules.

>>280724704
he doesn't like her, he actually simps for Hana.

>>280723100
Villain Yuma is the best.

>>280724849
Telling Katori to take their team meeting seriously is pretty valuable.
What the fuck is the captain doing on a bean bag looking at her phone for?

>>280724845
Katori and Wakamura's stuff is... complicated and extra spoilery.

>>280724845
Many Jins discussing the future

>>280724878
Their squad was doomed to failure from the start.
>Wakamura simps for Hana.
>Miura simps for Katori.
>Hana enables Katori.
>Katori only listens to Hana.

>>280721128
He says right there he likes him because his irrational and emotional personality makes it easy to maneuver the character to where he needs to be. Author's tend to like emotional characters both for the usual catharsis reasons but also because they're easier to write.

>>280721123
I think jin saw a future where reiji actually did accept to take hyuse back to aftokrator, which would derail a LOT of plans. But because yotaro decided to play dead and reiji revealed his orders, he never had to intervene.

>>280724917
>everything jin has ever planned hinges on Osamu making the trip
What will /ourmegane/ do in the future?

>>280724741
But they don't, we see that he backs off and pipes down. Once again you don't understand. When you throw hands and the dude with the gun doesn't immediately mag dump you even after he has legal justification, its deescalation. When the side of the conflict with bigger guns doesn't use them, its an attempt at deescalation. Opening his loud mouth allowed Katori to bury him alive, she didn't. Do you understand it this way?

>>280722726
What? She absolutely had a chance against Yuma.

>>280724939
Conquer entire nations. Attain countless women. Put his mark on the history of the neighborhood.

>>280724888
contemplating her fate most likely

>>280724917
>I think jin saw a future where reiji actually did accept to take hyuse back to aftokrator
This would never happen. They were under orders to leave him there.

>>280723232
And here's Katori squads' biggest blunder. The wires are already out. Ignoring Osamu and going for Chika was exactly the right play.
How is Hana not already the captain?

>>280724908
Invest in Jackson coin.
He's gonna RISE UP and take charge, I can feel it.

>>280724966
Katori is strictly worse than Ko and Kage.
And Yuma is on their level.

>>280724888
Being a bitch like always.
I still think that Wakamura carries half of the fault for their squabbles because he doesn't want to admit that he is an useless shitter and tries to blame Katori for their failings.
Katori tries to make it seem that everything is easy to her, but you don't need to be smart to understand that is not easy to master being an Attacker and a Gunner in such a short period of time and is not easy to mix those 2 skills to be an All Rounder.
He refuses to admit that Katori is carrying the team.

>>280724990
>How is Hana not already the captain?
High functioning autist.

>>280721412
An interesting set up, where Tamakoma-2's defeat immediately catalyzed them to get their shit together. Meanwhile Katori's squad had been winning for awhile and is slowly starting to slip in the ranks, but it only exacerbates their vices and bad behavior, rather than triggering introspection and growth.

>>280720086
Have we ever even seen her squad?

>>280725016
Katori openly acts like it's easy. He can't read her mind and detect she is saying the exact opposite of what's actually happening.

>>280724865
No, fighting Yuma there was still a mistake, her teammates where on the complete opposite side of the map. And if Katori was dropped right there, they would have lost with 0 points that match.
Actually they have to thank Kakizaki's blunder, if their team had stalled Jackson and Muller, Katori would be 100% dead.

>>280723391
She didn't even know about the cannon. People have been talking about that since Chika's enlistment. How do you miss that?

>>280724990
Hana is smart enough to know that's a fool's errand.

>>280725008
How much worse? Matchup matters a luck, Katori is exactly the kind of flexible and instinctive animal fighter that might keep up with Yuma due to compatibility.
If she was that much worse, Yuma would have simply taken her out before meeting with Osamu.

>>280724966
Yeah, that is the thing. She could, would be close but its doable in a true 1 vs 1.

>>280722129
A helpful tip for anons playing Nightreign. Even if it feels suboptimal, it's better to stick together to handle something than risk it splitting up.

>>280724949
No, he doesn't back off, he gets angry and even starts throwing out an insult before getting interrupted Miura doing ACTUAL deescalation. >>280720689

>>280723419
Yuta's OK as a support. Nothing amazing, but he's probably the only person from the squad you could slot in somewhere else without issue.

>>280724989
But suppose reiji was convinced they could use hyuse as a bargaining chip? Or that he could only pretend to take him only to kill him when he released the temporary border trigger he took? He is enough of a gambler and hates afto enough for both options.

>>280725065
Yuma is using this match for wire practice.
And Kage is as instinctual as them, dude's a beast.

>>280720278
>hot milk with lots of sugar
>cacao rations (chocolate)
The fact that these are listed separately implies that he never combined them into hot chocolate.

>>280721975
It's interesting that there aren't any Operator led teams, though there's obvious, on the ground decision making reasons for that. What's probably happening here is simply that the main problem children, Wakamura and Katori, both have a good relationship with her so both are fine listening to her commands when they won't for each other.

Katori is that person who says she never studies for tests and Wakamura is that person who believes them.

>>280725065
We actually do not know Katori's ranks. We know she is at least masterclass gunner and most likely masterclass attacker. The only thing we know is that killing Nasu in the fucking face and surviving is trivial for her and she solo carried Wakamura & Yuta to top tier 3+ times in a row by massacring everyone in mid tier.

>>280723419
He is useful. He saved Katori a few times in this match, follows orders and doesn't try to blame their squad failing only on Katori like our useless shitter, although that may be because he is a retarded simp.

>>280719237
that's what happens to your planet when you don't have foresight

>>280725146
the best way to put it

>>280725150
Nol, that's the whole reason, if he ever falls for another girl their squad would genuinely implode.

>>280722492
Each squad gets an opponent appropriate to their skill level

>>280719338
OMG YOTARO BROS RUN!

>>280723457
>making the problem worse is deescalation as long as there is an even more retarded thing you could have done

>>280725094
Miura stepped in after Rokuro was taken aback but It was over before he showed up, Katori didn't take the bait, Wakumra was out of time as the match was about to begin.

>Could you take this strategy meeting seriously otherwise we'll keep loosing
>If we lose it means we're shit, lol
>Sigh... You're always the same...
>What? You're literal shitter, get to my level scrub! You suck, fuck you

And people still say that Jackson was the one completely at fault

>>280722659
>this is where the fun begins
fucking Anakin ass commentator

>>280725142
Operator job looks to busy to going around making tactics.
They have to constantly check all the players, calculate their moving patterns, help with some trion body setting like linking the sounds and eyesight, giving precise coordinates, etc.
Hana can be a captain because she is the only one that everyone listens without complaining in her squad.

>>280725228
yes. without a shred of doubt yes.

>>280723719
The homework arc made me forget she even was the captain. I thought that he was like a bizarro Osamu who actually sucked and was a captain for no reason.
Why did they make Jackson a captain and not Katori for the exercise?

>>280725249
It's the classic example of
>reverse their genders and this argument wouldn't even happen

>>280725249
Only 1 retard fully blames Jackson.
And only 2 or 3 retards only blames Katori.
The blame lies in the entire squad, but mostly shared between Katori and Wakamura.

>>280723892
It's an interesting problem. If Chika was a normal agent, that shield would've worked. But because she isn't, she can use lead bullet as a sniper to pass through it. BUT because she has the trion to do that, she could also just blast through it with a normal shot. It's a crutch only she can use and only she needs to.

>>280720508
Wakamura, you're not taking the meeting seriously either.
You're talking gossip instead of strategy.

>>280725299
I would add Hana too, she knows Katori for a while and yet doesn't intervene or tries to help her cope with her frustration.

>>280725287
If Jackson was the hot girl with implants things would be different.

>>280725285
They inferred that they want Jackson to be an instructor.
I also think that Katori is not a captain material and management wants to see how Katori would be if she can act like an ace even when she is with someone she doesn't get along with, hence they paired her with Osamu while having Suwa as the captain.

>>280723670
>asking fucked up gotchas of 15 year olds
The only correct response here was for border security to beat that guy to death.

>>280725335
He's talking about determination from the other team, which is important to understand their desire to win.
Katori had no intention to discuss tactics as she didn't even check on the fucking menace that is Yuma.

>>280725249
I actually blame Hana.
Jackson is retarded but he is an idiot, nothing could be done about it.
Yuta doesn't exist.
Katori is an angel from heaven and cannot be reasoned with, she will silently drag the anchors upwards.
Hana is the real fucking demon in the room. IQ 150+ is fully aware of everything, chilling, watching, tiding her glasses.

>>280725349
Yes, Jacksona would be called an useless padded bitch whose only useful as a cumdump. He should be glad to be a male.

>>280725287
Yeah because Jackson would be too pussy to open his mouth to a dude.

>>280725335
I believe that Wakamura is an useless shitter, but he was trying to have a proper strategy meeting.
Katori was mostly at fault there.

>>280725473
Honestly, he should consult with Osamu, he has better specs even if he's still a shitter, he needs to start thinking out of the box some more.

By the way, we see Osamu getting back in his groove with his shiny and new spider which he uses to harrass Katori like when he hit her boobs with a hidden wire, made her trip to show her ass with more hidden wires but the discussion is mostly focused on Katori and Wakamura being retarded bitches.

>>280725535
This has always been a popular match after all!
>700 fucking posts

>>280725535
Please understand, it's some of the only inter-agent drama in the series

>>280724026
The objective truth is that she's a trash captain too lazy to even look at her opponents' logs. Not even Kage was that arrogant and stupid and he actually has the skills to back up that kind of attitude.

>>280725616
you mean the team to back up that attitude

>>280720483
ENTER MY WIFE

>>280724312
Kakizaki and Katori squad are good foils for each other. Katori is reckless with an ace-driven squad and a lot of bickering. Zaki has a balanced and overall strong team, but is too careful and his squad mates are a bit too deferential to him.

>>280720668
He's more like the anti-Osamu.
Osamu has been carried to some degree by his teammates, but he undeniably does contribute. He knows he's weak and will never be Yuma or Chika, but he plays to his strengths, which is being a really annoying cheese strategist.
Wakamura only does basic training and has hit a wall because he's trying to grind his way into being Katori.

>>280725631
Osamu...

>>280725616
Kage didn't plan to watch the logs until he heard something interesting.
He also has a godly team.
Zoe has been the best support shooter I have seen until now and Ema can score points by himself and doesn't need to be babied.

>>280720748
>Osamu sees the field the enemies chose
>thinks to himself "bingo"

>>280725630
Kage would slaughter Katori.

>>280725768
Agreed. I think she'll get to his level though. Just not while carrying shitters on her team.

>>280725788
Kage is the worst match for Katori because of his side effects.

>>280724989
The orders were that they didn’t have to help. Implicitly it means to not take him with them, but the wording meant they could have.

>>280725649
Wakamura isn't even in a position to be like Osamu, he's not the captain and he's not top in the chain of command.
His only sin is being shit, but it's certainly not for lack of trying.

>>280725246
Rokuro was coming back swinging at Katori with his words after the phone call throw. Her actions did nothing to better the situation and only made them worse, not even going into the match ended the situation as they just kept arguing. She spends the entire match aggravating Jackson and vice-versa.

>>280719367
OMG HYUSE YOU SON OF A BITCH TND MIWA WAS RIGHT

>>280725616
I find it funny that even Ikoma squad look at the logs, but she doesn't.

>>280718957
Tachikawa really got a bone to pick with Jin's foresight.

They were both at fault. There, I solved your argument.

>>280725882
He's mad because he can only beat Jin if Jin allows him to.

>>280725800
Good thing these are team fights huh? Kage's SE isn't invincible.

>>280725299
Yeah. Like, between all the blame throwing ITT, I'm convinced that the Katori Squad drama is currently so toxic it infects people who observe it. Like, everyone is fucking up there, even though I could feasibly relate to just about anyone on the squad. It's interesting to talk about but not with anons who are too pilled on one side or the other.

>>280725535
I guess people really got interested in the negative version of T-2. I see a lot of parallels between them. It's like Ashihara came and said "look at what would happen if Osamu had zero leadership skills, if Yuma had a horrible personality and no ambition, and if Chika had no self-esteem or voice whatsoever."

>>280725948
And Shiori was just there.

>>280725910
Rokuro was barely at fault at all. His only real issue was snapping after weeks of enduring bullshit which you can hardly blame him for. Everything else is him not being born talented enough.

>>280725873
The only guy on that squad who watches the logs is the 1000 IQ genius though.

>>280725942
Team fight makes it worse because Kage has a functional squad that he can rely on.

>>280719544
>>280719569
this is not a black trigger, totally balanced

>>280725948
Mostly just negative versions of Osamu/Yuuma, comparing Yuta to Chika is a big stretch.

>>280726048
It's not a BT but it is an incredibly new top of the line trigger from one of the strongest nations in WT

>>280725355
Katori on T-2 instead of Hyuse has potential, 2x wires, 2xYuma, +1 Gunner, and now with Chika able to shoot a lot of new tactics open up.

>>280726091
Hyuse is the great tank/attacker they needed.

>>280724585
I do hope that Yuiga developing a relationship with Osamu is going to pay off later.

>Be Jackson
>Sit in my cuck chair in the one room I'm allowed to be in while trying to have a team meeting while my captain is lounging in her dedicated bean bag chair doom scrolling.
>Tell her to take the meeting seriously so we'll stop losing
>She says if we lose it's because we suck even though she openly shows she never tries hard at anything
>Tell her to get shit together
>She snaps back and tells me to not talk back because I'm a fucking shitter. (I am, I'm working on it with Inukai)
>The fags on borderchan give the assessment that this was 50:50 the fault of both me and her.
>mfw

>>280726016
Trying to blame their squad ace who carried his sorry ass to top B-rank for falling into mid B-rank looks bad no matter how you look at it.
Katori is an overconfident bitch whoh doesn't even bother to make a strategy and has shit communication issues, but Wakamura is an usless shitter who refuses to admit that he is not even good as a support so making strategies is almost useless anyways.
Both Osamu and Wakamura know they are weak, but Osamu knows that they lose because of him while Wakamura tries to blame their loses only on Katori's lazyness.

>>280719367
This is caught on camera, leaks out and becomes anti-Neighbor clickbait

>>280722083
>simp squad
This never works.
MAYBE in an Urushima situation, but usually never.

>>280726173
Should've been a cute girl bro.

>>280725420
You can kind of extrapolate why Hana doesn't take a stronger hand with Katori from the moment later on where she refuses to give Osamu advice on how to deal with Katori. She really respects Katori's carefree and honest attitude and her friendship with Katori and doesn't want to damage or tarnish it

>>280726212
It would be worse.
Look at how we treat Fujin-chan even though it's a tool created by a male.

>>280726212
genderswap or not, a hatefuck couldn't make the situation any worse

>>280726173
have you tried scoring points in matches bro

>>280725535
We know t-2 was gonna do well because it's the post slump match+powerups+there isn't more time for them to take another loss. Katori squad on the other hand is a rarity in border which is generally filled with either nice people or disciplined people.

>>280726263
It's the mikumo problem.
Wakamura could SURELY be doing ok in the lower b ranks, which is his skill level, but Katori's hard carries don't let him do much.

>>280726173
It's his entitlement to a good rank that rubs me the wrong way. Yeah, maybe Katori is not doing her best. What's the big deal? It's just rank wars.