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>they barely even have meaningful convos during the entire anime otherwise
Anon, did you actually watch Season 1? They literally have more emotional one on ones together after Suzuka gets injured in the hospital. Then after Suzuka's return race, they got another emotional one on one where she teases him for crying for her. Then they reveal in a flashback that Suzuka has basically been talking to SpicaTrainer for like a year before the series started when he was basically secretly training her while she was still part of Rigil and then she became his inspiration for starting up Spica again.

Like there's legitimate reasons why she's portrayed together with SpicaTrainer often.