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junpei's most detrimental weakness is inexperience, his lack of years in ballet. nevertheless, it is his experience that make him special. i loved this spread especially because it shows he and his ballet is made up of everyone that has mentored this growth.
ruo is justified to feel that way about junpei. junpei had more "freedom" at godai than oikawa studio, which his why his performance had been lackluster. however, junpei needed that strictness to hone in on his basic foundations to allow him to do the ballet he wants to do
both wanted something that the other had. and in their respective competitions, junpei realized he had much more to work on to keep up with ruo and ruo is frustrated that junpei didnt fulfill his expectations.
i love how junpei and ruo's rivalry really intensified when they were apart. as much as they irritated each other, there was also a begrudging respect between the two. junpei admired ruo for all his skills and he was someone he HAD to beat. meanwhile ruo:
this is my grandma in 1960. she was knitting sweaters for her kids for christmas
love how this line has similar vibes to chihayafuru's "youth comes many times"