Okay so the whole episode builds to Taiki finally about to say the thing. He is standing there on the observation deck with the city lights below him and his heart going and you can feel every second of that silence because he has been waiting for months to get this out. And then a girl with long black hair strolls up and it is Yumeka the one teammate Chinatsu never talks about and she does not even look at Taiki she just calls Chinatsu by her nickname and asks if she gave up on basketball. That line lands like a slap after everything warm that came before it. Ending the premiere on a question instead of a confession is mean but it tells you exactly where this season is going to hurt