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Originally Posted by judasmartel

Just curious, whatever happened to Miyu's arrogant attitude back in the anime's first season? Does she now recognize Keishin (and Tomoka) as a worthy opponent? Because it seems her old attitude is now passed on to Rena.

Pretty much this. I mean even during that match when she got sub out and then forced to watch from the sideline and then she apologized to get sub back in it was already the beginning of her change. I would think the fact that the 6th graders owning Suzuritani's secondary line up at that open comp back in volume 11 would have made Miyu reconfirming that Keishin is a worthy opponent.

Also, I don't see much Natsuhi here. NatsuHina was a popular ship back then, but it's still no match for the Subaru/Tomoka ship. I wonder what does the guy say now that "the lolicon bastard" is coaching his sisters.

Natsuhi actually appears now and then to look at their training. Also in volume 12 by the request of Subaru he helped a great deal by mimicking some moves that Rena did to beat Tsubahi at the arcade centre and used them against Subaru (although Natsuhi only managed to pull of the between the leg passing move once), which made it possible for Subaru to draw up his plan to beat Rena. As for what he thinks about Subaru coaching his sisters - he actually doesn't mind so much because Tsubahi are little devils which even their parents couldn't handle so he doesn't think Subaru could take advantage of them at all, and because Tsubahi are really big brother-cons Natsuhi sometimes think they are a bit of a bother. I think Natsuhi is really only concerned about Hinata that's all.

Spoiler for Suzuritani Academy - Elementary Department:

Starters
PG - Miyu
SG - (the short-haired girl matched up with Hinata)
C - (huge ponytailed girl matched up with Airi)
SF - (the green-haired girl matched up with Saki)
PF - (spunky violet-haired girl matched up with Maho)

All I know atm is that the surnames of the other starters are Fukada, Kikuchi, Toshima, and Wakui.

Spoiler:

The line up and name is confirmed in volume 12
SF(SG) - Aida Miyu #4
C - Tsukada Kumi #5
PG - Koumoto Misuzu #6
SG(SF) - Ya Hagiran #7
PF - Tachibana Momoe #8

While Miyu and Hagiran's position aren't mentioned so I put in the other possible position in brackets, but the other 3 members are mentioned and specific. I suppose with the way Miyu plays and the author mentioning that the PF's job is to follow up on Miyu Miyu's natural position would be the SF. In fact if you recall the first time Miyu mentioned that she worked hard to overcome her height deficiency with true skill to get her position and that SF being the position where height would actually matter more it is more fitting of why she would have said such a thing.

Spoiler:

In the anime, #13 was a girl in glasses, but she didn't get much playing time anyway. Maybe Rena was just recently recruited along with Aya? I'm guessing Rena is the bench SG or PF since she was matched up with Masami in the 2nd quarter of the official game between Keishin and Suzuritani.

Spoiler:

The girl in glasses was a 5th grader. As mentioned before the Suzuritani 5th graders normally are only back ups which only gets to play one quarter in the match.

Rena had been recruited a long time ago but due to her poor personality she never shows up to training. As for her position it's ambiguous but I think it's probably right that she's going to be either SG or PF.

Spoiler:

Hmm, one thing I noticed in ST is that they don't have too many shooters, unlike Keishin. This strength is also their weakness since opposing teams can simply force them to shoot from long range with a well-placed zone defense.

Spoiler:

You are right I think, and this also leaves a big opening for Keishin to win and help re-enforces the theme that Keishin has better team work and team spirit than Suzuritani, especially when Rena and Aya gets subbed in on a whim with little practice with the other team members.