V. Hyoutei – Akutagawa Jirou
"Aren't you upset you lost to Fuji?"
Jirou didn't remember who asked him that first. Probably Shishido, who was way more into winning than he was. The thing was, winning was all good and fine, but Jirou usually won anyway. No, what got him excited was someone who could make him lose, maybe even make him lose badly. The first one to do that was Atobe (who'd seemed genuinely startled at Jirou's reaction afterward). Second was Marui-kun, who was super cool and kind enough to let Jirou have his wristband. Third was Fuji.
That was three people he could look up to as concrete goals. Not one. Three! How could he not be excited? Winning was fun - but losing made you stronger. So why would he ever be upset about losing?
Some people (not to mention any names, Shishido) really had weird ideas about winning losing.
