Summary Sendo asks the team why he was stronger than them, and Kentaro answers that his Gunpla was superior. He breaks it down and says that Sendo’s build was equivalent to Takumi’s, and while his armaments were superior, his controlling was amateurish. By all accounts, he thinks the battle should’ve ended in a victory for BRIGHT. Kentaro asks what the trick was, and Sendo answers that there is no trick and the answer lies in that analysis. Back at the clubhouse, Takumi wonders if Sendo was telling them to improve their armament skills, and Taichi notes that they haven’t changed […]
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