In case I don't survive to see the end of the show, here is how I think Inazuma Eleven: Orion no Kokuin is going to end. Or how I want it to end. What's the difference?

Last time: Shitsuke Gofuckyourselfenjimaru and Norika Umihara joined Inazuma Japan. They are entirely unnecessary additions to the team and proof that the scriptwriters have shit taste. Shittyfuckfuckfuckshittyfuckshitfuck was stripped of his character, turned himself into another Gouenji, and everyone is okay with this, even though earlier this season Hikaru's attempt to copy Mitsuru was portrayed as misguided and potentially disastrous. They're too cowardly to put Gouenji back on the team, so they turn someone else into Gouenji. Bastards. He's got Super Saiyan Blue, too. You stupid goddamn pieces of shit--

Oh, right, the ending. In the first few minutes of the next episode, Shittyfuck tries to do Last Resort, breaks his legs, gets kicked off the team, and we'll never have to see him again.

Then we get Froy's backstory. I have this theory that Bernard is everything Mitsuru isn't. In short, Froy has never known unconditional love. He would be mistreated and/or neglected if he didn't live up to Girikanan or Orion standards. It makes sense that Mitsuru was the first person to like him for who he was. He IS Hikaru's ideal big brother, after all! Well, that's what Froy makes of their friendship nowadays. Froy... He's got quite a lot of baggage to work with. His best friend was a lie. A lie built on lies. All but an artificial creation of Orion, presumably to make him think he could be happy for a little while. (Not entirely true.) More than that, Mitsuru is gone. This other kid has taken his place. Mitsuru is gone, another kid is basically wearing a Mitsuru mask, and Froy's just supposed to accept that like nothing happened. That's hard on him. His stoic attitude breaks and he lashes out at the team as he recalls on this. Hikaru doesn't know what to say. Losing Mitsuru has been hard on him, too. He remembers all the good times Mitsuru and Froy had together, but doesn't know what Mitsuru thought of Froy or Orion.

"I thought you might need some help," says Bernard. He comes in from the side of the arena accompanying the Warrior with the Black Bandana. "That's why I've given you guys a new Disciple. Give 'em hell."

Next episode, the Warrior fights around a little bit. Norika looks on in dread, because apparently she's the only one who can recognize who that is. "Hiura, are you seeing this?! Goujin!? Iwato?! What about you, Guy With A Hat Who I Sometimes Forget Is On The Team Because He Never Does Anything!?"

"Of course I see it," responds Hiura. "It's just that you're the new member, so you're the first one who actually has to notice these things!"