One scene that I really like is the sequence in Blackpool. Suzuki’s “Sugiki, forget these people, the only person you have to look at is me” versus Sugiki’s still affronted and perhaps painful confrontation with Liana’s new fiancé, who happens to be the champion of the world with his former partner/ fiancee. He’s seeing a situation of what could have been. Sugiki’s eyebrows then raised (Machi, once again you showed that every part of your body is talented) and the way he stifled his laughter after Suzuki confidently faced Guilio Moretti.
Maybe it is bc they also spoke in English and these actors tried and could. (The Netflix Japanese market is really small. So no wonder that they aim for the international audience.)
I don’t know how many times I repeated watching these scenes. While I listened to Machi and Ryoma’s characters speak in English, my mind was like, “Hollywood, remember these actors! Remember them!”
