"I think I shouldn't need to elaborate on how strong Osaka Tsubaki is, right? Many of you have faced them in the warm-up games, and we should be one of the teams most familiar with their caliber."
"However, what I want to say is that the current Osaka Tsubaki team, compared to when we last faced them, hasn't changed much in lineup, but the strength of these players is no longer the same."
"Unlike any opponents we've faced before, every member of Osaka Tsubaki is worth our attention—attention, every single one of them! Even their substitutes, if placed in other mid-tier Koshien participant schools, could become ace-level players!"
"Frankly speaking, if we put aside other factors and only discuss the team's current raw strength, we must admit that as of now, we are not yet a match for Osaka Tsubaki..."
