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Kyouya follows Ginga's movements with his eyes... but finally finds more interesting looking at Ginga himself xD

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Episode 108 - Calming down Kyouya

Can we talk about Ginga succeeding of calming down Kyouya? Just by talking to him?

First, Kyouya rage against their whole environment, destroying everything around him. The others are staying back, explaining his behavior, not ready to intervene. They just want to stay aside and wait for Kyouya’s anger to go out itself.

Then, zoom on Ginga.

Unlike the others, he doesn’t care about explaining Kyouya’s reaction. He just cares about him. His whole attention is on Kyouya. And he does what no one else can:

he intervenes.

Just watch this part in video. Ginga doesn’t hold Kyouya’s wrist: he’s gripping it. He clings it so tight his hand is shaking. It’s not a “let’s happily chat!” it’s “we have to talk, now, and don’t think you’re escaping this” xD

And right away, Ginga starts lecturing Kyouya about the uselessness of his reaction. Who else would have dared to tell this face to face.

I like how he’s shocked 2 seconds flat by Kyouya’s fierceness, and then annoyed. Usually, Kyouya just raise his voice and people start cowering, even those who know him for long like Benkei (Yuu is a whole different problem, because he knows Kyouya isn’t really serious when he roars on him). While Ginga’s first reaction is a mere surprise. He isn’t afraid of Kyouya, he isn’t impressed by his temper. He just didn’t expect him to react like this and when he understands what happens it gets on his nerves.

He starts answering angrily but then calms down. And... Miracle!

Kyouya is suddenly calm.

Ginga talks to Kyouya calmly, as if they are just standing face-to-face. Nothing strange in the current situation, everything’s normal.

And Kyouya lets go of him so gently, especially compared to the way he grabbed him in the scene’s beginning.

I have to point it out again: Ginga just talked and he succeeds to calm Kyouya down. With words (I believe this point can’t be stressed on too much). And Kyouya listens. He listens intently.

(The way Kyouya follows Ginga’s movements, before looking at him again, is so cute)

Then Ginga resumes talking and they stare at each other. In fact, the whole scene is them facing each other. They are in their own world, without the other characters, even without the spectators (they are turned toward each other all along, not facing or glancing at the camera once).

And then, suddenly, the mood changes. It’s not solemn anymore. Kyouya lightens it up with a challenge, that Ginga understands right away. They run away playfully...

...while the others (who still exist, apparently xD) don’t understand what happened. There isn’t even a zoom on their reaction, they stay in the background as one set, because the scene was about Ginga and Kyouya and they have no impact on it.

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Ginga and Kyouya spend their time boasting to the other during their duels... and they get so disappointed, even upset, when they don't success to impress him.

(All the following quotes are translated from the french dub, because I'm lazy)

Episode 72 (part 1)

Ginga: What are you thinking about this, Kyouya?

Episode 72 (part 2)

Ginga: Look at this!

Kyouya: If you think that surprised me, you should think about it again.

Ginga: Can you repeat that?!

Episode 72 (part 3)

Kyouya: So, do you enjoy that?

Ginga: I've dealt with  worse.

Kyouya: What?

Episode 108

Kyouya: Enjoy that?

Ginga: Nothing impressive.

This is the strangest courting EVER.

Just get together, already.

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Look at that naive Yuuki...

Yuuki: “Do you think it would be alright if I joined you both in your training?”

Ginga: "Sure, we don't mind, right Kyouya?”

Kyouya: “Do whatever you want.”

... he really believes Ginga’s answer and Kyouya's apparent indifference...

But that's how it ends:

Ginga: “You ask for it Yuuki.”

Kyouya: “No kidding. I'll crush you pal.”

You notice that Ginga, who was the first to "accept" him is also the first who tries to get rid off him?

A survival tip in MFB: 

Never get between Ginga and Kyouya. NEVER.

Or you’ll be crushed.

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I was watching some passages, searching for a quote, and I saw this, scene by scene :

There is subtext... and there are Ginga and Kyouya. They are in a whole different level xD