Taking Marui's request to cover him with Sanada to heart, Yanagi has placed himself strategically between the vice-captain and the court chosen for this experiment. Already, he's intrigued. Was this Echizen someone who'd come to them deliberately seeking to become undefeated, or had he just decided to join the tennis club?

Definitely bold. Unlike Akaya, however, Yanagi can't yet predict his endgame. He isn't fawning to lull the upperclassman into a false sense of security like Akaya did. He's not giving much way at all. Stoicism is his own preferred state, to limit the data he gives out, but can a first year who isn't this Yanagi Renji or someone taught by him be that self aware?