Had Jock ever asked for help filming videos about meat? Moreover, had he ever cried out in despair, desperately hoping for assistance with his meat videos? Because there's a big difference between helping out and actually doing a full-on Ouendan mission. He'd totally help film some vines and mewtube videos if asked, though. With minimal sarcasm even.

The more Kai looked, the harder Hajime found it to face him at all. It took everything he had to keep his posture upright rather than shrinking in upon himself entirely.

"That's... that's not it. That is... having a squad would have made a difference, definitely, I just... I suppose I... lost faith in my own judgment. People got mad when I tried, so I never really figured out when was a good time to cheer, or let people handle it their own, or... anything."

The Yuuhi were, for the most part, big, confident go-getters. He hadn't thought before about how that factored not just in the cheers, but keeping the squad active in the first place.