omg this one is fun !! i think as a writer taki's actually one of, if not the most interesting character to play around with. by all accounts there is very little reason that he should be as happy as he is and yet !! he's a ball of sunshine !! and it takes a certain kind of person to be able to do that !! it's really interesting because taki out of everyone is the teamie who i'd believe could do anything at least half decently if he tried. i'd believe that he could be a suck up honours kid but that he'd push himself to such great lengths to get there that it's concerning. meanwhile you have yuma who has always first and foremost stayed true to himself and his beliefs, and if a school subject isnt working for him he'll pivot !! but in an education system that isn't enough !! which is how taki ends up his tutor. i feel like the reason taki would give up is because 1. he's stretched too thin and 2. he can't understand someone who is so willing to just try something else without dumping in all their time and energy into brute forcing through it. yuma would also be frustrated over why taki seemed so inflexible, when in reality they're super alike in their ambitions. i think that might be a fun thing for them to connect on !! and then they can try to do the tutoring thing again but this time try to meet halfway. and yuma doesn't do well in the end, but he improves, and that's enough for him because hey now he scored a taki in the process and that's the biggest win !!