Review of Ahiru no Sora

I thoroughly enjoyed the start of this anime and how it was developing, story was on point, art is amazing, great character development. However, when they got into their first official match against Shinjo Towa Academy it really took a dive for me. From a watcher's perspective, Sora was a lot better previously compared to this game, it felt like while everyone else got better, the training that they went through made him worse somehow. I don't mind the fact that they lost either but like he didn't use any techniques he'd previously used in other matches. Don't get me wrong it's still a great anime butthis is the only reason I wasn't able to give it a higher grade.