I'm not talking about the city, Miss Hawke! I gotta fight better for my friends, okay? That's why... that's why I do it. I mean, you're so good at everything, you don't know what it's like to be stuck in a tree while your friends are fighting on their own.

Being a good friend is one thing, but I need to be better! I didn't ask to be a leader, but I guess I am one, so... I just. Don't wanna disappoint anyone.

[ And he wants his parents Sousei to believe in him! Or at the very least, don't screw up something so bad that everyone will see him the way Sousei does. ]