Maybe the emergency air in his pads, but it is need to use a harder shell, otherwise it will reduce the deformation under water pressure
lisenke
2025-06-29 00:07:49 +0000 UTC
This either calls into question Saki’s method of training her little brother, or is indicative of another problem. We know that Tomo can swim around pretty reliably for about five minutes, so time is certainly not an issue yet. You would also think that Saki would have prepared her brother for at least the shallowest of the shrine caves, which in this case means introducing him to depths of forty to fifty meters. Enough so that he doesn’t struggle with that aspect. However he clearly is here, so either Saki is literally throwing her brother in at the deep end, or something else is wrong. Could it be that whatever they decided to stuff his top with (fruit, softballs, anything round and sufficiently squishy, I guess) is interfering with his ability to dive? During training Tomo went topless, so he didn’t need to worry about a foreign object being pressed into his chest from water pressure. But now he begins struggling as soon as his outfit changes? They could have just decided to leave his top unstuffed. He didn’t lie about his age, and some eleven year old girls just don’t have “development” there yet. Point is: Saki is actively endangering her little brother by introducing foreign objects near his body without preparing him to deal with said objects under pressure. She also said she would make sure he comes back up, even if she doesn’t, but she’s actively making that harder on them both. Let Tomo dive topless!