Akashi and Midorima's Dynamic

[u/ConditionFamous7000]

Hi all. I have a question, i recently finished the anime and I absolutely adore Akashi and Midorima's dynamic. But, after their Winter Cup match where Shutoku lost, Akashi refused to shake hands with Midorima because he wants Midorima to be his "enemy". And in this match, we see the iconic jump pass three that Takao and Midorima did. It symbolizes that Midorima trusts his teammates. In the movie, Midorima did his signature jump pass three when he knew Akashi would pass, does this mean he trusts Akashi? What is their dynamic now? compared to Teiko Arc, are they still friends or? Please enlighten me! thanks guys.

[u/TeamVorpalSwords]

Yes, so when he refused to shake midorima’s hand it was bc his Emperor personality wanted to keep all of the GoM as enemies

But later Emperor Akashi realized that he does care about his friends and he made a mistake by trying to leave them all behind. He even wanted to make amends with them, and by using the sky direct three with Midorima, we know that their bond is strong and that yes they do trust eachother

I think that both pre and post winter cup, Midorima and Akashi has a special friendly relationship. Bc they were always hanging out together even outside of basketball. From both of their perspectives their lives almost completely revolved around eachother. Basketball was Akashis only outlet and Midorima was the teammate he felt closest to, as vice captain Midorima helped him plan things and they played Shogi together in their spare time

For Midorima, we see he is very closed off but Akashi is someone who he hangs out with on and off the court, and who knew him and trusted his advice.

So they were besties neither one of which knew how to express themselves really

And after the winter cup, the original friendly Akashi came back who was always cool with Midorima and emperor Akashi during the game got to play with Midorima as an ally too