Yeah, it really caught my attention, too. It made more sense of him, to me, appealing to the idea that his not-caring has been a sort of safety mechanism that keeps him from going around the bend the way a lot of the strongest players seem to when they don't have any challenges to keep them busy. I've always thought that was part of why Tezuka wants Fuji to be serious; so that Tezuka will have another good challenge to keep him from going around the bend. But now Fuji's opened up, now he knows, what will it do to his game?

*lists in chair* Must go to bed. Anyway, glad you liked it!