I vote BOTH!! I feel like any intervention would be carried out unknown to Daisuke -- like, he would be HUMILIATED at the thought of needing anyone to stand up for him -- so Mao just stays after their last masterclass and says, you're wrong about all of us. About this. Skating. And, well, Kumakawa had been very sure about ballet being better than skating, ballet being better than anything else, but it's hard to talk back or snort derisively when Japan's Olympic silver medallist's looking up at you and staring very hard.

ALSO KUMAKAWA AND SHIZUKA TOTALLY KNOW EACH OTHER, y/n? They went to school together or something! I do not know what to do with this information, TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS.