User blog comment:TsurugiFan16/MSPD: Inazuma Debaters!/@comment-4485900-20130517084121

Mine:

Season 2: In this season, both Sakuma and Hiroto play as an antagonist role, so there are not much differences between them, since both of them have something related to the Aliea Crystal. If Sakuma join Shin Teikoku because of his jelousy for Kidou, then Hiroto trained himself using the Aliea Crystal just for his father's wicked scheme, too, and that does not make him any better than Sakuma at all. At the end, both of them return to the good side, so once again, they're equal in this season.

Season 3: Sakuma may be chosen later than Hiroto, but that does not mean that his affection is less than Hiroto's. Sakuma may not have as much Shoot hissatsu like Hiroto, but that does not mean anything since their role are completely different: while Hiroto's role is to score goals, Sakuma's role is to support and coordinate the team's play just like what is written in his profile. He has done this supporting role much better than any members of Inazuma Japan, and Kidou could never has scored that much goals if it isn't for Sakuma's help. Sakuma also played an essential role in the Team K's arc, he even realized what is missing in Kidou and Fudou's hissatsu and was able to completed it, thus creating Koutei Penguin 3gou, one of Inazuma Japan's strongest shoot hissatsu. As much as what Hiroto has done for the team in the final match, Sakuma has also done an incredible job in suppoting the team and has lead them to many scoring chances.

GO: both Sakuma and Hiroto are memebrs of Resistance, so their role are equaled, again. If Hiroto was able to support raimon in finding information, then Sakuma was also be able to help Kidou in finding all the SEEDs and make Teikoku a good team, he even became Teikoku's coach when Kidou left, while Hiroto has never been a coach even once.