Why does the childhood friend always lose?

Why does the childhood friend always lose?

because MC is too close to them. There is rarely new ground to discover so if it was going to happen it would have happened by now

Think of it this way: childhood friends had all the time in the world to make something happen and they failed.

How could they do that if the show hasn't started yet?

characters having history is a crazy idea

Play more video games. Childhood friends almost always win in video games, or are at least heavily pushed. They are also often worst girl in video games too though.

Sauce?

Im going to guess and say prince of tennis

I think it's Suzuka

It is indeed Suzuka. Character is Honoka Samurai.