My non-japaneseness hurts cuz I wanna see how America's son does out there.
I don't have faith that he'll perform phenomenally or get close to first, but I think that Smug fighting players of such high caliber, and travelling outside of the US to compete will do wonders for his gameplay.
Smug is for sure my favorite American player right now but I want to see him perform better vs. the competition overseas in the future.