[@Crimmy][@banjoanjo]: Uh... Just got the time to read through every different scene just now. Um...

Japanese archery clubs aren't focused on any tournament results in the [i]least [/i]. It's treated as more an art club than a sports club, and they are inherently different from archery clubs in the West because of how formalized the 'ritual' of the shot is.

That aside, it's also one of the most popular electives in the nation afaik, and considering that tournament results are a talking point in your posts when it's less about hitting a bullseye and more about the process in which the bow is drawn, raised, and fired, I... Am not entirely sure why they wouldn't have funding on par with other popular clubs. Results wouldn't impact the funding of a club that is more cultural in nature, even if it is seeing low success in competitions (which themselves are treated like formalized practice than anything else).

I'm also fairly certain Western archery clubs wouldn't exist in this context because they aren't prevalent enough in the nation to give rise to any formal competition.

Just my two cents here. It's been bugging me for a bit now, but yeah.