>>44122042>>44122147In the manga, Cyrus recognizes Cynthia and knows she's the Champion when they meet on-panel for the first time, which for some reason is kind of kept under wraps in the manga. I like to think Cynthia doesn't like the attention.
In the anime Cyrus had done research with Cynthia and her grandma in Celestic town, where they became friends.
Reading the chapter again, it doesn't really sound like they had talked before, I think I must have melded the anime canon into the manga's in my memory.
