Madlax 2024 won at Big4, but the rest of the club laid an egg. Sounds like Madlax is losing kids earlier than before. Probably most because of NL and DCE.
I think your call about Madlax being a dying club are a little off. I will agree that the Madlax State teams (second teams) are dying this is correct. The talent of kids on these second teams is way down compared to 3 or more years ago. I think parents can not handle there star child being placed on a second team. So you are correct the best players from the Madlax state teams have left for NL,DCE and VLC this is a fact. And some of these kids are developing into really good players as the get older. But I think this just proves that the DMV has more top players then ever before and they do not want the "insult" of playing for a second team.