Tenjou Tenge 132

The school tournament is underway.

Being a big guy has its perks.

Flash forward 5 years into the future, Bob fights Madoka in a mostly empty stadium while Chiaki and her kid Mirai (with Bob presumably) watch from the stands. As Bob gains the upper hand, Madoka comments that if Bob had the skills that he had now things might have been different 5 years ago, but Bob states that the things would have been the same and Chiaki is his only one. As the fight comes to a conclusion, Chiaki is instead looking up into the moon and Mirai wonders why Chiaki is crying.

Back to the present, Bob is fighting in the school tournament and is being pummeled by the team leader from the 2nd Karate Club. From the sideline, Masataka, Aya, Sugano, and Kurei are trying to give Bob encouragement and advice, but Bob doesn't seem to be paying attention to them or the fight. Instead, Bob is actually thinking back to a conversation yesterday with Aya and Maya. The conversation made Bob realize that he shouldn't be so worried about being left behind by Souichirou and should try to catch up at his own pace. At this moment, Bob grabs his opponent's shirt. The karate guy attempts to toss Bob, but Bob picks the guy up with one arm and kicks him in the face.

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Aside from the flash forward at the beginning, this was a fairly straight-forward fighting chapter. I guess Bob wanted a good beating in order to think things through, since obviously he could have easily defeated his opponent. Hopefully this tournament won't drag on for too long before Souichirou or other interesting fighters show up. It doesn't look Mitsuomi will participate seeing that he is still in casts and plugged with IV drips, but maybe we'll see some of the other Executive Council members in the tournament.

As for the flash forward, I'm not sure what it's actually about. I don't get the symbolism with the moon at all. Bob and Madoka seem to be referring to the fight they had during Madoka's debut. If I remember correctly, the fight ended in a no contest due to interference from Masataka who knocked Madoka out, while Bob learned to follow the beat but had some pretty nasty cuts from Madoka. Maybe this was a rematch of some sort? I have no idea what this means in the grand scheme of the story, and since this is Tenjou Tenge I have no plans to dwell on this.