Masataka has been reduced to the status of a barf bag.
Summary:
In the school tournament, Bob has single-handedly defeated the 2nd Karate Club and the victory propels the Juuken Club into the finals. After the fight, the first thing Bob does is to puke on Masataka's shirt. The Juuken Club's opponent in the finals is the 2nd Kendo Club whose main fighter wants to forfeit because he doesn't want to get his ass kicked, but his teammates manage to intercept him, and so the finals are set for the next day at 2pm. From the VIP box in the stadium, Mitsuomi comments to his followers that the Juuken Club is without a doubt the strongest group of people the school has ever seen.
Back at the Juuken clubhouse, Masataka is busy washing his shirt and arguing with Bob, and Aya accidentally stumbles into a scene where Masataka is naked and trying to pull Bob's pants off. After explaining that he was trying to "borrow" some clothes, Masataka walks home with Aya. On their trail is the group of Madoka, Bob, and Chiaki. Madoka is angry because Masataka is walking with another girl and she takes out her anger on Bob, but Chiaki manages to appease Madoka with ice cream. Meanwhile, Aya uses an old song/poem about whale-hunting to talk about the battle with Souichirou. Aya states that the whale (Souichirou) has already been hit with one harpoon (imaginary Reiki stabbed into Sohaku), but still Masataka is no match for Souichirou. However, Masataka understands that in order to defeat Souichirou, he must inject his ki into imaginary Reiki so that Sohaku and all of the abnormal powers that Souichirou has absorbed can be destroyed. Aya is surprised that Masataka has figured this out, and she adds that in order to destroy Sohaku for good, Souichirou will have to die as well. Aya wonders if Masataka has the resolve to kill Souichirou, but Masataka confidently tells Aya that he will kill Souichirou because they made a promise. Aya is not sure if she should feel happy or sad about the response. Instead, Aya tells Masataka that she only understood what true strength is after meeting Souichirou, and she admires Masataka for having the strength to accept all this. Masataka tries to deflect the praise for saying that Aya is the strong one since she already saw the ending with her Dragon Eyes, but this leads to an awkward moment of silence between the two before Aya finally states that she's not strong enough to accept everything.
After the conversation, Aya wishes Masataka luck in the finals and is about to head off in a different direction, but suddenly Masataka calls out to her. Masataka tells Aya that he wants to grow stronger with her and that he likes her.
Time to make the move.
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Masataka finally went for it and confessed to Aya. I suppose it might be now or never given the showdown with Souichirou is coming up soon, although the story seems to be pointing towards Souichirou dying at the end. Masataka had better watch out for Madoka though. I wonder what Aya's response will be, although my guess is that she'll try to deflect the confession or the story will jump past that point.
This was actually a decent chapter and answered some of the questions I had regarding how the last big battle ended. Oh! great did go for an analogy with the whale-hunt song/poem (the Japanese and their whale-hunting ways...), but for once the analogy wasn't hard to understand. So imaginary Reiki managed to stun Sohaku enough that Souichirou can control his body again, but now the good guys want to get rid of Sohaku and all the freaky powers for good and that inevitably involves Souichirou dying. It'd be nice if this was explained (in a nice and straight forward manner) a few chapters ago, but better late than never. The most interesting bit of the conversation was the end about Aya's Dragon Eyes. Did she already foresee how it'll end and what are the implications if she did?
It seems all that's left of Tenjou Tenge is the big battle between Masataka and Souichirou. The school tournament seems to be a foregone conclusion already. The Juuken Club's opponent is running scared, and Mitsuomi's group is not participating. Unless something surprising happens, it's going to be Masataka and friends against Souichirou. Maya was conspicuously absent in this chapter, and I wonder if she's preparing something special.
Note: no new chapter next month.
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