The kendo club is going down, but at least they'll get to ogle Aya before being beaten down.
Summary:
Maya is back home looking for Aya who is in danger of being late for the tournament finals. Somewhere in the Natsume residence, Aya takes a bath, puts on some special robes robes and prepares to draw Reiki from its scabbard on a ceremonial altar. As Maya watches from the distance, Aya draws the sacred sword but finds the blade rusting and crumbling. Aya and Maya realize that since Reiki is made from Iya's power, and since all of Iya's Dragon Gate powers has transferred to Maya the sword has reached the end of its life. Reiki crumbles in Aya's hands and disappears into the wind, and Aya starts crying while Maya promises that she'll carry on Iya's will.
Later in the day at the stadium, the Juuken Club has assembled against the 2nd Kendo Club in the tournament finals. Aya, clad in her miko attire and with a serene smile on her face, gets the honor of starting for the Juuken Club. Aya thanks all of her friends for helping her grow and become stronger. Knowing that she is not alone, Aya draws her sword and starts the match.
Months later in a snowy winter, Masataka walks to the clubhouse with Bob who continues to champion his new kid and hairdo. As the next year's new student council, the Juuken Club is in dire need of new members as only Aya, Masataka and Bob remain. All the others have graduated. Bob and Masataka reach the clubhouse and finds Aya sitting in front of the cherry tree and staring upwards. Aya points upwards at the tree, and to Bob and Masataka's amazement the tree quickly goes into full blossom. Remembering that Souichirou said he would return when this tree blooms again, Masataka catches one of the falling petals and believes he is ready to face Souichirou.
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Wait a second... I thought Masataka had confessed to Aya at the end of the last chapter. Whatever happened with that? Where is Aya's response? Lol maybe Aya intepreted the "I love you" as "let's stay as friends and club members" and that was that. Whatever happened, Oh! great decided not to show it in this chapter.
Other than the lack of Aya's response, nothing surprising or remarkable happened in this chapter. Since Iya's spirit is gone, it's no surprise that Reiki faded away, and whole school tournament was a foregone conclusion once Mitsuomi's group decided to only watch from the stands. The highlight of the chapter was probably the second page where there is a full frontal depiction of Aya taking a bath. We can make fun of the story all we want, but we have to admit that Oh! great knows how to draw.
The good news about the chapter is that at least we are getting close to the showdown with Souichirou. I don't know how much training Masataka went through, but I doubt he can go up with against Souichirou's hundreds of Red Feather powers on his own. Maya, Aya, and Bob should definitely be present, and maybe the rest of the cast will show up as well. There are only three more chapters left in the series (as written on page 1 of this chapter). Let's see if we'll get something decent at the end.
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