I actually think Ritsu has the death flag this time. She had her focus on how cut throat the business is, her reveal that before the competition she was getting tired of things and had half given up, the throwaway line like 10 chapters ago where Mimi says 'even if we don't make it, we can always...
This series is dumb. Constant escalation of 'oh you thought this? Haha you're dumb' and every chapter lately has been bleach tier 'you thought you were stronger?' And then more new power the next chapter.