I theorize that the eyepatch guy is actually infected and that's is eye. also the chance of surviving a nemesis is 100% but the inquisitors spread a false propaganda that it's less than 1%
This guy is so somewhat likable, I somewhat understand why the author is giving him so many chapters, Even though his situation is shit and I wouldn't wish it on anyone, I really somewhat sympathize with him at all for the somewhat nice guy he is.
So far most good teams end up messing up because they underestimate how good shohoku is, this team seem to not be falling for that, but they seem to not be taking sakuragi as an actual threat which is another reason most teams lose so they might lose cuz of that
so they're ranked A partly because they're a dirty team. also shohoku is ranked C despite almost winning against maki? they should be at B rank at the minimum