In his defense, he didn't really think he was better because of his innate class, at least not at first; it was the years of parental conditioning telling him he was better and Ain was worthless because of their innate classes that he believed he was better.
That'll happen to anyone, regardless...
Honestly, same. I wasn't exactly responsible with my money when I was younger, so now I don't really trust myself not to blow it all the moment I get it and I've made myself borderline miserly to counter that impulse (which is almost as bad).
And that was with realistic, small amounts of money...
Yeah, the fact that it's taking place in an official training ring with spectators who are unfazed by it rather than in the middle of the guild tavern or a back alley really helps sell that it's all pretty bog standard and the vets are really just, well, vetting the newbies to see if they'll die...
Oddly, I'm pretty heavily reminded of Eric from Drew Hayes' Spells, Swords, & Stealth series: his late father was a renowned paladin, so he had really big shoes to fill and everyone expected great things from him. Only, he never quite managed.
He was a guard for the town mayor's manor...
While I'm thankful for the translations, I'm glad this is ending soon, because what little entertainment value it held has gone downhill faster than a fat kid tripping after a chocolate cake.
It's explicitly only Tiamat that can do that and, presumably, cannot do it both ways since she wasn't in contact with the priestess dragon, so she'd have no way of knowing she actually had Souma in hand.
Because he's trying not to kill all of them? Plus, for all his training, he's only ever really fought one on one, since the goal of said training was to kill Felice, a single opponent.
Which one? If it's the black haired guy, I don't really remember either, but the other one is Alma's older brother, Keith; his body, anyway. He's the one who came after Alma immediately after his (Alma's) Reincarnator gift activated, only to get his ass beat.
And she's right in wanting to figure out just why he hasn't surfaced before with powers like that. Even though he's "just" an obscenely powerful summoner who can control divine beasts without repercussion, people like that don't stay quiet for very long, so when they do, it's usually because...
Ya know, rather than having to "escape", ya coulda just called out to them and explained the situation, you dumb fuck; then you could have had a hand in actively averting the very cliche you were worried about.