You know, Setsuna's plot armor was stronger than I realized. He had his own, but he also had Shion's and Tomoko's. Barring the Nogi alliance and the big cheeses Metsudo, Toyo electric and the Kures, those two were the third party employers with the most character development. Based beard tore through all of that and is given sympathetic character development right after that. That guy is going to the finals and no mistake.
Oh and also it's totally Bando up against Sen. His fight against mad doctor didn't even see any use of his killer move back from the prison, and his employer went right to the pharmaceutical guy after Bando's poisoning, so he's cured.