Every one thinks he's not gonna make it, but I think there will be some shit like gyaru will invite him on the date, he will decline bcs he has business to attend and she will latch onto him and go to the tournament as well
bruh, i do believe this is inspired by the komi-san manga, since i've seen someone been saying it that the author were once meet up discussing about the manga, but manbagi definetely is on par with komi-san level because it wasn't rushed, but yeah, maybe the author on this manga have a different goal