Okay so I've seen everyone talk about fight class 3 and the characters and theories and I really want to talk about it too. So here I go.
1) I believe that Maria and Lee ja-kyung have fought in fight class 3, Lee was s-1 and therefore wasn't there when Maria destroyed the 3rd years (s-2 to a-4). I believe that either Maria was curb stomped and lost or that she was curb stomped but managed to kill Lee, either way she was so too hurt to challenge ji-tae's dad. I also think Lee does muay Thai but that's just me.
2) Characters. Hamin is annoying, Maria already rejected him so he needs to take a hint, there was no need to challenge her especially when he knew he was going to lose, he put himself in depression. Tae young is lovely but I want to see her fight against the A-rankers, against baram, so wol. I need proof that she's actually strong, all I've seen is great art showcasing her moves, not her defeating formidable opponents except boxer girl by reflex. I think gi baram has a temper. A temper so intense that his master came all the way to the ranking matches to make sure that he wouldn't use his secret techniques. Either way, It has to be more than "oh, don't use martial arts for anything other self defense" BS. If that was the case then his master wouldn't have let him enter namil in the first place, it's an MMA class, self defense isn't there, violence is. Gi baram has something going on and I am so hopeful and ready for that to be explored. Cha so wol is queen of everything, you will all see why soon. That is all.
3) ji Tae is doing just fine, everyone needs to leave him alone. This manga is popular, there's no reason as to why this won't be extremely long in length so let's all just wait for him to blossom.
4) Things I need.
I need Tae young and cha so wol to kiss already. I need cha so wol and gi baram to give us the best fight of the series. I need someone who isn't Maria to kick hamin's ass, simple because I don't like him. I need go baram to be gay, it would make so much sense and the manga is already doing really well with representation with so wol and Kang Yuri. I need to know what happened to Maria in fight class 3.
All in all, this is by far my favourite manga. Thanks always to the translators.