So in the original, considering the MC and his rival have the same blessing, the story involved the MC undermining the peoples' confidence in his opponent, thus allowing his version to win out in the end. Instead, all we get in the manga is "oh I won the duel cause I'm stronger the end". Such a shame, not even as close to interest as the MC's first fight against an enemy king, where even his blessing had trouble compared to his opponent's battle experience.