@BatNova If that's how the match ended than both the fight and chapter was so disappointing. What a dumb ass way to let Leo win. Cheetah should've at least get a couple good hits before the author to pull that BS. Fuck this chapter.
I think this chapter cemented the difference between Eruza and Hitomi (and in another sense, the distance between Eruza and Taiga), both went through similar fights vs Leo, and Eruza didn't have (atm) what it takes to win vs him, who might've been holding back just like vs Hitomi (who also wasn't using everything she had vs him). In a way, it's good for Eruza because she'll dodge dinololi, and there's the possibility that she'll become better later, just like Tasuku couldn't attack Chiyomatsu (giraffe) back then.
@BloodySorcerer All of the animals weaknesses disappeared the moment they became humanoids.
Inaba's hearing (RIP her ears in this chapter), Nodoka's low stamina, Hitomi being hit on the head by Haiji, and some other vulnerabilities (penguin's, shark's)
it makes Zero sense for Leo to be superior to everyone when he fully depends on his Roar.
lions are apex predators in their own habitat (meaning that no one feeds on them), but this doesn't mean that they're unbeatable; given no numeric advantage, they'll avoid fights with other strong animals in their own habitat when possible (hippos, elephants), and would naturally be at disadvantage in less favorable habitats (deserts, poles, oceans, etc). I think that if leo is smart (and is able to), he'll throw before fighting dinololi, if he senses that he's being used by Yashin, or if he has no choice, he'll die fighting her, because since she's an important "tool" for Yashin, he'd have to fight her sooner or later.
But in here a Ratel humiliated one. Because Leo no longer had the advantage of superior size and power, scaling the ratel up killed that difference and so should Eruza have enough power created by her superior speed, to potentially kill Leo in one blow.
Leo threw his match vs Hitomi to kill Youzan, he couldn't do that if he won vs Hitomi and was sent to the Destroyal as a result. Lion's advantage over Cheeto is that he (as an animal) doesn't have to worry about his injuries, as the females do most of the hunting for him, so in theory he can take more attacks than she (or even tigers) can (given that among his opponents there are other male lions), while his disadvantage is that he doesn't have stamina for prolonged chases (low proportion between heart and body mass) so she could bleed him faster than he can defend himself, and escape faster than he can hit her, with human technique.
She could also throw projectiles to pierce through him from various angles too, but that would send her closer to dinololi hell.
One thing that I found interesting, is that Leo seemed to sense Hitomi's potential, even when throwing vs her, because after his barrage of punches, he attempted to attack her with his claws, while he stopped himself from doing that very same attack vs cheeto, sensing that she wasn't good enough of an opponent (to survive the attack, or to survive the dinololi that comes after him) or that he wouldn't have a good enough fight vs her.
