While I've been enjoying this series, it does remind me of how much I miss Kenichi... and also how much Matsuena started to drop the ball after the DoD arc when Kenichi's development slowed to a crawl while the focus became all about the Masters he'd never actually be able to fight in a million years.
Hopefully, we'll get to continue to focus on Eito's growth here and not pull a second Kenichi.