Thanks for the translation!
As other people have said, action scenes are not this mangaka’s strong suit. They look stiff and feel quite odd at some angles. But what this mandala specializes in are great facial expressions, human anatomical proportions, etc. very clean I might say. It’s a shame, I wish this mangaka teamed up with a really good character/costume designer. They could produce some peak stuff.
Looking forward to see how Nicola breaks through to win this. And let’s see if they get to go up against Furcas and the centaur.