thank you for the chapter, just when you think Waka is about to start competing for position of best girl, they remind you that they've learned some lessons from Beowulf during their alliance. While I like that they are showing that both sides are fairly even and that Arthur isn't alone in this because that's been one of his themes since he entered the tournament sharing his dreams with both his friends and the world at the same time I think team Japan's earned this. Tsuchi has only won one match so far and that was exploiting his former comrade's hero.... worship/adoration and then was quasi girl bossed into unsuccessfully turning on his partner in the next round, best snek Orochi has yet to win a match and has instead been round therapist with all of her opponents and the initial big threat of the preliminaries best they Waka has only won one match with team work and that's because their primary opponent was both cursed and was to fixated on instilling non-existent mommy issues in them and her hentai kamen impression to lock it in. I also still hope we get to see Waka's dad at some point because for Waka to hold him in the same tier as Beowulf he has to be a true monster. This mangaka is amazing and they pull it off time and time again so I'm just going to trust and hope that our three enthusiasts from Nippon can pull it off.