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Erina looked really ronery in this chapter. I wonder if that might actually drive her closer to Souma, since I suppose she's the fated girl in the series. Assuming it has one. I don't personally care for her, there a few others I'd see with Souma before her, but I guess she might change, hopefully.

Other than that, I think the tournament ended quite well. I feel like it would have been too early for Souma to win, yet I wouldn't have wanted the wild beast to win either, especially since he's a Nakiri underling, even if it's Alice, who's my favourite girl in the series. It would have also been strange for the dog to win when the boss got beaten. Not good for the power balance. Hayama, however, is a disciple of an outsider what comes to the central characters, so it's cool in its neutrality.

Souma looked like he suddenly gained a couple of years of maturity during his phone call with the old man.