Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
The anime has caught up with the source material, supposedly, so we are about to get a filler-ish ending.
Takeuchi's full note reads:

Thank you very much to everyone on the cast and staff for creating a wonderful anime.
For the end game of Metropolitan Tournament, the original work and the anime were going to advance the story at the same pace, but the original work is falling behind so the anime will go ahead of it. The original work isn't finished, but I will convey my plans for it to advance.

Furthermore, as I continue to work on the original, I will set my sights on developments that happen at the Metropolitan Tournament and after. I think I will release parts that differ from the anime, though they will start from the same plan, but I will be happy if people enjoy either the anime or the manga.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-story/.123729