A tournament arc! Or, rather, a tournament episode! I love that Yumiella is so focused on getting stronger, it isn’t until later that she realizes exactly how obvious the principal’s setup was and that she walked right into it. I did like that she basically admitted that if another student had won it she would have stolen it from them.

We also got to see some new techniques from Yumiella this episode. Specifically, this is the premiere of Yumiella punch. A move so quick that only Captain Adolf was able to see it. Additionally, it looks like Yumiella’s Dark Bind hands are able to do shadow puppetry. They must have been disappointed and bored when Yumiella was stopped before she could put them to use:

I also loved Patrick realizing from Yumiella’s face that something bad was about to happen and backing away. You know that he is getting a good read on her at this point since she shows so few expressions generally. However, our dear protagonist doesn’t seem to be realizing how close they have actually gotten. This was the other image I had debated using as the lead screen grab: