[7Th]

Originally Posted by Albafica

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I think it will be Ryuho who will be the winner against Yuna. I would be a bit disappointed... No... in fact I think I don't want to see the end of the fight between these 2 characters. But Ryuho seems to be a genius, and a good cosmo. And well, we never saw Ryuho fight in this Saint Fight. His battle against Yuna will be the first. So maybe we will see more of Ryuho in this fight, and he will win. It's not illogical, but Yuna would be a cool winner too.

Spoiler:

Isn't the fact his fight with Yuna is going to be his only fight that gets shown a disadvantage in terms of narrative relevance? I mean, from a storytelling persective it makes more sense to make the character the audience saw struggle her way through the Saint Fight win... Not to mention that the whole "hyped genius" thing is always a ticket to defeat when fighting a main character in a tournament arc in shounen anime.

Besides, Reiko Yoshida (the writer) said something along the lines of "even while recognizing the abilities of her companions, Yuna still hasn't used her full ability" (original Japanese: 仲間の実力も認めつつ,まだ自分のことで精一杯).