I really enjoyed this chapter as it was an indication of the calm before the storm type of set up. Really like how Kenichi and Tanimoto relationship as rivals are brought up and how poor Tanimoto still whips out the threats in order to fight against that cliche.
It's going to be interesting to see how the upcoming Sakaki/Akira match is going to play out since both seem equally match dispite the win loss record that was stated by Sakaki. Really enjoyed the training equipment that Akira is going to use to train his two disciples.