User blog comment:Crimson and Darkness/Volume 25 discussion blog/@comment-181.115.109.136-20181105063341

“Hyoudou Issei, as we are both going to the main stage, I guess it’s just the beginning. Of course, I am aiming to be the winner.”

“I aim to be the winner as well! But I have to settle things with you first. If we get matched…I don’t think there is going to be any stage like ours.”

After reading this quotes, i can take the challenges of the other rivals seriously aside from Crom. Issei far outclasses Kiba,Sairaorg,Riser and as for Cao Cao he was being pressured by Sairaorg in his match with him so not much of a treat to current Issei. As for Dulio Issei was using CxC with partial DxD and was doing just fine against him. Tobio can't really say much about him since we have barely any really feat from him.

And then i felt bad for Saji here:

“Ku, I also want to join.”

Saji said it frustratingly, but…Sona-senpai said.

“Saji, that means that you just have to train for the next tournament. The life of a Devil is long after all. There is no need to rush.”

By the next tournament Issei will be utterly out of his reach.