As the third match gets under way, Minato's lineup and the third party in the match are revealed.Tsukiumi and Oriha: Hey, long time no see!Summary:Minato arrives at the site of the third match accompanied by Musubi, Tsukiumi, and Homura. The third match takes a place at what is usually a busy freeway junction in the city, but the surrounding area has been evacuated for the match. Minato and his Sekirei are looking around of their opponents, and out of the fog emerges Higa and his Sekirei Oriha. Oriha and Tsukiumi instantly recognize each other from the battle before Homura's winging. Oriha wants a piece of Tsukiumi, but Higa tells her to restrain herself. Higa then introduces himself to Minato and asks if Minato ever thought of taking down MBI.Elsewhere in the junction, Disciplinary Squad members Benitsubasa and Haihane arrive with their Ashikabi Natsuo.We are back!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A short chapter this issue (well, all Sekirei chapters seem to be shorter than I wanted), but it delivered quite a bit of material. First of all, we get to see Minato's lineup for the match and his choices of Musubi, Tsukiumi, and Homura isn't too surprising. Musubi is definitely should be participating since she's the female lead, and Tsukiumi the most prominent female character after Musubi so the chances of her being chosen was pretty high too. For the remaining spot, it'd only be surprising if Minato chose Matsu. Homura is Minato's newest Sekirei, so I guess Minato wants to take him out for a test drive, and by that I specifically mean the kissing power-up lol.The other piece of important info in this chapter is the third party in the match, and it turns out to be the Disciplinary Squad, or at least 2/3 of it. For some reason I thought some random Ashikabi and Sekirei would appear, but having the Disciplinary Squad in the match is much more exciting. Karasuba seems to be missing though, but I suppose the author is saving her up for later in the story. Everything is pointing to Musubi vs. Karasuba as the last fight at this stage of the story, so we can't have Karasuba fight against Minato's Sekirei just yet. Benitsubasa and Haihane have shown that they are formidable fighters, but they are not really super strong. Judging by the fight during the escape story, the two Disciplinary Squad Sekirei are about as strong as Tsukiumi, who is possibly the weakest fighter in Minato's party. Natsuo is present though so Benitsubasa and Haihane will be able to use power-ups, but that applies to Minato and Higa's Sekirei as well.Lastly, Higa seems to have brought three Sekirei with him to the fight. His question to Minato about taking down MBI is pretty interesting, but not unexpected since Higa has always been shown as an ambitious person who's no afraid of using underhanded tactics to get what he wants. Higa is probably not content with playing under Minaka's rules.Anyways, this upcoming match should be really interesting, as Minato's party has history with both Higa's Sekirei and the Disciplinary Squad, and of course there's the matters of Yukari and Uzume between Minato and Higa. Now the only important thing left to find out is the rules of the match.
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