At the end of the first round of the chapter 18 tournament, Shinya realizes that he's in for a big surprise. He's going to have to fight Hiroyuki Yoshida in the semi-final. He wants to make sure that he doesn't look like a total noob. He also wants to be able to say that he beat the "second year koguchi" . He thinks that Yoshida is the best second-year fighter in the tournament, and he hopes that he can beat him in the final.