Man, I had such hard time not being a manga prophet when I was reading your comments up there. I didn't hate Sako at any point, so I had no such sentiments after that head shot, but perhaps it's exactly because of that why I found your rage all the more hilarious, considering it only made Sig cuter, especially when she was pouting.

Now that the arc is over, looking back at the whole tournament, the Sako and Galil team's level of fighting skills were quite well above the rest, which makes it all the sadder she needed to leave. She only lost because she was fighting a totally different war from the rest. She wasn't interested in winning the tournament as much as beating the current leader in a humiliating manner. That's a huge handicap she gave herself. It would be easy to say she lost because of arrogance, but since without that arrogance beating Ichiroku would have only yielded winning the standard exam war, it would have meant nothing to her. Well, at least Galil is happy either way. Though Galil staying behind means Sako will now be all alone, wherever she went...