Hikaru messing up tsubaki's hair made me laugh. He ain't scared of him anymore. Hikaru is actually feeling pretty confident in himself. He's pumped up for the finals, knowing that only 3 people can turn pro in this 2 month tournament.
Everyone is pretty tense and nervous and it's getting to some of the people. Hikaru's opponent Iijima, who has beat Hikaru in the past is getting nervous by Hikaru's calm demeanor. Iijima finds out that Waya and Isumi took Hikaru to Go salons for practice and it pissed Iijima off that they helped him improve before the tournament. Now he's getting scared and is thrown off by the pressure.