Outside of the cliché, found a competition with the exact amount of money the hero's need, this was a pretty good chapter. Negi was cool some of the time, Kotarou was cool, the plot developments were all predictable but fun & most importantly, Takamichi & Mana will be getting into the story. Takamichi is one of my five favorites whereas Mana is perhaps my favorite character so I'm excited for the next volume.