This might be a little long-winded, so sorry about this, but.
I think I don't know too much about Ryozanpaku as a school to judge whether or not she's right. I don't know anything about the other students there who're in the Super Junior League. But what I do know is the reactions and actions of the previous title holders, Kachidoki and Zheng.
And while I won't put a lot of judgment onto the latter, I hold quite a bit for the former. We lost to them in the first challenge, and Kachidoki responded to it like I, specifically, was a waste of time, and recommended that Trendafilka drop me before she even tried to challenge him again. I'll admit it was pretty much a sore point for me.
... but we gathered up our wins and prepared ourselves before even approaching them again-- not that it mattered, since they were taking on an open challenge policy in spite of the League rules. Even though he still saw me as nothing, it's clear that perception affected their combined ability to duel, and seemed to attempt to speed through it. Which... resulted in the duel taking even longer than they planned, and I think it's what result in their loss then.
I saw that again with their duel against "Double Yu", where he once again made it clear beforehand that he didn't take the opposing team seriously as actual duelists. I think the resulting losses have shocked his system, especially, since far as I know, he's had a really stable record up to this point.
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This might be a little long-winded, so sorry about this, but.
I think I don't know too much about Ryozanpaku as a school to judge whether or not she's right. I don't know anything about the other students there who're in the Super Junior League. But what I do know is the reactions and actions of the previous title holders, Kachidoki and Zheng.
And while I won't put a lot of judgment onto the latter, I hold quite a bit for the former. We lost to them in the first challenge, and Kachidoki responded to it like I, specifically, was a waste of time, and recommended that Trendafilka drop me before she even tried to challenge him again. I'll admit it was pretty much a sore point for me.
... but we gathered up our wins and prepared ourselves before even approaching them again-- not that it mattered, since they were taking on an open challenge policy in spite of the League rules. Even though he still saw me as nothing, it's clear that perception affected their combined ability to duel, and seemed to attempt to speed through it. Which... resulted in the duel taking even longer than they planned, and I think it's what result in their loss then.
I saw that again with their duel against "Double Yu", where he once again made it clear beforehand that he didn't take the opposing team seriously as actual duelists. I think the resulting losses have shocked his system, especially, since far as I know, he's had a really stable record up to this point.