Most of these types of stories, I'm usually left wondering the following things:
1) Why are they in school in the first place when it seems that both their training and talent aren't really being cultivated by the school but rather by their own work outside of the school setting. Also, more often than not, the school itself becomes an obstacle to their growth.
2) Why are they doing competitions? It always seems to be some some lame excuse for the MC to show off here but honestly the "why" tends to be flimsy at best and the writer often stacks events, one in front of another. "Oh, here is an event to qualify for the school and here is another inter-grade competition. Here is another school wide competition and yet another country wide competition. Let's not forget the qualifying round for intercontinental competitions and then finally the intercontinental competition itself."
3) The safety in these types of competitions seems flimsy. Oh, you are going to transport them away when the vest takes enough damage huh? What happens when the vest takes way more damage than it can handle the and the student dies before being saved? What happens if they get their arms, legs, or head cut off? Massive explosion? Ever heard of shrapnel? Concussive force? Air overpressure? Burst eardrums and eyeballs? I'm sure all of that damage will be centralized into their damage vest. 🙄
