There's literally black lightning coming out of his arm. How are they gonna cover this?
On another note, this reminds me of Ichigo's fight against Byakuya. Ichigo's bankai had him compress his spiritual energy for raw physical power, but doing so puts strain on his body(OFA, lol), so when his...
LMAO
I guess that explains how Asahi beat Jou. He's the only official disciple Jou has, since he's unwilling to teach Souma properly. At his age and knowledge, it wouldn't be surprising that he beat his master. What was thought to be insane was actually normal.
Now, onto the crazy part...
So, my crack theory that the Saiba's are an evil family and Jou changed his surname to Yukihira has a chance to be true? Either that or somebody's trying to put dirt on Jou's name.
This whole balance of power in this manga makes Dragon Ball look sane. First, they let a small group of teenagers decide to replace their director for a sociopath and kicked out anyone that was against it. Now, the old director regains his position, decides to retire and makes his 16 year old...
Take this with a grain of salt, but I've seen a fair amount of manga that ended with this kind of development. One of them that's still fresh in my mind is Medaka Box. This turn of events feels rushed.