Episode 16 is Excelent!!
Many people say Tatsuya is OP, but in a competition against Masaki and George, he was really being pushed to the limit, just like he thought.
Tatsuya's preparation really paid off. The cardinal prince would be a goner if not for Masaki. But even so Mikihiko and Leo beat him and that other member.
And Masaki was really powerful. Walking slowly with a high level magic for atack and defense makes him look like a tank. Tatsuya could not break his defenses and was not blocking his atacks fast enough with skills alone. So when Masaki by accident used a forbidden atack, Tatsuya too was forced to use his forbidden "PHOENIX DOWN" magic.
I hope next episode we can see that jerkass Morisaki's face when he discover 3 Weeds won 1st place in the competition he EPIC FAILED!! :P