@Walter_vi_Britannia mangaupdates list this as having 6 volumes out (and ongoing), and with about 10 chapters per volume we have another 30 just to catch up to raws, so safe to say any axe would still be well out of sight at this point
@Riger sounds more like the difference between just a regular pokemon at max level and one bred by those crazy competitive players with optimal IVs, EVs, nature and all that jazz
The one time an MC actually apologiezes while honestly and clearly explaining the circumstances... and he has the most obviously incriminating thing on him
Also, the camera was freefalling and hit the floor, there is absolutely no way that picture wouldn't have been blurry too
"we blurted it out when she snuck into my home through the window and discovered me wearing her skin"
yep, this is the most awkward confession I've ever seen
ok, so what I think got lost in translation: sometimes girls refer to their sexy underwear as their "battle underwear", when she said "for contests" she might have worded it in a way the mayu misunderstood as that.