One of my problems with this competition from Eiji's side is that he has to be beaten before the second to last chap of Crow. If not he would have already released a chap heavily indicating the end of the manga only to continue to extend it. Writing wise I don't know how he'd pull that off unless every time he gets to the second to last chap he makes it ambiguous towards whether the manga is ending.
It'd be like Oda having the SHs achieve all of their dreams only to churn out another arc. There's always a few transitional chaps leading to the next arc.
Anyway, I liked this chap. Especially after Yoshida's speech and how Muira goes to Taka instead of the homewrecker to beat Eiji lol. It's like she's completely hit rock bottom.