User blog comment:Zolnir/Episode Premier Volume 3/@comment-18396318-20150907013852/@comment-18396318-20150907163710

Well, I don't want to spoil anything, but one line in particular makes it seem that the tournament will be a lot longer than most people are thinking. With only 12 episodes, and it seeming likely that they'll want to finish the first year by the end of Volume 3, I doubt they can really afford to wait very long before jumping into the tournament. Especially if they plan on covering a lot of the overarching story as well.