User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: Volume 2 and episode 12, general thoughts/@comment-70.209.104.70-20141101174000/@comment-151.226.112.67-20141101181514

well since the tournament is next volume, there most likely will be new characters because the screenshot of monty's computer from awhile back had about 20 names of characters who havn't been seen yet and those were the names that weren't covered up.