Fierce Battle!! Best 8

is chapter 182 of the Beelzebub manga.

Summary
The top eight couples prepare to compete in the second round; however, due to Yuka's "mysterious" stomach pains from the first round, her pair is forced to compete last. Therefore, Izuma and Aoi are selected to compete against the opposing couple.

On their way to the boxing ring, Izuma and Aoi meet briefly with Oga and Hilda. Izuma carelessly asks Oga why he believes that Aoi is competing against him; upon hearing the child-rearing gang leader's answer, he comically cries with pity for Aoi. Aoi, who became flustered after Izuma asks the question, suddenly builds up a new sense of motivation to fight against Oga and Hilda, even telling the latter that she will not lose to her. Hilda simply replies that Aoi would need to advance to the finals in order to do so.

Izuma and Aoi then pair off against Arihara and Madoka. For their event, the two couples learn that they will need to partake in a cavalry battle where the woman rides on the man's shoulder, then tries to steal the bandana from the opposing team. Aoi becomes flustered by the event due to the erotic nature of it; embarrassed, she tries to think of various solutions for her and Izuma to do, albeit unsuccessful. As time runs out for the couples to prepare, she then remembers that Oga and Hilda are still competing, and finally musters up the courage to participate. Surprisingly, just as the event commences, she and Izuma manage to steal Madoka's bandana in the blink of an eye and gain victory; therefore, they get to advance to the third round.

The third match then begins with Tōjō and Shizuka against Nishikawa and Yonehara. For their event, they all end up having to act out scenarios relating to romance with their respective partners, which will be judged by four people. The first scenario is about the man being late for a date with his female lover; during this portion of the event, Nishikawa acts out a scene where his pet hamster apparently had labor pains and Tōjō acts it out with the reasoning that he fought a man with a child sometime before the date. Surprisingly, Tōjō and Shizuka gain a perfect score after the latter uses her acting charms to gain emotional support from the judges. In the second scenario, which is about getting involved with a group of delinquents, actual Ishiyama delinquents volunteer to help out with the event; unfortunately, they succumb to weakness upon facing Tōjō. Nevertheless, Shizuka ends up using her charms again to win the event and proceed to the third round with Tōjō.