If anything, it's pretty strange for them to suddenly change how they release A-ranks with Manato. Going by prior banners he should been released this patch, and we know he's likely done since we've already seen him fight in-game and have his other animations datamined.

>>531834503
His rank isn't confirmed yet.

>>531834604
Just Manatobros being excited. You still got people saying they're going to skip like with anyone, but he's a good guy.

>JP dub user
>the growl in Kamano's scene is in EN
as thanks EN voice director, I will switch for that scene