Unfortunately, in the tug of war, both of the kites are twisted, pulled, and basically destroyed. Finally, when one team's rope break, a winner is declared. Extra point are given to the winning side for every inch of rope it capture from the losing team. All along the river, teams get involved in clashes that quickly lead to open war. The battles often spread to the town, and almost everyone gets involved by the end of day one, thousannds of the smaller kites have been destroyed, buy not everyone has been able to enjoy the competition. The large odeko kites are still not flying. The teams can't even get the huge odakos into the air.