Overall a nice episode, but Chiyu was extremely porly handled here.
First she begs and begs until the two agree, so she can do... what exactly? She nevery did anything whatsoever, never even said a word, much less did she use her healing abilities, she just stands there like a potted plant XD
The fight Taku-Noumi was pretty good, until Noumi took the potted plant and starts torturing her. Taku pretty much instantly lost his fighting will and was quickly defeated.
Pretty much, Chiyu was only there as a convenient plot device so Noumi could (almost) win the fight.
Taku was really too stupid there. He really should've continued fighting Noumi as before, then he probably would've won. Even if Chiyu had lost there, she would've simply respawned.
Luckily, Kuroyukihime came just in time to save the two who were already on the verge of losing. Now that she is keeping Black Vice at bay and the have a chance again, their fighting spirit should return. Let's see if Taku can regenerate limbs as well.
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