until this chapter, things were pretty even, or rather, uneventful.

the espedas haven't sent in any serious forces, and most of their casualties were fractions. actually, this reminds me of Kenshin. when Shishio keeps only his top 3 gun-ho guns (or was it juppon Katana? it's been a while) to battle Kenshin and Co. and lets the rest of the losers to burn down the city.


on the other side, the main forces of SS were unharmed, the top captains are still ok, and the old man still hasn't began fighting.

so yes, we've been wasting a lot of time in this battle so far, having one no-purpose jerk fight another.