To be honest Konekomaru isn't really so interesting I'd have cared much for his fate, and thus I've only been waiting, in vain, for a scene between Rin and Shiemi. They haven't had a chance to talk at all ever since the incident. But at least I think the flame/candle training Rin has been suffering through lately is very sensible and in some way even interesting, so these eps aren't all bad. The possessing vulture demon itself was also a jolly apparition.