after my tiny vent about the "rushing" feel in the previous post, I''ll also add a few other things.

First off, Tawara Bunscinnhsi seriosuly was hilarious and made the anime less dark. Plus that smart-alek Fu-chan got so majorly ass-kicked at the end...it's like the animators really didn't hold back in painting that facial expression of his when his hands were GONE. lol.....
Plus, I dunno about u guys, but the death of that medical girlfriend of Natsume Shin was so sad and shocking, even tho I kinda suspected she was supposed to die anyway cuz she was only a flashback character :\ Man still she was such a hot lady.
Lastly, the final ep. 24's battle between mitsuomi and that rascally souichiro was kinda tame compared with their earlier face-off. It was like a 60 second battle that went by so fast, but I guess the excuse was that the real battle would take place later in the martial arts tournament preliminary (which we'll never see)