Thread:Zf6hellion/@comment-136273-20161211130904/@comment-136273-20161211195618

I should properly explain why I didn't like that ending. If Kimiko loses/ties, she gains the motivation to train harder. If she wins, she regains lost confidence. But if she's "allowed to win", she is deceived and treated like a little child. Why not go for something that doesn't rely on deception?

Regarding the issues:
 * I'm still confused. How does he emerge unscathed from a thick, giant cloud of crystalline blades that was around them all the time? Why isn't that action described at all?
 * That makes sense. Solved.
 * Uh, oh. For the final Shadow Clone Satou to survive the onslaught, even with severe wounds, implies that the swirling mass stops cutting him and retreats at some point for an unknown reason, and there's no description of the crystal spears pinning him to the ground (he's been impaled, has he?). There's also no mention of a compressed giant cloud of dust enveloping him as he yells to Kimiko in the aftermath. At least, that's my impression.

One issue had an obvious solution. Let's work out the remaining two.