Anytime I get to see Oboro suffer, the chapter wins.
A step too slow to take on the HijiKondo combo.
More importantly, I've been worried about Sasaki for this entire arc. Since it started, it all seemed to be a story for his impending death. The death of his family, the Lelouch-like plot he set up and the fact that he finally accomplished his goal of being a better person than Kondo for a single moment. Not to mention, after this is all over, there's no place he can really go. The world pretty much hates him. Tendoshuu, Edo and the Shogunate, they'll all have it out for him after this.
It all really seems like the conclusion to a character's life.
Even worse is that I'm all too positive that the very next story after this one will involve taking down the Shogun.