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Fuck man, this fight has been great. Even with his sword broken and having only about 5 inches of blade, Itto still chooses to fight with his own sword. Retsudō tells him to use one of the kusa's sword, but Itto refuses. Itto is still able to block Retsudō's spear with his broken sword. I thought it was awesome how he took out the pin from his sword and tried to swing it so that the blade came out of the handle to hit Retsudō. Didn't hit him, but it still caused a distraction. Enough so that Itto could get in a good position to defend Retsudō's spear and break it off to use it as a weapon since he no longer had one. By the end of the chapter, Itto begins to fall to his knees from exhaustion and the injury he sustained from the kusa.