Chapter 353 is now up and back on a better schedule. After the opening introduction by Takako, this is the start of the real fight between the two. The final showdown for the arc. Hiroshi plays the role of bystander between the two. The commentator that will explain a few things for the sake of the reader. It's a necessary evil that I'm not too much of a fan of, but there are a few things that I don't want to be mysterious for too long. Takako is not a fighter or even that smart in combat. She's a novice, so I can't rely on her noticing things. She'll just over come them.

One of the challenges in fighting with Takako, is the fact that she had a negation on Yuki's abilities. Which has forced me to write for him differently. I have to think further outside of the box than normal so that everything that he does can still actually do something. This is the same thing that Nerine ran into while fighting briefly. I never really explain it, so Yuki's here to answer what was going on. The thing he'll be doing shortly in the next chapter is an extension of what Nerine did in order to be successful in her fight. It makes things more complicated and much more risky.

A lot of the fight is going to be Yuki trying to understand what her power is. Once he figures out her power he'll be able to actually bring an end to the fight. The key to her powers is a very big weakness. It is something that she is aware of and just teases around her powers. So Yuki will be trying to survive long enough to be able to beat her. It's a very different sort of fight for him, as he had been used to fighting others like him up to that point. This is the first real fight that he has against people with real powers and he'll have to adapt to fight them, as he's not built like they are. Making him very disadvantaged and no amount of powering up is possible for him. Making him very contradictory to the standard.

Enjoy!