Panel 1: Note that dropping a ninja sword next to your fallen enemy isn't a particularly great idea, but poor Masahiro-kun is too distracted to realize that.

Panel 2: Ouch, though clearly less ouchiness than Yukiko-chan is experiencing in panel 1. Note, by her shrieking, that ol' Yuki-chan is dealing with a level of agony that's apparently beyond the mystically anesthetic parameters of the Ayakami's oft-mentioned "pain-suppressing bulls**t jutsu."

Today’s Patreon update: As it’s a Wednesday, time for the $5+ Patron tiers to get their weekly dose of commissioned damsel-in-distress content, along the lines of the same material was eventually reworked into Empowered. (No idea as to exactly what that might be at this time, though; these commentaries are written much further out from posting than are my often last-minute Patreon updates.)

-Adam Warren