My thoughts on the chapter:
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I was hoping that this chapter would have something to do with Fai and his attitude towards Kurogane, but I'm really not surprised that it didn't address that at all. Kurogane doesn't seem the type to go talking to people about his issues or troubles, so it makes sense that he wouldn't discuss or bring up Fai when talking to R!Shaoran. Even though Kuro's the most (brutally)honest of all of them, he isn't one for unnecessary discussion/talking/sharing of thoughts. He never talked about his parents until Shaoran saw them in that book, so the chances of him discussing Fai (stopping the nicknames) with Shaoran were fairly nonexistent. I am hoping that next chapter we'll see some interaction between them, though. KuroFai, that is. I think Fai will probably go along being distant from Kurogane for a bit, but I can still hope for little interactions/confrontations.
Sakura. Erm, a bit of it seems unbelievable, but I'm going to wait to see where Clamp goes with it and how they deal with getting her back to everyone else. Mind you, I've never had my leg impaled with a metal rod so I can't really give feedback on that.
I have, however, slammed headfirst into a concrete wall, and I can definitely say that headwounds bleed like nothing else. You can be bleeding all over the place and still be okay to walk/talk/move/think normally. o_o` ...it didn't hurt at all, either (until they started with the stitches later on at the hospital) so it's possible that Sakura just hasn't noticed how badly her face is bleeding yet. I'm sure it'll catch up to her soon.
The only part I see as a little difficult is the rod through the ankle and all the blood spurting from that. It obviously hasn't broken the bone or anything, but....eh. I have no idea.
As for buying/downloading, I buy the english releases as they come out, and I'm planning on buying the japanese volumes once I can get to the store that sells them. Because of this, I think it isn't that bad to download all the new chapters as it's the only way to keep up-to-date within a reasonable time period. If the new chapters were officially released here every Wednesday I'd buy them without hesitation, but they're not, so we have to get them any way we can and just buy what's available. xD