I would like to once again state my horror at how UGLY the characters looked in some scenes. This episode is by far the worst I've seen this season (and I only watch it when a big enough fuss is made about it.)
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But yeah, the canon rape. Why would Fay need to use active magic to make potion or stew or whatever? Just because he used it once out of desperation to save everyone's lives doesn't mean he'll start using it for cooking. He's a competent enough chef without magic, thankyouverymuch.
Also, (ugly, ugly, WHY is he so UGLY)Kurogane trying to bargain with Yuuko? Over a SWORD? Yuuko is like, his least favourite person in all the dimensions (besides his mother's killer.) It sort of takes away from the desperation of when he REALLY tries to bargain with Yuuko. In my opinion, anyway.
And giving Souhi to Syaoran is very OOC. Of course they'll pull a way to fix Hien out of their ***, because that sword can't possibly stay broken. Possibly Sakura will re-forge it with the power of her love. But only possibly, since she seems to have regressed back to season-one-episode-2-Sakura, staring vacantly into space.
I can't even feel sorry for the losers who only watch the anime. If you watch the anime, actually think it's GOOD, and see no reason to seek out the manga, (which isn't hard, I can think of at least four places to find it) then you deserve the crap this series has been shovelling.