I admit it took me a second to figure out what was going on: Nitani leaving the lights off to immediately get the jump on them in the cover of blackness. Lucky Asha either sensed it in time or predicted the tactic, really cool transition to the action

ALSO HOLY CRAP THAT ANIMATION, lol!
I love your high effort pages like this because they always really look so good visually. The shaky camera effect does a lot, it gives it a serious in-motion effect when they’re moving different directions trying to get an opening and kinda reverbrating off eachother when they parry. Like for every “Clang” you can feel the room echo a little. Stunning stuff!