The story would have been great if not for the horribly slow pacing at the beginning of the story. Matsunosuke's conclusion and arc would have been more satisfying if there was more than one and half episode dedicated to him than simply name dropping him. His story was well executed if not for that. We never got even see Ichitaro sneaking to catch a glimpse of his brother. Not to mention, the split focus of various conflict sort of messes the pacing problem.