@belkrax
I doubt they've actually outplayed tsurumi: it's too convenient that ariko got away with exactly 5, when tsurumi knows that hijikata knows that tsurumi has more than 5 skins, tsurumi probably mixed one or two real skins into those 5 so he could have another fake in case he needs to confuse a third party/ or in case another of his men betrays him
@Dorian77
that's pretty obvious, there are only 24 skins in total, 19 skins have been found, and asirpa figured out the code
Huh... I thought Hijikata will fall for it, but the other comments say it would be more interesting that way. We will see...
But I do agree with @cgr's opinion. It is far too convenient which actually makes me dissapointed for Hijikata's party. I hope Noda-sensei give us surprise attack for the fake skins in the future.
And it's good to see Kantarou + Edogai-kuuun (even just a memory) back!