He was her 'equal' even though when she actually put her effort into the fight she killed him in about a second? XD The only way he remotely resembled her was that he had a little sharp pointy thing over his hand, too.

Sorry, but considering half the females in this series aren't allowed to kill anything before a big tough man shows up to finish things for her/save her, this literally made me CHEER. ESPECIALLY since Ohmaeda's attempt to 'rescue' her just reinforced how little he understands her.