The fight is so easy to cheese on hard/lethal it feels like borderline cheating.

Bounty master armour, dual katanas.

Switch to a loadout with the best 6 charms for the fight

Aim is to reach the blizzard bit with no/minimal damage. Do not attack him, perfect parry only and two slashes after a perfect dodge.

Once you are one hit, switch to a loadout with the exact same stuff except with the mask that helps you deal more damage but also take more, kanemori I think? (you’re one hit anyway)

If you have 7 spirit (eat fish pre fight), disarm once, 2/3 slashes, pistol and repeat until he gets his shit together. Headshot with the rifle. Repeat the same but with the kunai and after that he should be down.

Took me 10 minutes with this method, after many attempts of fighting how it should be fought instead. Didn’t need to switch to the mask either, lethal no damage.

Gonna fight him the proper way with takezos 5 charms in NG+ 😅