The exploding chair might as well have been a decade ago, for how far Sephiroth is even thinking about it anymore. It's an event that happened, but true to form, his focus is on the path ahead and that leads him to take the clean advantage over Okuyasu when he might have been cussing instead.

With those strikes that cleaved true, Sephiroth almost felt confident enough to weave a sword skill in to follow it, were it not for the prompt fist that somehow found its way inside his range. Masamune has a larger inside-range of motion however which was the only saving grace as he takes the heavy -yet glancing- punch to the edge of his jaw and his form follows the motion; causing Sephiroth to take at least one-step off to the side with the momentum while heaving his oversized weapon back in closer in order to defend himself.

This asterisk with it's lesser-defense...