I was actually glad to see Hitsu's sword defined clearly in terms of its type. It's entirely unambiguous...the kanji is Hyousetsu which literally has the kanji for ice and the one for snow. That's not a water type. That's an ice type. Hitsu's sword does not > Sougyo no Kotowari.

Whiich I think is Storm and Sea anyhow, as opposed to purely water or anything else like that. Lightning and waves have no real correlation to Ice and snow - so I think we're in a different ball court here.

I'm still gonna be cross if Hitsu beats Halibel though. XD

...This week's spoilers didn't do a lot for me, in all honesty. Except make me wonder if Hitsu's big secret is that he's finally hit puberty...