The Kenren and Gojun scene was really good! I enjoyed it even more in animation, I'll admit it.

Tenpou is ... hmm, for me. I'm not really sure that I like Tenpou. He's almost too badass, too twisty and clever, and his faults habits are almost too twee to be real on their own. It's hard to explain. I do like Kenren a lot more, and I appreciated Konzen more as Gaiden went on, because he learned so much.

(And you totally Get them. If you ever, for example, wanted to write more Kenren and Gojun without Tenpou, I would not discourage you at all. HAHA)