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Like the rest, this fight felt obligatory rather than essential, a way to show off some fan-favorites and play with some crazy ideas before the series ends. Which is fine and dandy, but it’d be nice if there was something more substantial to go along with it.
Episodic chapters and short arcs like this are a nice way to bring a few neglected characters back into the ongoing story, and one hopes that Yoshikawa has been doing this as of late to help build them up for bigger roles to play in the next long arc.
While this chapter isn’t quite as strong as the past couple have been, it’s a fine installment in what’s been a consistently solid arc, and promises much to look forward to in future chapters.
The characters’ hatred may surface, but their other qualities—love for their adopted children and willingness to better their homelands—don’t grind away. Humans, on the other end, compress emotions to survive. Pluto wants readers to care not just about the story, but about showing empathy to others.
This was a lightly amusing chapter, mostly for the cultural misunderstandings making for some fun unintentional humor. It’s purpose was ostensibly to reintroduce Odagiri into the story and develop the plot with Takuma’s witches further, and on that front, it’s effective, though not much more.
