The chapter has a lot of good things going for it at the start, but it just misses the mark half-way through and devolves into something more predictable yet less logical.
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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.