To start with, I'm happy it didn't stay almost passive like volume 24 did... While I liked vol 24 for obvious reasons (just seeing my favorite characters talk is cool afterall), it lacked the feeling of progression, actually
going somewhere, this volume had this..!
First half was a long winded build-up, for what became the incredibly funny second half of the book, where we get a ton of the otherwise very rare interaction between almost every important character, and the imprisonment of them later on was hysterical, I never thoghut I'd see Sumiyoshi and Watanabe be THIS vile... Maybe Watanabe, but surely not sumiyoshi, and even Misaki lost her senses..! All in good humor, and without feeling too awkward or as I feared, forced in as a cheap way to interact with the "other side", but it feels very fitting for them to be in this situation, and of course there's even more speculation going on, 2 il Palazzo's..?! Is one a puppet and one real..?! Miwa seems to mess with us, I can't get a hold of who's in control of who anymore..!
Only 2 volumes left, I honestly can't see this being wrapped up in just 2 more books, but I'll hang on to it, if anything, not for the story, but just to see all the characters together like this, I love seeing the characters talk, and generally just
do stuff, and I honestly couldn't care less for the context, but admittedly, the story does make me curious as to how it's supposed to end, or whatever Rikudou has in mind (Hey, One can dream for a continuation of SOME kind right..?)
Also, Now we need a blushing Ropponmatsu/Isshiki
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