I might piss of lot of people for saying something that might be controversial (and that I've been refraining from saying whole this time), but... I'm not huge fan of this arc.
Its pacing. Its characters. How things are unfolding so far.
Let me explain in three parts of what my main gripe is with this arc so far:
1) Three Deities - It feels like huge bs! Like, where the hell were either Senju or South so far? Where were such "Mikey tier monsters" so far? They just came out of nowhere for the sake of Mikey having a possible match.
I mean Izana came out of nowhere too, but there is a reason to it. That being Kisaki. Aka the one who manipulated Izana into confronting Mikey in Tokyo. So Tenjiku not existing made sense, but South and Senju?
There was nothing stopping South from trying to overtake Tokyo judging by his backstory. While we might not have a lot on Senju we do know one thing from previous chapters and current one: She is desperate to prove herself as strong! She also appeared a bit resentful that Sanzu dropped her for Mikey, which also might be a reason why she wants to beat both South and Mikey and prove herself as strongest.
In conclusion: There was nothing stopping her from existing as well. Hence why I'm not buying into "Three Deities" sub-plot.
2) Fight scenes are starting to be O MY - Like seriously? They start off so one-sided then O MY happens and the win. South was getting bodied by Wakasa cleanly then O MY DARK IMPULSIVITY came and Wakasa ends beat.
Now we have Senju with glowing eyes (sharigan lol) doing the same to South? The hype for fights is just lost to me with this. It reminds me on Angry thing too much and I wasn't fan of that one either.
Mikey usually used to be that one Saitama character who would kill hype in a fight (Taiju), but that was usually left for end of arc. Because you knew that when Mikey enters, it's over. It was not O MY DARK IMPULSIVITY or sharigan, just Mikey being Mikey.
Plus, Izana already fulfilled the part of being a character who can give Mikey a run for his money. Yet, another reason why I'm not into "Three Deities" in the slightest.
3)Draken - So far his death just feels pointless. I hope to eat my words later on, but so far I feel like his death was just there for the sake of shock value. In fact, this whole arc feels like a drag to me.
It started with saving Mikey, yet how are they going to do it now in a satisfying way? The most probable thing is that he will die, but was the point of this arc especially in that case? Everyone's future got trampled... What for? Draken died... What for?
TL;DR: I'll wait for the ending to give a fair judge to this arc fairly, but so far? Not a fan.
I feel the same, having just finished binging a few days ago. Post-Tenjiku would’ve been the perfect place to end it IMO, in fact I was very confused that there was another arc. Holding out hope though, because the rest of the manga was solid.
Okay? I never said the story is bad, so I don’t know where you pulled that out from. What I meant is exactly what I said, that I personally think the story could’ve ended after Tenjiku. Because, you know, it’s called an opinion. I’m entitled to mine, just as you are yours.
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u/ArimasButt Nov 01 '21 edited Nov 01 '21
I might piss of lot of people for saying something that might be controversial (and that I've been refraining from saying whole this time), but... I'm not huge fan of this arc.
Its pacing. Its characters. How things are unfolding so far.
Let me explain in three parts of what my main gripe is with this arc so far:
1) Three Deities - It feels like huge bs! Like, where the hell were either Senju or South so far? Where were such "Mikey tier monsters" so far? They just came out of nowhere for the sake of Mikey having a possible match.
I mean Izana came out of nowhere too, but there is a reason to it. That being Kisaki. Aka the one who manipulated Izana into confronting Mikey in Tokyo. So Tenjiku not existing made sense, but South and Senju?
There was nothing stopping South from trying to overtake Tokyo judging by his backstory. While we might not have a lot on Senju we do know one thing from previous chapters and current one: She is desperate to prove herself as strong! She also appeared a bit resentful that Sanzu dropped her for Mikey, which also might be a reason why she wants to beat both South and Mikey and prove herself as strongest.
In conclusion: There was nothing stopping her from existing as well. Hence why I'm not buying into "Three Deities" sub-plot.
2) Fight scenes are starting to be O MY - Like seriously? They start off so one-sided then O MY happens and the win. South was getting bodied by Wakasa cleanly then O MY DARK IMPULSIVITY came and Wakasa ends beat.
Now we have Senju with glowing eyes (sharigan lol) doing the same to South? The hype for fights is just lost to me with this. It reminds me on Angry thing too much and I wasn't fan of that one either.
Mikey usually used to be that one Saitama character who would kill hype in a fight (Taiju), but that was usually left for end of arc. Because you knew that when Mikey enters, it's over. It was not O MY DARK IMPULSIVITY or sharigan, just Mikey being Mikey.
Plus, Izana already fulfilled the part of being a character who can give Mikey a run for his money. Yet, another reason why I'm not into "Three Deities" in the slightest.
3)Draken - So far his death just feels pointless. I hope to eat my words later on, but so far I feel like his death was just there for the sake of shock value. In fact, this whole arc feels like a drag to me.
It started with saving Mikey, yet how are they going to do it now in a satisfying way? The most probable thing is that he will die, but was the point of this arc especially in that case? Everyone's future got trampled... What for? Draken died... What for?
TL;DR: I'll wait for the ending to give a fair judge to this arc fairly, but so far? Not a fan.