Ok, this whole prelude could have been skipped or drastically shortened. Like someone accidentally turned the cringe to 11 before winding it back down. There was no need to drag it out for 10 chapters. At least now it looks like the story will be interesting.
As much as I hate Migen, Yuri seemed sad that he would be killed yet again (no matter how much he deserves it). I kinda hope Nine is stopped and Yuri can be freed without killing him. Migen deserves to live in misery. Death is too easy for this bastard.
I'm seeing some similarities in these training arcs
Kalego-sensei - Kaguya Shinomiya
Iruma & Soi - Yu Ishigami
And I'll bet anything
Alice - Chika Fujiwara
Clara - Miyuki Shirogane
I think the issue I had when the series started was they made world view too big. We didn't have the cast or plot to fill that narrative space and the pacing felt super irregular (to me). Now it feels much better. We have a full cast, pacing is a bit more even with the action and downtime. I'm...
@Seraphus That only makes sense if you know you won't have another fight afterwards. They're using a level of power they can maintain consistently through the duration of the assault. Going all out on every fight will just make them exhausted. And this typically extends into other general...
@shizuken I want to hope. Though I would think that if this and Claymore shared a universe, Claymore would have occured during the arms race of the Great War.