I actually really liked the Jananda / Island arc

Schlockendale said:
I didn't quite love it like the other arcs, but Tonari's backstory was strong and emotional, and I found it refreshing that I admit I didn't feel the emotional connection to her friends as I did secondary characters in other arcs like Parona or even Rynn, and I definitely admit the pacing got a bit off at points, but I thought the arc's general themes as food for thought (the psychology behind the islanders and the tournaments, particularly) were very enjoyable and even the tournament fights had me intrigued, especially those with .

Schlockendale said:
I didn't quite love it like the other arcs, but Tonari's backstory was strong and emotional, and I found it refreshing that I admit I didn't feel the emotional connection to her friends as I did secondary characters in other arcs like Parona or even Rynn, and I definitely admit the pacing got a bit off at points, but I thought the arc's general themes as food for thought (the psychology behind the islanders and the tournaments, particularly) were very enjoyable and even the tournament fights had me intrigued, especially those with .

DoobieSam said:


I feel the same as you. People saw a 5% drop in animation quality and lost their damn minds.

IhnalakoKaina said:
Australia arc. Idk, I found it to be not as good. Like when the rock bear t-poses and they bombard it somehow without it burrowing into the ground to escape or breaking some puny ropes. I didn't like tonari and was prepared for her to die, but her friends had to go and die a fools death instead. When hayase offers to "kill" her already dead friends, I could not wrap my head around them refusing to let her. And fushi leaving hayase in the boat was too much for me. How can he be that reckless, naive and overall dumb?

I get that hayase is a psychotic bitch, but I would let her stick around with the condition that she behaves. That or kill her once and for all.