This, exactly.
Also remember when we had a revenge plot for YOICHI.
Mitsuba and her Family Drama.
Shinoa and Kimizuki learning to trust others and develop healthy relationships.???
Kagami do you remember that too?
I have a vague recollection of those!! Unfortunately, those side plots didn't really have a good pay off :( Where are all those people now??? They just disappeared from the story... I thought we were getting emotional stories and arcs from because they were IMPORTANT parts of the series But no, turns out every character, even some random vampire, needs a backstory and an arc, they weren't special at all
The recent chapters have characters that feel so...new? Unestablished is better. It's like im watching a spin off is the best way i can describe it. The characters introduced early in the series (YUU'S ENTIRE FRIENDGROUP) feel so underused. They could have gone deeper into the characters rather than wider with the cast number. Newer characters we dont even know (and frankly, i dont care about) are taking up so much spotlight.
Before I yap: I've read this series since like, 2016 I think. I've never re read it so, uh, we rawdoggin the memory 4 this. I don't even remember/understand what guren is doing anymore, which makes me not give a shuckle about his entire plan and team rn I want the slick back black hair dude to win cuz he has a temporary alliance with mika n yuu (i give a lot of shuckles about them ). The story is acting as if guren and his friends are sooo close and friendship goals or sum shit. To be fair, I remember guren causing the apocalypse so his friend could live longer, but then his girlfriend came back (which i thought he didn't like?) And then he just abandoned his new friends for his big brain 4D chess plan with her??? I don't even know what bro is doing wtv, rn he's witnessing his doomed boyfriend die again ig
Wait alot of the character relationships I find so odd? For comparison, Mika and Yuu has this constant yearning and friendship shit going on, whenever they interact you KNOW they care about each other. The writing is consistent, they're interesting. But like, what's going on with all the others? Do yall actually like each other or are yall gonna switch up again example: why tf r all the vampires so chill with the Ferid guy eating them? Every damn time Ferid goes "Im gonna kill you!!" (The entire life story of the vampire happnes) "damn, you got me." And then they die and hang out in the tree, so chill with one another??? don't even get me started on that ch 150 they all went "heh...it was a good one..." "heh, do well, ferid..." as they died bruh istg none of yall liked him wtf
Side note; what happened to the trumpets and human experiments? I swear that was a thing
Extra note: sorry for any anger, bafflement, and frustration that may have been illicited from this post