It's a shame, for a show that felt so fresh and unique it's kinda just treading water at this point, repeating the twists and shock we've seen before all while not really developing much of anything.
Nanachi is probably the highlight here, only for the sake that she(?) has some sort of closure(but not really) to her story thus far. We learn nothing about Reg other than he's even more mysterious and powerful than we already knew and Riko is basically the exact same character as before and continues to just luck her way into victory. The villain is interesting, but not really satisfying, I can only watch someone lose so many times and care when they keep coming back again and again. The first time he dies it's interesting, by the third time it's kinda just annoying. It's almost like a jigzaw puzzle that rather than being solved with logic or intent just gets smooshed together out of lack of ability to solve it in time.
On the plus side the next time we get a sequel, in another 5 years from now at this rate, we'll finally be on to something different. And there is still hope that the plot with this "villain" are settled at some point but man does this not make me excited or care about what's to come. I just can't see these characters developing into much more at this point and that's a shame because from the art to the animation to the music it's all great. But this plot and these characters ain't it right now and the pacing, the drama and the payoffs need to be earned and not just fallen into by sheer luck and ass pulls from the writers in the future.
