A whole volume of just setup, but interesting setup at least. The change of scenery away from the college has revitalized the story. Yamazaki's creativity is endless, as evidenced by the continued addition of unique characters, so it needs more space than an alchemy college to really flourish. This volume feels like a return to form in a good way, with the church coming to Elias and Chise for help with a matter that will undoubtedly drag them down a much broader and longer path.
This volume starts a new arc in the series which will deal with Chise's relationship with dragons as well as dragons in British folklore and the people that hunt them. I'm really pumped for it as it leverages much of what I thought was strongest about the first few volumes of the series, and should allow Chise to engage with others from a position of one of her strengths about which she has deep feelings for.
As usual this series is amazing. I can’t no love Chise Elias and everyone. This is definitely setting the stage for the dragon arc which is amazing and I’m interested in what going to happen since we havnt seen dragons since season one arc one. Ruth is the best character 😍😍😍