Is it bad that in the first chapter they revealed Sika Madu gave Mika and Yu three codes, one to revive Mika, another to hide them from Paradise, and a final one to destroy paradise, all I thought was “Oh shit each of those is going to be a slog of 10 volumes?”
Sika Madu dies very unceremoniously here and similarly to Asuramaru where the human just… absorbs them entirely and that makes them disappear? It makes more sense that Shinoa can do it than Mika. Then we get some betrayals as Ferid continues to do vampire vore and kills Krul. Then Mika and Yu try to make a deal with the vampires since they side with them more as they try to bring the vampires and humans both back to life. You’ll notice this reads very dry and uninspired. I had a lot of apathy while reading this volume. It’s just… Seraph of the End has gone on so long and it’s gotten so complicated and yet everything takes forever. Krul dies, Mika and Yu try to join the vampires. That takes an entire book. Shinoa gets god-like powers from Sika Madu since she got 70% of Sika Madu and Yu got the other 30% so now she can also give others a bunch of demons to power up? Which just makes no sense. Like they don’t absorb their emotions or wants. They just subserviently, namelessly, and faceless power-up Shinoa’s group. The writing choices here are definitely interesting with that and the killing of Krul. Hopefully the next volume is more interesting, though from looking ahead sparsely on Mangaplus I think it’ll just be equally disliked by me.
The author note keeps on saying it’s getting near the climax but it doesn’t feel like it. Sure, we have all seven sinful keys with four on Guren / Ferid’s side, two on Mika and Yu’s side, and one on Shinoa’s squad (at least I think that’s the divvying of them) but we don’t feel any closer to any side getting all seven and making the choice.