Pretty disappointing for the penultimate book in the main series. The battle strategies and action just weren't very interesting or compelling to follow, and while it was fun to see some of the side characters who hadn't met before interact, it didn't make up for the pages and pages of poor explanations of battle layouts. The best part of the book was when Yuuji broke down near the end, and his comeback and meeting with Shouko made me more excited to read volume 12. Hopefully its more entertaining that the dry bulk of this one.