Personally i like this arc. This series was missing something and it was a big arc, all the chapters were self-concluding. But this make it feel more as a story.
Also. This is what is missing to the anthology, a real villain . Being a sneak peak of a story And not trying to resume all the...
I'm not sure if someone said this to you before. But they are different? I mean this theriantropes are more similar as orcs lizards with their not as human form. But you also have the Werewolves from before, that they look more human similar as Elves, Dwarves and Forest Ogres.