was I expecting a hard swerve like this for the next arc? yes.
was I expecting said hard swerve to be this? no
gothic lolita dark-elf muscle mommies feels like one too many condiments mixed in there somehow, but maybe that's just my past experience with other series warning me that usually muscular + gothic lolita = they're men & the entire joke the entire time is that a buff gay guy likes wearing frilly dresses. hopefully i'm wrong, this mangaka doesn't usually miss like that but it's not impossible