It would have been good had there been more hints. I went back skimming over the entire arc and the noble party where Gaspani was initially introduced again and the only thing I found was Christie making the noble lady who tried to hump Girold after the photo session back down meekly after...
Good thing she wasn't secretly in love with him for years because he's the mc and chased away some bad kids when they were five years old or some trope like that. I prefer him just having been Mob C for her.
Can't say that I liked this arc. Mephisto and Iruma had some nice moments when the border patrol tried to stir shit up, but besides that it seemed bland and naive.
Oh no. Hostage situation incoming where the readers wish for the hostage to die, yet the mc will do everything (and probably get severely wounded) to save her... :rolleyes:
It's not as if that money would disappear in its entirety. Taxes would continue to flow regardless of a change in administration and if the main source of that income was illegal activities or exploitation of the people the king should wish to put a stop to that.
Add to that that the marquis...
Focus is totally different though. That one was focusing on the banishers, trying to make them look good, while here it seems to mostly be part of the setup.
I'll wait and see how it plays out but so far this doesn't seem terrible. Art style works great for it. And thankfully the MC seems to be...