I don't mind the pace of this arc much since this is at least playing to the manga's strengths... but I'm flummoxed by the manga's pacing overall.
Part of what made the colosseum arc so dull was it kept burning chapters to introduce ideas only to discard them a chapter or two later without clear progress on the main plot. The whole arc dragged on forever but each part of it raced by too fast to even leave an impression. And even before that... did we even get enough mileage out of the original premise? At this point it almost feels like Iver and Mirio could be traded out for any other hero x demon queen couple.
But... I'm still here so.🤷♂️
I mean, the story's over. The original novel ended with the stadium battle. So it's pretty impressive that he's kept it going for another 20 chapters and counting(from the latest raws) on ero alone.
Actually... i guess that explains most of it! Was the novel as weirdly paced?