Not the most graceful handling of the axe that I've seen, and hardly the ending I would have liked, but it's what we got. Oh well.
I wish this series had gotten thirty volumes instead of three; I would have loved to keep reading about these characters, but especially Tao. I'm gonna miss Tao. Wish we got to see more of her before the end.
Even if the third volume ended up being a mess, the first two were excellent, and I greatly appreciated getting the chance to read them all.
My thanks to Hachyguy for seeing this translation through to the end.