For everyone complaining about the turn this story has taken and blaming the author for losing their mind, I'd like to remind you all of one important factor. Unfortunately, it is the case with manga and other forms of Japanese media (and probably not limited to just Japan either) that the author is not in total control of their works... especially a relatively new author like this one. An author's editor has just as much sway (if not more) over how a story goes as the author does, and there have been numerous times that a story changed it's direction because the editor made the author do so. Sometimes it works in their favor... other times not, and gets them the axe. Honestly, with this drastic change in tone, I can't help thinking that this is heavily influenced by the editor of this work. So, before you lay all the blame at the author's feet, remember that there's someone that they have to report to at their publisher that has the final say on what they are ALLOWED to publish.