I agree, the slow pace really makes it a slog sometimes though.I'll be the odd one here and say that this arc is ok. Each chapter has a point made and the pacing feels like the classic longrunning WSJ series pace like One Piece.
I dunno, though I've been following this series since the very start it was published in Mangaplus, I'm not that emotionally invested in the series to go "RRRAAAAAH THE SERIES IS TOO SLOW" like a lot of the people here.