I can understand the series not turning out as people expected, but I can also understand writers trying something different.
Though telling people upfront that this is a shounen/ battle/ SOL/ fluff manga would help; Dorohedoro was much more clever in mixing together very different genres and having them jibe well.
God forbid that people could have their opinion, how dare they disagree with my "The only correct opinion",
or just that not everyone will like tumblr lv writing of dbz x naruto fan fic.
We tend to make fuss over little things, really. This arc may be different and less fluffy that what we were used to, however it started quite well and even got way better in last chapters and I completely find it valuable in this manga.