I completely understand why regular readers would utterly hate this manga after that complete troll fo an ending, but for someone like me who finished the first arc, neglected it for a while, and now checked back to see if the wet T-shirt contest ever happened...I actually still LOVE it.
After all, the first arc was a masterpiece, absolute tour-de-force, unhinged work of genius matched in sheer manliness only by Vinland Saga's legendary prologue. Here's to you Hiramoto Akira, you crazy fuck.