I hope Oriobana isn't just used for the Worf effect, just to showcase how powerful these government paperpushers are and then needing Kazuya or someone else to come save them
I do hope that too.
I like Kazuya, as far as shounen MCs go, he is a very good one, and the reason why he is the "chosen one" for dealing with the "ultimate problem" actually makes sense.
And the supporting cast of this story is full of good characters, both in personality and strenght... but because of that, focusing too much on Kazuya detracts from this story.
I actually accept that Oriobana may die, the plan here was good, and i dont even think the government shmuck is strong, he just had a set of advantages that he used.
But I do hope the solution for this situation doesn't depend on Kazuya, I want to see the other higher-ranking exorcists evolving with the story.
And as a side note, I will repeat something I said before... i hope Kazuya is not able to use a soul shrine, his "kit" is too overloaded, and think it would be more interesting if at least one ability of this "system" is far off his grasp, the why i dont care, i just think there needs to be a limit for what he can learn.