MAN Tia stealing all the good scenes; finger shotgun blast, the hand-emoting earth crush, getting the furry hug... I JUST LOVE HER SO MUCH (^,^ )!
And glad they were able to clear up the assassin plot in just a single, efficient chapter. That's the one thing I love about this series, it effectively tells only what it needs to tell, and shows the rest with practically no padding. Big praise to the author(of the manga) here, as a story of this caliber feels like it'd be hard to adapt.
Next chapter should be the big showdown. I expect Waffles to win, but honestly, it doesn't really matter; they will probably go all out to the point they will become best frienemies, if nothing else(also secretly hoping Mimilu falls for Waffles when she sees him fight her brother =03).
I figured the old guy would be Brute himself. I thought he'd be a more manipulative snarky b88888d, but it seems he's just an animalian that has a certain code of ethics. He's still wrong for what he did, and no explanation will change that, but I am intrigued to hear his explanation as to why he wanted Waffles to win. Maybe he thinks Doben's gruff personality doesn't fit his image of what a hero should be, but we'll see...