WARNING: to everyone who forgot the hint regarding the "new guy's" identity. Anoma is going to crush your bones like he did with the glass. (I was so looking forward to it being brought up in the comments but no one did ): oh well).
Anyway this was an amazing arc and a nice conclusion. Thanks so much for your hard work!!!!!
Daiba is such an underrated character imo. Even though he's introduced as the scary and heartless manager, he's actually a nice dude who just wanted to make fun games. And he shows a lot of self-sacrificing tendencies, like with him shouldering the "darkness" by himself, protecting Hal and his actions in this chapter as well. I remember hating the developers in the beginning for the injustices they caused on the island but they really started to grow on me. (Though I wish the injustices were acknowledged more so they could grow from it, idk).
Cool that Arahata and AAAA might join Kakerou. I hope we get to see more of them.
The end of the chapter was really sweet. I always saw Champ as like a "replacement beginning Kaji." Because Kaji is introduced as the average relatable dude but as he gets stronger and smarter he somewhat loses that averageness. (This is mostly noticeable in the contradiction game as Champ role as bystander is similar to Kaji's during hangman.) So it is good to see him develop and grow stronger in his own way! (Same with Ryuusei, I liked both of them alot.)
The last two pages make me super emotional ;_;.... Very beautifully done.