Read this brilliant work of Nasu, Higashide and Konoe. You can practically feel every nuance of every plot device. In terms of narrative craftsmanship, the sheer shoddiness, this volume hits a new peak of intellectual bankruptcy. Take the scene with "Giant Exploding Dragon Spartacus". In this scene, Yuichiro Higashide addresses the problems of abusive political authority. "Jeanne Meets Sieg in Avalon" is the most moving scene of the 2010s, about monogamy and commitment. The scene is extremely uplifting. His prose is as positive and affirmative as, uh, anything I've read in fiction.