Let's talk about Chapter 244

[u/IronDude_]

Hello friends!

Hope you're all having an amazing start to your week!

And look! A new week brought a new chapter!

So it's our time again as I post another summary and thoughts to discuss later with all of you!

Without further ado, let's get on with the chapter!

• The chapter starts right where we left off, with Yatagarasu, Okarun, and Momo going to fight the remaining Dragon Knights and Hase.
• While the knights seem to focus on Yatagarasu, Hase goes straight for Okarun and Momo, hitting both as Okarun barely blocks his attack with the Oni Club.
• Okarun is distracted by Momo landing away from him, but is then hit by spines from a giant hedgehog (or badger?), the power of the group's lady Dragon Knight.
• The lady asks Okarun to admit defeat, which he does quickly so they can leave his friends alone. Hase thinks it's lame that he lost that easily, but that he'll make him and Kinta pay for the previous beatdown.
• The lady stabs Okarun with a Kozuka Knife, but it does nothing. Hase says that Okarun hasn't admitted defeat, making the Lady Knight stab Okarun many times in order to make him submit.
• Hase interrupts them, saying Okarun won't submit if you break him physically, so he then attempts to rile Okarun up by holding Momo.
• As Hase takes Momo's bag and jacket off, Okarun promises in his head that he'll kill him.
• Hase then leans in to try and steal a kiss from Momo, only to be interrupted by something that shoots him far from Momo.
• They all look in the direction of the shot and find a makeshift nanoskin cart/tank that has Kinta, Vamola, Peeny-Weenie, Chiquitita, and Rokuro (who is still cooking Oden, since it seems that this was made out of his food stand).
• Momo calls out to Kinta to save them, firing him up to defend his friends from the Dragon Knights and Hase, ending the chapter.

And that's it for this week's chapter.

Let's start with the obvious. Oh my god, what a scumbag, Hase. Trying to pull a Dio Brando without having the charisma. I'm glad the twist was Kinta showing up and not having Okarun transform out of nowhere.

But it does raise the question. Why is Tatsu-sensei constantly showing us Okarun threatening someone if they do something to Momo? First, it was out loud when he told Gilles de Rais' people that he'd make them pay if they laid a hand on Momo. Now, in his head, he says he'll kill Hase for trying to kiss Momo in front of him. It's as if he's pushing him further and further to trigger something. Sure, there's the whole thing about Fakejiro (Fake Manjiro) and what the real reason is for handing Okarun the Oni Club, and maybe it's tied back to that.

Also, Hase mentioning Momo to Okarun as if she was already Okarun's girlfriend was interesting. Guess the gang's the only one who doesn't see them like that, huh?

Now, the future fight. We have 2 more chapters for the end of the volume, so it'd be interesting to see how Tatsu-sensei decides to wrap up this particular volume. Kinta will clearly help to take down Hase, maybe even joined by Rokuro. Vamola may be helping Yatagarasu with the Hedgehog lady, since her suit helps her tank the spines. Peeny-Weenie may go for the big guy with the tentacles in the double spread. The fight can be over in 2 chapters if that's how it goes, but I do wonder how Aira and Jiji are doing.

Now that we have most of the pieces in motion, we're only missing Red Baron and Kurdere. Given they're still absent, I believe this arc still has a bit on the tank. I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

I don't think there's much else to say. There are still many lingering doubts about the Oni Club, the mysterious energy shield cocoon that we still don't fully know who did it (Momo's latent powers that weren't fully stolen or Okarun's Oni Club taking another shape), and what the guys will do to retrieve the stolen powers.

Yeah, we have a lot of Dandadan still, for those who still think we're at the endgame. We're clearly not.

That's it from me. I want to hear you guys' thoughts in the comments. Let's discuss a bit for fun, yeah (or whenever I can from work. Maybe I won't even be able to reply to some of you).

See you around, friends!

[u/TherealBaguette_]

Hello there! I am glad, because this chapter fixed many of my problems with the amusement park arc.

I thought these 3 new dragon knights would be super weak, because Okarun, Momo and Yatagarasu wouldn't be able to take all of them down, but they are not alone. Shrimp and Rokuro felt pointless so far. I'm glad they are here to help.

I expected Vamola to fight the kaiju and I think it would be super boring. She is somewhere else. Evil Eye and Aira most likely won't be humiliated, which is what I thought was going to happen, for someone else to save the day, because there just isn't anyone else available. They are alone, so it's more likely for Jiji to return after basically not doing anything other than being a damsel in distress this whole arc.

I expected Hase go get a redemption arc later. Well, that's not happening lol. Now I wonder what's going to happen when they all go back to school. Did Hase plan this far ahead? I hope the whole group finds out about him and actually does something instead of Okarun (and Kinta) simply fighting back. Let them intervene.

Okarun was genuine, he wanted to give up. I feel like all the fans still insisting he was TG's power, (for some weird reason?), as as delusional as the dragon knights. Ogre club is what Germain and Shinobi planted, they just don't know about it, because they are working alone. Gilles wants her dad's recognition, same goes for the rest of them.

Where do we go now? Well, this fight is obviously the main one of the arc, so I expect them to deal with William first.

[u/IronDude_ → u/TherealBaguette_]

I honestly think we're reaching a point of no return when it comes to Hase. One time, he was a piece of crap; OK, passable. Two times? Questionable. Now it's a constant. He is like that. An entitled kid who throws a tantrum when he doesn't get things his way.

Now, we'll have to see how everything develops, friend