This may be a war story, but it's the character interplay, both in and out of battle, that really shines. I enjoy seeing this smart, stoic cultivator come back to a village that has all but forgotten him, making friends and rivals, and essentially joining forces with a team of feudal magical girls.

The fights with the Oni hordes give it a big, bloody dash of Fist of the North Star or early JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: puffed-up lackeys, big imposing bosses, Oni arm falling off while he wasn't looking...

The blend of familiar concepts with this original world and its particular powersets (like the fact that their villains are Oni in the first place—not just monsters, not zombies, but a specific flavor of humans-turned-demons that the story makes its own) really makes Oni Buster and its world feel like something special.

Scenes are always moving the story forward, too, and the character banter always feels important and relevant—in other words, even during downtime in the village or war camp, the story keeps momentum.

Overall, I'm excited to see the scope of the world grow as the heroes reclaim the ground they've lost. Also as of ch. 13 Koya is the coolest of the Purifiers, sorry, it's not even close

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