I found this volume rather slow compared to some of the others. It's got quite a lot going on, but a lot of pagecount is devoted to the process of training Chiho and explaining the rules behind how various things work, which I don't find very interesting in itself. There's some interesting revelations about characters, and I'm glad to finally see a bit of insight into the Devil King himself as he's mostly only been accessible at a rather superficial level.

There is quite a lot of emoting in this volume also, and I quite often wasn't very sure what it was supposed to mean; the author rarely clarifies this and at times I genuinely don't know what a character was supposed to be bothered by or indeed what emotion they were supposed to be feeling.

The metaphysical/Ente Isla elements this time were relatively limited, and also felt a bit more natural than some of them have. However, I've got to say I'm still mildly disappointed by the series' decision to focus on the interdimensional stuff rather than just go for a slice-of-life about stranded fantasy characters. ( )