I guess I can understand that. But I just don't share the opinion that the characterizations in chaper black were pulled off very well. For every once villain that seemed genuine there was a second that just felt so unimportant. I did like Sniper so I'll give you that, but some of them just fell flat to me.
Another thing is the 3 "good guys" they picked up during the "yusuke was kidnapped" episodes. They began by seeming incredibly sinister. The first time I watched that portion my interest was legitimately piqued and it felt like they were going to be badasses. And they they join up and are pretty wimpy. Not just in terms of strength or usefulness, but their characters themselves are just blah. They all proved somewhat useful at times during the arc, but it still suffered from having too many protagonists and from them being on a team in which they are largely outclassed by their allies. So at times it felt like everyone was being thrown into strange situations just so Taboo or Shadow or Copy would possibly be useful.
So even if we grant that (some of) the villains were done well, all of the new allies pretty much sucked. And even if it had more plot on the whole than DT, DT still had the most emotional moments in the series. Everything with Genkai in the arc was perfect. I guess I'm just never going to get over chapter black cheapening her death. Maybe some day I'll just try to ignore what happened and give CB another watch with an open mind.
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