Hiroyuki Takei

What decides a battle between ghosts isn't skills or muscle. It's the strenght of their emotions!
(93)

I knew I'd be disappointed by the Shaman King finale, but not this disappointed. Nothing is resolved, not a single loose thread left makes any sense, and the Princess Hao concept is just plain confusing. What's going on? Takei promises to come back and finish the cancelled series, but I don't know if he can save it. Maybe it he remade the last two volumes, the series could be saved, but right now it stands as a testament of an excellent entertaining shounen series gone sour.

That was a rather disappointing volume. The action seemed rushed and muted, and the only interesting scenes (which centered around Yoh and Anna) were in the minority. Hiroyuki Takei's opening and closing notes betraying the future of the series doesn't do anything to make me think this series will resolve cleanly - or at all.