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What an interesting chapter. The fight with Ban and Akabane was filled with many excellent double-page spreads, and the ending was unexpected. With Akabane squirting out blood all around while standing like a bad-ass before vanishing. Ban's final goodbyes to Maria and Paul were sweet, and Akabane's final, kind cheap, attack on him. But we're not down with Akabane, him appearing with Ginji in Babylon City was certainly a surprise.