The amount of times that characters in the anime pull the "mwahaha your monster has lower attack than mine I win!" seemingly forgetting that effect monsters exist is comical.
@HowardMurp30801 I'm open to other possibilities but it's the most straight forward answer. Ibuki being a homunculus or something like that would be jumping the shark a bit imo but we'll see.
Finished the Gehenna chapter. Still have some mixed feelings over the brainwashing shit but it was thematically appropriate. Overall it was good and Makoto went crazy hard there. I liked the new girls the most, especially Shouko.