I have been eagerly awaiting this volume of Ayashimon! Fast paced fun and gutsy battles galore as Maruo fights for the Urara Gang and his boss! He is the chosen fighter of Urara who is trying to find out the truth of what happened to her dad and gain control as her father's successor of the yokai in Kabuchiko. However Maruo is human, can he go toe to toe in a ritual fight with an Ayashimon, a yokai in material form?

Maruo is up for the challenge like Son Goku, he thrives on fighting and the harder the fight the more he is energized! Watch out these two are in it to win it!

I feel like it's not the fault of the mangaka that this series (very unfortunately) got cancelled, the consequence of that being a completely rushed and ambiguous ending. Half the volume is a training montage, for the back half to include one rather short final fight before conveniently giving the Gang the opportunity to confront the Enma boss. It's a shame that the series didn't last longer, the character development that we did get for Urara and Maruo was really good, and it would've been great to see how they evolved. For what it was, while unsatisfying, the ending wrapped things up as well as it could.

4.5 stars

Backstories backstories!
Ohhhhh, I like how they explained a little about Maruo's ability and gave a little context.
Training montages are always fun!

.....?????ballsack???? is all I'm going to say