Toriko, Vol. 43

Not fond of the way it ended, as I feel that it just cheapens the things that had happened.

It basically used yet another plot twist to say that all of what transpired was planned all along, and that all Acacia had said and done, was him, but wasn't really him. And all the atrocities that Neo had done, was him, but apparently he's not to be blamed either. And because all of this was planned, together with knocking, the defeat of Acacia/Neo was basically one big world "reset" button.

The series recap chapter during the wedding (which I still don't like how it got set up) was obviously designed to evoke nostalgia, and that was well enough, but the rushed and unsatisfying nature of the fights to get here just dampened what it could have been.

Like, just who or what is that white appetite within Toriko? The way Neo was defeated was so unsatisfactory. It basically meant Acacia/Neo was so powerful a being that the author simply made this third appetite exist for the sole purpose of defeating Acacia/Neo. Come on, not even a single sentence to try and explain. It's just yet another of those "just because" moments that made me seriously dislike the series towards the end. And after all that playing up of "God" as this be-all-end-all ingredient, all Toriko and Komatsu did was to serve it up to his wedding guests. At least Acacia used this "once-in-a-blue-moon" ingredient to bring about world peace...

Side note: the BB Corn and Rainbow Fruit that Toriko added to his full course early felt so out of place. I mean, these are 2-digit capture-level ingredients, compared to the rest of 4-digit and 5-digit capture-level ingredients.

And lastly, there's an epilogue of “the adventure continues”. Let's just say that if there was indeed a continuation, I wouldn't be reading it, as it's basically just scaling things up for more of the same. I've had my fill. Thanks for the meal, despite the sour note that it ended up with for me.