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I've liked the recent chapters more than the Akiie parts. I think he struggled in the middle because of having to restructure things to not get axed. He mentioned getting baited by /his/fags who he thought based on feedback would support the manga but then didn't show up. He admitted to having to cut at least one planned arc because of it.
I do think the way he likes to write his characters clashes with needing to follow a pre-existing history with people dying constantly and some characters being basically off limits for crazy/weird stuff (Go-Daigo mostly). But I doubt that will be an issue in the future since I don't see him ever doing a historical manga again. Although I do hope whatever he does next allows his characters to be as /fa/ as the elusive warriors. Tokiyuki's outfit in particular is a lot cuter than a school uniform.