The art in this volume continues the downward art spiral for this arc. The environmental shots and fight scenes are quite spectacular, and Genya's character model is pretty, but most everyone else looks quite ugly. Not really design-wise, though the pink Hashira has an incredibly stupid design, but just drawn poorly. Arms are flat, faces are broken, characters don't stand properly, chibis look like quickly dashed off broken doodles... It's just not good. The writing isn't all that interesting, either. The anime adaptation is a definite improvement, which is saying something, cause I'm not a big fan of this season, either. That being said, Genya's backstory is partially in this volume, albeit not how he became demonic, so if you're looking for that, that's here. ( )