Same, I'm pleased but also worried that Mappa is sliding back into the workhorse schedule (with this, Hell's Paradise 2, JJK 3, and Doro 2 all due in 2026) which almost caused their studio to implode last time that many large-scale projects were being worked on at the same time.
Yep, nothing afterwards. Don't believe anyone that says there is.
Unless you are ok with nothing getting resolved and the author suddenly going: *You know what, fuck this. Pochita just quits the the entire narrative, the end*
Yeah, a lot of people seem upset but, having not read part 2 myself, I'm not terribly concerned. Part 1 is a largely complete story imo, and from what I've heard it sounds like Fujimoto really didn't care about CSM anymore, so if this gives him the chance to move onto another project he does care about, because he is a talented artist, than all the better.