User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/409: Deicide 11/@comment-1248963-20100624175110

@Nick; I know, it was a bit odd not having the old man back, in all series there is this "experience" source that seems unmovable and all-powerful, so having him replaced was a bit of a shock. I quite liked Ossan, and I mentioned it last week, I was looking forward to seeing him.

But TZ is the first new character we get manga-wise in quite a long time, I mean... the last one was... Fura? (most interesting character ever... sarcasm) and before that one I think Baraggan's Fraccion? So this is pretty exciting because it is quite a turning point in the story. Of course the old "go to inner world, fight with time limit, and get the stuffs done in the last second" IS indeed getting old, which is why having a new opponent at least gives it a bit of a "fresh" feeling.