I did enjoy this volume more than the previous two but I'm also still not really why everyone is raving about this series. It just seems VERY slow on the plot to me, but maybe it will continue to pick up after this. Also the art style is beginning to grow on me, or maybe it's just that this volume finally has more interesting things to illustrate - like the ghost fight at the beginning, all the shadow creatures, and one issue [4 I think] where most of it is just full page action shots that are absolutely gorgeous. Something really does need to actually HAPPEN soon though ...