Extreme highs and lows this volume with several plot lines finally coming to fruition, but a giant crossover event called Armageddon Game splits up several of the stories, keeping the reader in the dark about several elements of the story to encourage them to buy an extra book or two. Most of the individual ongoing plots here are good, there’s just so many going on at once that the story feels way more chaotic and hard to follow.

There’s also the introduction of the midichlorians of the Ninja Turtle universe, “QNA” which serves as an in-universe explanation for how the Turtles keep becoming a focal point for so many world shattering events. I hate it. It’s something that never needed to be explained and robs every character of their agency. Your friends aren’t *really* your friends, they’re just victims of your magical gravity bullshit. It’s so stupid. Can’t wait for Tom Waltz to leave so we can refocus the book on the things that actually matter and not all this nonsensical world building.