Despite all the hassle and a nice wrap up, I still felt like there was something missing. A bland ending and not enough development for my taste. My favourite part was the appearance of a certain character, you probably know who. Overall pretty decent though, and maybe now my expectations won't be so high for season 10.

The inclusion of Illyria seemed forced, the whole "let's hate Buffy" -thing doesn't seem convincing (like they needed this to make the ending work, but they didn't quite nail it), and I still hate Simone. Other than that, there's lots of promise and I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next. The last frame was a bit of a shock, so I'm curious what they'll do with it.

The "Holy crap!"-revelation towards the end will make a lot of people happy and excited, but as a whole Volume 2 feels mostly like a filler volume with discussions about relationships, whereas the proper action and dealing with the next bad guy will (hopefully) happen in the next issues. Although I believe the pillow fight between Xander and Spike was completely necessary. Absolutely. The bonding though... Now that was disturbing.

Thank you, gods of Buffyverse! All the appeal that the series had is here again, but with small enough twists that the changes don't feel too overwhelming or out of place. The inclusion of Dracula is hilarious. I just love the way he's been made into this tongue-in-cheek character, who is well aware of his campiness and Fabio hair. Old acquaintances are back in new forms and my favourite characters are hanging around, so season 10 seems to have gotten into a promising start.

Mm, not sure about this one. I did like the discussions but very little seemed to happen in terms of plot advancement, and the relationship issues reminded me of the more soapy issues. I'm excited to see what the plans for Xander are going to be, though, and the overall future of some of the characters and their dynamics are interesting to see.

Despite me not always giving its volumes flattering ratings, I think I've enjoyed season 10 the most so far. The pacing has been excellent and the overall arc fairly interesting. Own It is a very solid conclusion for the season, and leaves me hopeful for the future. And references to Labyrinth (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), Game of Thrones, AND Leaving Las Vegas (1995)? Wow. And the latter one is really perceptive. I mean, that hair is just...

Anyway, I can't wait for season 11! In the meantime, I'm just going to keep myself entertained by continuing my Buffy and Angel marathon (found a really nice list of the proper or most effective viewing order of the episodes, so watching the two shows at the same time has been a hoot).

"Silence. I do not truck with lawyers unless they are prisoners in my castle, the knowledge of their inevitable doom slowly dawning upon them. I do, however, admire your taste in scarves."
- Count Dracula, 2016

The topic is extremely important, that goes without saying, and the concept of the comic is very much appreciated. I just felt that the execution could have been better. The art is wonderfully vibrant and colourful, but the story itself is much too rushed and feels superficial and crushed underneath the heavy message.

A bit disappointing story-wise, but it was still great to read an entire comic series dedicated to Spike, especially when the art was nearly perfect. The Twilight parody was hilarious, and there's a tiny 'Once More, With Feeling' -reference in Part Five. Drusilla is an extremely difficult character to capture in a comic book, and here she wasn't portrayed that well. Nothing that came out of her mouth sounded like her. Thankfully, Spike was Spike.

I never liked Angel the series as much as Buffy (except when Angelus awoke), so I was a bit hesitant to read these. Still, I wanted to because they had Spike, and I would understand the continuation a bit better. They were alright, but lacked the quirkiness of Buffy, and the fact that I'm not a huge fan of Angel didn't help. The art, however, was wonderful as usual (apart from Jason Armstrong, whose art was so atrocious I had a hard time focusing on the story). Urru's style is gorgeous, and it's what I want from comics. Brian Denham was also great, his characters looked a lot like themselves.

What comes to the season finale of the series, some people seemed to have trouble with the sudden ending. I liked it, it suited the themes very well and it was dramatic. Here are two quotes that I found from some random forum (sorry, can't remember where), and which sum up my thoughts exactly.

'"Not Fade Away" is about doing what's right, even if there's nothing in it for you, even if you know that you're pretty much signing your death warrant by doing so.'

'Angel, his story is about the journey, not the destination. From beginning to end, it's about his fight against evil and more than once it's emphasized this fight can never truly be over, but that will never totally stop Angel from working for the good side even if he loses everyone he loves.'