>>13334It did and honestly it was pretty cool, they're not Dragon Ball or Jojo tier but the fights are pretty fun
A lot of the RAGE it got was just because we were catching it live so we'd have to wait a month between chapters to see the story progress. I think reading it in one straight shot might mitigate alot of the issues. Though more pressing matters like the story obviously changing from a Mystery to a Battle Manga with the author change resulting in the story feeling a bit messy in the interim are still a problem.
You're not missing out a lot on Whaletits, it's very much the "Nothing ever happens" manga, sprinkled with moments of "punching down on Reimu". But I like it because I've accepted that even if ZUN pulls out an awesome idea like "the Scion of Yamata-no-Orochi is in Gensokyo and rapidly growing" nothing major comes of that and we just move on to the next cool idea. So I just appreciate the character moments, the art and Miyoi's Geidontits
The punching down on Reimu moments do infuriate me though... because in any other story you'd expect some retaliation or karma but it never happens.
However some people are theorizing the whole manga is leading up to that karmic retribution with ZUN introducing a possible plotline with Miko hunting down the Youkai of Geidontei but that could have just been another "Nothing ever Happens" arc ending...