User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-1884090-20170810170927/@comment-31137559-20170811144344

There really doesn't seem to be a bad guy this arc. First is that who can compare to 1 of the 3 Super Devils, the three strongest Evil Dragons, and Trihexa? You would need something that can top that. You can tell by the tone of the arc what villain is going to be introduced. Or there's some foreshadowing. This arc doesn't seem like it'll have a villain. A final boss but not a villain. You can kind of tell by the tone of the arc. The fourth arc was very serious and kind of dark at times. Now this arc is everyone taking a break. Unless you can name someone who's more interesting than all of the gods and god-class beings competing in this tournament and Indra and Shiva. It just seems like Ishibumi will use this arc to foreshadow ExE some more like he did in Volume 21. Hades is going to have something to do with it. You don't necessarily need a 'villain' that wants to do evil deeds. Shiva and Indra aren't really villains. There is really no bad guy in this arc if you paid attention. Or else the 'bad guy' would have been revealed by now.