Toriko 393 Review: Conclusion?

Toriko, Chapter 393: Acacia's Feelings

Apparently that's it for Toriko and Neo, with the third demon showing up last chapter and just finger poking Neo to death. We get some closure to the fight between Toriko and Neo, though, so it's definitely a better ending than Bleach's aborted Ichigo/Juhabach fight. We get a flashback showing that Acacia is good all along. Or started off as a nice guy who's just trying to tame the appetite demon attached to him and free Pair's friend, touching Pair so much with his friendship and his tireless attempts to atone for his appetite demon's sins.

I don't buy the 'Neo isn't evil' nonsense that Pair spouts, and apparently everything is part of a super elaborate plan by Acacia and Pair, something that probably evolved and got fucked up over time. Ichiryuu is apparently one of Acacia's plans, and Ichiryuu refused to kill Acacia-Neo when he had the chance. 

Midora gets a chance to say goodbye to the now-lucid Acacia, and they get a short moment before Acacia's destruction takes over. They talk about how Froese showed Midora love, how Acacia was the one that destroyed Joie to spare Midora the pain (but he killed Jirou, dickwads!) and honestly this just shows one of the most fundamental flaws of the finale. I love Toriko the character, but unlike Midora, Jirou and Ichiryuu, Toriko has zero attachment to Acacia/Neo. Father Acacia may be, but that was just glossed over and nothing concrete came out of it. So having Toriko be the one to overpower Acacia felt just... eh. 

Teppei forces himself to relevance because Aimaru brings him to the center of the Earth so Teppei can do knocking on Earth and stop its destruction. What about Center? What about the fact that I don't care about Teppei, who has not been interesting since, oh, the start of the Neo arc? The reappearance of Jirou's ghost is very, very welcome, though.

Some talk about how the cycle of flavour has been broken, and how Acacia is going to return all of the ingredients back to Earth. Not sure if we're going to space, because all this seems to be quite final... so yeah. It's an okay sendoff, I guess? I dunno. At least we're wrapping plot threads up.