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Wizard 4-5

I really liked this arc, if they keep this level then I'll probably love the series.
It was great to learn more about Koyomi and by extension Haruto, they also explain how mana works for Haruto (I know Beast has a different source for it), and Medusa and Phoenix are starting to get more defined personalities, Medusa seems cool she doesn't waste time, and her "rivalry" with Koyomi will probably be interesting. Phoenix on the other hand I don't like very much.

However I do have some problems with it: Shunpei is simply... there, he is basically an accesory for Rinko, with some lame attempts at humor here and there.

The other issue I have is with the Phantoms, the Monster of each week isn't created that week, but rather they already exist, this means that right now there are tons of Phantoms in the city (probably as a result of the ritual) that are willing to obey Medusa, Phoenix and by extension Wiseman, and every Phantom is capable of standing up to Wizard by itself.

Why can't they team-up to beat him? I know that they gotta respect the monster of the week format, but in this series the phantoms have a common leader and are already active, whether in previous series the monsters were either mostly independent (Kiva) or were created as a result of the episode events (OOO).