I decided to move here, it's not topic for Volume covers thread
Well that's true, it's hard to find Japanese criticize something

That just proves, that Western and Eastern readers' opinions are not so different. So argument "Maybe Japanese readers like it even if Western readers don't" is imo bit valid. I didn't read all reviews, maybe I'll do it later and tell you, what reviewers were complaining about. August being one shotted by artifical arm was one of them for sure
That's my point - does he really admit his mistakes? Or maybe this way - does he see things we don't like in his style as his mistakes? Because for me it sounded like: "That's the way I am, deal with it".