I remember someone on reddit being super adamant (back when OP was at like 930 chapters) that we would get to the main fights by like Chapter 960. Then when 960 came around we got a 12 chapter flashback lol. 30 chapters later, here we are
Its definitely a product of having so many characters, but what can you do. DR only had 3 Supernova, this arc has 8. That should tell people a lot. Imagine the final arc lol