Yeah, #22 was certainly interesting. The parallel work was surely freaky, like you said. When Akatsuki-chan appeared for the first time, I though I didn't see it quite correctly, and even after his... her second appearance I had real troubles accepting her. Man, that was gross.

The second part was interesting, for sure. It was just like what you could imagine for Akatsuki. Funny fellow, and no wonder he's still somewhat twisted. They surely keep drawing amusement from the source called Akatsuki, much to his embarrassment...