Ah, I love Yami no Matsuei. Not for any particular virtue on the show's part, I admit.

But I'm also with the people who said that the anime actually is somewhat more coherent than the manga, although it has its own pacing problems.

At one point I basically went back and experimented in rewriting the structure of the series to make it flow better, but I got distracted by other shiny things. I should go back and finish that some time.