This series started promisingly but seemed to fizzle out in the end. (And the final disposition of Maddy is ridiculous.) I think it really started going wrong at the cast expansion; none of the new kids except Laura/X-23 got enough characterization to feel like a real person, and even for the earlier cast, the focus seemed to shift from characterization to plotting. My main interest in the second half of the series was really just shipping Jeanne/Laura.