Well I watched episodes 9-11, and maybe it is just me, but something seems off in these episodes. I mean the news crew appears out of no where, and something feels weird. Then again, it might just be from watching them weekly as opposed to several episodes at a time.
As fro the Blu-Ray, I'll wait until Funimation releases it, as they'll most likely do either saga sets, or they'll do 5 episodes a disc, which is fine with me since it will end up being only 10 volumes. I do have to say though, $35 for a Japanese Blu-Ray is cheap. I mean I just paid $150 for the next 12 episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5RAB.