I'm going to have to blame Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece for not caring about this chapter.
Ok, hear me out. I like Komatsu's character, but the problem was how the chapter was done. We were given an idea that Blue Nitros are super strong, but one just gets offed by the Monkey King no problem. I don't mind him being more powerful, but it just doesn't really get me excited for them. Maybe Kaka could be a weaker one, but even then it would've been nice to see a little more. I will say that this happening excuses what happened with Heracles at least.
Other problem was I felt the chapter was trying way to hard to make it seem as if Komatsu was going to die. This is where I have to blame the other Manga to an extent, as they refuse to kill characters, and had moments where they make it look like someone is going to die, but then all is okay. I know the author wanted us to feel tension, but it just felt like it was way to long to make it tense, and by the end of the chapter, I just didn't care.
Despite some good moments, I really didn't care for this arc. Ideas are introduced that don't go anywhere, and the pace is too fast. Toriko is all about the world, so a super fast pace like this really doesn't help with developing the world.