WSR 11-18-13

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Magi 204

We start this chapter with Alibaba being a bit too clingy with Morgiana and she observes this. It seems like Alibaba might’ve misunderstood Morg’s feelings. She qualifies that it wasn’t a romantic confession, but that she wanted to continue serving as a member of his household along with Olba and Toto. He’s predictably shocked. He literally rips a few patches of hair out and runs away in frustration.

Olba and Toto explain that he misunderstood her and they go looking for him to fix things between them. They find him hiding in a storage area and he seems to have been badly hurt by the experience, lashing out at people almost like an animal. He continues to mope about wanting to have a girlfriend and not being loved. It’s hard to feel sorry for him when he’s acting like a child and the chapter may just be meant as a comedy chapter in part.

Morgiana thinks when Alibaba said she was beautiful back in Sindria a while ago and clarifies that she does like him, but she’s still new to this, so she needs more time to learn about being in a relationship and loving someone of her own free will instead of being a slave as she was years ago. Alibaba agrees and the group notes how honest he is about his feelings, which is what they respect about him as a person.

Meanwhile, Aladdin is studying back at Sindria and Yunan appears before him. He explains that he wanted to talk to Aladdin some more, since he had to leave so abruptly back at Magnostadt. He clarifies that the armies are at a relative armistice, which is good. They have a common enemy, so now they’re trying to negotiate. There won’t be a fight, at least not immediately.

Aladdin compliments Yunan, saying Morg was right to call him a good person. He taught her the Toran language and helped her train with other Household Vessel users. But he says he’s not such a good person. He explains that he knows things about Ugo that Aladdin doesn’t. There are apparently others favored by that Djinn. Yunan then notes that Sinbad’s eavesdropping on them in the form of a bird made by magic. He says he should be involved, since it’s his country. The chapter ends as Yunan refuses, saying he doesn’t trust Sinbad, Sinbad responding that he feels the same. Aladdin is confused, since he thought they’d get along.

World Trigger 39

Osamu is in the cafeteria and is worried about the rumors getting out of hand. He didn’t tie, as everyone’s saying, but lost 24 times and tied once. He almost wants someone to ask him more directly. Someone comes up to him and asks about his branch, Osamu explaining that he transferred with Jin’s help. The stranger then challenges Osamu to a solo rank war.

Meanwhile, Yuma and Miwa’s meeting goes well, Miwa calmly handing Yuma the coin and explaining that since he enlisted, Miwa can’t try to kill him anymore. Then Yosuke and Yotaro appear, Yosuke explaining that he’s taking care of Yotaro, Yosuke revealed to be Shiori’s cousin, the Operator for Tamakoma branch. Shiori and Karasuma were previously in main HQ until they transferred, similar to Osamu.

Miwa was called to a meeting, but he lied to Kazama and said he was sick. Yuma volunteers to help Miwa find the Trion soldiers who killed his sister so he can take revenge. Miwa refuses, still insisting all Neighbor are his enemies, going to the meeting he was avoiding anyway

Yosuke then challenges Yuma to a practice battle, since official battles can’t be done between Trainees and official agents.

We go back to Osamu fighting the mysterious Border agent, revealing that he lost 10 times. His name is Shun Midorikawa, which we’ve heard the surname before. A lot of the spectators lose faith in Osamu, saying that he couldn’t have tied with Kazama if he lost to Midorikawa who’s younger than him and an A rank Border agent. Yuma asks if Midorikawa attracted all these people, Shun responding that it was probably Osamu, which Yuma says is a lie. He challenges Midorikawa to a battle, vouching all 1500 of his points on it.  Midorikawa wonders if Yuma can beat him with a training Trigger, Yuma saying it should be fine to beat Shun, egging the prodigy on.

The chapter ends as they agree on the terms: Yuma doesn’t want any points, he just wants Midorikawa to show Osamu respect, which confuses Midorikawa, since he thought Yuma would want respect instead.

Bleach 558

Sajin has seemingly defeated Bambietta, the Quincy noting that her bombs are basically being pushed back into her, causing the explosion we saw last time. She’s badly burned, falling to the ground.

Dangai Joue (there was no i at the end, I made a mistake on that) collapses, indicating the technique is wearing off. Komamura is starting to revert back to his animal form, but he is pushing himself to get the palace and kill Juhabach. His ancestor observes that this seems more and more like vengeance. Komamura told Tousen before he died that revenge was a waste of one’s life. But the ancestor says that it’s fine, since revenge is the essence of their Werewolf clan and he’s happy to see Sajin embracing his true self.

The transformation begins to revert, but not to the wolf man we know from before, but to something much smaller, indicating that without his human heart, he will return to a mere wolf, an animal with no human behavior. Sajin calls this a sort of penance. I’m guessing this is the trade off from abandoning your human heart: you revert to the animal you were cursed as before you were reborn as a wolf man in Soul Society. His ancestor says that this is a sort of relief to him, since now Sajin is like himself, a Wolf Man who has abandoned his humanity. I assume that Sajin can still fight, but he may never be able to fight with a Zanpakutou again. It’s also possible that the Wolf Man ancestor feels relief because he can now let go of the vengeance he desired, Komamura taking his place in a way. It’s not entirely clear about the exchange and what it means for either of them. He speaks as if Komamura may just become a mindless beast instead of what he is: a giant wolf.

He moves to eat the heart and as Sajin becomes a wolf, Iba picks him up, taking him to the palace to take on Juhabach. The vice captain says that Sajin wasn’t wrong, that his vengeance was justified since the Quincies aren’t necessarily right in killing him.

Back where Bambietta is, she’s clinging to life and her 4 subordinates appear, saying they’ll take care of her. I’m wondering if she’ll be killed off or if they’ll siphon off her power so they can fight with more power as a result of her loss. But they speak as if they want her to stay with them, so I’m getting a feeling of some horrific fusion, not unlike the Tres Bestias.

The chapter ends as we see Rukia and Renji falling down to Soul Society. I’m hoping we don’t stay away from the Komamura resolution for too long, or what happens to Bambietta.

One Piece 729

Bellamy is moving to kill Luffy, but he’s stopped by a member of Diamante’s group, Dellinger, who spills the beans that Doflamingo wanted Bellamy killed, since he would’ve screwed up the assassination anyway, according to the Shichibukai

Law and Doflamingo are still fighting on the Iron Bridge, relatively evenly matched, each one countering the other’s attacks with relative ease. Doflamingo suddenly shoots Law with a Bullet String, disabling him for a bit. Diamante contacts Doflamingo, explaining that Violet defected, which Doflamingo doesn’t care about. He orders Diamante to send Lao G to the SMILE factory exit, presumably to protect it, Diamante apparently strong enough to defeat anyone in the finals.

Meanwhile, Doflamingo tells Law that while his plan had promise, he put too much trust in the Straw Hats, which he thinks was stupid of him. Law responds that he thinks Luffy will change things, so he staked this battle on that chance.

Zoro and Luffy are talking, spotted by some Marines who recognize them. They hold back, thinking the chaos would allow Luffy to slip away. They start forgetting the people they were going to target, like Don Chinjao and the others, meaning they’ve likely been turned into toys as well.

Kinemon explains that the coliseum is surrounded by Marines and the rest of the Straw Hats are contacted through Den Den Mushi, confirming their relative positions. Franky, Robin and Usopp are with the Riku Army, Nami, Brooke, Chopper, Sanji and Momonosuke (as well as Caesar) are on the Sunny and Luffy, Zoro and Kinemon are in Dressrosa near or in the coliseum. They discuss the relation between Rebecca and the toy soldier, Franky saying that they have to beat Doflamingo and help the Riku Army, since the horrible past of the country weighs heavily on him, even with his loyalty to Luffy. He doesn’t want these soldiers to throw away their lives. Luffy agrees, saying they can help them and that they’ll all meet up soon.

Isshou and his men are getting to Dressrosa by boat and see that a skirmish has broken out in the middle of the city. It turns out to be Doflamingo and Law, Law defeated utterly by Doflamingo, who shoots him with a flintlock, seemingly killing him as the chapter ends. One Piece is on hiatus next week, so there will apparently be a week without either Naruto or One Piece, but I might be wrong. It may be that Naruto actually will be back next week, since we’re getting these chapters a week ahead of schedule, but after that, there may be a break because of the proximity to New Years in Japan.

  

Toriko 258

Terrycloth sees Toriko standing from last chapter, concentrating. He makes a fist and the scene shifts as he lingers on his failure, I would have to guess

We see a frozen mountain of ingredients, a huge mass of ice hundreds of meters tall. Nono has the ability to freeze ingredients and preserve their flavor, and they managed to protect it from the Meteor Spice. They move to start getting the ingredients, Tengu going to Gourmet World for their specific ingredients to help with the potential famine.

Starjun and the other Bishokukai are moving back to their headquarters. They’re shocked to see it on fire, Grinparch ordered to put them out, but hesitating. I would have to guess that Coco put a slow acting poison in him.

We shift scenes to where Mohyan Shai Shai is talking to Zombie Frohze about the concept of human taste as a source of human vitality. They also explain that this is one of three things they need: human taste, the cooking method and the vehicle to go to the final land. This all seems to connect to what Acacia was talking about with conspiring with the Blue Nitro and needing Frohze’s skill. The other members of Neo are talking about the eventual solar eclipse and the appearance of GOD. Ichiryuu was trying to sabotage their organization with spies, but it didn’t work. Frohze suggests a celebration is in order. The group heads out, revealing that they have a sizeable amount of members, at least half of them from Bishokukai, the others from IGO or elsewhere.

Zebra and Sani are talking about the aftermath of the battle. Coco appears after months of no signs of him being alive, his hair stark white and stunning them as the chapter ends. I can at least assume this has to do with his survival of the fight and poisoning Grinparch.

Fairy Tail 361

Mikero runs away from Jackal, the demon chasing him as Wendy and Lucy move to defend him. Wendy attacks with Sky Dragon’s roar, but Jackal causes an explosion in front of him to block it. Lucy summons Scorpio, but Jackal explodes the area around his Sand Buster, blowing him away. Jackal then explains that they don’t use magic as demons, but more like high level curses, so regular mages don’t stand a chance

He knocks Lucy and Wendy away, going after Mikero. Lucy manages to stand up, ordering Wendy to heal Natsu while she goes after Jackal.

Mikero goes into town, begging someone to hide him, but Jackal finds him. Mikero insists he doesn’t know anything, just wanting to stay with his grandchild in peace, Jackal observing that he left that grandchild behind.

Lucy starts to open a gate, but Jackal reveals that he put a landmine curse under Lucy, so if she moves, it’ll explode. Jackal then captures Mikero and another citizen in bubbles that serve as bombs and orders Lucy to pick who survives. The other citizen is pregnant, but Mikero insists he’s the one they came to protect and he’s more important. Lucy’s in a bind and there’s only 10 seconds left.

Suddenly, Natsu bursts in, “choosing” Jackal, attacking him and dissipating his curses. Mikero Is relieved that he’s saved, Natsu punching him on the head for being so selfish. Jackal points out that Natsu punched him again, but Natsu has a trick this time, eating the explosion through his arm somehow and then letting it explode that way, so he’s not hurt as badly. The chapter ends as he and Jackal square off again.