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World Trigger is on break for just a week, so we won’t have too much of a lack of chapters. Naruto is also on break for a week. Toriko returns after its three week hiatus.

Magi 212

Sinbad talks with Alibaba, apologizing that he didn’t let Aladdin come with them. He also says Shambal was worried that Toto might cause problems. Alibaba’s confused, since Kougyoku doesn’t know those people. Sinbad explains things more: one of Zepar’s abilities lets him manipulate people for a limited period of time using sound waves. He compares it to inserting his Rukh into their body.

There are 2 other people he’s using like this across the world, since there’s a limit of how many people he can distribute his Rukh into. One of them is in his territory and the other’s a secret. The battle Sinbad had against Kougyoku in Sindria a while ago is where he initiated the technique so he could have a strategy to use against Kou.

Alibaba says this is cruel, since it’s manipulating Kougyoku against her siblings, but Sinbad says he doesn’t let his emotions get in the way of information gathering. He justifies his use of dirty methods by saying that the other countries are likely doing this through different means. This implies he’s not as good as he seemed at first (though Aladdin suspected this for a while since he first trained in Sindria)

Sinbad says that Alibaba shouldn’t feel pressured, since Sindria and Kou are still negotiating, so a war isn’t imminent. He also says Sharrkan is like Alibaba, a prince exiled from his own country, his succession rights stripped. The implication is that Alibaba could serve as Sinbad’s spy as well in Kou by allying with them, Sinbad suggesting that Alibaba just pretend to be loyal to Kouen.

But Alibaba still thinks this is dangerous, since Balbadd could suffer if he’s found out. He says he’ll fight against Sinbad if he joins Kou and reveal Sinbad’s control over Kougyoku. But Sinbad retorts that doing so could put Kougyoku in danger. He ends the conversation saying that he’ll consider Alibaba an ally no matter what he does (implying he has his hands in other areas to keep Alibaba in check)

The fleet leaves from Balbadd for the summit, arriving as Alibaba and Kouen discuss their arrangement, Kouen thinks Alibaba’s decided to join them and goes to tell Alibaba’s household, but Alibaba stops him, asking him one final question to determine whether he’ll even consider becoming Kouen’s vassal. He asks whether he’s part of Al Thamen and whether the emperor is independent of them or being used.

Kouen responds that they are part of his empire, so in his eyes, they are subordinate to him. He tells Alibaba that in a larger scale empire, you can’t trust everyone. He trusts his brothers, but he likely doesn’t extend the same trust to his household or others not directly related to him (which likely includes Gyokuen).

Kouen especially feels bad for Hakuryuu, since he doesn’t want to fight someone who is related to him now by marriage, being Gyokuen’s son. But he says Hakuryuu is a King Vessel that cannot swallow his hatred, so he is a risk to others and himself. He warns Alibaba to not try to eliminate those things he hates, since he himself as the future Emperor of Kou, is willing to protect his country, even if he has to sully his hands, not unlike Sinbad.

Kouen is building his army, even with those that he thinks may betray him in the future, monsters he’s tamed to use their strength in the upcoming conflict. He says that Hakuryuu poses no threat to him. Alibaba asks if this is because he knew he was planning a revolt, Kouen responding in the negative. It was because they were planning it that way, suggesting they have countermeasures set in place against him as well as Judal and Gyokuen, the various people they see as threats in some way or another. Alibaba is shocked, thinking that they’re willing to exploit anyone to protect their country, or unify the world in Kouen’s case.

The chapter ends as Jafar, Drakon, Hinahoho, Pisti and Spartos arrive to meet Kouen’s fleet and move to the summit’s location.

Seven Deadly Sins 63

We start with a spread of Arthur’s army, Dreyfus thinking on the renown Arthur has, since he managed to pull a sword from a stone that no Holy Knight could take out. Hendricksen says that he’ll confront Arthur while Dreyfus takes care of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Hendricksen thinks that this doesn’t make sense, since Camelot is still a relatively new kingdom and their army couldn’t possibly compare to Lyonesse’s. But he also senses thousands of people and their strengths are all Holy Knight level, which means the army is far stronger than all of Lyonnesse’s Holy Knights combined, since they don’t even have 1000 compared to Camelot’s seeming thousands

Hendricksen asks Arthur why he’s come here, especially without sending a messenger, Arthur explaining that he had some business to attend to and wanted to stand out so he could receive an audience. Suddenly the person next to him, presumably Merlin (not the Sin of Gluttony who has the same name), makes a motion and the army disappears along with their presences. Hendricksen is shocked that the army and its great power was just an illusion, asking exactly why Arthur’s here.

Arthur explains he owes a great debt to the king and wishes to see him. But Hendricksen explains that he’s ill, Arthur saying that “Merlin” can heal him. Hendricksen denies his help, the king deciding that there must be something that’s causing him to make a blockade around the city and volunteers to help him.

Elizabeth and Hawk manage to get out of the underground dungeon they were thrown into (after Hawk finally relieves himself), Elizabeth looking for Margaret and her father, since she thinks that they must be somewhere if they’re in Lyonesse proper

The chapter ends as Dreyfus and the major holy knights we’ve seen (besides the Weird Fangs): Jericho, Geera, Gilthunder and Hauser, move to attack the Seven Deadly Sins

Bleach 566

We flashback to Renji and Rukia discussing strategy: Renji’s plan to confront each opponent as they come, but Rukia saying that’s too reckless and that they have to plan, even if they’ve become much stronger than before. The basic tactic will be to hide after every battle so they don’t lose initiative on the enemy.

Renji wakes up, having slept most of the night away, looking for the next Stern Ritter to fight. Nanana Najahkoop is shown hiding near where Renji was, and he thinks out loud how stupid Renji was to just sleep in the middle of battle, let alone in the enemy’s camp. He smirks to himself, since he thinks Renji’s doomed now that he knows where he is and that he’s observed him for so long (which apparently has to do with his power).

Rukia, meanwhile, is not able to find many of the Gotei 13’s reiatsu, just able to find Isane’s so far. Isane is busy healing Kensei and Rose, and Rukia can’t sense any of the Quincy’s reiatsu either, so she thinks she should go meet up with Renji.

Suddenly, something touches her and she reacts, recoiling from it. She turns around to see As Nodt, speaking of being lonely as he moves slowly towards her. He misses his Senbonzakura, since he has apparently lost it (meaning Byakuya got the Shadow Infiltration Pill from Kisuke as well) or he just wants to fight Byakuya. He asks Rukia where Byakuya is and she refuses. As Nodt plans to kill her to draw Byakuya to him, Rukia thinking he won’t have it so easy.

As Nodt fires off his thorns we saw last time, Rukia dodging them and unleashing Sode no Shirayuki to block. The thorn releases some black energy through the ice, As Nodt saying ice is useless against his power.

Rukia seems to freeze as As Nodt taunts her, emphasizing how his power is the embodiment of fear. The chapter ends, however, as Rukia recovers, asking what As Nodt’s fear is, speculating it’s someone who cannot fear.

One Piece 736

The finals begin, the major focus on Diamante, who was actually replacing the 4 executives that were originally participating (since, logically, they’re not going to be able to fight, since they’re dealing with the Straw Hats)

The Mera Mera no Mi is also focused on as the major prize, considered one of the best Logia Devil Fruits.

Suddenly, a group of D block fighters, displeased with the outcome, rush out to attack Rebecca. Diamante blocks their way and effortlessly defeats them. He explains that he ate the Hira Hira or Flag Flag fruit and can both turn anything he touches into fluttering matter and harden it like steel.

Flying Fish especially sensitive to blood, like sharks, attack from the sidelines. They’re the bosses of the schools of Fighting Fish and the Mera Mera no Mi has been placed on the back of one of them to add more challenge. The goal of the tournament is to steal it and the last one standing is the winner like the previous blocks. The finals start with a gong as we change scenery

Luffy, Kinemon, Zolo, Wicca and Violet are moving closer to the palace, but Luffy messes things up, smashing right through the door to the front rampart, making Violet decide they should just charge through the front, even if they risk going up against other members of the Doflamingo Family executives.

The grunts report to Doflamingo and his subordinates directly there, including Baby 5, who say that Luffy should be fighting in the tournament, but they insist it’s Luffy. This frustrates Doflamingo, who asks who’s fighting as Lucy instead of Luffy (which means they knew it was Luffy for a while)

The One Legged Soldier is attacked by Lao G and his subordinate is smacked away as well by the old man, who fights amazingly well even if he has a bad sense of direction (and also needs glasses if the target is especially tiny).

The chapter ends as the group reaches the next rampart and is attacked by a giant stone humanoid, which Violet says is Pica.

Toriko 264

We return after three weeks without Toriko to see our main character snoozing in a relatively peaceful part of Gourmet World, the flora and fauna going about their business. As he wakes up, we see he’s gotten some stubble and looks more survivalist, like he’s survived for months or longer. He even says he’s caught up on an hour of sleep and can now go for another 2 weeks without sleep, which could be part of his Food Honor training or just from training in Gourmet World and developing his Gourmet Cells.

He sees what we first saw hit him as he was sleeping and he realizes it’s a gummy candy. The forecast even calls for a rain of gummies, along with chocolate and marshmallows, with isolated mountains, a literal mountain falling on the same location, swallowed by a Mountain Eating Pelican. Toriko moves to get some of its eggs while it’s hunting, moving out after getting the egg, saying he’ll go back since he’s gotten enough ingredients.

Arriving at what I assume is his home in the Gourmet World, he drops the egg down a long passageway, ending up on a massive pile of ingredients, some of which he’s set aside as a souvenir. We see someone preparing a meal and it’s Komatsu, desperate to return after a year and a half away from human world, meaning we’ve had a timeskip of about 2 years since we took the break.

Komatsu asks how they’re going to get it back, Toriko chopping most of their tree house away from the trunk, leaving their ingredients ready to be moved. Toriko gives himself a quick shave and haircut with his Knife, also cutting Komatsu’s hair to its original style. He then says they’ll simply carry the ingredients, Komatsu incredulous at that suggestion.

We shift back to Human World, the chapter ending as we see a truck carrying Almond Cabbage and a single pill falling out, making it seem like things have changed a lot in the last 2 years.

Fairy Tail 369

We start with the fight between Jellal and the Oracion Seis, Zero (not Brain, I got them mixed up last time) the one who finished off Jellal standing over the crater he made. The head of Crime Sorciere has seemingly disappeared and everyone is stunned. Angel even notes there’s not anything left, but suddenly, the scene shatters, as if it was an illusion. Midnight had created an optical distortion to make it seem that Jellal was defeated, but he broke it.

Jellal affected his own eyes to disrupt the effectiveness of Midnight’s Reflector power and then initiated a three dimensional seal formation around the Oracion Seis, which unleashes Grand Chariot, based on a constellation, I believe (since that’s part of the basis of Jellal’s magic, derived from heavenly/celestial bodies)

Midnight sees that Jellal’s using True Heavenly Body magic now, summoning a meteor to crash down on his enemies. Midnight admits his loss and asks Jellal to kill him. He refuses, the Oracion Seis thinking he’ll take them back to jail. But instead, he offers them an opportunity to join Crime Sorciere. He says they have a common enemy, Zeref

Back where Tartaros is, Franmalth asks Crawford whether he’s found Jellal, the ex chairman responding that something better has happened: he’s gained control of Jellal’s key and now he can transfer it to anyone and kill them so they can unlock Face. Franmalth confirms that the key is, at present, in the chairman, complimenting him on the masterful skill he has to unlock such a hidden seal.

But, as expected, Kyouka betrays Crawford and stabs him from behind. The area shakes as Face’s unsealing is affecting even their fortress in the sky.

The chapter ends as we see Elfman unleashing the power of the Lacryma crystal, prepared to leave this world with his feelings of love towards his sister.