WSR 3-24-14

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Seven Deadly Sins 71

Gowther moves to leave from the Nightmare Terror, saying Dreyfus will be trapped, but something appears behind him.

Outside the Nightmare Terror, everyone else sees that Dreyfus and Gowther are frozen after Gowther touched Dreyfus’ head and Dreyfus stabbed Gowther, meaning after a certain point, everything was in Dreyfus’ head. Gowther falls over, Dreyfus revealing he managed to get out of Nightmare Terror and moves to kill Gowther.

But he collapses onto one knee, having taken more damage than he thought. Gilthunder takes him away, Helbram the only one left to fight, which Guila and Hauser try to see as an advantage. Helbram doesn’t think so, but Hauser insists there’s a chance.

Helbram says that now he can go all out, since everyone is out of range. He uses a spell summoning a black cloud, Hauser realizing it’s a Death spell as he coughs up blood. Diane smashes Helbram, saying she’ll save everyone even if it kills her. Hauser says she should try to think about her own safety sometimes.

As expected, though. Helbram isn’t defeated so easily, especially since Diane didn’t use Gideon, likely knocked away earlier in the fight after Dreyfus attacked her.  Helbram uses the Ice power from before, prepared to kill Diane, but King destroys the giant icicles as he appears to fight Helbram as the chapter ends.

Magi 219

 The Orthodoxy’s airships move to attack, but one of Solomon’s followers smashes it with a magic spell. Other shows off their immense powers, with varying elements, while Solomon takes out three with a single attack, showing he’s definitely the strongest.

Their enemies are stunned, the leader explaining that these are people gifted with a great quantity of power from Ill Ilah without using the tower as a medium. But they also say it’s dangerous to keep using that power without the tower as a way to regulate it.

Sheba sees Momo is in danger, protecting it with her Borg. They fire another attack, Solomon hearing Sheba’s plea to save Momo and redirecting the attack back at the ship. He thanks Ugo for developing the basics of magic theory, explaining it as different powers flowing on different paths in a sort of scientific principle. But Ugo says only Solomon had the talent to make his theories a reality, so he’s just as important.

The ships all try to attack at once, but Solomon diverts the attack back at them, using the force to throw them into the air. And then he sends them crashing to the ground with immense gravity.

Sheba is amazed at his power, seeing it like that of a god, able to manipulate the very fabric of reality.

The group heads to take out the flagship, saying that part of their mission as wielders of the Divine Staves is preventing the mind control and dominance over the non human species.

The flagship commander wonders why these two would go against them, Ugo being seen as the greatest magic theorist since the beginning of the Orthodoxy and Solomon, revealed to be the son of David, the leader of the magicians and head of the Council of Elders. The chapter ends on this revelation, leaving more speculation.

World Trigger 53

 Konami activates her Trigger, changing into the Trion body and ready to battle.

The humanoid Neighbors are amazed at Chika’s power level, comparing it to a Black Trigger

The leader tells them to scatter the Border soldiers and support the Rabits while a select few soldiers go after Chika to capture her.

Chika fires at the other Rabits, who manage to dodge as Osamu stops one of them with his Raygust. But the other continues to rush at Chika, who’s saved by Reiji, who reminds her of the basic rules of sniping, particularly keeping yourself hidden and not fighting when you’ve been discovered

Reiji then proceeds to pummel the Rabit with a blunt fist Trigger, Konami following up with a blitz assault. The other Rabit fires a beam, but Karasuma summons a shield to defend against it.

The group confirms the basic information: people captured turn into a cube. The researchers back at HQ have found it’s virtually indestructible, so there’s no issue of hurting them in battle.

Tamakoma squad starts to fight, but Osamu remembers the Trion soldiers that open gates and the chapter ends as the humanoid Neighbors appear from the portals.

Naruto 670

Naruto awakens, wondering if he died. A mysterious person asks him about his views of death, thinking they’re different from someone of his era. He’s impressed that Naruto so easily adjusted to the possibility of him dying, Naruto asking who he is. The figure thinks he could tell him, but he’s worried it might affect his decision in some way. He reveals he is the Sage of the Six Paths, Hagoromo (I think this is his surname, I forget his first name offhand)

Naruto is confused, Hagoromo expecting this, since he has relative precognition. He says Naruto isn’t dead, but he should look inwardly to discern himself better. Naruto just asks him to get to the point, but Hagoromo says that he would have difficulty adjusting to the new era and its norms, speech patterns, etc. Naruto is still frustrated, Hagoromo responding that words are only useful if they are fully connected and understand each other.

He tries to simplify his speech, laughing that Naruto sees him like an alien, but Naruto is still bewildered. The shift in speech startled him, Hagoromo’s dialect devolving to something more informal than before, Naruto saying that he should be a bit more complex than that, Hagoromo adjusting.

Now that the two understand each other, Naruto tries to ask if Hagoromo knows a way out of what was referred to as his inner world, Hagoromo saying he is here to simply see how the Ninja Teachings have advanced. Now that Naruto understands he’s the Sage of the Six Paths, he’s amazed, since he founded ninjutsu as we know it. Hagoromo says he shouldn’t confuse Ninshuu (Ninja Teaching) with Ninjutsu (Ninja Arts) which were used to wage war. He reflects that Naruto is much like his son, Ashura.

Naruto simply wants to get out, but Hagoromo says he can’t do anything about that, saying he should leave it to those outside. Hagoromo can only tell Naruto things, starting to explain about his mother and his own children.

Ootsutsuki Kaguya came from a far off place (the moon, maybe?) eating of the Chakra Fruit and becoming more powerful than anyone had ever been. She gave birth to two children, one of which was Hagoromo. They sealed the Ten Tails, and Hagoromo had two children of his own, Indra and Ashura.

Indra was the superior child, Ashura like Naruto, less skillful. Naruto is a bit disappointed, since Ashura’s father was the Sage of Six Paths, but Hagoromo reminds him that even if both parents are strong and skilled, it doesn’t always reflect on the child’s strength or skill at all.

Indra fought purely with his own power, his amazing eyes and treated his power as superior to others, while Ashura had to cooperate with others and put in a lot of effort himself. The power they had was eventually the same, Ashura teaching his father that with the help of others and their bonds, they could gain great power. So Hagoromo split the Ten Tails up and named each part. He named Ashura the leader of Ninshuu, hoping Indra would join him, but he didn’t, starting a huge war.

And their deaths only destroyed their bodies, their chakra continuing on through generations. The chapter ends as Hagoromo says Naruto has inherited Ashura’s chakra, implying Sasuke has inherited Indra’s.

One Piece 742

Kyros reaches his 3000th win, King Riku having infiltrated the colosseum as he did recently. He tells Kyros he must leave this place and reclaim his humanity, since he wants to entrust him with something.  He says he should try to protect as many people as he can as a sort of repentance for his crimes.

One year later, Kyros is the head of the Riku Royal Army, women swooning over him. Scarlet doesn’t trust him, thinking he’s still a murderer and that her father was a fool to give him such a position. Viola insists he’s a good person, already having her Devil Fruit when she was 10 years ago.

Scarlet is kidnapped by pirates, Kyros saving her and Scarlet forgiving him. They bond and she says she must be with him. The king creates a false revelation that Scarlet has died from an illness and formally renounces her royalty. Scarlet and Kyros have Rebecca and Kyros vows to protect her all his life.

We shift to the incident where Doflamingo forced Riku to start burning the city to the ground, Kyros going to stop it from spreading further. He meets with Doflamingo, who offers him a position in his army, saying that the whole city will soon be under his control. Kyros slices off one of his legs, attacking Doflamingo.

But Sugar turns him into a toy and events proceed to Kyros meeting the king who had forgotten him, and protecting Scarlet and Rebecca. Scarlet is shot, Kyros realizing what Sugar did to him, removing his memories, meaning Scarlet forgot the promise they made to meet at the Red Flower Fields if things got too dangerous. Kyros is anguished that his wife doesn’t remember her and that he can’t even feel her body with his toy arms.

We flash back to the present, Gladius and his group moving to find the Straw Hats. Kyros thinks it might be better to ambush Doflamingo now, if the others haven’t succeeded at their task.

Back at the colosseum, Burgess’ attacks are so powerful they threaten to break the entire ring apart. Diamante continues to mock Rebecca, saying he was the one who killed her mother, Bartolomeo blocking his attacks.

Franky’s been beaten to near unconsciousness at the Toy House, leaving everything to Usopp. Trebol is told to bring Sugar to the Royal Palace, but responds that there’s no need to worry, since Usopp is nearly dead. Sugar puts the Tatababasco Grape in his mouth, still thinking it’s poison. Usopp makes a bizarre face, shocking Sugar unconscious as the chapter ends.

Toriko 271

Chichi isn’t exactly clear on exactly when it was he met Ichiryuu, something like 500 years ago, before which he had been in hibernation for tens of thousands of years.

He had been pretending to be in cryptobiosis, waiting for them to find him, but they left. He’s glad they managed to make it. Toriko explains they were focused on finishing Ichiryuu’s Full Course.

The Nitro’s frustrated that they didn’t even bring cakes, Komatsu apologizing. But Chichi notices the scent of a female, demanding Komatsu give him the clothes or he won’t talk any further. He relishes in the scent of Nono, feeling refreshed.

Chichi was told about the group by Ichiryuu and, since they’re going to the Gourmet World, he wanted to give them a special ingredient. The floor lowers and he directs them to an apple, which creates a reaction in them that manifests their Intimidation, which Chichi calls an Appetite Devil. He stops them, saying Toriko’s group is still wet behind the ears to not be able to control them.

Komatsu is amazed at the ingredient, demanding to know what it is. Chichi reveals it’s one of Acacia’s Full Course items, shocking everyone. But that turns out to be a lie: it’s a normal apple; just a bit of one of the Full Course’s ingredients’ scents is stained on it. In Gourmet World, many ingredients will be like this. Toriko is skeptical, but Chichi notes he was probably staying in safe zones during the day, compared to the night that was implied to be dangouers by Jirou and Setsuno.  

Chichi offers to serve the apple to send them off, but Komatsu says they should eat more than that. The only other thing Chichi promised Ichiryuu was to eat the apple, but the others want to know more, bribing Chichi with the promise of more clothes with girls’ scents on them: Toriko with Rin’s pajamas and Coco with the many women he does fortunetelling for.

The group eats a feast, Chichi warning them that at Night, everything is more dangerous in Gourmet World. The chapter ends as something awakens near the house, Chichi noticing.

Bleach 574

 Some soldiers notice the weird structure Gremmy made and sense the reiatsu, being from Kenpachi’s division, cheering him on. Kenpachi isn’t that enthused, Gremmy saying it’s okay, since they imagine the battle’s already over. He’s healed his wound, simply imagining it was healed. Kenpachi’s grunts wonder why they didn’t sense him before.

Gremmy says that even if Kenpachi thinks this ability is nonsense, he’ll defeat him without even lifting a finger. He summons what appears to be lava, Kenpachi slashing through it. He tells Yachiru to move, Gremmy reminding him that her bones are cookies.

Kenpachi ignores this, attacking again. Gremmy surrounds him with water and then opens up a crevice, dropping him in there. He surrounds him with water again, planning to slowly drown and crush him to death.

But suddenly, most of the structure explodes, Kenpachi leaping at Gremmy again to attack, the chapter ending as he reveals Yachiru’s bones are back to normal, saying he’s focused too much on him to worry about her.  This implies that the imagination ability can be neutralized if the focus is on one person: maybe Yachiru will support Kenpachi by distracting Gremmy

Not sure how I feel about this chapter, but if anything, we’re probably meant to consider the extent of Gremmy’s powers and how that’s going to make this battle tougher.

Fairy Tail 377-378

Fairy Tail has 2 chapters this week, because of how fast Mashima works

Wendy comments on the power she’s gained, the air fully under the control. She disappears, moving with incredible speed behind Ezel, striking him with impressive force. He tries to swat at her, but she dodges, attacking again from another angle.

Charle reminds her of Face’s imminent activation, Wendy unleashing her secret technique to finish things: Sky Drill. But Ezel unleashes another sword, Demon Blade: Crescent Moon, slashing the attack and negating it. Wendy persists, surrounding Ezel with air, keeping him at bay as she amasses more power, attacking Face itself, shattering it into pieces and sending Ezel crashing through it, defeating him as well.

But the countdown hasn’t stopped, even though Face itself is destroyed. Wendy tries to move, but her body can’t keep up, collapsing after the exertion. The chapter ends as the Cube shakes, Franmalth noting that they were too late and Face will soon activate.

The next chapter starts with this tension established again, Franmalth saying there’s less than 3 minutes left before Face activates.

Gray’s fight with Keith isn’t going well, Mira not faring good either, and Lisanna is attacked by the bunny assistant that was studying Minerva and Mirajane while they were being transformed. And Erza’s fight with Kyouka is at a standstill, the demons confident that their plan will succeed.

Wendy is despairing, unable to do anything. But Charle says that if they can convert the energy Face is absorbing into another form besides Eternano, the fuel for the weapon, then it will self destruct. Wendy asks how she knows this, Charle reminding us of her prophetic abilities. She moves to change the magic circle, altering the magic characters. She pauses, saying she can’t see any further, explaining that if she does this, they’ll probably both die.

Charle tells Wendy to leave her so she can die alone, not sacrificing both of them, but Wendy says she can’t do that. She knows she barely has enough energy to crawl, let alone fly, so she insists she’ll stay here with Charle to the end, embracing her. The two remember all the fun times they had together, the arguments, everything.

They press the button, a massive explosion resulting. But the chapter ends as Doranbolt has teleported them away in the nick of time, amazed they managed to destroy Face.