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Seven Deadly Sins 68

Dreyfus confirms whether Hauser intends to support a criminal, Hauser responding that he’d rather protect her when they aren’t even willing to protect Zeal, not opposed to sacrificing him for their greater good. 

Jericho thinks Geera’s messing around, Helbram wondering why she doesn’t want to figure out about her father. But Geera thinks she already knows what might’ve happened and is grateful to Diane for saving her brother. Dreyfus insists that their only goals are to punish evil and protect the kingdom; even though their resistance is treason, he’ll forgive them if they change sides now. They refuse, the fight starting with them staring each other down, sizing each side’s power.

Geera asks Hauser, a Platinum Holy Knight, what their chances are. They don’t know how their two powers work together and Hauser notes they’re up against a Great Holy Knight, Dreyfus, a Cardinal, Helbram, and a Diamond Rank Holy Knight, Gilthunder. Their chances, by his assessment, are zero.

Dreyfus moves to attack, Dreyfus sending a huge tornado up at them. He condenses it, so it’s at its greatest power, which manages to stall Dreyfus long enough for Geera to pour her power into the twister. She fires a series of bombs into it to enact a combination technique.

Gowther sees the explosion, noting Diane’s in danger and moving to help her. But he’s pursued by Holy Knights with a Location and Discriminate power, figuring out his location and identity, plus analyzing his powers. Another Holy Knight comes in with some unknown power. Gowther advises them to fight somewhere with less citizens, but Dreyfus has told them to ignore the citizens, just sending it home that he is not a noble person at all.

But the giant knight is knocked away by Kaide, a Knight we may have seen before. He says that he didn’t receive such an order, but that even if it was so, a Great Holy Knight shouldn’t order such a thing if he represents the king’s will, moving to attack the others.

He uses his Makeup power, revealing himself to be Threader from the Dawn Roar who tried to find Gowther before. He effortlessly defeats the other two knights, wanting to fighter Gowther solo, the chapter ending on the clash of their weapons.

Magi 216

We start with a scene of a horrible war, people fighting because they each believe the other faction is going against the will of “God” (Ilah or Il Irah?)

Ithnan, Ugo and Solomon move to destroy the Divine Staff, which is the source of Il Irah’s power, it seems. They find a girl, who powers the Divine Staff, but her life force is being drained. Solomon goes to help her, releasing her from the constraints.

We are told that the humans forgot their goal of utopia, instead using magic to enslave the non human species. A resistance fights against this, freeing the demi-humans from the spells suppressing their intelligence.

The girl rescued from the Divine Staff room is bewildered at the festivities, since she was under a more oppressive rule. But Sheba insists that she is right to die for Ilah, since the other species to her are a curse on the world, having eaten humans, who are Ilah’s messengers.

Sheba leaves the group after they tell her they intend to free the other species. But after running from the impure ones, she is nearly killed in the desert.  Solomon appears, protecting her, but instead of killing the manticore, he uses his power to calm it and send it to its mother.

Sheba continues to believe that the demi-humans are horrible monsters, but Solomon tells her she is the monster here, asking her what she thinks of herself as the chapter ends.

It’s possible that Ill Irah and Ilah are the same entity, which would make sense, since the idea of Magi appears to be partly about the corruption of the Rukh. If you use Black Rukh to summon Ill Ilah/IRah, then things go badly, but White Rukh makes things better. So I’ll go with Ill Ilah for now, unless they make a future distinction.

  

World Trigger 50

The new Trion solder unleashes a huge blast at the three bullies, the surviving two retreating. Osamu and Kitora burst in to distract it from attacking further.

A Marmod appears, Kitora volunteering to take on the new Rabit and leaving Osamu to take on the Marmod. He thinks to himself that he might not be able to do it without anyone else’s help.

We flash back to him training in a simulation room. Osamu remembers that, while they seem to act like animals, they have programming that makes them deliberate movements very mechanically.

But even with training, Osamu is having problems, since all he can manage to do is defend. Karasuma advises him to visualize his victory, his counterattacks more certain that way. If he can be confident and imagine his attacks working, he can train towards that and his body will follow his mind’s intent.

Osamu slices off the Marmod’s legs and then finishes it off, his training finally paying off. He moves to help Kitora, but the chapter ends as he sees something that shocks him off panel.

Naruto 667

Orochimaru’s group reaches Sasuke, Karin furious, but the others realizing who it is, especially Orochimaru himself. It’s Kabuto, having gotten free of Izanami and healing Sasuke. The reason Karin couldn’t recognize him is because he absorbed many different kinds of chakra, changing its fundamental composition.

The group asks him what he’s doing; Suigetsu speculates he might be trying to absorb Sasuke like Orochimaru. Kabuto confirms he’s not going to hurt Sasuke or absorb him, since he got advice from many people, including Tobirama. But Itachi was the biggest influence, as Kabuto explains to Orochimaru that the self the Sannin taught him disappeared, replaced with the original Kabuto. He wants to protect the one place he can call home and saving Sasuke is part of that, since he was inspired by Itachi’s motivation.

But Suigetsu brings up that Kabuto was the one who teamed up with Obito from the start of this Ninja War. Kabuto says that they hadn’t found themselves, but now they have and they know what they must do.

We move back to where Madara and the others are, Guy having the situation explained to him. Kakashi managed to teleport Minato’s Sage Art Rasengan away, Minato reminding everyone that only sage arts and taijutsu can damage Madara. So now Guy and Minato are the only two who can fight Madara effectively.

Kakashi brings up that Minato’s sage arts aren’t as good, Minato agreeing, since he takes more time to generate the necessary energy and at the moment he can’t even make seals.

Gai moves to fight, unlocking the 7th inner gate and releasing green steam, at an immense fighting power now. He seems to do great damage, but then is unable to fight after his finishing move, his muscles worn out. Madara throws a black ball of Bijuu energy, Minato and Kakashi teaming up to stop it from hitting him with the Hiraishin technique. But Rock Lee saves them the trouble, pulling Guy away from the path of the attack.

Guy’s slightly hurt, insisting he can still fight. The chapter ends as he implies he’s prepared to die, ready to unlock the final inner gate.

One Piece 740

Luffy and Violet are running through the castle, trying to escape Pica. Violet’s worried about Zoro, but Luffy insists he’ll be alright. Zoro, meanwhile, is having difficulty really damaging Pica

We get a diagram of the location of Luffy, Violet, Zoro, Kyros, the two gnomes with him, as well as Law, Riku and Doflamingo.

Kyros and the gnomes meet up with Gladios. Kabu and Ranpo opt to make an opening for Kyros so he can get to Doflamingo. Kyros tries to escape after Kabu and Ranpo have been seemingly hit with a huge explosion. But Gladios catches up, revealing he’s eaten the Rupture Rupture fruit, able to make anything inorganic rupture, which includes the toy body. Luffy bursts in, knocking Gladios back before he can rupture Kyros’s body

Gladios is furious, seeing Violet the traitor, Luffy wanting to fight him, but Violet insisting he’s too powerful. Kyros and Violet talk, Violet saying she’s impressed at what Rebecca and Kyros have done, Kyros saying he still has more to accomplish and that Violet and Riku suffered more than anyone.

Gladios ruptures his head covering, wounding Violet. Luffy takes her and Kyros, stretching himself up to the second floor.

Kinemon appears, disguised as Doflamingo. Gladios says he should go the upper floor while he finds the samurai, suggesting they may fight.

Luffy, Violet and Kyros are right near Doflamingo, but Luffy is told to wait. Doflamingo wonders how the gnomes and Straw Hats became aware of things. He suspects Law, but Law insists he’s cut all ties with them. Doflamingo then suspects King Riku.

Kyros is amazed that Riku has survived, waiting for the opportunity when Sugar’s power is negated, not wanting to let the others’ sacrifices go to waste.

Franky is holding the Marines off above the underground port and Smile Factory, leaving things to Usopp and the gnomes.

We see Robin’s become a toy through contact with Sugar when trying to put the grape in her mouth, though she doesn’t have a contract on her, thankfully.

Sugar and Trebol wonder about the grape, Sugar concluding it must be poison. Leo and the others leave it in Usopp’s hands, but he’s retreating at the chapter ends.

Toriko 269

The chapter begins as Terrycloth, Kiss and Quinn all appear, going through training. Toriko appears, Terry overjoyed to see him and much bigger after the year and a half they’ve been separated. Tom shows up with some booze.

We see Mansam coordinating various efforts, the Saiseiya trying to revitalize the soil and Capture Level Measuring Devices for use in the Gourmet World are nearly ready as well, the overall reorganization of the IGO moving forward. Their biggest goal is getting Gourmet World ingredients, meaning that Toriko, Coco, Sani and Zebra must all be capable of entering it and thriving.

Mansam flashes back to when he and Ichiryuu found Toriko, nearly starved to death and giving the bread Ichiryuu presented to him to the villagers instead. His own fingernails are nearly gone from biting at them and what’s more, he, like Midora, has Gourmet Cells from birth, meaning he wasn’t genetically engineered so much as he struck the genetic lottery. Ichiryuu decides to adopt him, thinking his kind heart will help the Gourmet Age in the future, especially with Ichiryuu’s own Full Course. He also looks forward to what Toriko will have as a Full Course. Mansam reflects that Toriko is carrying on Ichiryuu’s legacy.

We see Jirou and Setsuno in Gourmet World, finding Ichiryuu’s grave prepared by Midora. The Million Tree and Food Immersion Flowers are all along the area, which amazes Jirou, since this land was supposedly infertile. He thinks that Midora must be amazingly strong now, much more than he and Ichiryuu ever were. Setsuno says their overall goal shouldn’t be Midora, but Joa and Neo. She even notes that Gourmet World is entering “Night”, becoming dangerous even to experienced travelers such as them. They speak as if they won’t return to Human World ever again, which makes me think that they’re entering twilight as well in a way.

Komatsu confirms where Setsuno is with Nono, saying they have to work their hardest to restore Human World. She offers to serve Komatsu, both of them honored to be with what they consider great chefs.

Toriko explains to Tom that he has to talk to the Nitro from Ichiryuu’s Safe Zone and prepare for a long journey, one he doesn’t know when he’ll be returning from, if at all. The chapter ends as Tom says they should be as strong as they can, since they’re the strongest representatives of Human World.

Bleach 571

 Isane is bewildered at what happened, asking Yachiru what happened to cause her nose to bleed, which she responds with equal surprise.

Gwenhael appears, reintroducing himself and reiterating his power. Yachiru strikes him again, but it seems to be ineffective. He explains there are three levels to it: first is his form, then his essence, meaning that what Yachiru hit was an after image, since the form lags behind slightly. He can even switch between the two forms to attack someone without them being aware. The first phase is invisibility, while the second is intangibility. He can even switch between invisibility and intangibility so quick that even someone like Yachiru can’t match the speed. But she’s getting close, so he switches to imperceptibility, where they forget he even existed.

But Gwenhael is amazed at the instinct Yachiru shows, since she attacks even though to her, this should be their “first” meeting. He thinks Isane is more logical, but Yachiru’s reaction is enough to make him want to know why she’d conclude he was an enemy without asking, which Isane inquires about as well. Yachiru says he made her heart skip a beat, which infuriates Gwenhael, since it means she’s acting a primitive instinct. He concludes to defeat her before she manages to vanquish him.

Isane inquires further, wondering if it’s just a bad feeling, but Yachiru says it’s a deep seated feeling of unease, not just that the person is creepy. Kenpachi said the same sort of thing, but since Yachiru still thinks Kenpachi isn’t around (not sure if she means he’s dead or just not here at present), so she won’t be stealing his fun.

She unsheathes her Zanpakutou, Gwenhael preparing to make a sneak attack, saying she can’t damage him unless she makes a clean blow. She slices at him while he’s still intangible, but it manages to make a cut after he retains physicality.

Yachiru explains that her sword duplicates her actions within her field of vision, so even if someone dodges it, another attack will make contact if the person doesn’t move. She manifests them, Sanpo Kenju, the chapter ending as they attack together.

Fairy Tail 374

Lucy and the others plan to distract Keith and run away in order to stop Face, but Franmalth appears behind him. Lucy summons Taurus and Aries, the two working in tandem to create a cloud of wool, the group escaping as Wendy reiterates the location of Face, which Keith seems to recognize or register in his memory. 

But as they get further away, Keith suddenly appears in their path, preparing to attack. Gray suddenly bursts through him, distracting the demon long enough for Lucy and the others to run away.

Gray and Keith square off, Lucy’s group meeting up with Franmalth, Lucy and Happy getting stuck in Aries’ fluff. Wendy and Charle escape as someone slices off Franmalth’s extended arm. It’s Natsu, wanting a rematch from last time. Lucy explains the situation, Franmalth enraged, his form changing as he reveals the full extent of his absorption power, having assimilated Taurus and Aries. He can take any soul he’s captured and use it to metamorphose himself.'

Natsu moves to strike, Franmalth morphing his face to look like Aries, which stops him enough for him to slam Natsu down. Natsu attacks again, Franmalth using Taurus, which Natsu says he has no issue beating up, sending Franmalth flying.

Franmalth decides to reveal his most powerful soul, the chapter ending as the others are shocked at who it is, Wendy still moving to deactivate Face.