WSR 8-18-14

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Next week should be our usual pattern of manga.

Magi 235

As Ugo’s group leaves Sheba, expired away, the others wonder what Sheba gave to Ugo. He explains it’s their child, still apparently barely developed, Ugo vowing to raise it in their stead. Everyone else is worried that Arba’s group is still after them. Suddenly, Solomon appears, still in his older appearance after dividing the Rukh.

The Black Rukh starts to manifest in the sky, much like in the more recent incident at Magnostadt, Solomon explaining that they’re trying to return everything to nothingness. He calls the chiefs of the other species, asking them if they will follow him even after he inadvertently caused all this chaos by his decision. They say they accept that things went differently, but they still trust him, wanting to protect the world they all share.

The final battle begins, the chiefs of the species becoming Djinns with the Metal Vessels and Solomon’s magic. They defeat some of the Black Rukh Avatars, but Arba thinks they can still win. Ugo observes that the Black Rukh is running low, Arba noting that they didn’t expect Solomon to fight against them.

Wahid moves to fight against Solomon’s forces, stretching out his hand to reach the dark Ill Ilah, connecting him to the world. His desperation for his wife and child shocks Falud, who didn’t want him to die. Ill Ilah, summoned from Black Rukh, takes the Rukh from virtually every living thing, leaving very few behind.

Solomon tells Ugo that, as the strongest magician, he entrusts him with creating the world anew as he disappears, fighting against Arba. The two cannot resolve their conflict, Arba saying she hates Solomon for causing the God she followed to fall to the level of humans.

The chapter ends as Solomon prepares to give up the Rukh for Ugo to create the new world, willing to finish off Arba as well, difficult a choice as that is.

One Piece 757

Bartolomeo holds off Gladius’s Pop Pop Fruit ability, creating stairs with his Bari Bari no Mi. Luffy and Law head up, Cavendish holding off the nutcracker toys as Kyros also goes ahead.

Gladius fires more of his Pop Bullets, Bartolomeo jumping in front of them to protect Luffy without his barrier. He explains that he can only use so much surface area with his barriers and he used it all on the stairs. Robin fights off the toys as well, telling Bartolomeo he was right to bet on Luffy, since he’s a true trump card.

Meanwhile, Fujitora and Sabo’s fight continues, Fujitora revealing he can even utilize horizontal gravity with his Devil Fruit, pushing Sabo to be even more serious.

Rebecca is running from Diamante, who attacks her, taunting his opponent for being of no use to them now. He pulls a gun, saying it’d be fitting, since it was how he killed Rebecca’s mother. Rebecca screams for her father’s help, Kyros cutting at Diamante. He says he’ll protect her, sorry that he could only teach her to fight, even though she was more like her mother in wanting peace.

Luffy and Law reach Rebecca, releasing Law from his Seastone Cuffs. The chapter ends as Kyros leaves Doflamingo to Luffy and Law, focusing on Diamante for the moment.

Naruto 689

Kakashi reveals that he can use Kamui too, meaning this is at least partly Obito’s Sharingan, combining it with giant shuriken to create the black holes on impact, severing the various arms Kaguya made as she transformed into the pseudo Ten Tails. Kakashi notes that the power is enhanced since Obito got some of the Six Path’s chakra as well.

More tendrils appear from the ground, allowing Kaguya to calm the Bijuu and summon a giant Gudoudama (the same black energy that Naruto and Madara used to negate ninjutsu). Black Zetsu explains that in this Genesis dimension, Kaguya can draw the chakra from those caught in the Infinite Tsukyomi in the other dimension, so now she’s starting to create a new dimension with the newfound power.

Kakashi and the rest start to strategize as to sealing Kaguya, since they can’t expect to really stop something of that size.

Naruto and Sasuke rush forward, bringing Naruto’s clones for support. Kaguya fires the bone spears at Kakashi, who uses Kamui to have it go through him with no effect. He then utilizes a greater version of Raikiri, hurting Kaguya enough that it seems Naruto and Sasuke will manage to seal her. But Black Zetsu opens up a portal, firing a bone spear with the hand he has (even though Kaguya regenerated the arm she lost when Black Zetsu was chopped off her body).

Naruto reveals he made another Shadow clone. Kaguya fires one at that, but Kakashi negates the portal with Kamui, teleporting Sasuke to replace the dying Shadow Clone and putting them in prime position to seal her.

Kaguya tries to move out of their range, but Sakura appears above her, using taijutsu to punch her back down.

Kakashi says he’s proud to have been their sensei, that he loves them like his own children, the chapter ending as their combined tactics make it so that Kaguya appears to have been sealed (though there could still be a twist)

Toriko 289

As the Horse King takes a breath, everything in the area slowly dies due to the lack of oxygen. It seems like Toriko is still able to fight, surprising the Horse King.

Brunch is still cutting away the dense air around AIR, Dinner reviving more ingredients for the roots to absorb.

As Komatsu starts to prepare the AIR fruit, air starts to leak out, Zebra sealing the holes. Komatsu explains that the usual method was to let the air escape and keep the remaining taste in the fruit. But his plan is to keep the fruit secure and only let the air out as the fruit hits the ground, preserving the taste even as they release air from one spot.

Sani is entrusted with restraining the fruit with Hair Lock and Coco’s poison will stabilize the fruit from ripening too fast. Komatsu starts digging a hole through the fruit with his knife, every moment a potential danger of the fruit exploding.

Every one of the leaks is like a volcano’s force to Zebra, Sani only able to complete a Hair Lock by connecting to Remote Hairs around the circumference of the fruit. And Coco’s poison is almost going out of control as his Appetite Demon is enticed by the taste. Wild monsters are also drawn towards it, Mappy preparing to fight them off.

In 10 minutes, the fruit starts to fall. Komatsu says he needs at least another minute, the group working to hold the fruit up. It seems like the fruit will fall in spite of everyone’s effort. But suddenly, it seems as if some hidden power in Komatsu allows him to finish preparations. The chapter ends as the air escapes from AIR, the ingredient at perfect taste.

Bleach 593

 Mayuri persists in asking Toushirou if he wants to take the drugs, assuring him it’s for the sake of Seiretei. Toushirou attacks, Mayuri unleashing a web to entangle him. It misses, Toushirou attacking Mayuri. He manages to block them all thanks to a sensor in Ashisogi Jizou that makes contact with any blade in a two foot radius at an angle of 60 degrees or more. In effect, it means the sword will always be parried.

Toushirou tries to attack with a knee, but Mayuri blocks it with something that then becomes like cloth on his knee. It explodes, taking most of the leg with it.

Toushirou unleashes his Bankai, seemingly killing Mayuri, but the scene loops to the beginning of their conversation about the drugs. Toushirou kills Mayuri again, the loop starting over as Mayuri notes that Toushirou has finally begin to understand.

Mayuri’s drugs are meant to give new experiences to the brain. In this case, it’s the ability to see into the past. Every time Toushirou kills Mayuri in battle, his mind goes back to when they start talking about the drugs. Toushirou’s reactions are probably in his mind, since we’ve gotten the indication that he’s under Giselle’s power and can’t speak of his own volition. The difficulty is that as long as he continues to kill Mayuri, he’ll be looped back. If he doesn’t, then the loop will be negated.

Mayuri continues to explain that if one loops more than 10 times, there’s a negative side effect. Since it affects the hippocampus, related to short term memory, it also makes it near impossible for the person affected to know how many times they’ve looped. But once they’ve looped over 10 times, their balance is severely compromised, paralyzing them for 30 seconds.

The chapter ends as Mayuri says that the real question is when Mayuri administered the drug, preparing to seemingly kill Hitsugaya.