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One Piece is off for at least a week or two. And Seven Deadly Sins is taking an unexpected break because the author got sick. And we won’t have Boku no Hero this week either because the scanlator’s changing the release schedule. But I’ll get virtually both the unofficial and official releases on Monday, so it’ll be more objective.

Getting Boku no Hero Academia on Monday will just add more work, since I cover World Trigger on Monday as well as the unofficial Fairy Tail release. But it’ll make the lead up to Saturday easier so I can get it out earlier than 6PM, hopefully

Next week, we’ll probably have a fairly full lineup, so bear with me this week.

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Aladdin and Hakuryuu’s fight continues with Hakuryuu still persisting and Alibaba trying to end it by destroying the Metal Vessel instead of hurting Hakuryuu.

Hakuryuu says that kind of thinking is what he cannot stand.

Alibaba says he’ll stop Hakuryuu and bring him back from depravity, but Hakuryuu wants none of that. His previous self in his new perspective was as if he was already dead.

He insists that people who have differing views should fight until one stands at the top. Alibaba’s unwillingness to die drives Hakuryuu to fight and kill him for that hypocrisy of trying to change the world without sacrifice.

But Alibaba thinks that Hakuryuu’s way of doing things will end up with unnecessary suffering, killing anyone who doesn’t agree with him. Hakuryuu retorts that Alibaba’s way of thinking is too idealistic and he’s been too dependent on the Magi’s path and declaration that they are King Vessels instead of doing things on his own.

Aladdin and Judar’s fight is in Judar’s favor with all the memories he has from the Black Rukh of Magnostadt, particularly Mogamett.

Judar unleashes a rain of black rukh spears on Aladdin, but the chapter ends as Aladdin reveals he can manipulate the laws of magic itself, bending the attack away from him as his father did, able to perceive what were called the Ley Lines back in the Alma Torran flashback.

A development I didn’t expect: I wonder if Aladdin learned it at some point or deduced it from the flashback to Alma Torran. He could’ve naturally possessed the talent if it passed from Solomon’s genes, which is a possibility that works as Aladdin is considered Solomon’s reflection or reincarnate in a way.

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As Suwa’s preparing to take the shot, Usami tells Chika to make her shot, disrupting both Suwa and Sasamori as she destroys the buildings under them. Sasamori’s Trion body runs out, but Arafune also manages to make a shot on Chika, taking her out along with him as he runs out of Trion.

Suwa moves to make a shot on Yuma, the Neighbor dodging. Suwa avoids Yuma’s surprise attack after Tsutsumi figured out the tactic and it seems like he may finish Yuma off with his Meteor.

But we see Osamu in the distance. As Suwa manages to take out Yuma, Osamu uses his Asteroid to defeat Suwa, leaving Tamakoma as the victor. Yuma managed to block the shots, surviving so Tamakoma gets a total score of 6, while Suwa and Arafune only get 2 and 1 point respectively.

Everyone compliments Tamakoma-2 Squad’s tactics, breaking up the formations of each enemy squad and using Yuma well as bait and attacker when the situation called for it.

One member from the all girl squad we saw at the end of the Invasion comments that Yuma just seems really strong, but one of Miwa squad’s members says that on an even playing field, even Yuma isn’t invincible against Snipers in a team.

The use of terrain was key to their victory, forcing the other two teams to scramble and try to establish a solid advantage somehow, while Tamakoma-2 was always one step ahead. They likely won’t have that advantage again if their points are higher than the others they’re going against, but we’ll see.

The next battle is set up: Tamakoma 2 against Nasu and Suzunari 1. Suzunari 1 and Nasu have virtually the same composition as Tamakoma 2, a Sniper, Gunner and Attacker, the Gunner the Captain.

And Suzunari 1 has the #4 Rank Attacker, so this will really test them as a team, especially since Nasu gets to choose the landscape this time, as I predicted with Tamakoma 2 getting about 14 points in their last two matches combined.

The chapter ends on this setup, making us wonder what will happen.

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Hiyori and the other Visored not part of the Gotei 13 (which is the other 4 besides her) appear, Hiyori and Shinji bickering as usual about how he’s bald because he has a haircut sometimes called a kappa cut in Japan.

What the Visored brought was the rest of the energy created at the distortion points between Soul Society and the Dangai, Yoruichi possessing a small emergency amount so they could launch the Tenchuuren from before.

Kisuke directs the other Visored to get shihakusho from the lab nearby, since that’s apparently needed to channel the energy (shihakusho are sort of a vague thing in Bleach, sadly), Hiyori resisting at first, but Love tells her she shouldn’t insult the Visored who already put their lives on the line.

With this and the captain level reiatsu fused together, Kisuke plans to create a gateway to the Royal Palace directly, since Ichigo broke the barrier that would’ve otherwise prevented them from accomplishing this.

He warns them that there may be no way back. Everyone responds that they were prepared for this, Kenpachi emphasizing that as long as he gets a chance to go wild again, he’s fine even if he dies doing this.

Back at the Soul King’s chambers, Ichigo says they’ve come to stop Juhabach, the Quincy King saying he has seen all with his eyes, explaining the events in detail to show his Almighty power. He says they’re too late and the Soul King is dead.

Ichigo moves to remove the sword, Juhabach saying he can do as he wishes. But as Ichigo removes the blade, the Blut power seems to control his arm and he slashes the Soul King’s crystal, seemingly killing him completely.

Juhabach says that Ichigo’s Quincy blood must instinctively hate the Soul King and curse his existence.  The chapter ends as he calls upon Ichigo to witness the destruction of Soul Society.

I wonder if the Soul King’s death will only affect Soul Society or somehow start to affect the balance of things overall. I also speculate that Ichigo or Juhabach may vie for the position, but Juhabach may be killed, leaving Uryuu as his successor.

This is called the climax of this Blood War, so I wonder what the falling action will bring forth. And if this is just one climax out of others in a cycle the narrative presents, there may yet be another battle, unless Uryuu’s being a successor is somehow a red herring. Some have predicted the series could end this year, though I feel like if it does, it will be in fall, not summer.

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It’s explained that while Enbu’s basics are to ward off power with the will of all your cells, if you combine all that power into an attack, it’s immensely powerful.

Zebra notices something off about Bambina, like he has something holding in all his power. The enormity of Bambina’s true power frightens even Zebra, who tells Toriko and Coco to hit Bambina with more power, since Bambina’s apparently taking the attacks on purpose to unleash some other ability.

Toriko, Zebra and Coco all use Enbu versions of their strongest attacks, hoping they can last through this opportunity, since it takes much more stamina to use attack versions of Enbu than defense.

We flashback to Kaka explaining that they have to attack with Enbu secret techniques, even if the damage they do is very little, since Bambina is truly a master of Enbu. This will prepare PAIR by dampening it, but it’s the most difficult method, even if it’s the only one they can utilize. The idea is to do this by using all these attacks, even if they don’t actually hurt Bambina, the primary goal to get PAIR.

Zebra, Sani and Coco combine attacks and pin Bambina with grappling techniques.

Toriko moves to take PAIR, but the scent of it stimulates his cells to try to find his lost arm. He manages to calm down his Gourmet Cell demon and grab PAIR, but an explosion results, knocking everyone back, a heart falling out of the ring.

The dust settles to reveal Bambina’s true form, about twice as big and much more bizarre and childish in appearance. There’s a scar indicating that the heart from before was Bambina’s, meaning there’s some secret to PAIR that allows him to survive without his heart.

Kaka thinks this turn of events is bad for them and thinks there’s no choice, deciding on something as the chapter ends on that uncertainty.

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The chapter starts a year after the battle with Tartaros with Lucy waking up, rushing to meet someone.

We shift to the Grand Magic Games, Jason of Weekly Sorcerer Magazine covering it, with Lucy as his junior. Turns out she’s been hired by Jason as a gravure model, but he’s also giving her opportunities to write articles based on the events of the Grand Magic Games. Jason comments that none of the big guilds have shown up, including Fairy Tail. Lucy’s guild crest is still there and she thinks to herself she wants to meet them.

Lucy’s been searching for any information she can, trying to bring everyone back together.

The next day of the Grand Magic Games is the finals between two guilds: Dullahan Head and Skull Millione.

Jason is really excited, but Lucy thinks it’s a joke, having observed that the leader of Dullahan Head, Chrisack is strong, but every member of Skull Millione has been concealing their true power for betting purposes. They trounce Dullahan Head, making a killing with their 1 out of 100 odds.

Lucy is disappointed, since this caliber is still comparatively lower than Fairy Tail or Sabertooth, most likely.

Suddenly, a mysterious cloaked figure appears, Lucy noticing the magic power is immense, telling Jason to get everyone out of here.

But the figure challenges the group, emitting a huge aura of power and blasting them away with one attack. The heat from it starts melting the arena and everyone’s clothes.

It’s Natsu, Lucy a bit stunned as Happy appears behind her as well. Natsu unleashes even more of his power, everyone running away besides Lucy and Happy.

The chapter ends as Lucy thinks to herself that Fairy Tail isn’t gone yet.