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Bleach has 2 light novels being
written by the author of Durarara, who did Stealth Symphony back in 2014 in
Jump. They’re going to be about Rukia and Renji’s wedding as well as exposit
more on Shuuhei Hisagi and other mysteries left unsolved in Bleach.
Boruto, a monthly series in Shounen
Jump (odd, since it’s weekly in nature, minus the American release that mixes
various Jump magazines together), is getting an anime in 2017 and it turns out
Naruto’s getting a live action film eventually, not unlike Bleach, albeit
Naruto will be done by Hollywood studios by comparison.
We should be back to normal schedule
by January, but with Shounen Jump’s scheduling and such with Xmas and New
Years’ so close together, the New Year’s Eve release will have a break
afterwards
Black Clover 90-91
Fanzel remembers when he taught Mars
and Ladros and how their power should be used to protect.
In the present, he knows that his
attack barely affected Ladros, who uses high level fortification magic.
But Mars appears behind Fanzel, the
Wind Sword Mage trying to keep his strongest student at bay.
Fanzel remembers how Ladros had no
elemental affinity, but he had such a large amount of mana that if he learned a
technique that was long range, he’d be especially dangerous.
He strikes Ladros with Gale Force,
his strongest attack, Ladros seemingly defeated.
But it turns out he’s just been
absorbing the attack, revealing that his surgery, like the one Mars got to
enhance his magic powers, allowed Ladros to absorb and expel magic.
Ladros unleashes his power as he
provokes Fanzel to retreat and protect Domina, the lasers striking even his
allies as he blasts the entire battlefield.
Fanzel, who’s been injured severely
after pushing Domina out of the way, is unable to stop Ladros as he grabs
Domina by the throat, recognizing her as Fanzel’s lover who fled with him from
the kingdom.
As Fanzel tells him he needs to use
his powers for good, Ladros retorts that he never intended to do such a thing.
He thinks people should use their powers to the full extent for their own self
interests, saying that Fanzel failed because he didn’t do such a thing and was
banished for his weakness, even calling him a coward.
But Domina blasts Ladros, saying
that her husband is no coward.
As Ladros prepares to blast her, his
attack is deflected by Mars
The Mineral Fire Mage tells Fanzel
that his teachings did reach him as the chapter ends with him standing to
protect Domina against Ladros.
Ladros demands to know why Mars
interfered, the Mineral Fire Mage telling him that their goal is the Witch
Queen, not these innocents.
But Ladros retorts that protecting
Fanzel and Domina means defending fugitives from the Diamond Kingdom, Mars
saying that he fully understands that and the betrayal it implies.
Ladros is ecstatic, always having
resented Mars’ power and now using the opportunity to kill both him and Fanzel.
Mariela steps in, using her magic to
attack Ladros, who regards it as a nuisance. But then Mars sends him flying in
the air with an attack, Ladros countering by unleashing his stored up power
again.
Mars says that he’ll explain things
later, but that he knows 2 ways to beat Ladros’ ability: either overwhelming it
with high amounts of mana, from spirit magic or the Witch Queen or antimagic,
such as from Asta’s swords.
The group decides to try and draw
Ladros over to that area, Fanzel and Mars taking advantage of Ladros’ arrogance
in his new power to blast him back with their own reinforcement magic
They run towards where Asta and the
others are facing Fana, Mars recognizing the magic slightly.
Asta is trying to convince Fana that
she should give up or she’ll make the people she cares about sad, but this only
further enrages her that humans would talk about her friends and family, her
magic power surging again.
Ladros taunts Mars and Fanzel,
saying that running away is pointless.
Asta sees Fanzel and the others
coming towards them, Fanzel remembering Asta’s power as Fana unleashes a
massive fireball.
He tells Asta to knock the fireball
at him with his cleaver sword, Asta agreeing reluctantly.
Fanzel then moves the others out of
the way and redirects the attack at Ladros, the attack hitting him head on, the
chapter ending as he’s seemingly overloaded by the power, exploding.
Boku no Hero Academia 119-120
Deku thinks to himself that this
fight with Bakugou may just be a way for both of them to vent in their own
ways, Bakugou for his resentment of Deku gaining power from All Might and Deku
for standing up to his bully after many years and trying to reach out to him
The two begin to fight in earnest,
though Deku finds he can’t react fast enough relative to his thoughts, which
are slower than Bakugou’s more instinctive and practiced fighting method.
Deku compliments Bakugou, but he
still takes it as his rival being arrogant, looking down on him as he gained
such power that Bakugou was unable to keep up at first.
Bakugou tries the Stun Grenade
technique, though Deku manages to shield his eyes enough, though Bakugou still
manages to knock him back
He still resents Deku for his
attitude, always plotting, never able to be fully understood, which just made
Bakugou hate him even more for his perceived disdain at someone he could
surpass.
But Deku retorts that in spite of
Bakugou being so abusive to him, he still admires him for how talented he was
from a young age, which is why he kept following him.
Deku, having finally realized that
he’s gotten a better grasp of his power and trained his body to a higher
degree, unleashes 8% power, managing to outspeed Bakugou and striking him with
a kick as the chapter ends
We’ll get the results of the 2nd
character popularity poll next time
The next chapter starts with Deku
noting that even if it was just a 3% increase, for a moment, he was able to be
stronger than Bakugou. But Bakugou still keeps some measure of strength,
pushing Deku back, even though he didn’t get a direct hit.
Deku thinks to himself that when his
desire to win is stronger than the desire to rescue, he can be more reckless
and even say things he might regret. But he also notes how Bakugou represents
that desire for victory so much that it might’ve rubbed off on him.
With Bakugou misinterpreting his
Shoot Style as just using his legs, Deku manages to land a solid punch on his
rival, but Bakugou turns it around and pins Deku to the ground with an
explosion that blasts them down.
Having won against Deku, in spite of
Deku getting better at using All Might’s power, he demands to know why he
managed to win.
All Might stops him from going
further, having eavesdropped on them.
Bakugou wants to know why All Might
chose Deku, All Might saying he was so heroic that he deserved to be given a
chance to stand along with other people who already showed great promise like
Bakugou.
He also tells Bakugou he was
eventually going to lose his power either way, so he shouldn’t blame himself
for the #1 Hero’s fall.
All Might emphasizes that Deku and
Bakugou both have great traits as a Hero, wanting to protect others and wanting
to win. If they build each other up, they can become the best Heroes possible.
Bakugou figures out that only
Recovery Girl and Principal Nedzu know about All Might’s secret, so he vows to
keep it secret as the chapter ends.
The popularity poll shifted things
around, Bakugou actually the #1, followed by Deku and Todoroki. Asui remains
the most popular girl, Ochako right behind her in the top 10 characters
overall, which now includes Aizawa as well as Kirishima.
Magi 331
Alibaba asks Aladdin if they should
go to the Sacred Palace and stop Sinbad, though he wonders why Sinbad even gave
them the opportunity to stop him.
Aladdin thinks they might be wrong
to oppose him, since they’re in the minority here. He asks Alibaba directly
what he thinks, saying that since he’s Aladdin’s King Candidate as a Magi, he
deserves to express his opinion on this.
Alibaba decides he’ll think about
this, Aladdin advising him to go to Kou and talk to Morgiana.
He returns to Kou and talks to
Morgiana, who reveals that she is affected by Sinbad’s shared hope, thinking
that he should want to go back to the Rukh as well, since he thinks of others’
needs before himself.
She comments on how after Alibaba
freed her, the adventures she had alongside Alibaba and Aladdin helped her to
understand herself better, to learn to love herself as she grew to love
Alibaba.
But Alibaba asks her again if she
really wants to go back to the Rukh, commenting that she didn’t want him to die
after he proposed to her. Morgiana responds that she’s willing to die to be by
his side.
She asks him to hold the wedding
ceremony so they can be married and then be a couple in the next life as they
enter the Rukh.
Alibaba grabs her, saying that isn’t
what he wants to fight for, to be limited by others’ desires and avoid fighting
to create some illusory peace, the chapter ending as he resolves to somehow
change Morgiana’s mind.
One Piece 850
We see Chopper and Carrot checking
the mirrors to figure out which one connects to Big Mom’s Castle, since if
they’re in contact with Brulee, they can pass through the mirror to the outside
world and help the others.
Meanwhile Sanji has finished
preparing his picnic for Pudding, going off to meet her.
Luffy’s struggling to get out of
prison, even going so far as to try and pull his hands off, not willing to just
sit around and wait to be rescued. Nami thinks he’s crazy, but he persists in
spite of that, trying anything to escape
Pedro and Tamago fight as Pedro
remembers how he first encountered Pekoms, learning he was allied with Big Mom
and his ally, Zepo, losing all his life after Big Mom’s roulette landed on 100
years of life.
Pekoms begged Big Mom to have mercy,
the Yonkou still insisting on at least 60 years for taking away Tamago’s eye.
Pedro convinces her to reduce it to 50 by taking out his own eye.
Tamago has an advantage with his
reach as a Long Leg Tribe member and even has tights that make the Electro
power useless against him. He asks Pedro why he’d ever come back to a place
where he lost so much, Pedro responding that he believes in the Straw Hats. He
thinks they will change the world, becoming strong enough to even challenge Big
Mom, persisting in his fight and seemingly defeating Tamago in one strike.
Meanwhile, Sanji is trying to give
Pudding her gift, but the door, alive by Big Mom’s Devil Fruit, won’t open up.
He moves to try and give it to
Pudding through the balcony, but he hears Pudding, who has revealed a third
eye, laughing at the very idea of actually loving Sanji. She speaks about how
good she is at acting, one of Big Mom’s favorite children
Luffy and Nami confirm this
treachery as they note Pudding’s whispered secret was that she plans to kill
Sanji at the wedding, even saying the rest of the Straw Hats won’t survive
either.
Pudding tells Reiju, who’s still
bleeding as she sits in her room, that Big Mom intends to use the science from
Germa 66 to make an army that can be easily replaced with the cloning
technology.
The plan is further elaborated by
Pudding as she says they lured them in, all of Germa’s kingdom in one place,
Big Mom planning to massacre the entire Vinsmoke family at the wedding
tomorrow, the chapter ending on this revelation.
Fairy Tail 514-515
We flashback to 400 years ago in the
Dragnov Kingdom, where we’re told about the Western Kingdom of Alvareth being
attacked.
Lord Belserion, Eileen’s husband,
returns from an observation of things and notes how the dragons are not only
assaulting, but eating the humans, which Eileen finds abhorrent.
Ishgar is well known for humans and
dragons coexisting, but the Dragon King Festival, a war between the dragons,
began soon after due to the slaughter in the west.
In spite of Eileen’s Enchantment
powers, the higher numbers of the Alvareth Dragons and some of Ishgar’s Dragons
refusing to fight against their own kind made the battle heavily
disadvantageous to the East
Belserion still persists, not
wanting to give up this fight, because he still feels he owes a great debt to
the humans, including Eileen’s ancestor.
Eileen says she wants to fight and
suggests that he grant her the power of the Dragon through a secret art she has
developed from her Enchantment.
It turns out Eileen was the
originator of Dragon Slayer magic, developing it to fight against the evil
dragons and assist Belserion. This comes as a great shock to Erza and Wendy.
Meanwhile, Natsu, with Lucy nude and
trying to keep his body heat up, learns of this in his mind from manifestations
of Wendy and Gajeel.
Natsu still doesn’t understand,
Gajeel and Wendy saying that they’re just guides Natsu conjured up to stimulate
his memory as they say the truth of his imminent death and the cause will be
revealed soon
Meanwhile, Eileen explains that
while the Dragon Slayer magic was a great boon to the, it also had great
suffering involved with those who could either not fully bear the abilities or
were affected as Eileen was.
A Dragon Seed bloomed from them,
indicating that they were slowly becoming dragons. At that point, Eileen had
already conceived Erza, meaning this is where Erza’s power originates from, the
chapter ending on this revelation
The next chapter begins by revealing
that Eileen’ husband and Erza’s father was not Belserion, but a general from a
neighboring country, married for political reasons. They both cared for the
Dragon King as he died and experienced the suffering of Acnologia ending the
war abruptly with his slaughter of both sides.
But afterwards, Eileen was
imprisoned by her husband in spite of her pleas that she was carrying his
child, Erza’s father regarding her and her mother as monsters because of what
the Dragon Seed did to her body.
She was tortured and humiliated for
three years, all the while Erza protected by magic as she lay in her womb. Her
father insisted she was lying and tried to attack her, but the rage provoked
her to transform into the full dragon appearance and escaped.
For hundreds of years she tried to
find a way to change herself back, but it was Zeref’s magical power when he
appeared before her that changed her back.
But it wasn’t without consequences,
since she had long since become a full dragon and thus she couldn’t live as a
human entirely, not able to taste food or even sleep.
Realizing that the child in her womb
was still mostly human (or entirely, it’s not clear), she thought to enchant
herself onto the child and gain a truly human body, but it was a failure.
Eileen then abandoned her daughter,
regarding her as useless to aiding in the ambition she had to become human.
Erza thanks her for giving birth to
her, though Eileen still thinks she needs no gratitude from refuse that she
gave up on.
The chapter ends as Erza notes that
it was her being tossed aside by her so called mother that allowed her to meet
her true family, which is what she is truly grateful for.
