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Should have Boku no Hero and World Trigger next week

Seven Deadly Sins 156

Elizabeth greets Diane, but Hawk tells her that the giantess has amnesia and doesn’t remember them.

The Druid Princess explains who she is and how Diane and she are connected. But Diane doesn’t believe her, remembering how Liones betrayed her and nearly killed Matrona centuries ago.

Elizabeth and Hawk trail behind Diane in spite of being told not to follow her, insisting they’re just going in the same direction. The houses scattered through the labyrinth suggest it was done with no regard to the safety of the people in the area.

Diane offers the pair the opportunity to take the lead, Hawk tricked by her into getting knocked into the air, battered around by the magic walls in the labyrinth that prevent escape.

The ground splits open as Elizabeth goes to Hawk, the two saved by Diane as they look down, seeing that the villagers were killed on the spikes in the chasm.

The Sin of Envy says she won’t do it again, since this was an exception due to it happening right in front of her, showing she’s still good natured.

The two groups split off as Hawk finds some berries.

Diane is surprised by a swamp area, giant leeches attacking her. Elizabeth swims into the swamp to save her, even pulling one of the leeches off her friend.

Elizabeth insists she did it because they’re friends, Diane starting to believe her. Hawk offers berries that they picked, Diane thanking the princess.

The chapter ends as Meliodas appears before them, but then reveals there are multiple versions of him and they’re hostile, meaning this isn’t his Sacred Treasure’s power, but some illusion or magical conjuration.

Magi 291

Sinbad is reminded by Jafar at his office that Kou’s loan will eventually catch up to them and they will be the first country of that size to go bankrupt. The president is contacted by Kougyoku, but Alibaba is on the line instead.

He’s still in awe at the technological advances, but then focuses on what he contacted Sinbad for. Kougyoku’s position makes him sympathetic to her feelings, since she thinks she’s responsible for making people suffer when it was Sinbad’s fault for creating a world where only trade matters and giving money to Kou in hopes that they could improve when it’s well known they excelled in warfare, not economics.

Sinbad responds that this world is better compared to one where war was rampant, since people can now control wars much more competently.

But Alibaba retorts that the major problem is that he’s not taking people’s situations into account: only the people in the Kou government had any real capacity for trading and the like, while the rest of the people subsisted on profits and an economy based on slavery and military conquest rather than exports and imports or the like.

He further emphasizes that the situation Sinbad set up was practically designed in his favor, since he had experience with a trading company and innovation with regards to finance and business, while Kou suffered migration that left people desperate to do anything for survival, including the revolutionary movements from soldiers without jobs or the slums of Kou that subsist because of general profits rather than new companies creating real change.

Alibaba demands that Sinbad delay the restitution of the debt from Kou for a year, freezing the interest as well so they can gain back the necessary capital and pay them back in full. Sinbad says that’d be special treatment, but Alibaba notes that his father, Rashid, helped Sinbad become who he was and suggests that Sinbad give him special treatment in return for his father’s kindness.

Sinbad agrees, his subordinates impressed that someone could talk to him with such confidence. Even Jafar thinks that he’s become more capable than 3 years ago, especially in regards to bargaining. The debt Sinbad owes to Kougyoku comes to the king of the 7 seas’ mind, saying that he’ll let Alibaba do as he pleases for now.

Alibaba notes that he only mimicked what he learned from Budel, adjusting it slightly with the situation and what he knew beforehand. But as he says he’ll help Kougyoku, Ka Koubun reminds him that he’s the prime minister and he holds the political power, the princess just a figurehead.

But Kougyoku invokes her own authority, making Alibaba the prime minister, Ka Koubun demoted to his advisor.

The group resolves to make Kou stronger, Alibaba first needing to learn everything he can to help Kougyoku restore the country her brothers gave her to its former glory as the chapter ends.

Bleach 658

Askin reminds Yoruichi that her friends are in danger as he reiterates that, with his Death Dealing power, he’s immune to her reiatsu. Yuushirou’s follow up Shunkou is negated, Askin noting that he’s already immune to that same attack, firing arrows into the Soul Reaper as he falls over.

Yoruichi is left alone to fight against this opponent as he says she realized too late what his ability was.

Meanwhile, Gerard is gloating over his victory, Hiyori and Hachi hiding from him. But the Miracle notices them, attacking where they are. Hiyori appears behind him, saying that all his speeches are pointless to her, speaking like he’s a god.

She fires a Cero with her Visored mask, Gerard saying it’s pointless as he easily blocks it. But Love, Lisa and Hachi appear with the distraction giving them enough time to attack him all at once with kidou and Zanpakutou. 

The Miracle still knocks them all away, thinking this is so boring he might die from that alone.

As he moves to strike the ground, his arm is frozen, the chapter ending as we see Toushirou, revived by Mayuri before, is back at full power and ready to fight the giant.

One Piece 812

Capone and Pekoms enter Zou, the Mink confused as to where everyone is, thinking the Straw Hats had something to do with it.

Meanwhile, we see that Nami’s new clothes are a gift from the Minks, Wanda taking hers, which explains why she was wearing them when Luffy’s group met her.

Sanji is flirting with the Mink women as to be expected. He rebuffs the males, not interested in them, and infatuated by Nami’s new outfit.

Momonosuke is still alone in his room, staying in his dragon form because it’s preferable to being outed as a samurai. Caesar is still making medicine for the people begrudgingly.

Pekoms arrives, overjoyed that his friends and family are safe, having been told by the other Minks that it was thanks to the Straw Hats and cursing the Beast Pirates under Kaido.

Caesar realizes who’s here and begs them not to hand him over, since he lied to Big Mam and took payment when he didn’t actually further any of the research she requested of him. Sanji says he was their trump card against Doflamingo, but since he was defeated by Luffy, Caesar isn’t really of much use to them anymore.

Sanji and Brook go to meet with Capone and Pekoms, the Mink thanking them for saving his homeland. The Straw Hats tell them to leave, since they’re making people anxious after the attack from Jack’s group.

Their mission was to get Caesar and something related to the Straw Hats, but Pekoms is willing to let the latter objective slide and lie to their leader. Capone won’t have any of this, shooting Pekoms and saying he’s useless as a pirate for letting his emotions get the better of his reason.

The captain of the Bege Pirates unleashes his crew with his Devil Fruit power, which is revealed to be the Castle Castle Fruit.

With so many people on his side, Capone says Sanji and the other should surrender. Nami and Chopper are shown to have been captured after following them, Caesar intimidated by the threat of Seastone Bullets.

The group, inside the Castle of Capone’s power, is offered some refreshments, but Sanji demands to know what this is about.

The chapter concludes as Capone reveals an invitation to a wedding party, Sanji, the 3rd son of the Vinsmoke family to wed Big Mam’s daughter, Purin, 35th daughter of the Charlotte family.

Toriko 354

Toriko and Starjun’s Gourmet Cell Demons come out, unleashing attacks that send the piece of NEO that’s attacking them into the air.

But the pair is shocked to see the Gourmet Demon release tentacles, rooting itself to the ground and trying to withstand the attack in midair.

The attack is slightly deflected to the side, NEO’s fragment rushing at them again.

The Battle Wolf sniffs slightly, apparently causing NEO to lose focus and fall to the ground. Guinness then follows it up by walking to the fallen monster and stepping on it with one great stomp.

Toriko and Starjun, in spite of rooting themselves to the ground with Fork and Knives from their feet, are still pushed back a ways by the force of the attack, which creates a massive crater.

The two wonder why the Wolf King attacked, thinking it must’ve been a strong enough opponent to warrant such power.

Guinness is seen peeing on the area, Toriko thinking it must be marking the territory where GOD will come up.

But the chapter ends as both Toriko and Starjun are affected by the same unknown ability that knocked out NEO before, both of them fainting as Guinness sniffs around again.

Fairy Tail 468

Lucy weeps on Aquarius, overjoyed to see her Stellar Spirit that she thought was gone forever.

Aquarius explains that there’s limited time, since after the year since the key was destroyed, a new one was generated and the Spirit King decided to open up the gate temporarily.

The Stellar Spirit is a bit annoyed at Brandish not greeting her, since they played together in the past when her mother had the key.

Brandish is motivated to do whatever she can to please Aquarius, who reminds her that since Lucy is her master, the Spriggan must also be subservient to her.

Brandish insists she cannot forgive Layla, Aquarius reminding her that Lucy is not responsible for what her mother did, but also saying that she can show them that Layla didn’t kill Grami.

The 3 are teleported into the Spirit World, Lucy and Brandish becoming mermaids for some reason.

They’re in what’s called the Memory of the Stars, a log of events connected to the Stellar Spirits that goes back centuries.

We’re shown a projection of Anna, Lucy’s ancient ancestor from 400 years ago. 

Zeref, the peaceful dragons and the Stellar Spirit mages all collaborated on a plan to send warriors to the future to defeat Acnologia. This required Anna and Layla to maintain the gates in the past and present respectively so that they will remain stable for the time travel, the duty passing down through the family, succeeding in Layla’s generation

Layla managed to bring all the keys together but Aquarius, since Grami had moved to Arakitashia.

Instead, Layla had to use part of her life force to substitute for it, which made her already weak body weaker through magic deficiency disease. Grami returned, apologetic for what she had done and returning the key which she felt unworthy to have.

Layla says she can no longer use Stellar Spirit magic, Grami offering to give it to Lucy instead.

As she leaves, Zoldio, the keeper of Capricorn, stabbed Grami, blaming her for Layla’s disease. Grami says she’ll atone for this with her life, demanding that her friend spare Brandish.

Lucy embraces Brandish as she weeps for her mother’s death and the revelation of who did it, Lucy hoping they can become friends now.

The chapter ends, Aquarius interrupted before she can tell Lucy something as Happy reveals that Natsu has fallen unconscious and won’t wake up, possibly connected to his fight with Zeref or his status as an Etherious.