WSR 11-21-16

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So World Trigger is basically on a hiatus, though I imagine things will be back to normalcy by next year, depending on the severity of whatever’s affecting Ashihara-sensei

In other news, another series started serialization in Shonen Jump and it has lots of promise: Demon’s Plan. A pair of friends who worked hard to get the money to use something that promised a wish is given the chance after being separated and shown that their dreams were based on a deception. However, they don’t see eye to eye on what to do with their new powers gifted by the masked figure called Patron. Has a really dark theme of making a proverbial deal with a demon to acquire powers, as well as making commentary on societal ills and how people continue living through despair.

Black Clover 87

Asta is about to attack, but is pushed back by Salamander’s sheer heat coming from its body, the flame spirit swooping over him. Finral and Vanessa can’t even utilize their magic, the fiery mana restricting their power.

Fana tries to assault them again, but Noelle protects them with Naga’s Cradle. 

The Salamander’s power still manages to slowly boil through it and the Salamander Claw attack narrowly misses as everyone avoids it.

Noelle starts to doubt herself, her brothers’ mocking of her resounding internally. But Asta’s encouragement snaps her out of it as she resolves to motivate him as well by utilizing her power to protect him and her friends. She even speaks about someone else that she can’t disappoint, which was also hinted at earlier with the situation of Asta’s arms and how he reminded her of that person’s resolve in the face of disappointment.

She only has one shot of Naga’s Cannon, but she puts everything into it.

However, Fana utilizes the Crystal Magic again, protecting herself slightly from the attack.

Noelle won’t give up, turning the serpent of water around and biting into Fana’s Salamander, weakening it. She speaks the name of the person that reminded her of Asta, Bruce

The chapter ends as Asta and Finral prepare to follow up and finish this battle.

Boku no Hero Academia 116

All For One explains how stifling and oppressing the prison he’s in feels, monitored all the time, even comparing it to Tartarus. He comments on how All Might seems so pathetic, still wearing his costume, asking him why he’s here.

All Might asks him where Shigaraki is, the #1 Villain saying he doesn’t concern himself with his student, since he’s let him become independent. But All Might still wants to know why he persisted, why he survived to this day

All For One responds that they’ll never agree, so it’s pointless to really explain. But he notes that he intended to be the pinnacle of evil and he had the power to do so. If he could live on forever through those ideals, then he would do anything to achieve that.

All Might is told they only have 3 minutes left, All For One asking what things are like outside since his rival’s retirement.

Since All Might cannot tell him, All For One predicts, with startling accuracy, the state of the world after losing the symbol of peace. The instability, people seeking out new Heroes and those who don’t fit in beginning to organize around their own leaders

All For One also notes how All Might must feel powerless and despair at how he cannot do anything against the Villains he’s created, especially Shigaraki. But All Might discerns that All For One intends for Shigaraki, a blood relative of All Might’s master, to kill All Might and Deku as a form of justice.

The #1 Hero insists that he will not die, he won’t let All For One’s plans come to fruition.

As he leaves, he vows that he will smash any future All For One tries to create.

In spite of getting no real useful information, Tsukauchi thinks it wasn’t going to be so simple to begin with in using All Might to talk with All For One

Before Tsukauchi can set up an interview with Stain for All Might, the former #1 Hero gets a picture on his phone of Deku’s provisional license.

Back at the dorms, the others are ready to start classes, apparently ordering stuff for a celebratory meal.

The chapter ends as Bakugou approaches Deku to talk to him later about Deku’s Quirk, likely having discerned the connection to All Might

Seven Deadly Sins 200

Diane and King are healed by Gloxinia’s Moon Drop power, but they’re still suspicious, wondering what the Commandments are planning.

Gloxinia and Dolor insist that Diane and King are still too weak and that they intend to train them, Gloxinia even imitating Meliodas commenting as such, which makes Dolor laugh.

King asks why they would train them as their enemies, Dolor and Gloxinia explaining that they’re not actually part of the Demon Clan.

They vowed to destroy the Demon King and his armies, but had to make a decision 3000 years ago that they’ve only recently decided was a great mistake.

King and Diane are still confused, but Gloxinia and Dolor say they should steel themselves and consider whether they really want to take this training on, since it’s very risky and could result in their deaths

Both of them are ready in spite of some misgivings, Dolor initiating a technique that was taught to someone from their past.

Diane and King awaken to find that they’re in Dolor and Gloxinia’s bodies.

They then encounter Meliodas, who seems to only recognize them as Gloxinia and Dolor, suggesting this is occurring in the past.

But the biggest shock is Elizabeth, who appears with wings, Meliodas noting that she’s supposed to be a Goddess as the chapter ends on the 4 meeting together.

Magi 328

Aladdin and Alibaba go to Reim, asking Titus why they reconsidered their decision to be independent from the International Alliance.

Titus says that Scheherazade told them to not see the world purely from Reim’s perspective, but a more global one. With the risk that Reim could pose in the future of creating a climate of war, they thought it better in the long term to join with Sinbad.

Alibaba understands, though he still wonders why Muu and the others changed their mind after discussing it for so long. They respond that they were thinking too small and this will be more beneficial for everyone.

Aladdin still notes that the feeling he had is persisting, discerning that it must’ve been Sinbad overwriting people’s thoughts by controlling and manipulating their Rukh from the Sacred Palace.

They confront Sinbad, who admits it, though he also qualifies that he isn’t manipulating their thoughts so much as putting a shared hope in their minds. With how things have become, Sinbad thinks everyone has lost their way, so he gave them a unified perspective.

He even argues that Solomon was doing a similar thing, though it was misguided in that someone who lost hope was severed from the connection. With the definition of “hope” left unclear, Sinbad thought it better to qualify it and thus give everyone a shared perspective that allowed them to work towards the same goals.

Aladdin still thinks this is wrong, but Sinbad argues it’s just his personal views, trying to keep people chained to the old ways.

He admits Aladdin could go and change things again, but it would just be a battle of ideologies at that point. With Aladdin being from Alma Torran, Sinbad thinks it’s arrogant of him to try to change this world to fit his views.

The chapter ends as both Aladdin and Sinbad ask Alibaba which of them is right.

One Piece 847

We see Carrot slowly being lowered into a boiling cauldron by Brulee in her Mirror World, while Chopper is thinking of a plan to get out of his chains

Shifting over to Whole Cake Chateau, Big Mom is telling Sanji’s siblings about the Manticore that escaped from Impel Down 2 years ago. She also shows a picture of a Unicorn, seemingly alive through the power of Mont D’or’s book based Devil Fruit. She even has humans, such as the Centaur from Punk Hazard and a hybrid of a Longarm and Longleg Tribe

Judge brings up one oddity in Big Mom’s country: there don’t seem to be any Giants, though Big Mom insists they must’ve just missed them.

Someone brings news about 2 people Big Mom was asking for, trying to keep in his enthusiasm at seeing Germa 66 in the flesh, though his superior tells him to not let the tales about them influence him too much, looking deeper.

Luffy and Nami are still imprisoned in Mont D’or’s book, Big Mom talking to the Straw Hat captain through a Den Den Mushi. She’s confused as to why he didn’t bring his whole crew, Luffy saying that he’s just here to get Sanji back.

Big Mom reminds him that she’ll let them go once Sanji is married and they don’t mess things up, because otherwise she’ll make them suffer for ruining her special day.

She also brings up how Luffy tried to pay her back with the treasure from Fishman Island in exchange for eating all her candy. In that treasure was the Tamatebako, which Big Mom plabns to unveil at the ceremony, forgetting that Luffy ate all the candy at Fishman Island.

What’s most intriguing to Big Mom is Nami allegedly killing Lola. Nami insists that she’s alive and well and even notes how she was told the Vivre Card could help them get into Big Mom’s good graces, though that doesn’t seem to be the case as Big Mom is furious.

She would’ve been happier if Lola was actually dead, wanting to know if they’re aware of her whereabouts so she can send someone to kill her. Lola apparently ran from one of the most important marriages for Big Mom, allegedly amassing enough power from that which would’ve allowed her to take out the other Yonkou and become the Pirate King.

But Luffy insists that she’s foolish and that he’ll challenge her and win in the end.

Sanji, meanwhile, is still worried about his friends.

The chapter ends as we see that Pedro has been revealed to be in the castle, drawing everyone’s attention away as Brook prepares to do a live concert

Fairy Tail 511

Sting is confused at why Larcade smells exactly like Natsu, since there should be differences between parents and children. Larcade explains that it’s because Natsu is like Zeref’s child in his new form as END rather than his brother.

He tries to attack again, but Sting assaults him with Holy Ray and Holy Nova.

Larcade then unleashes a new attack, Soul of the Forbidden Meal, initiating an illusion that the people around him are food, that hunger consuming Sting and the others as they start to try and eat each other.

Frosch says he’ll endure it, since he always eats with Rogue, Sting following suit as he knocks everyone else out, so they won’t fall victim to the attack’s effects.

Sting tries to attack Larcade again, but Larcade knocks him away and stabs him in the shoulder with the cross he bears. He tells Sting to give up, since he doesn’t concern himself with anyone outside of Fairy Tail unless they continue to meddle in the battle.

But Sting insists that he’s fighting for Fairy Tail’s sake, because they helped him become a better person. Larcade is disappointed that such a weak person is fighting for Natsu, since he intends to take his nephew’s life

Suddenly, Yukino disappears, replaced by Rogue, teleported there by Minerva’s magic. He offers up all his magic to be eaten by Sting, who begrudgingly does so.

Larcade prepares to use his ultimate magic, based on the human desire for sleep, which will put them in eternal slumber like death.

Sting is now much stronger as the White Shadow Dragon, Larcade revealing the name of his ultimate magic, R.I.P. as the chapter ends

WSR 11-14-16

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World Trigger is off this week

With Toriko concluding, it’s now a question of the next to conclude: I’m feeling Magi or Fairy Tail, though it may be the former with Fairy Tail stretching things out as it does.

Love Rush, sadly, appears to have concluded, and rather abruptly in a way, though the signs were somewhat there in the narrative, particularly with the seeming finality in the binding nature of the betrothal kiss and how there’s very little way to get around it, though, not having read it yet, I get the feeling Kokoro may get her heart broken. Regardless of whether I’m right, I’ll say this: the ending put forth a really good message about love, so I hope Yamamoto Ryouhei gets serialized again in the future.

Black Clover 86

Fana attacks again, Salamander’s Claw creating a swath of destruction that confirms what Vanessa had heard: that the spirit of flame had the strongest attacks, enough to be considered a military force in itself.

Asta manages to slash into the Salamander’s body, composed of pure mana. He comments that Fana’s a lot slower and can’t react as well to his attacks, so he, Finral and Vanessa could suffice to defeat her. Vanessa agrees, thinking Asta is a great inspiration to them.

Asta tries to talk with Fana about why she hates the Clover Kingdom so much, but she simply assaults him again with flames, which he narrowly dodges

Finral uses his spatial magic to get Asta behind Fana, Asta stopping short of hitting her with his swords. He demands to know why she wants to fight them, why she holds such hatred and how they could try to understand each other.

But Fana remembers her past, meeting who appears to be Licht and being betrayed by a human who spoke of reconciliation. This connects back to Vett’s flashback as well, the same venue engulfed in flames.

Fana’s third eye manifests as she insists she cannot trust anyone from the Clover Kingdom.

She manifests some crystalline magic, her attacks now more unpredictable as the Salamander has grown in size and the secondary attack type making things more difficult.

The chapter ends as Asta readies what he calls a finishing move, ready to take on Fana’s flames of hatred.

People had a theory about Fana being connected to the Fana that was spoken of in Mars’ flashbacks much earlier in the series and her manifesting the crystals makes me think it’s still possible that she survived and thus her grimoire may have become similar to Mars’, mixing his with hers.

Boku no Hero Academia 115

We see someone talking about how they’re disgusted at how things have turned out with All Might’s retirement. People have mixed feelings on Endeavor and are concerned about what kind of impact All Might not being the #1 Hero will have on society.

Endeavor is resolving incidents well, but he’s too callous compared to All Might, too coarse. And for those who were not in the everyday normal grouping of citizens, All Might was never an inspiration to them.

Heroes are becoming less spirited in the view of some and Villains, by contrast are creating groups of their own and working in tandem, All Might’s disappearance creating a greater temptation than before.

The Villain contacts one of Tomura’s associates, who comments that things have gotten better for the black market.

Tomura also wants the League of Villains to meet up again soon, the present separation meant to bring in new members, though they’re strict on how they recruit. Dabi, for instance, is not impressed with who he sees, his Quirk burning them to ash.

We find out that the person from the beginning of the chapter is Twice, whose Quirk is Doubling, able to clone himself. He did this initially, but the conflicts escalated between the duplicates and eventually they started to fight, eventually leading to significant killing. He’s not even sure if he’s the original anymore after all that.

The people that Heroes save are the normal ones, but with him being so crazy, he only feels accepted by the League of Villains, looking for others like him.

Villains are still fragmented in their loyalties, not all focusing on the League of Villains and its appeal, but just making their own cliques and groups. There's even infighting within the Villain groups, some thinking the others are petty and not looking for a higher purpose

The important thing is introspection to Twice, figuring out what you want to do with your life.

The chapter ends as we shift to around when Class 1-A was taking their provisional license exam, All Might having a serious conversation with All For One.

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King and Diane both rush Dolor and Gloxinia, the former Fairy King impressed that they’d fight as such, but also happy, since otherwise they’d likely lose almost instantly if they didn’t attack with their full might.

Chastiefol’s true form in the Guardian Mode narrowly blocks the Basquias spear, but is pushed back, the wall stretching back and then quickly rebounding them into the structure, King discerning it must’ve been made with Dolor’s magic.

But Basquias changes into its own Guardian Mode, a giant bug monster, and King only dodges the first attack, the Fifth Form of Chastiefol dodged and Basquias slashing him down, Gloxinia thinking that was the best King could manage now.

Diane, meanwhile, assaults Dolor with a barrage of blows with her hammer, but they don’t even faze him as he knocks her back with a palm heel strike, Diane only surviving because of using Heavy Metal.

She unleashes an army of golems, but Dolor dodges their attacks, appearing to dance as he does so

And Dolor then knocks her back with an even stronger palm heel strike, Heavy Metal not even saving her from being knocked unconscious

Gloxinia and Dolor explain that Diane and King are woefully ignorant of the limits they possess, Diane lacking a strong connection to the earth and King not being a Fairy meaning that use of Chastiefol seriously drains his stamina, since it’s unheard of for the Fairy King to not have wings.

King says they should just kill them, but the Ten Commandments of Repose and Patience note that this will be their fate if they don’t meet their expectations.

The chapter concludes as they reveal they intend to train the pair to surpass them for some unknown reason

Magi 327

Alibaba explains how he and Morgiana were discussing Kougyoku’s decision to leave the International Alliance, Morg saying that Alibaba supporting her on the basis of trying to avoid another civil war doesn’t make sense.

Ultimately all they had was a fight, Alibaba overreacting about the whole thing. Aladdin tells him he should try to reconcile, though Alibaba is a bit resistant, saying he didn’t do anything wrong.

But Morgiana arrives, the two quickly apologizing and the situation resolved.

2 days later, something quite unexpected happens, Kougyoku saying they are withdrawing their plan to pull out of the International Alliance, thinking that someone like Sinbad is the best to arrange the world in a way that will protect peace for many millennia.

Alibaba thinks it’s a bit weird, but Kou as an empire has been more collectivist and focused on unifying the world. The more concerning part is what Reim and Kina will think of this decision.

But the next day, we find that Reim and Kina have both changed their minds, joining the International Alliance and cancelling their departure respectively. They think Sinbad’s plan will be able to create the kind of peace that will last thousands of years

The chapter ends as Aladdin and Alibaba are confused at how everyone’s acting

One Piece 846

We see that Nami is being restrained by one of the members of Big Mom’s army, impressed that Nami could summon such a thunderbolt. But Nami notes that she was just manipulating Big Mom’s clouds that appeared.

Meanwhile, Baum is being attacked by Amande, who uses a Meito, Shirauo, to slash at him, slowly killing him rather than being merciful.

We shift over to Luffy, who’s narrowly fighting off at least 2 different opponents and their forces, though one comments that their armies are somehow weaker than they should be, Luffy beating the Chess Barbarian Army easily.

As he tries to attack the Minister of Fresh Cream, he’s thrust into a bizarre world that’s explained by the user to be that of Books, which distracts Luffy enough for him to be attacked in a pincer strike by two massive opponents, seemingly defeated by the power.

Nami’s Vivre Card is discovered, the army thinking they stole it from Lola, though Nami insists it was a gift.

The army begrudgingly captures Luffy and Nami alive, saying they have to take them back to Big Mom, but Luffy resists

Back at Whole Cake Chateau, Sanji’s shocked to hear that Big Mom will allow his crewmates to leave alive if he agrees to not resist the marriage to Pudding.

Normally, with the Straw Hats having attacked the Seducing Woods, defeated one of her Sweet Commanders and Luffy eating all her candy back at Fishman Island, Big Mom wouldn’t forgive them. But Pudding’s wedding is important to Big Mom, so much so that with the promise of attaining Germa 66’s military power, she’ll let this insult slide.

We shift over to another part of Whole Cake Chateau, Baron Tamago noting how Big Mom’s crew still seeks the Road Poneglyphs, having acquired one at some point, possibly from Jinbe, but 2 other ones that have important information to the Void Century in their possession as well.

One of the Sweet Commanders, the Minister of Juice, Charlotte Smoothie, wonders why they’re increasing security on this place, but Baron Tamago explains that this is a risky point and they need to protect this trump card of theirs in regards to the pursuit of the secrets on Raftel Island that only Gol D. Roger’s crew knew.

It’s also revealed that Pedro used to be a pirate captain and his return to the island is of extreme interest to Tamago.

Brook, having eavesdropped on the conversation from the adjacent room with his Yomi Yomi Fruit powers, explains the situation to Pedro.

They think it’s virtually hopeless, unable to attack directly and the crew scattered across the island making it even harder.

The chapter concludes as they think there’s only one way to do this and it means Pedro being the bait to draw out Tamago.

Toriko 396 (END)

We have a time skip a few years into the future, seeing Toriko communicate with his Appetite Demons. 

It's revealed that Take’s Fairy Tale Castle restaurant is now a reality, able to serve GOD to orphans. With the IGO and Saiseiya Association’s help, they artificially cultivated GOD to make it easier to prepare and serve.

Ume is teaching cooking at a culinary school, drawing interest just because he was one of the chefs who prepared GOD.

Komatsu is reminded of an appointment he has with Toriko, rushing over.

We see Toriko fishing as he was in the first chapter, Komatsu arriving.

Toriko explains that he figured out the secret behind the Gourmet Eclipse, actually caused by a near unseen Gourmet Satellite covering the sun like a lid.

There are apparently also other cooking utensils like that made by the Nitro to prepare planets, connected back to the legend of a Demon King eating the sun.

But Toriko also sensed something immense in scale with his new abilities after eating Acacia’s Full Course, beings bigger than the Milky Way eating around it like a dinner table, which occurred right after the Gourmet Big Bang.

He asked his appetites about it and they explained that the Gourmet Gods all once lived in the Furthest Lands. The explosion of their building appetite energy was what caused the Gourmet Big Bang, scattering ingredients across the universe that resulted from it, each family of Gourmet Gods saving some ingredients for their individual Full Courses, parts of the universe shifting in color over the eons.

The father was Black, the mother was White and the sons were Red, Green and Blue in order of oldest to youngest. And it turns out the most powerful Gourmet Demon inside Toriko has white cells as well.

What’s more important is that Food Luck is essentially the Gourmet Energy from the Gourmet Gods scattered after the Gourmet Big Bang.

Toriko catches something, a smaller version of Giant Shell from Area 6, which the Gourmet Astronomy Research Team has been cultivating as spaceships and Toriko was raising in the lake.

He and Komatsu prepare to leave, Toriko not worried about time, since the Minimum Shell can travel at the speed of light and make it so that their journey that could take years would only seem like a few days on Earth.

Also, it’s revealed Coco, Sani and Zebra are all on space journeys already, Coco and Zebra looking for the last parts of their Full Course.

Terry has returned to her pack, so she won’t be coming with them, since she’s competing to become one of the new Eight Kings, since after their defeat by NEO, the original group, even after recovering, have retired. Even beasts like the Troll Kong, Devil Orochi or Regal Mammoth could be considered candidates now.

As Toriko and Komatsu blast off, we hear of legends regarding amazing planets and other phenomena out in the universe, including a herd of cosmic mammoths, each as big as a sun.

And the Furthest Lands are still emphasized as an amazing place connected back to the Gourmet Gods and those divine ingredients still waiting there.

The chapter and series concludes as we see Komatsu and Toriko encountering various things as they enter a new frontier of space and the ingredients out there.

It was a great series, though there were definitely points that seemed to have pacing problems, such as arcs that could’ve expanded upon the acquisition of ATOM, EARTH, and some other ingredients in the Full Course.

And the possibility of still greater enemies like the Gourmet Gods themselves and the different colored spaces of the universe as well as the true identity of the Demon King spoken of in legends, apparently even more powerful than NEO, all show that the series had great promise had the popularity stayed consistent and not dipped down as it did later on.

Fairy Tail 510

Gray and Juvia are stabilized, thanks to Brandish shrinking their wounds, but her magic can’t affect Natsu anymore, the sheer power of whatever’s inside him stopping it from working. Porylusica says much the same, her expertise ineffective at this point.

Dimaria’s comment about Natsu being a demon makes everyone wonder about it, Happy remembering about Zeref’s revelation that Natsu is END.

Lucy won’t believe the idea of Natsu being a demon, even though she fully admits he has flaws, she can’t think he has some hidden side that he’s keeping secret from her, Evergreen and Brandish both noting about how this could imply Lucy likes Natsu romantically, which Lucy vehemently denies.

But smoke starts to come out of Natsu’s body, which is growing cold to the touch.

We shift to inside Natsu’s mind, Zeref approaching him to explain the gap in his memory before he met Igneel, also revealing that he’s eventually going to die.

Zeref and Natsu’s parents were killed, along with Natsu, by a Dragon, Zeref eventually resurrecting Natsu as END.

After meeting Igneel, Natsu’s memories are unclear, Zeref explaining how the Dragon Slayer children already knew each other in the past, though they weren’t aware of it in the present

Sting appears, replacing Zeref as he motions Natsu to follow him, to explain the true nature of what lurks within him.

Meanwhile, Yukino, Kagura, Frosch and Lector are all slowly dying from Larcade’s Pleasure magic.

Lector begs Sting to appear, their last hope, the White Dragon Slayer striking Larcade; however, it’s not effective on Zeref’s son

The Pleasure magic moves to affect Sting, but the chapter ends as he squares off against Larcade after eating the white tendrils, part of being the White Dragon Slayer.