WSR 2-13-17

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 U19, the next Jump Start in the lineup, is by Yuuji Kimura, who’s done some oneshots before, such as Garden, a post apocalyptic series featuring a deadly plant and Peach Pluck, which involves Momotarou’s descendant fighting ogres from the island that his ancestor fought

In a dystopian society where adults have taken over Japanese education policy, they’ve implemented a stringent standard where students are ranked based on performance and this determines their employment future. Our main character, Kudo, is considered D rank, the lowest possible and his childhood friend Akari is his only bastion to keep him inspired to fight against the injustices. But after a genetic screening, Akari is transferred to a new school and Kudo seems to be awakening the rumored Libido power, a special ability connected to the Garage Kids, who serve as a revolution against the Grown Up Party’s oppression.

Straighten Up, a series that started a bit after Black Clover, has ended, though I’m hoping it’s on good terms, rather than being cancelled due to lack of popularity. It’s the first series that ended in 2017, and will probably be around 9-10 volumes total.

If you haven’t read it, the basic premise is our main character wants to assert himself more, so he thinks joining the dance club at his high school is the best way and he learns how much work is put into the world of competitive dance. Cast is unique and slowly expands rather than being piled on, so you get the feeling of each person being important and fleshed out

~~~~Night Eye allows Deku a chance to join if he can take the stamp from him to mark the forms needed, but his Foresight Quirk allows him to avoid Deku’s attacks. Deku pushes himself more, not wanting to be outdone by Night Eye’s expectations of Mirio being superior to take on All Might’s legacy.

~~~Nami and the others move to where she thinks Luffy and Sanji may be, the Vinsmokes go to sleep thinking they have everything under control and Sanji tells Luffy he can’t go back because of Zeff, his betrayal of Luffy’s trust and that he doesn’t want to see his family die. But Luffy punches him, demanding the truth as Sanji says he just can’t bring himself to abandon people who are going to get killed, Luffy saying they’ll crash the wedding together.

~~~Ladros’ personality has changed after the magic stone on his head was shattered, but as Asta moves to try and help the others, the Witch Queen appears and uses her Blood Magic to manipulate him and immobilize the others, taking over Asta to use his antimagic power for her own agenda

~~~Fairy Tail starts to fight back, even showing compassion for some of their enemies who demand they kill them. August prepares to destroy the area, but Gildartz clashes and holds the Wizard King off.  And as Natsu and Lucy are heading to Zeref, Grey is already there, ready to try and stop the Dark Mage in spite of still being heavily injured

~~~Rueduciel pushes the Ten Commandments back, Monspiet and Derriere utilizing a ritual to unlock their Indra forms, the true manifestation of their evil. Meanwhile, Merascylla has infiltrated with Gowther, but Nerobasta thinks that the Ten Commandments have no chance against the strongest of the Archangels, Rueduciel.

~~~Judar defeats Sinbad’s first conviction, saying that one shouldn’t linger on what could be in an alternate life, but accept what fate has given you and fight against it for your own self and desires.

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Ladros’ magic power is completely drained, begging Asta to kill him as his demonic form stands over him, his own wizened body unable to fight back.

But Asta just tells him to apologize to the people he hurt and help them, not wanting to kill him.

Ladros’ personality has drastically changed, the magic stone on his forehead shattered in their final clash, which stopped the control of his mind, his head feeling clearer.

He thinks Asta is impressive for advancing with the help of his friends rather than using them as tools to a selfish end.

Asta reverts back to his normal form, confused at the state of things. As he demands Mars or someone heal the people, the Witch Queen appears.

She comments that it was an impressive battle, but she refuses to heal anyone but Asta, using her blood magic to initiate a spell to begin an execution of everyone else.

Her blood magic allows her to manipulate Asta’s blood, controlling him like a puppet.

The chapter ends as she reveals that she will use him as her knight, commanding him to slaughter the others.

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Night Eye notes how Deku’s face is off in the proportions for All Might’s wrinkles above his eye, but Deku explains that the face was meant to be funny, reflecting an incident where All Might saved a student with a Quirk that could alter liquids, the drowning student changing the river into vinegar, which stung the #1 Hero’s eyes.

All Might’s sidekick knows of the occurrence, but thinks it isn’t that important. Deku insists that it had a particular impact on him with the joke afterward about helping make All Might look 10 years younger.

Night Eye inquires further about Deku’s intent to intern with him and emphasizes that it will be harsh. But Deku has resolved himself to work harder than everyone else to meet up to All Might’s standards.

But Night Eye says he won’t stamp the form required, still skeptical as to what Deku can contribute to his agency versus what the agency gives to Deku. All Might gave society hope and made Villains tremble in fear, making things better for everyone

So as an exception to his usual rule, Night Eye says he’ll let Deku intern under him if he can take the stamp from him and stamp the form in 3 minutes.

Mirio thinks this might be near impossible with Sir’s Quirk, Deku rushing at Night Eye, who effortlessly dodges the assault, even explaining it as it happens, revealing that his Quirk is Foresight.

Deku can’t even seem to overwhelm him with speed of attacks, Night Eye avoiding him for a minute with no difficulty.

Sir then comments on how even if Deku has the power, his demeanor and general attitude are mediocre, insufficient for succeeding All Might. In fact, he thinks Mirio should’ve been the successor, Deku realizing that Mirio was a candidate in the past, confused as to why All Might didn’t tell him.

The chapter ends as Deku amps up One For All’s power and bounces around the room, increasing his speed as he says he will definitely take that stamp back and show Night Eye why All Might chose him.

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As Nerobasta takes Gowther to the gate, she speaks highly of Rueduciel, seen as the strongest amongst the Archangels and having abandoned his friends and family for this purpose of destroying the Demon Clan and taking Britannia for themselves.

Gowther says he knows of such a person as well and as they arrive, Nerobasta comments on how ugly the gate to the Heavens is, revealing that she is Merascylla, disguised as the Goddess clan angel

She explains the situation to Gowther, though the Commandment of Selflessness reads her mind to quicken things. With Rueduciel coming, the Commandments are at a severe disadvantage.

We see Tarmiel knocking away Galan and Derriere with his two other heads and then attacking with a massive ball of Ark energy.

Monspiet manages to blast through all three of the heads, but Sariel slashes him into pieces in return.

Derriere tries to attack, but her punch doesn’t seem to even reach, pulverized by Sariel’s power. But with the remaining bone shard of her severed arm, she stabs Sariel in the eye.

And Galan, in spite of the Ark orb’s power, manages to wrestle it and throw the attack at Sariel as he’s powered himself up with Critical Over.

But Galan is blasted by multiple lasers from Rueduciel, who also does serious damage to Monspiet and Derriere

Nerobasta herself appears before Merascylla and Gowther, having broken out of his illusion in the meantime.

She comments on how Rueduciel is so powerful that he corners the beasts they regard the Demon Clan as and reduces them to nothing.

But Merascylla responds that they’re not typical beasts, as we see Monspiet and Derriere tear out their 6 hearts and offer them in a ritual, transforming into what are called Indura, the ultimate form of evil

Rueduciel seems to not regard their new appearances as much, but we see Derriere rush at the Archangel and punch him in the face as the chapter concludes, showing they have grown stronger.

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Aladdin’s somewhat worried about Judar, but the others say they need to press on.

Sinbad of the dungeon of Baal asks Judar the same question he did before: should one submit to irrational fate or fight against it?

Judar and Sinbad’s powers seem to be at a standstill, but Sinbad, in response to being told he acts like a child shows Judar when he was given a vision of his past by Aladdin with Solomon’s Wisdom.

The Magi of Kou thinks that if Al Thamen hadn’t kidnapped him, he could’ve been like Aladdin, had a life with freedom to choose his King.

Suddenly, Gyokuen appears before him and his younger self says to kill her, since she was the cause of his being twisted to what he is now.

Judar kills the manifestation, Sinbad thinking he’s no better.

But Judar responds that his way of life is to destroy anything that gets in his way, including fate.

With Ice Magic, Judar freezes Sinbad and chops off his head, disabling him as he continues to explain.

He thinks Sinbad hated himself and the fate he was given, wanting to be born in a prosperous village or even as royalty.

But Judar thinks you should be thankful with the life you have, take the cards you’ve been dealt and continue on with life, fighting for your own desires as they both did, just with different mindsets

The chapter ends as Judar says Sinbad should live his life to the fullest rather than wondering what a different life could’ve been like, defeating the first dungeon.

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 The mirrors can’t find Sanji, Nami thinking she knows where he and Luffy might be, the place where Luffy promised to wait for Sanji.

Jinbe comments that the wedding ceremony is going to be extremely dangerous for Sanji.

He also brings up Pekoms, who was saved from near doom when he was thrown off a cliff into shark infested waters by Bege.

Meanwhile, we see Bobbin, who appears to have been shot, some nearby soldiers thinking they heard a gun go off.

We shift to the Vinsmokes drinking, surpassing human limits and making the serving women fall over from being so intoxicated. They thank Sanji for being such a boon to them in spite of his status as a failure in Judge’s eyes.

As the Vinsmokes go to sleep, Mont D’or arranges for soldiers to keep tabs on them until tomorrow’s ceremony.

Back with Sanji and Luffy, Sanji offers his captain the food, commenting that it got rained on and beaten up after the dog tried to get it.

But Luffy eats it heartily and says it’s delicious.

Sanji refuses to go with Luffy, saying that he betrayed his crew by attacking his captain, he can’t leave Zeff and the Baratie crew to be killed by the Vinsmokes if things go south with Big Mom’s assassination plan and he doesn’t want to leave behind his blood family in spite of thinking they’re scum.

But Luffy just punches him, demanding that he tell him the truth. Sanji then breaks down, saying that he wants to go back to the Straw Hats, but he can’t bring himself to sentence his family to death, even if they called him a failure.

The chapter ends as Luffy agrees, thinking Sanji’s just that compassionate, saying he’ll help Sanji crash the wedding.

One Piece is on break next week

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Fairy Tail mobilizes, using the advantage of being in their home town to fight back against the enemy forces. Laxus tells Makarov to wait, that he will take him back to their guild to bury him when all this is over.

Mirajane barely manages to defeat Jacob, who lost again because he was fighting a voluptuous woman and was so prudish he closed his eyes the entire fight.

Elfman and Lisanna have beaten Azir, though he still wants to fight. His grandfather, a character we briefly saw when Makarov first entered Alvareth, says they should withdraw, that there have been too many losses already.

But Elfman and Lisanna say that all wars suffer losses, Alvareth losing sight of that with all their victories, not realizing the risks involved if they were to be defeated.

Azir’s grandfather offers his own life in exchange for Azir’s safety, but Elfman and Lisanna say they didn’t intend to kill them, revealing that they’re family as well, their bond by blood rather than the bond all their guildmates share.

Natsu and Lucy wonder where the others that were with them are, Brandish and Dimaria appearing, Dimaria shrunken with Brandish’s magic. Brandish leaves, saying she’ll remain neutral in this conflict for now.

As Evergreen, Juvia, Charle and Porylusca catch up with Natsu and Lucy, the Flame Dragon Slayer asks where Gray is.

The area starts to shake as we see August, still standing and readying an attack that will destroy everything in the area, not even distinguishing between friend and foe

Suddenly, Gildartz comes in from above, clashing with the Wizard King, saying that he’ll handle him.

Natsu and Lucy head to where Zeref is, Natsu confident he knows where Gray is

The chapter ends as we see Gray, barely able to stand, confronting Zeref, who says he’s disappointed, since this is the most painful thing that could happen to Natsu: his best friend dying, Natsu deducing that Gray is heading to the guild, where Zeref is.