WSR 5-29-17

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 We Never Learn is delayed, hopefully will be caught up by next week

Dr. Stone 13 

We see Senkuu break out of stone, 6 months or so before Taiju broke out, making sure to preserve the scene of his depetrification as best he could

As he’s burying the fragments after making an outline of how he was laying, he’s approached by some monkeys who are scared off by his naked body, Senkuu thinking it’s likely been a while since they’ve seen a human

Senkuu remembers the seconds he counted, making rough calculations because of variables with the earth’s rotation and such, starting things off from a new era.

The monkeys approach again, Senkuu confident he will bring back civilization as he starts to try and spark a flame by spinning a stick.

But it fails, Senkuu thinking that Taiju or Yuzuriha could manage it with their skill sets.

He moves to try and make a knife, pounding rocks in particular patterns to chip away at the cheri rock that’s especially hard. He makes stone tools to then cut down plants that he can turn into a rope. All the while, the monkeys watch him like he’s weird.

Afterwards, he combines the string with the stick and the tinder he’s found to succeed in making fire, his scientific experimentation and persistence paying off

He then tries to hunt a deer, failing at first. After laying a trap, he succeeds and uses its hide to make his survival clothes that we see him wearing when he first meets Taiju.

The chapter ends as we see him, proclaiming himself to be a human to the monkeys from before, the pinnacle of evolution and scientific thinking to advance the world.

Black Clover 112 

Julius signals the start of the Royal Knights’ Selection Exam, but we shift back to a few moments earlier.

Zachs Rugner, the vice captain of the Purple Orcas, is having an altercation with someone, who is apparently blocking his way.

But the person doesn’t recognize him, thinking that he’s just using his position to lord over people they disagree with, regarding the Magic Knights as little more than a gang of bullies to those under them.

That insult of the Magic Knights makes Zachs attack him with his Ice Magic, but he’s defeated in an instant off panel, smashed against a wall as the unnamed attacker says that Zachs doesn’t deserve to wear the robe of a Magic Knight, taking it from him

Someone at the Royal Knights’ Exam is especially excited, but Mimosa tells him to lower his magic power output or he’ll bother the others.

Bystanders note that she and Klaus have gotten stronger, Mimosa even learning attack magic and Klaus doing muscle training, likely after their poor performance in the dungeon a few months back. Yuno and other Golden Dawn members are also pinned to be contenders in this exam.

Asta approaches Mimosa and Klaus, Mimosa nervous around her apparent crush and Klaus confident that he won’t lose this time, Asta ready to compete. He tells Yuno he won’t lose this time, Yuno thinking he needs to be prepared if he fails. Leopold chimes in, all three of them fired up for competition now.

We see Finral, who’s changed his hairstyle in preparation for the exam, Magna and Luck not recognizing him at first, but Asta saying he’s the genuine article, just wanting to be more of a lady’s man, the others agreeing.

Noelle sees one of her brothers, Solid, initially panicking. But Leona’s words of encouragement at the hot springs make her think she’s not going to be afraid and show her family that she’s gotten stronger.

The Wizard King appears, the Clover King explaining that the Royal Knights’ Selection Exam will be a team based crystal breaking tournament

The rules are simple even for Asta: the teams protect their own area’s crystal and try to destroy the crystals in other areas

The purpose is to determine strategic thinking alongside cooperation and strength of using magic, the Royal Knights expected to be the best in pursuit of defeating the Eye of the Midnight Sun

We see the teams generated by magic, Asta teamed up with Mimosa and Zachs Rugner.

Asta doesn’t know who Zachs is, Mimosa just flustered at being in the same team as Asta.

The chapter concludes as we see the mysterious figure from before, passing himself off as Zachs Rugner and introducing himself to Asta 

Boku no Hero Academia 140

We see Amajiki’s past, still shy and unsure of himself as a transfer student around 3rd grade, but approached by Mirio who wants to make friends.

In the present, Kirishima and Fatgum think Amajiki shouldn’t fight on his own.

The police recognize one of the Cleansing Salvo members as Setsuno, saying they can’t use bullets against them.

Aizawa stops the Quirk from activating, another of the Salvo pulling out a gun. Fatgum moves to shield the others, his body able to take attacks like swords or guns. The Salvo thinks that doesn’t matter, since they don’t value their own lives, just sacrifices for Chisaki.

But Suneater takes all three of them down as he notes their Quirks: Setsuno’s Larceny, Hojo’s Crystallization and Tabe’s Meal. He’s wary of guns after getting shot once, saying that he can handle this. Amajiki insists that they need to have the pro Hero Quirks for later down the line and they can’t afford to be held back as a group for this mission, since time is of the essence.

Eraserhead leaves Amajiki with the Villains’ Quirks negated for him to immobilize them.

Amajiki tells the others to take care of Mirio, since he thinks he’ll do something reckless.

Kirishima and Rock-Lock wonder if it was okay to leave Suneater behind, Fatgum saying that Amajiki’s only weakness is his own self confidence, his Quirk abilities top notch.

Amajiki notes that Irinaka hasn’t tried to use his Mimicry to cut him off, probably focused on the police above. Instead, he has to take out these three here, moving to strike them all with his tentacles.

But Setsuno blocks his attacks, noting that Suneater pulled back in fear at the last second, his tentacle damaged by a hidden blade in Setsuno’s mask. Hojo breaks out, Setsuno’s Quirk allowing him to take anything off of someone’s person, one of Suneater’s husks of clam in his case.

Hojo and Setsuno explain that they were taken in by Chisaki, recycled like the trash they viewed themselves as, failures in normal society and that they can’t let him down, moving to take out Amajiki.

We see Suneater still failing to believe in himself in the past, not able to use his Quirk during training sessions. Mirio persists in spite of his failures, Amajiki telling him that he admires such determination. But Mirio thinks that Amajiki can become a great Hero as well. He’s able to push forward because he admires how his friend doesn’t give up in spite of his nerves and pressure to perform, wanting to surpass him as well.

Amajiki thinks that Mirio might’ve been overvaluing him, but remembers how his friend continued to encourage him, even saying he can outshine the sun, giving him his Hero name, Suneater.

The chapter ends as we see Suneater has renewed confidence, ready to fight again with full power.

One Piece 867

Big Mom breaks Jorle’s sword (Viz’s translation felt more accurate with the Norse theme) and then throws him down with her monstrous strength.

Carmel asks if they can make the semla, one of the giants telling her the food storage is at risk of burning up with the fires caused by the fighting.

She then uses what appears to be the Soul Soul Fruit’s powers to make a Homie from the flames and allow the giants to give Linlin the semla, which calms her down.

But Jarle moves to kill her, saying that Jorle is too old to be saved by medical attention, but must die as a warrior.

Carmel asks him to have mercy, saying she’ll take Linlin and leave, exiled from Elbaf. Jarle agrees, in spite of Hajrudin’s protests about the pride of the giants.

Linlin is confused that Jorle died unexpectedly, not knowing she was the one to kill him

The Sheep’s House children and Carmel left, a new house made by giants as a last thanks to Carmel’s kindness. Things slowly returned to normal after a time

But it turns out that Carmel has been selling off the children to the World Government, either as Marines or Cipher Pol members, a deal she had made 37 years ago. She wants to retire with a massive payment for Linlin, seen as a potential Admiral or Fleet Admiral in the Marines with her power.

Mother Carmel maintains her façade, a birthday celebration held for Linlin, with a croquembouche, a pile of semla

But soon after, Linlin comes back from her ecstasy of eating with everyone she cares about, all the Sheep’s Head children and Mother Carmel gone, seemingly eaten by Big Mom in her euphoria of celebration, as we see tatters of Carmel’s clothes, even the logs bitten into

The chapter concludes as we return to the present, Big Mom shrieking about where Mother Carmel went to.

Nice explanation of where the Soul Soul Fruit was, though I disagree with the idea that Carmel being cannibalized is what gave Big Mom the Devil Fruit powers, since this was 63 years ago. There’s plenty of time for Big Mom to have found the fruit in the interim rather than the power passing to her through eating a Devil Fruit user.

Magi 349

Alibaba’s plan to break down the structures of the gods, those that divide the world into dimensions and the rukh into black and white, intrigues Sinbad, who thought the only solution was to decide who could become the new God of the Sacred Palace.

But Ugo intrudes, saying it’s impossible to do what Alibaba wants with such little magoi, since he had thought of this in the past. Ill Illah’s magoi was only enough to cross one dimension: to unite all dimensions would require returning the entire world of Solomon and Ugo’s creation to the rukh

Alibaba asks if Ugo’s okay with Solomon’s world being destroyed, since Ugo did it through Solomon’s wishes. Ugo is divided, asking Aladdin what he should do, since his consciousness is hazy due to David’s magic.

Aladdin says Ugo’s more confused than anything, Sinbad also noting that Ugo’s intelligence is far beyond theirs.

Ugo says that even if they broke the vertical and horizontal planes of this world there are worlds beyond that they’d be invading into without any thought of the consequences there.

Arba’s frustrated at Ugo saying such a thing after what he did to Ill Illah with Solomon.

Alibaba thinks that maybe Ill Illah wasn’t truly evil, since he hasn’t really directly talked to him.

Aladdin conjectures that maybe Solomon scattered destiny as he did because it would be better to separate from gods than fight them in order to gain freedom.

But Alibaba counters that they can’t have true independence with the threat of another hole opening in the ceiling as what happened in Magnostadt.

Aladdin asks how long they’d have to keep doing this, seemingly an endless battle.

But Arba and Ugo note that Ill Illah is such an entity that they can’t just ignore its ability to change destiny on a whim, Ugo agreeing that they need to break the vertical walls.

There are three major perspectives clashing: Arba thinking that they can’t just invade the worlds of these other gods, that she’d fight against that; Ugo saying they need to destroy the vertical walls to take control of their own destiny and Aladdin suggesting they instead strengthen their walls to be separate from those gods and their control

Sinbad watches them, thinking this can’t come to a satisfactory end.

Aladdin still insists they can’t invade other worlds for their own selfish reasons, Arba even suggesting that everyone but Ill Illah should be destroyed in a more extreme solution and Ugo can’t seem to think, asking Solomon for help.

Sinbad intervenes, saying that they should consider asking the other worlds about this, comparing it to discussing borders with countries. Aladdin and Arba want something like isolationism, while Ugo and Alibaba want something closer to an invasion, breaking down those borders.

The idea that these other “countries” aren’t that different from their own makes Alibaba think they could form an alliance, engaging with the other worlds and managing the borders afterwards.

Alibaba and the others wonder why Sinbad changed his mind, the aspiring god thinking he was ignorant to make such an extreme statement, suggesting something that can accommodate everyone as best he could.

Sinbad thinks of how Alibaba commented that together, everyone can make something even better than individuals can on their own.

The chapter ends as Sinbad remembers how he has interacted with so many people and constantly changed, his perspective now adjusted again to change destiny for the better as he did in the past.

Seven Deadly Sins 219

We see the renovations to the Boar’s Hat Inn in the first 2 pages, improving stability and allowing Diane to stand on top of the roof to shout promotions.

Ban and Meliodas rush to choose the best room, flipping a coin to determine who gets it.

Meanwhile, Diane and Elizabeth go to meet Elaine, failing to hide from her ability to read the heart. She observes how Elizabeth’s anxiety was clear, even if she could suppress her thoughts and Diane was only thinking of King.

Elaine is stable thanks to a charm and Elizabeth’s magic, but still feels a bit off.

Diane explains how she and King went to Britannia 3000 years in the past and met Meliodas and Elizabeth’s doppelganger, Elizabeth shocked at this revelation

We shift over to King, Gowther and Escanor at the bar, King trying to open up more to Gowther, saying he still hasn’t forgiven him for everything, but that he wants to try being friends.

After King falls unconscious from the alcohol, Gowther searches his mind with Invasion, seeing that King still hates Gowther, but the doll wants to work harder so that everyone will accept him.

Gowther and Escanor take King out of the bar, King knocking Escanor’s glasses off, which makes him transform into his muscled form. Gowther quickly puts the glasses back on, which calms him down.

King’s a bit beaten up, but otherwise fine as the three leave, Griamore and Hauser more than a bit frightened at their power.

Merlin is scrying for the magic power of something called the “royal vessel”, with the help of a small familiar called Orlondi, the same vampire that was killed by Ban 12 years ago, only his eyeball recovered by Merlin.

But Zeldris finds Orlondi, blasting him with Hellfire. However, it seems that Merlin took the brunt of the attack, the floating eyeball fine while Merlin has been burned, narrowly avoiding death.

The chapter ends as she asks where Arthur is, likely the “royal vessel” referred to by Orlondi Camelot seemingly taken over by the Ten Commandments.

Fairy Tail 537

Zeref tells Mavis that Natsu was foolish to not finish him off, since he’ll just regenerate his damage.

Mavis says that she should want him to be erased, not wanting to forgive him for making her guild suffer.

But she acknowledges that he did indeed love her, his curse causing her to die. However, since Zeref didn’t die, she thinks that she must not have loved him back, since she had the same curse.

Zeref notes that she may have never loved him, merely passionate in her admiration. Mavis counters that it was because of Zeref that Fairy Tail came to be. But he also caused such suffering, so she can’t fully say that she loves him, this dissonant mix of emotions making it impossible for her to complete her plan.

With her curse from Ankhselam, she should be able to kill Zeref if she values him as he did her, but she cannot bring herself to do it.

Mavis wants them to stay together, not wanting to lose him. Zeref realizes that to be loved was how he could truly die, Mavis weeping in her anguish at both hating and loving Zeref.

She rages at him, saying she wants him to die, but is unable to deny her true feelings and that valuing of his life activating the curse. Zeref slowly disappears, thanking Mavis. He wants her to survive, but that activates the curse, both of them disappearing.

The power of love is such that it even overcomes this immortality, the warmth something Zeref hasn’t felt in a long time.

The fight seems to be over, and Makarov awakens, seemingly revived by the power of Mavis and Zeref’s love and their sacrifice.

The chapter ends as we see Mavis and Zeref walking into a field of flowers, seemingly passed on.

People are understandably angry at this chapter, particularly with Makarov coming back, but I’m pretty sure it’s been a while since Makarov died (roughly 6-7 months), so it’s not as if this is something that just tries to undo consequences rapidly, which is a problem in Hiro Mashima’s writing with Fairy Tail. And it’s also not as if there wasn’t a loss here, since Zeref and Mavis were both important to Fairy Tail and their deaths are something that can’t be taken back so easily.