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Dr. Stone 20

The village is abuzz with rumors about the outsider that came to the village with Kohaku, some thinking he’s dangerous, but many of the women more concerned with whether he’s strong or attractive.

Ruri and Kohaku’s father is furious that she was the one to bring Senkuu to their village, thinking she constantly disrespects the rules.

Senkuu explains that they need antibiotics to help Ruri and start the kingdom of science. They could take the route of penicillin with blue mold, but the sulfur drug is more effective and likely in the stone world, so they move to go that route.

We see the rough process of all the steps needed to make the antibiotics, using various minerals, the electricity generated with Chrome’s sulfur ball, alcohol and even the dog, Chalk, peeing for certain parts.

Senkuu explains things to Chrome and Kohaku regarding the earth revolving and gravity. Kohaku observes the north star and thinks that it’s a bit different than what Senkuu says, which leads him to hypothesize that the earth’s axis has tilted, meaning the stars will change accordingly.

Chrome reveals he’s found a piece of iron that’s magnetized, since it points towards true north.

With this magnet, Senkuu already thinks they can find the iron they need for the purposes of creating the sulfur drug.

We see Kohaku running the magnet to pick up iron sand, the first step towards healing Ruri, Senkuu impressed at how things are going as the chapter ends.

We Can’t Study 23 

Rizu asks Sekijo if she wants to stay over at her house, Sekijo reluctantly agreeing.

Turns out, it’s supposed to be a pajama study party at Rizu’s house with Uruka and Fumino as well. Sawako is a bit hesitant at getting into her pajamas, but she sees Rizu’s and changes quickly

The girls keep asking Sekijo questions, which she tries to solve by referring them back to the text, but they persist, saying that they can’t help each other very well.

Sawako then decides to call over Yuiga, who arrives, to the embarrassment of Fumino and Uruka. He moves to leave, but Sawako says he still owes her for the study retreat before when she saved him from being caught in the girl’s bath.

As Yuiga aids Uruka, Rizu and Fumino with their questions, Sawako is impressed at how skilled he is at teaching.

Rizu’s father comes with udon for dinner, the girls happily eating. Yuiga thinks he should leave, though Uruka suggests he stay over. But as Yuiga looks at his udon, Rizu’s dad left him a message to leave in 5 minutes. Yuiga decides to leave, Rizu’s dad looming in the background as a threat to him.

The girls continue to study into the night, Sawako bringing up how Yuiga’s such a hassle, since he’s so considerate of others that his girlfriend would suffer as well

Uruka brings up whether Yuiga might have someone he likes, Sawako suggesting it could be Rizu. Fumino, in trying to make things less awkward, tries to suggest he might like Uruka, but then reverts back to Rizu, unable to make them both happy.

Sawako comments how they’re lucky to have someone like Yuiga as a tutor, since he’s so patient and understanding, the girls agreeing.

After everyone but Sawako has fallen asleep, she’s impressed at how hard Rizu works, thinking she might even support her goals now.

Rizu kicks her in the face, apparently thrashing around in her sleep. Fumino’s also quite bizarre, reciting the text of the Rashomon in her sleep.

The chapter ends as Sawako refuses Fumino’s offer to study together again, since she didn’t get any sleep through all that.

Black Clover 118

We see Finral’s squad eating after their victory, Charmy appearing to ask for food. She’s also here to cheer on Yuno.

Asta is confused at one member of another team called X in the next match, who is revealed to be Lil, the captain of the Azure Deer. He intends to raise the reputation of the Azure Deer, since they placed last in the recent yearly rankings.

Suddenly, Lil’s butler, Walter, appears, thanking Asta for being Lil’s friend (which is odd, since I don’t recall Asta being that friendly with Lil before)

Lil seems to be incompetent, getting caught in the magic of his opponents while rushing in.

His opponents move to finish him off, Lil seeing their magic attacks and becoming inspired.

We flashback to when Lil was younger, his family embarrassed at how sheltered and withdrawn he became when he got his grimoire, seemingly having more power than anyone expected.

Lil bemoans how no one can understand his paintings, but Walter slaps him, showing that he was hurt in the process of getting to Lil. He tells Lil that he needs to try to understand others if he wants to be understood, suggesting that he join the Magic Knights to showcase his Paint Magic’s power.

We see that his Paint Magic can actually generate any element, meaning he can attack with any possible element needed to defeat an opponent, the chapter ending as Lil says he still needs more to paint his masterpiece.

Boku no Hero Academia 146

Kirishima is barely conscious, not even recognizing Fatgum at first. But he still speaks about protecting him in spite of the battle being over.

Fatgum remembers when Tamaki brought Kirishima to his office, welcoming such an outgoing person in contrast to Suneater’s reserved nature. But Kirishima says that he wants to change and become more than just someone who stands out, that he won’t give up if he can protect someone.

Impressed at this, Fatgum is shocked as Rappa stands up, still wanting to fight. He actually offers first aid supplies that are nearby to heal up Kirishima.

But Tengai tells him that he’s here to rein in his lust for battle, asking Rappa what his duty is. Rappa ignores him, stomping him unconscious, since he can’t even manifest a barrier, weakened as he is.

Rappa demands that Fatgum finish him off, even admitting he can’t fight anymore with broken arms. He mentions how he was in an underground fight club, but could never really fight to his full potential, always beating his opponents too easily. That pain was something that he’s constantly felt, Fatgum and Red Riot people that could fight toe to toe with him.

Fatgum tells him that he’ll be arrested, Rappa saying that next time they’ll finish things, which impresses the Hero.

Kirishima is told by Fatgum that he can’t call himself weak anymore, that he’s a true Hero even in the eyes of an enemy.

Fatgum, after patching up Kirishima, says he has to rest, to Rappa’s annoyance.  He asks Rappa why he’s in a gang like this, Rappa telling him that he seeks to beat Overhaul

He appeared in the underground fight club and killed him, but his Quirk allowed Chisaki to instantly restore Rappa back. And since then, Rappa’s tried to beat Overhaul, but has lost 5 more times.

Fatgum asks what Chisaki plans to do, thinking it’s odd that he’d have all his underlings fight when he’s strong enough to beat someone like Rappa.

Rappa explains, in spite of Tengai telling him to stop, that Overhaul plans to reinstate the yakuza, but he needs money to spread whatever he intends to use for that purpose (likely the drugs that enhance and damage Quirks). He also says that whatever’s happening will start soon

We flashback to when Overhaul was escaping, his subordinate and Eri along with him. The underling wonders if this is the end of the Eight Precepts of Death, but Overhaul says that as long as he and the boss are here, as well as his serum and the drug, he can still bring things to fruition some day.

The chapter ends as Overhaul tells his temps to get to work, Himiko and Twice ready to start fighting.

Magi 356

 We see Alibaba fighting against not only Sharrkan, but his attendants Anubis and Holmes. Sharrkan was aware of the range that Amon’s flames have, so the trio is teaming up against him, since Aladdin is occupied just keeping the angels at bay.

Aladdin is worried whether Alibaba’s plan will work, though we see that Alibaba is confident he can win

Sharrkan assaults him with the whip sword attacks that his Household Vessel lets him use, Alibaba blocking them, which makes the attendants think that Alibaba’s on the defensive.

But Sharrkan admits that Alibaba’s sword skills have gotten exponentially better to the point that he’s amazed at the improvement. However, what makes him the most astounded is how confident Alibaba’s eyes look

Alibaba takes another blow as Sharrkan still asks him why he tries to stop them from returning to the Rukh, the Djinn Equip falling apart.

Anubis and Holmes move to finish him off, but Aladdin makes teleportation circles that move them away.

Alibaba asks Sharrkan to continue their duel, wanting to improve his skills.

Sharrkan and Alibaba stand off, the king of Heliohapt wondering why Alibaba’s doing this, even thinking he might be trying to finish him off.

But Alibaba tells Sharrkan he can’t let his master return to the Rukh because Sharrkan himself didn’t choose it. More importantly than that, Sharrkan cannot protect his country if he returns to the Rukh, Alibaba asking him to trust his student.

Sharrkan still is unable to resist the chains that Sinbad has put on him, rushing at Alibaba.

In that moment, Alibaba sees how he’ll attack and strikes him down with a glancing blow, nearly knocking him out

The chapter ends as Alibaba tells him that when he wakes up, things will be okay, Sharrkan believing him as he falls unconscious.

One Piece 873

The Big Mom pirates are still trying to figure out exactly what caused the explosion and the collapse of Whole Cake Chateau that followed. The fact that communications were cut off means that they could’ve missed something.

Pekoms rushes in, saying that the Sun Pirates left off the east coast. Katakuri takes Brulee with him after learning about where the two squads have headed to: one towards the Straw Hats and Bege, the other infiltrating Germa 66

Katakuri says he must take out Luffy before he becomes a threat to Big Mom.

Btut suddenly Smoothie comes in, telling everyone to flee as Big Mom bursts in, still demanding wedding cake, Opera in her hands, likely dead from having his lifespan drained.

Streusen is injured, having fallen after saving everyone else, meaning he can’t recreate the wedding cake.

Perospero has a plan, telling Big Mom there was a spare cake made and that the Straw Hats stole it, directing her to where they are.

Big Mom tells him that if he’s lying, she’ll take all his lifespan away, flying towards Luffy on Zeus’s cloud.

Perospero and the others wonder what they’ll do, since even if Streusen wasn’t injured, it would take a few days to make the cake, which they may not have if Big Mom destroys the Straw Hats too fast.

Pudding offers to make a chocolate chiffon cake, working together with Chiffon to do so, though she’ll have to threaten her. The Three Eye Tribe hybrid thinks she needs to reward Big Mom if she takes out Sanji, who disgraced her at the wedding

Luffy and his crew are moving towards the Seducing Woods, meeting up with King Baum after he’s been fixed up.

Thankfully, Nami still has half of Lola’s Vivre Card, meaning she can manipulate King Baum.

As they’re heading towards the woods, we see the pursuing party getting ready to move out.

But the chapter ends as Big Mom herself is rushing towards them, demanding her wedding cake.

One Piece is on break next week

Seven Deadly Sins 226

Meliodas rushes at Zeldris, seemingly slashing him in half with Lostvayne, blasting debris towards Camelot. But Merlin says it’s fine as we see it disappear into the dimensional distortion, confirming its location and effectiveness.

It turns out the Zeldris that Meliodas attacked was an illusion of sorts made by Merascylla with her magic. She covers him in the Dark Cocoon, Ban narrowly missing his chance to rescue him as Meliodas is drawn deeper into the castle, Gowther able to sense his magic.

We see skeletons come out of the ground, Merlin saying they’re the result of a spell that utilizes their grudges, Vengeful Resurrection

The group pushes their way through the army of skeletons, but we shift to inside the Dark Cocoon

Meliodas tries to attack Merascylla, but it doesn’t work in her magic of darkness.

She taunts him, giving a riddle as to what happens to all his anger that he’s letting out.

We see outside that it’s transferring to the skeletons, making them stronger with Soul Enhancement: Vengeful Carnage, managing to push back the Seven Deadly Sins

The chapter ends as we see that this is a fight between Meliodas and his friends, the Sin of Wrath having to keep his anger in check if he wants to win.

Fairy Tail 544

We see Acnologia and Natsu rush at each other in his soul, while outside, Fairy Sphere is beginning to form around him

But Acnologia tells them in both scenarios that combining their powers won’t do anything against him, threatening to break Fairy Sphere

Meredy tells Lucy that she can use her Maguilty Sense to link everyone’s magic together and allow Lucy to empower Fairy Sphere so Acnologia can’t escape.

But even as we see virtually every character in the continent giving their magic power to Fairy Sphere, Acnologia continues to resist, Elfman commenting that he’s apparently going berserk. The Apocalypse Dragon even seems to just be raving about destruction now

Natsu brings together the power of all the Dragon Slayers, smashing Acnologia away as the Dragon King is paralyzed with the fear of Natsu’s resolve and his combined force.

The Flame Dragon Slayer tells Acnologia that he shouldn’t be so greedy, that he should be thankful for what he has, like Natsu does with his friends.

Acnologia disappears into dust as he tells Natsu he is truly worthy of the “King” title, though Natsu rejects it.

Everyone cheers as Acnologia’s body also disintegrates, Natsu and the Dragon Slayers appearing from the Ravines of Time.

The chapter ends as we’re told that this was the end of an era, but the beginning of another

Next chapter is the finale at 48 pages and I can’t imagine I’ll feel as good about this ending as Naruto’s was in contrast, or even Bleach’s.