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Dr. Stone 21
Senkuu and Chrome comment how nimble
Kohaku is along with her gorilla like strength, which irritates her. Kohaku
then tells them to work at getting more iron sand too
Suddenly, Senkuu notices what looks
like a melon in the water, revealed to be Suika, who suddenly has the magnet.
Chrome takes it from her after he explains to Senkuu that her name is more a
nickname, since she wears that melon gourd as a hat.
But they see that Suika was also
trying to gather the iron dust. She explains that she wants to help, saying
that she’s always felt like she couldn’t really contribute.
Senkuu thanks her, even commenting
that she’s better suited to gathering the iron dust because she’s smaller.
Suika is embarrassed at how nice he is to her, not even asking why she wears
the melon gourd.
As she goes to gather more iron
sand, Chrome thinks she looks like Momotarou.
Senkuu hears this, wondering how
they know about Momotarou even though they don’t know about Dragon Quest or
Monster Hunter, which he referenced with regards to Chrome’s philosopher stone
and his hoarding tendencies previously.
They explain that Ruri told them the
story, though it was adjusted in terms of the animals, including a gorilla,
lion and crocodile, rather than the dog, monkey and pheasant from the original.
Kohaku says that Ruri has an amazing
memory, Senkuu more interested than ever to meet her and heal her with the
sulphonamide (the more precise term for sulfur based antibiotics from Viz’s
translation)
Kinrou still stops Senkuu from entering
the village, Chrome saying it won’t matter eventually now that they’ve got the
iron sand.
Senkuu explains that mixing 4 parts
iron sand with 1 part charcoal will allow them to make iron, though they’ll
need a temperature much hotter than the fire using for making earthenware,
which is only around 700 degrees, while 1500 degrees is what they need for
smelting iron
He pulls out some bellows that he’s
made, saying they need to pump oxygen into the fire to increase the
temperature. Everyone is pumping furiously, though Senkuu thinks they’ll need
to do this for several hours to get to 1500 degrees
It’s no use though, Senkuu and
Chrome concluding they need more people to pump in order to get the temperature
high enough.
Ginrou still wants a silver spear of
his own, Senkuu thinking he’ll be included into their fold soon enough.
But he wonders about the others,
Suika saying that she can sneak around and appear just like a regular melon by
hiding underground.
The chapter ends as Senkuu thinks
Suika’s the perfect spy for them, assigning her to investigate around the village
for what they need to convince others to join the kingdom of science.
We Can’t Study 24
Fumino, having learned about Yuiga
being in Kirisu-senseis’s house, is panicking. She tells him that he shouldn’t
be so casual about it and definitely shouldn’t tell Rizu or Uruka.
But the next day, some of her
classmates, including Kashima, Uruka’s swim team mate, ask if she and Yuiga are
dating, having seen them seemingly in a romantic hug at a tree that’s
considered common for couples to be under. Fumino realizes she and Yuiga are
both not careful enough to avoid people spreading rumors about them.
Fumino tries to quash the rumor, but
Yuiga comes in and says things that make people think they’re in a relationship
even more. She insists they’re just student and tutor, but Yuiga again acts
like a typical boyfriend would, Fumino chasing him as he heads off for them to
study.
Yuiga observes that Fumino’s keeping
more distance, but Kashima and the others that want to verify whether the rumor
is true crowd up the library to force them to get closer in proximity. We learn
that there’s a group in 3-A called the Thorn Club who makes it their duty to screen
any possible suitors for Fumino, worried about someone like Yamaoka getting
interested in Fumino, since he’s known as a playboy
Fumino is panicking, not even doing
well on her basic arithmetic, which Yuiga notices and corrects her on. She
apologizes, getting everyone’s attention as they start to think they aren’t
really acting like a couple at all.
The next day, Kashima sees Fumino
and Yuiga walking together, Fumino still trying to correct the misunderstanding.
Kashima says she understands, thinking to herself their bond is more than a
romantic one, something of a deep trust.
Fumino explains things to Yuiga,
who’s apologizing profusely at how careless he was. But she says she was at
fault too, even joking briefly that they should become a couple, both of them
embarrassed at the idea.
The chapter ends as Fumino thinks to
herself she can’t fall in love with a guy her friends are interested in,
further complicating the harem situation.
Black Clover 119
After Lil has defeated his
opponents, his teammates are confused as he looks at the aftermath, considering
it like a piece of art. Walter tries to make this seem like a great thing, Lil’s
loss of focus meaning his teammates have to do their best, which even Asta
finds a bit silly
Meanwhile, Luck and Klaus aren’t
getting along, the Black Bull wanting to fight to his heart’s content, while
the Golden Dawn member tells him to focus on teamwork. But their last teammate,
Paulie Angel of the Blue Rose Magic Knights, wonders if they’ll be all right. She tries to
encourage them to work together, Luck agreeing, while Klaus thinks he has to take
charge
The main opponent they need to worry
about is the Silver Eagle’s Rob Vitesse, said to be the most mobile of the
Magic Knights with his Wind Magic.
The match begins all the combatants
in the center of the field, blasting magic everywhere. Klaus blocks an attack,
but the crystal’s in danger. Luck reveals himself and takes the crystal out of
harm’s way, Asta observing how his magic shape’s changed and Magna notes that
Luck’s improved his grimoire by adding pages to it in his training.
Klaus thinks he can’t fall behind,
attacking another opponent with his Steel Magic in the form of a giant drill.
Klaus and Luck see Rob Vitesse,
moving to push past their opponents quickly. Paulie reveals herself, using her
Wing Magic technique, Angel Flutter, an attack to distract her enemies and a
tailwind to speed up Luck and Klaus
Rob doesn’t seem intimidated, moving
with his enhanced speed. But in spite of that, Luck manages to strike him with
even greater agility, smashing the crystal as well, cementing their victory.
The chapter ends as the next match
with Magna is coming up, the Black Bull excited to show off how much he’s grown
Boku no Hero Academia 147
We move back to Nighteye’s group, Irinaka
attacking them from all sides, threatening to crush the Heroes.
But Lock-Rock, using his Lockdown
Quirk, fixes the wall in particular points so the danger is averted, though
Irinaka uses his Mimicry Quirk to keep attacking from a different angle.
Deku manages to break away the walls
as Irinaka attacks, the Heroes thinking they need to do something, Eraserhead
in particular wondering where his body is, since he must be able to see them to
attack so precisely
We learn that Irinaka’s Quirk, while
impressive in the tactics he’s using, is also draining his stamina, along with
the strain of Trigger on his body. He’s always been very careful about details,
allowing him to get to his position as Chief Director, but now that the
situation is much more difficult with a group of Heroes, he’s letting them get
away because of how exhausted he is.
Deku thinks of all the people that
have helped them so far, telling Irinaka they won’t give up here
Irinaka changes strategies, cutting
off the group into smaller sections by sealing off the walls.
Lock Rock is attacked by Toga,
stabbing his hand, the dagger stopped in place by Lockdown. But as he punches
her, it turns out it was a duplicate made by Twice, the real Toga attacking him
from behind.
Deku breaks through the wall, Lock
Rock telling them that an imposter attacked him. But as he moves over to Deku,
he tries to stab him, Eraserhead negating Toga’s Quirk, revealing her real body
as Deku recognizes her, which makes Toga happy
Eraserhead moves to wrap Toga with
his weapon, but she manages to get herself away, stabbing him in the process.
Deku moves to help, but Eraserhead
stops him, saying they need to consider that the League of Villains is in
cahoots with the Eight Precepts of Death rather than being antagonistic to each
other.
We flashback to Shigaraki making an
agreement with Overhaul regarding Twice and Toga being temporarily used by the
Eight Precepts of Death. Shigaraki’s hesitant to give them up, because they’re
considered so important, but Chisaki insists they need to work out their
problems.
The chapter ends as Nighteye is
facing off against Twice, who’s seemingly made a double of Rappa to fight
against him.
Magi 357
Alibaba pushes back the angels
with Amon’s power, then Aladdin creates a Borg barrier to defend Heliohapt from
their attacks
Aladdin tells Alibaba to stay behind
and protect the surface while he goes deeper into the Great Rift and finds
David’s true body, the King Candidate agreeing.
The Magi comments on how reliable
Alibaba has become and that even his fight with Sharrkan showed how much he’s
grown.
Alibaba thinks Aladdin’s
exaggerating, but Aladdin notes how he and everyone else around the former
prince of Balbadd has been influenced by him and become all the better for it.
Aladdin leaves Alibaba, saying that
they’ll win.
Alibaba notes how he’s now standing
in the place of everyone who can’t fight for what they believe in, their rukh
rewritten to manipulate their wishes. He thinks that this is the time he has to
stand against the enemies
But we see that the International
alliance’s representatives from the other countries are now communicating to
everyone across the world
They say that the return to the Rukh
is a gift from the heavens, from God, but that there are traitors to this
destiny that they must take down
Temporarily suspending the ban on
Metal Vessels, the armies of the world all mobilize, heading towards Heliohapt
The chapter concludes as Alibaba
wonders how he can possibly fight them all
Seven Deadly Sins 227
We see the Sins try to fight off the
skeletons, Diane punched into a wall. Gowther attempts to control some of them,
but Merlin tells him to get down as she blasts them down.
Sicne they aren’t moving by nerves,
but sheer hatred, they’re much tougher, and they need to stop the negative
energy powering them at the source or they won’t stop
We see both King and Diane use
powerful attacks to practically vaporize or crush their enemies to nothing.
Ban isn’t doing as well, just
fighting them and tanking the damage with his immortality.
Escanor says Ban is pitiful to be
unable to fight against such weaklings, Ban countering that the Sin of Pride
should look behind him.
But Escanor says being so strong
means he doesn’t have to care
Meliodas is surprisingly calm, his
demon marks manifesting as he tells Merascylla that the Seven Deadly Sins were
brought together by destiny and shouldn’t be underestimated.
The Commandment of Faith decides to
channel all the negative energy into one skeleton, powering it up significantly.
But it seems it can’t hold all that power in its body, exploding into bits.
Merlin tells everyone to guard their
minds, as the gestalt of rage and despair is trying to posses them, Diane the
target they pick as she moves to try and kill them, her eyes bleeding from
their sheer negative energy.
Elaine is crawling on the floor,
wanting to help Diane and King. She’s helped up by Elizabeth, who’s seemingly
recovered as the chapter ends
Fairy Tail 545 (FINALE)
We flash forward to a year after the
fight against Acnologia, Lucy getting an award for her novel called Iris’
Adventure
The more affluent people praise
Lucy, but are somewhat confused about why her friends are so enthusiastic about
celebrating until they learn they’re all from Fairy Tail.
Erza stops Natsu and Gray from
fighting as we hear more from Lucy.
Anna is still around in this time
(meaning in terms of time travel, she must’ve already had her child so that
Lucy doesn’t cease to exist due to a paradox) and is teaching children in a
small village.
Gajeel and Levy are still close,
Lucy thinking she might’ve heard Levy whisper something to the Iron Dragon
Slayer about a baby, which makes him blush.
Wendy seemingly heard more, since
her hearing is even better as a Dragon Slayer.
The Wind Dragon Slayer still hangs
out with Lamia Scale, telling everyone about what’s going on like Sherry
seemingly learning to use magic again, albeit much smaller scale now.
The other guilds haven’t changed much,
Sabretooth having an annual eating contest that Minerva wins, Ichiya still
being the Hunk of the Year. But Mermaid Heel has become models for the Weekly
Sorcerer Magazine.
Cana tries to encourage Lucy to drink,
even forcing some down her mouth, which Gildartz tries to stop her. But when
Juvia continues to try and strip, imitating Gray, Gildartz changes his tone,
Cana slapping him.
Gray tells Juvia that he’s concerned
about her scar that’s visible, but Juvia brings up his own, the Ice Mage saying
that he guesses it’s okay for her, since they’re a couple and all.
Lucy brings up other couples: Elfman and
Evergreen are as bizarre as always with their conflicting personalities. But
what’s especially confusing is who LAxus is with, possibly Mirajane, Lisanna or
Cana, it’s unclear.
Erza and Jellal are the most worrisome,
since they don’t seem to be together very often, Jellal likely busy with Crime
Sorciere business.
The king of Fiore/Ishghar (technically
just different names for historical periods for the same continent) retired,
Hisui taking his place.
In an effort to increase wealth, she
pardoned Crime Sorciere for their crimes, saying that they have hope for the
future as well.
Erza, in spite of trying to act like she
didn’t care, apparently has started doing her hair, likely to look good for
Jellal, being more feminine in her own way.
Makarov even appears, still energetic,
though seemingly confined to a wheelchair now because of how much damage Fairy
Law did to his legs.
The group is shocked to see people that
look just like Mavis and Zeref, Mio and Arleos. They even seem to have some of
their quirks, like Mavis not wearing shoes because of her upbringing by herself
in a forested island.
Everyone else is having fun as well, the
party continuing on through the night.
Lucy wakes up in her room, wondering if
she dreamt it all. But Natsu and Happy are there as well, having taken her home
from the celebration after she fell unconscious from too much alcohol.
She remembers all the fun times she had
with Natsu, all the tough times, the moments that happened because she was part
of Fairy Tail. Lucy thanks Natsu for
letting her join Fairy Tail.
Natsu says he has something to tell her
as well, but seems to blow it off, pulling her along to start another guild
job.
Erza, Gray, Wendy and Charle are all
waiting for them, Natsu saying that they finally got permission to start their
hundred year quest.
The series concludes as Lucy hopes everyone
can find a place as special to her as Fairy Tail, even with all the flaws it
has, with the friends that care about each other so much.
For a series, Fairy Tail was something I
enjoyed reading, binge reading to catch up probably 8~ years ago after I graduated
from college. The art has definitely changed, but I’d say, like Bleach, it’s
for the better in terms of the character design etc.
I won’t say it ended greatly, but Fairy
Tail always felt a bit simpler in its tone, so this ending likely will ring hollow
for fans that grew up with it, unless they really just turn off their brains to
enjoy it for the child-like ideals it espouses.
If anyone’s curious, the anime is slated
to return sometime in 2018, so it will likely get a conclusion, which is more
than one can say for many older series. I wish Mashima Hiro all the best in his
next endeavor, though one hopes he’ll learn from these mistakes in some form or
fashion
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