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Golem
Hearts 9
Eir is before the Council of the
World Federation of Arcanists, who are shocked to learn that she has taken a
golem as a student. She continues to casually eat bread, saying that she chose
to take him in because she believes in him, saying that there’s no reason to
think that a golem can’t be in the federation.
The council still objects, but Eir
insists that they shouldn’t be prejudiced against him and judge her student on
his merits rather than what he happens to be
Egmont confirms that Noah is a
golem, but the council is also concerned that he passed 3 people in the exam.
He retorts that they showed talent in spite of the situation being against them
and having no real backup from the federation arcanists present.
There is an objection regarding Noah
breaking the Golem’s Tear, even though they did repair it. Egmont says that
those were actions taken to ensure the safety of others as well as his own
passing, both altruistic and egoistic. Egmont respects Noah, Eir saying that
such a statement doesn’t suit his severe expression.
Noah and the others are recovering
elsewhere, the golem arcanist saying that the test was easy, though Carles says
that he and Erebus were the only ones not injured out of the students, Carles injured
himself.
It turns out no one from the other
fields passed, Lily having failed her test. Even with Noah’s encouragement,
she’s worried she’ll keep failing until she’s old and decrepit
Noah goes to Erebus, apologizing for
calling him grandson, since he recognizes his talent apart from his grandfather
being Methuselah. He also gives Erebus some bread, since Eir likes it, Erebus
taken aback by such a simple gift of apology
The vice president of the World
Federation of Arcanists, Christhardt, says that he’ll let the 3 arcanists who
passed show their strength by taking on a new request. They’re to stop a
rebellious golem in Adelaida, located in the Podzol region.
Some of the council objects, since
it’s a Riddle Golem case, something even high ranking arcanists have failed at.
Christhardt says he’s already assigned 2 arcanists to the job, Noah’s group
meant to accompany them.
And more importantly, since Noah
himself could be considered a Riddle Golem, a golem that is unusual in the
properties it has, such as sapience and self awareness, then he may help solve
the case more easily.
Eir and Egmont both have no
objections, but the council thinks that Eir might be too soft on Noah here. She
retorts that she’s confident enough in him, and she tells Christhardt that Noah
isn’t a golem, but an arcanist in this situation, the vice president
apologizing for his slip of the tongue.
Noah’s group is told where they’re
to meet their superiors for the upcoming mission. We see them arrive nearby,
Lily shocked that she’s been included with them. Since Carles isn’t fully
recovered, she’s there to offer support in the form of her healing though she
thinks they just did it without consulting her beforehand.
The arcanists from the federation
aren’t here yet, Noah and Carles wondering what’s happened
Noah notices something off in the
distance, rushing off.
Carles, Noah and Lily arrive at the
gate of a castle, stunned to see the two arcanists pierced by massive blades to
the wall as the chapter ends.
Dr. Stone 42
Senkuu has put together the pieces
of the puzzle surrounding Ishigami village. The fact that Ruri and Kohaku seem
to have foreign blood also lends credence to his theory that he is somehow
involved with the Hundred Stories that have been passed down for generations
We’re told by Ruri the final story
is indeed called “Ishigami Senkuu”, speaking about Senkuu’s curiosity about the
world, particularly about how the moon keeps following him. His father, having
failed the astronaut program, knows about why the moon seems to keep after
Senkuu.
With this motivation, shared in part
by his father, Senkuu pursued science with greater fervor than before, in no
small part to assist his father, making a suit that stimulated his muscles with
electricity so he could do better on the clothed swimming exam that tripped him
up before.
With the astronaut cadet exam
starting soon, Senkuu’s dad continues to train and manages to pass the exam,
wanting to go into space to make his son’s efforts worthwhile.
5 years later, he is on the crew of
a ship headed to the International Space Station. Senkuu’s father, Byakuya,
tells his son through the streaming that he’ll bring souvenirs from space, embarrassing
Senkuu at school.
3 days after that, the stone
incident occurred, meaning that Senkuu’s father was the one most likely to have
founded the village, this revelation ending the chapter
We
Can’t Study 45
Kirisu is at home, relaxing in the
bath, when she learns that her sister is on vacation and is coming to her
apartment tomorrow.
Yuiga passes by her again, feeling déjà
vu as she shows a panicked expression when he tries to leave. He learns the
situation, offering to help even though she insists she can do it herself,
though her attempts seemed to make the room messier than before
Kirisu is impressed at Yuiga’s
strength at moving her bookcase, thinking herself too weak to have budged it,
remembering when he made it look like he was kissing her before.
They clean up and Kirisu offers
Yuiga some sushi, something he doesn’t get to eat often, ready to eat with
enthusiasm when the doorbell rings
Kirisu’s sister arrives, not wanting
to wait until tonight. Kirisu tells Yuiga to hide, not even letting him eat the
sushi.
Yuiga notes that Miharu, Kirisu’s
sister, is much more upbeat and happy than Kirisu is, but he also thinks he’s
seen her somewhere before.
As they start eating, Kirisu decides
she’ll give Yuiga her portion, trying to feed him by giving the food to him
through the closet door opening, but he bites her fingers instead.
Miharu starts to change, Kirisu
trying to stop her. Yuiga has a box of Kirisu’s underwear fall on him as he
trips out of the closet.
Understandably, Kirisu’s sister,
having gone to all girls’ school, is shocked at Yuiga’s appearance, thinking
he’s a pervert.
They explain the situation to her,
Yuiga saying that he’s here because Kirisu can’t clean well but Miharu doesn’t
believe that, growing up to think her sister was perfect.
Mafuyu says that Yuiga simply comes
by to study, Miharu accepting this.
Yuiga realizes who Miharu is when he
sees her skating on the television, hailing from Toukei Girls University, a
prestigious school for figure skating.
Mafuyu explains that her sister
isn’t quite a pro, but an eligible, able to participate in Olympics and the
like
Miharu says it’s shocking that Yuiga
doesn’t know that about figure skating even though he seems to be close with
her sister. She says that Mafuyu should come back to figure skate with her
again, saying she has the talent and that their parents would be happy
But Mafuyu stops her, saying she
doesn’t want to hear about that again
Miharu then goes to the bathroom to
change, but Nariyuki and Mafuyu remember that they piled up cardboard boxes
from online shopping there, stopping her.
She thinks they must be hiding signs
of a forbidden relationship, like toothbrushes shared in one cup and named
towels. This is why her sister won’t go back to the path of figure skating in
her mind, regarding Yuiga as the problem
The chapter ends as she resolves to
make Yuiga forget all about Mafuyu by making him focus on her instead.
Black Clover 140
The mysterious person that appears
from the base speaks very slowly, Gauche irritated at that speech tic.
Rades moves his zombie to attack,
but the blast misses as the long haired mage warps away from it with the base
shifting
Gauche and the others wonder if it’s
a ghost, but Gordon says it’s a human. We see birds flock around them, Gauche
confused at why it’s happening
Rades attacks again, the base
shifting to block his attack.
Gauche thinks this means the magic
is like the Game Magic from the Underwater Temple, needing a great deal of
focus to have control like this over a particular area
We learn that Yami found the
building when he became a Magic Knight Captain, the unnamed man bedridden
because of an illness that made it so he couldn’t leave this place and also
needed to siphon off magic from others over time. He had been abandoned by his
parents or otherwise lost them, resigning himself to death.
Yami decided to use the location as
a base, the man, named Henry, seeing everyone in the Black Bulls as his
comrades, people who have kept him alive all these years.
Valtos finds the Magic Stone in one
of the rooms, but Henry shifts the area around, changing it into a form that
resembles a bull as the chapter ends with him ready to protect the place where
he met his friends
Boku no Hero Academia 166
As the kids and Heroes in training
move to fight, Shishikura steps in, saying that they shouldn’t stoop to the
level of the children to change their hearts.
But the teacher says the children
truly believe they’re able to beat their opponents, one of them sending black
balls with teeth at Bakugou, who narrowly dodges. The other kids follow suit,
unleashing a blitz of various Quirks
Present Mic is amazed at the
diversity and power the kids are manifesting, Shishikura saying that this is
theorized to be what happens as the generations pass, Quirks mixing and
strengthening to the point of a Quirk singularity
The other students bring up the risk
to Gang Orca, who says he’s been aware of the situation in spite of training
them. He says that Bakugou and the others can handle this as we see that
Todoroki has made a wall of ice, Inasa blowing away attacks with his wind Quirk
and Bakugou exploding things.
We see the kid who brought up how
violent Bakugou was tell the students to unleash more of their power. But as
one of the girls utilizes her Quirk, she’s affected by Camie’s Quirk, Glamour,
which makes an illusion of Todoroki speaking like a prince to her, which
entrances the girl
This persistence by Inasa and the
others infuriates the kid who’s seemingly the leader of the kids, saying that
every adult he sees is incompetent in his eyes, that his generation should be
granted power.
But suddenly, Todoroki uses his ice
Quirk half to create a slide, some of the kids falling down to their shock as
Inasa carefully moves them to slide down. He used their Quirks’ pieces as the
basis for it, since he can’t shape the ice into complicated forms. The kids all
clamor to ride the slide, Todoroki directing them to line up
We see that Bakugou and Todoroki
found a compromise, showing the kids their power without just beating them down
into submission, showing them that they can be Heroes but also have fun when
appropriate.
Bakugou finds the arrogant kid,
saying that he made it clear he was their leader. But he advises him to not
just look down on others, since it blinds him to finding his own weakness,
something Bakugou himself likely learned in the past.
The teacher is amazed at this, along
with Present Mic and the others, the chapter ending as All Might says to
Endeavor that this reflects what people are meant to do with their Quirks.
One Piece 891
Reports are still coming in of
shattered mirrors, Luffy and Katakuri’s fight in the Mirror World still going
on, the time now 9:30, meaning it’s likely been going on for many hours, not
unlike his fight with Cracker the previous day.
Stussy decides to reveal to the
others near the destroyed Whole Cake Palace that the Tamatebako was the item
that caused the explosion before as we shift back to the Mirror World
The 33rd daughter of Big Mom,
Charlotte Flambe, seen as the most popular little sister, is angry that Luffy
is so persistent against Katakuri, the most popular brother in the whole
Charlotte Family. She seeks to be the best little sister, the Little Sister
King, wanting to make sure no one sees Katakuri struggling in any way with a fight
Luffy’s fight with Katakuri still
seems in the Mochi Man’s favor, but Katakuri notices that the Straw Hat, in
spite of being beat down consistently, is managing to see the future occasionally,
clashing with him
Katakuri tells Luffy they know of
the plan for the Straw Hats to meet up at Cacao Island, saying that they’ll be
crushed before they get there, having to contest with his brothers’
battleships. But Luffy refuses to give up, saying he will escape
We see that Sanji and company have
finished the cake that will stop Big Mom in her tracks, Sanji confident in
spite of Pudding’s evil side trying to taunt him by saying his friends may
already be dead or that Mom won’t like the cake
Both Sanji and Luffy are persistent
in the face of danger because their friends believe in them
Big Mom is manifesting Prometheus’
power even greater, burning like a sun. Chopper wants to try to grab her and
drown her in the ocean, but the heat seems to be too much even for that.
The chapter concludes as Big Mom
smells what is likely Sanji’s cake, distracted from her attack.
One Piece is on break next week
Seven
Deadly Sins 249
Everyone’s still processing that Merlin is a polar
opposite to Meliodas and Elizabeth, having been blessed by the Demon King and
Supreme Goddess, while they were cursed.
But Diane says they need to focus on Zeldris, Merlin
stopping them from moving to attack as she pulls a hair from her head that
falls on Hawk’s nose. It turns into a bizarre monster as we shift back to
Zeldris and Merlin
He’s impressed that Merlin was the person connected
to Merascylla and Greyroad, knowing tht she was part of a city that sided
neither with the Demons or Goddesses, Belialuin, which is the flying castle
where Gilthunder is
When the Demon King and Supreme Goddess learned of
Merlin, a prodigy born with the power of Infinity, they both asked her to join
them. But the child instead negotiated with them, being gifted divine
protection from both as well as knowledge of various magic from the underworld
by the Demon King. She tricked them, joining neither in the end and escaping as
they rained destruction on Belialuin, destroying it utterly.
Zeldris asks Merlin what she wants, but Merlin
counters by saying that she’s more interested in why the Commandment of Piety
is helping Meliodas, someone he resents and hates deeply
Meliodas collecting the Ten Commandments would allow
him to become the Demon King, but it doesn’t seem to benefit Zeldris.
He demands that Merlin give him Merascylla, saying
he’ll leave the Sins alone if she does. Merlin does so, but encases the tube in
a Perfect Cube before he can grasp it. Zeldris asks the Sin of Gluttony what
she desires
As we see that the creature on Hawk’s head has been
conveying the conversation between Merlin and Zeldris to the others, they
continue, Merlin saying she wants them to give her Elizabeth. Zeldris declines,
saying Meliodas wouldn’t allow it, but that she’s definitely safe with him
nonetheless.
Merlin asks for the king of Camelot, but Zeldris
says he doesn’t know his name or face, so he can’t be certain he’s even alive
at the moment, though he thinks he might have something to do with the raids
that have killed many Demons in the past few days.
She asks Zeldris to release everyone from his
Commandment of Piety and guarantee their safety, Zeldris doing so, everyone snapping
out of their confusion from his manipulations.
Zeldris then asks her to release the Perfect Cube,
Merlin stalling by talking about how stiff her body is in this form. He says
that she shouldn’t try anything to deceive him or he’ll take her down where she
stands.
But Merlin says she won’t do anything, Zeldris
shocked as he turns around to see a blast of light that strikes him, a massive
explosion resulting.
The chapter ends as we see Rueduciel, still at the
flying fortress, say that was just a warning and that he won’t be merciful next
time.
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