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Dr. Stone 52
Senkuu tells the others how he and
Gen are thinking they only have a few months until Tsukasa attacks with his
full force, not wanting to wait too long, but also wanting to have a sizeable
force
We see Tsukasa and Hyouga discussing
how there’s a tactical advantage to Ishigami Village in the winter with the
lake freezing around the islands, making it difficult to siege. So they decide
to attack at the end of winter instead
Taiju and Yuzuriha will be monitored
by Tsukasa and Hyouga, thinking that even if they are double agents, they can’t
hope to communicate with Senkuu, Homura the source of information for Tsukasa
and Hyouga, however delayed it is, since they don’t have the ambitions of
Senkuu to make a radio/phone
Senkuu emphasizes that they need to
make the phone by spring for their preemptive strike on Tsukasa
There’s a brief scene where Ginrou
is told that there are still imperfections in the cotton candy, frustrated as he
breaks character, not wanting to be the buffoon, since he’s worried about the
imminent attack from Tsukasa’s army
Now that they know there are
variations in the cotton candy, they can figure out how to fix them before they
spin the gold wire. The problem is discovered by Chrome, the force of the
rotation stopping abruptly because of how they’re spinning it with Kinrou and
Ginrou’s combined efforts.
Kokuyou says they can’t afford to
put in too much effort with the science work, since they’re also stockpiling
for the winter.
Senkuu then decides they need to
make a gear, noting that Kohaku’s shield is the perfect material.
Ginrou thinks it might not be a good
idea, since it’s a memento from Kokuyou to his daughter Kohaku, but she reveals
she doesn’t care that much, even though he seems to value it
The gear makes work much easier,
Chrome having a moment of inspiration, thinking of a connection to the
electricity they developed before, telling Kaseki about it as they work
furiously
Senkuu explains that they need to
spin the gold wire to an exceptional distance, to a mountain a ways from the
village. They recruit the children to help, since the adults are doing winter
preparations otherwise.
After 3 days and nights, we see that
Chrome and Kaseki have completed a waterwheel, Senkuu impressed, though he
already knows what it is, even though Chrome was hoping to impress him with
something novel.
Senkuu and Gen piece together that
with the gear and the waterwheel, they’ve advanced to the point that pure human
effort has been superseded by machine power, making a sort of generator, the
chapter ending on this revelation
We Can’t Study 56
Mafuyu is teaching how to better
memorize things by associating it with information we already know, retaining it
in your long term memory. Fumino is falling asleep in class, Mafuyu scolding
her for that.
But Mafuyu, short on sleep herself, is
putting together a small test, taking longer than expected. When her computer
turns off, the battery dead, she’s forced to pull an all-nighter to recoup her
efforts.
She nearly falls asleep in class,
banging her head on the blackboard, worried that someone might have seen her.
At lunch, Mafuyu is still dragging
on, hoping that afternoon classes will be easier, since she’ll be
talking.
But it turns out the headmaster is
going to do an assembly in the afternoon, droning on to a point that Mafuyu
starts to fall asleep. Suddenly, Yuiga sneezes, snapping her out of her
slumber, though she thinks it was probably coincidence that he did that, not to
help her exactly
Mafuyu is home, ready to sleep, but
finds that she doesn’t have her house key in her jacket.
Yuiga finds her searching for her
house key, suggesting she search her bag again. She finds the house key in a
USB storage case, since she was trying to remember the flash drive with the test
on it that morning and replaced the key where the flash drive was.
Mafuyu spins this as a way to
remember the lesson regarding memorization and associating it with previously
known information, Yuiga accepting this.
Yuiga is about to leave Mafuyu, but
notices that she fell asleep at the entryway. He takes her inside, embarrassed
at having to hold her and all.
The chapter ends as Mafuyu wakes up
in her bed, confused as to how she got there.
Black Clover 151
Rill, called Rila by Rhya, embraces
his fellow elf, not recognizing Asta at all
Zora and Mereoleona think that this
is dangerous, especially since not only are these clearly different people that
are talking to them now, but their already amazing magic power is further
enhanced now.
Asta tries to sway Rila, but he
insists he wouldn’t have any human friends, attacking with his Four Headed
Lindwurm
Zora activates a massive field of
traps, Rhya saying it won’t stop them.
Rila is irritated by this, but says
that they can still sense mana so it’ll be fine.
Zora retorts that they’re fighting
someone with no magic power at all, Asta using his antimagic form to strike
away Rila’s magic, landing a hit on him, even though it’s weakened by the elf
pulling himself away with a harpy he summoned
However, to Asta and Zora’s shock,
the magic isn’t released, Rhya revealing that this is advanced magic, the
eventual housing of the elf soul in the human body making it permanent so that
it can’t be reversed
More of the Magic Knights appear,
including Paulie from Luck’s team in the Royal Knight’s exam, Mereoleona and
Zora thinking there’s no way they can fight them all, every one of their
opponents much stronger than before
Zora tells Asta they need to retreat
and find a way to help their friends, thinking Asta wouldn’t be willing to kill
his friends
However, Mereoleona makes her own
decision, smashing the wall behind her and throwing Asta and Zora out, saying
she’ll stay behind to let them escape, Rhya commenting as much, thinking it’s odd
that a human would think about their comrades so deeply
The chapter ends as Mereoleona says
she didn’t do it out of sentiment, claiming they’d just get in her way,
planning to kill them all instead.
Boku no Hero Academia 177
La Brava tells a bystander in the
area that the fight is just part of a film shooting, thinking to herself that
Gentle needs to retreat, their plan a failure
Deku remembers how Hatsume’s item is
meant to supplement his Shoot Style, thanking her as well as Ashido, her dance
training helping him to think in a different way for fighting against Gentle
The Gentle Criminal is stuck on a
girder, hanging by his tailcoat, insisting he won’t give up on his plan, though
Deku says he won’t let him succeed either
Gentle insists he’s different from
the Villain Alliance, just wanting to execute his invasion of UA, Deku saying
that he doesn’t want the cultural festival to be cancelled. But Gentle retorts
that La Brava will make the alarms ineffective, so there’s no need to worry.
Deku tries to bluff Gentle, saying
he’s already been reported and claims he’ll hold him off until the Heroes
arrive.
Gentle bounces himself free and,
making the girders elastic with his Quirk, bounces around the structure, Deku
unable to predict his movements to attack
Deku is struck by an air barrier
created by Gentle, La Brava still trying to convince her idol to give up, but
he isn’t discouraged
He explains to Deku that his Quirk
has to wear off on the objects he imbues with elasticity, the girder that he
affected slowly regaining its rigidity, but also starting to collapse.
The old man nearby is watching the
scene, Deku moving to stop the girder as it falls
Gentle said he didn’t intend to make
it so dangerous, but he says he must continue his plan, elasticizing a crane to
serve as a catapult for him and La Brava, leaving Deku to bear that weight as
Deku thinks he has to act soon
Meanwhile back at UA, it’s 15
minutes until the cultural festival starts, everyone getting ready in 1-A
As Gentle and La Brava are launched
towards the school, Deku manages to hold up the beam with one arm, attacking
with a wind pressure blast from the other, which Gentle bounces away with an
air barrier
The chapter concludes as La Brava
says Deku is persistent and decides she has to use her Quirk
One Piece 900
Big Mom is eating the cake, gobbling
it with gusto as Chiffon sees her enthusiasm, remembering how Sanji was
thinking about what Big Mom’s face would be like as she was enjoying his
creation, even though everyone was in danger.
As Big Mom pauses, Perospero worries
the poison might be kicking in, but Big Mom has tears in her eyes, the flavor
so great that she feels she could die right now
Perospero reports the situation to
the rest of Totland as Big Mom continues to eat the cake
Jinbe’s crew makes a path for Luffy
and the others to get through, the former Warlord happy how his comrades are
still assisting him even now
Oven comes out of the Mirror World,
Brulee having provided bullets that can harm the Germa 66 as he uses Hot Sea
Hell again, weakening the Fishmen in the ocean
But things change as Big Mom’s
biggest ship, the Queen Mama Chanter, arrives, as the Yonkou sings about the
amazing flavor the cake has, reminding her of the time when she was with Mother
Carmel and her friends
The tides turn in Big Mom’s favor,
Germa 66 on the ropes and as the chapter ends, it seems that even the Straw
Hats have been taken out by the Chanter, their tattered flag floating in the
ocean
One Piece is on break next week
Seven Deadly Sins 260
Derriere tells Monspiet that she
doesn’t feel confident in being a Ten Commandment anymore. She remembers how
the war cost everyone the lives of many fellow Demons as well as Derriere’s
older sister.
But the Purity also wonders if what
she was taught was absolutely right, since Elizabeth, one of the Goddess Clan,
saved them when they became their Indra forms, and humans rescued them when
they were nearly killed by Meliodas.
Monspiet is happy that she’s opening
up, not being very willing to talk after her sister died. Derriere tells him
that her sister loved Monspiet, though the Reticence seems to imply he loves
Derriere instead.
But before that conversation can
proceed, the human that’s been keeping them safe bursts in, saying they’re in
danger before the human is vaporized to dust by Estarossa
Derriere tries to attack, but
Estarossa’s Physical Full Counter repels her attack.
Estarossa moves to eat the soul of
the human, but before he can, Monspiet switches it with an apple, telling
Derriere to take the soul and run.
Derriere releases the soul, turning
back to fight, but Monspiet says she can’t win against Estarossa’s Physical
Full Counter
Estarossa grabs Monspiet, preparing
to snap his neck as he reveals he’s come to take their Commandments. Derriere
stops him, saying they intended to give them up anyway, though they still don’t
understand why Estarossa needs them now.
The Love says that he intends to
take them by force and use their power along with those that Meliodas and
Zeldris have to become even more powerful.
Monspiet is getting pressured by
Estarossa’s grip on his neck, but he tells him that there’s a secret about him
that everyone knows except him
The two are switched by Monspiet’s
Conjurer’s Trick, the Reticence now having the advantage over Estarossa as he
continues to reveal what he and the others know
Estarossa, in spite of being the
Demon King’s son, was not born with the power of darkness as his brothers were,
but his father gave him a Commandment to try and give him a chance. It awakened
the abilities of darkness and hellfire, but it also drove Estarossa slowly
insane, Monspiet claiming that if he absorbed any more Commandments, then he
would be utterly destroyed
The Love appears to fall unconscious
from the hold that Monspiet had him in, Derriere walking up
But before Monspiet can fully warn
her, Estarossa awakens and rushes to attack her.
The chapter ends as Monspiet
switches places with Derriere, taking the attack, his final heart ripped out by
Estarossa before he can tell Derriere his feelings.
