WSR 5-14-18

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One Piece is unexpectedly on break this week, Oda was pushed with the time crunch of Golden Week (mangaka schedules are rough)

Dr. Stone 58

The cell phone is nearly complete, Senkuu explaining that the three major parts are the vacuum tube, the plastic case and the gold wiring.

Kaseki is confident in spite of Senkuu saying that the vacuum tube will require very precise craftsmanship

But when he sees the complexity of the Hickman pump, needed to make the vacuum tube’s environment with the suction, he wonders if it can really be made

Gen tries to motivate him by saying it’s near impossible, even modern craftsman needing great skill to make the pump. But Kaseki is unfazed, saying that the more difficult the project, the more he’s inspired, he and Senkuu high-fiving as Chrome and Senkuu did before, the vacuum tube his project

Ginrou says he thinks he’s the only one who noticed that Kaseki is trying to lighten the load, but everyone noticed it.

Suika and the kids are working on the gold wiring, allies of the science kingdom as much as the others

The rest of the group goes to making plastic, though Gen is dragged away by Kaseki after he asks Senkuu how they’d make such a thing in this age

Chrome is confused when Senkuu has them repeatedly boil tree sap, making a formalide solution

Suika is having trouble because of the cold, another villager bringing it up as well that the winter can be dangerous.

Senkuu, in order to keep everyone warm, makes a stove, needing the cinders from it for the next step

Kokuyou comments how the village is changing, Senkuu saying that’s what science does. The former chief admits that making Senkuu the chief was no mistake, respecting him

As Kaseki is making progress on the pump, Gen is confused at the vacuum tubes needing batteries

The next step is taking the zinc, manganese and charcoal, combining them together to make a basic battery, though Gen and Ruri are shocked when they learn they need to make 800 of them

As the chapter ends, we see that combining all these parts together has enabled them to finally make radio wave transmission start to become possible

We Can’t Study 62

Rizu has a worn out pencil case, which Sekijou notices, offering to pick one out for her, since her friend is unsure of which one to get. This makes Sawako ecstatic at hanging out with her friend

When Rizu meets her, she has a set of clothes that’s worth over $200, different from her usual attire.

The two go out to eat first, Sawako offering all kinds of desserts and treats to Rizu as we learn that she pulled an all-nighter planning out their whole outing.

But when Yuiga appears, Sawako changes her mind, saying that he should pick out Rizu’s pencil case, leaving them alone (seemingly because she still thinks Yuiga and Rizu work as a couple)

We see Sawako linger on a stuffed animal stuck on the edge of a claw machine, relating to it, since she was alienated in her youth for being so smart and focused on her studies, while her classmates wanted to have fun

She takes a mock exam, her teacher thinking it could motivate her. But when Rizu finishes the test around the same time as Sawako, she ignores people bringing up that she can’t read the mood, just saying that she finished and should leave. 

Sawako, admiring Rizu for how she bucked social expectations, decides to apply herself more and become like Rizu, even seeking to get into her high school. But she wasn’t able to talk to or befriend Rizu until their third year.

Yuiga finds her, bringing up how he observed her Twitter feed, having clearly stayed up all night in excitement. He says she should go with Rizu, but Sekijou is embarrassed at this, saying she doesn’t talk about this with anyone else

Sawako then emphasizes how much she admires and respects Rizu, wanting to be like her

It turns out that Rizu is right behind her, happy that someone can see what she perceived as a negative trait and turn it into something positive

She asks Sekijou if she wants to choose the pencil case with her, Yuiga pressing Sekijou into saying she does, Rizu happy, since she thought Sekijou leaving was because she hated Rizu

Sekijou says that could never happen, accidentally tripping and falling onto Rizu’s chest, which makes her a bit irritated

The chapter ends as Rizu has her new pencil case and Yuiga is confused as to why Sekijou left him and Rizu alone together before

Black Clover 156

As Yuno and Asta clash with Licht, he brushes their attack aside with his first sword and then manifests a light version of Asta’s cleaver blade, blasting them with magic

The two try to struggle against it, but Licht blasts them out of the hideout, making a huge hole in the process

Rhya comments that it was a big explosion to get rid of them and Asta’s grimoire, but Licht says that grimoire is no longer his, suggesting that he will use Patri’s Light Magic

They see Cobb, now referred to as Ado, and meet up with the other humans possessed by elves as a captain’s wheel appears and the dungeon moves like a vehicle as they go to meet the others

Asta wakes up, Yuno, Mimosa and others there, trying to regain their bearings after what has happened. Nozelle, thanking Asta for saving Mereoleona, who’s barely clinging onto life, gives him a magic tool that stimulates his recovery, Noelle and Kirsch arriving as well

We learn from a Magic Knight contacting Nozelle that the other Magic Knight squads and people in the kingdom are behaving strangely as well with the reincarnation magic

Nozelle says they need to protect the Clover Kingdom, even if it means they must kill their allies

Noelle remembers how Luck’s attack missed her, thinking he’s still fighting against the elf soul and that they can save everyone

Asta agrees, everyone mobilizing to head towards the kingdom as the chapter ends

  

Boku no Hero Academia 183

Class 1-B’s play that crosses over Harry Potter, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings gets a decent reception from the audience, Kaminari sad he couldn’t see it

All Might scolds Deku a bit for not answering his phone, having forgotten it in the rush to get to the festival. Hound Dog comes to chastise Deku as well, saying he got lucky here, but that the student should leave things to the pro Heroes in the future until he gets his actual license

Eri can’t hold back her excitement, describing the dance with child-like wonder, Deku happy she enjoyed it

Other students praise 1-A, including those who were dismissive of them before. And while Iida says they still need to continue spreading their new perspective, the students that saw the performance were influenced, promising to tell others about it

Mineta is stressed, wanting to speed up cleaning so they can see the Miss Yuuei Contest

Kendo does a martial arts performance, chopping blocks in half with her Big Hands Quirk, though Bibimi Kenranzaki, part of the Support Department, has an especially flashy and expensive float of sorts that she’s made

Monoma is impressed, Kirishima trying to make him feel better by bringing up how good the play was

Nejire, trying to not clash directly with Kenranzaki, does her own performance, using her Quirk to float herself in the air, almost dancing

The votes are being tallied up, everyone deciding to split up and do their own things at the festival until then. We see later that Nejire did win, Kenranzaki a gracious loser, offering a hand of respect

As Eri is getting ready to leave, Deku surprises her with a candied apple, which he made himself with ingredients he bought while he was also getting the rope. He thought that they might not have it, so he wanted to make sure she had that experience.

She tastes it, much sweeter than an apple as they leave, Deku happy at the conclusion

We shift over to La Brava and Gentle being interrogated, La Brava refusing to use her talents for anyone but Gentle

The police tell Gentle they can easily determine if she was brainwashed, so he needs to be upfront with them. But the Gentle Criminal says that he was the primary offender and that he’s finally realized his actual dream thanks to Deku

The detective is happy, saying that Gentle has a chance to change things now, the chapter ending as he offers him tea, though they only have instant, not his preferred black tea bags

Seven Deadly Sins 266

Dreyfus’ group defending the castle is keeping them at bay, along with Slader and Jericho. But he realizes that Griamore has been defeated by an especially powerful Demon, able to break his Wall

As he moves to try and save Griamore, Dreyfus realizes he can’t attack with his Break power because he’d risk hitting him, but he still struggles and manages to pull him free. Suddenly, he’s giant sized, Fraudrin’s power still latent in him, Drefyus thankful to the Demon

Meanwhile, King decides he’ll go ahead, since he’s the only one that can fly

But Sariel and Tarmiel reveal they’re still okay, Sariel’s body more feminine and developed now, to Howzer’s shock

The Archangel explains that hosting a Goddess or Demon puts a lot of stress on a human body and they can suddenly develop, though Tarmiel doesn’t have that advantage, since his host body died after the Battle Festival with Gloxinia and Dolor, so it can’t advance further.

Sariel’s host was a young female performer who became ill and in exchange for curing the illness, Sariel gave her the power to fight against the Demon Clan.

But we see that the bodies are deteriorating fast after the rapid use of the Graces, the Archangels’ true forms appearing as their human forms perish, left behind as corpses

Howzer wonders how they can hope to win, the two Archangels saying that Estarossa is indeed dangerous, already having defeated Mael in the past. As strong as he is now, they have to beat him or the Holy War will end with their defeat

Elizabeth asks Estarossa where he’s taking her, the Demon still talking like he’s Meliodas and noting that they have a secret place.

Suddenly, the two are attacked in the sky, both falling. Elizabeth manifests her wings and saves Estarossa

But as she’s catching her breath, Estarossa grabs her by the throat, his form becoming darker with evil energy as the chapter ends

Double length chapter next week (or two chapters?)