WSR 5-28-18

 

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Dr. Stone 60

The villagers are confused as to how sound is on such a small disc, Senkuu explaining the mechanism, creating grooves in a record with sound and a needle and then reproducing that sound by running a needle over those grooves.

He thinks that Byakuya himself didn’t make it, likely helped by the others, but he thinks his dad did have the idea

We flashback, Byakuya cutting the bottom of a bottle and saying it could work as a disc, even though he didn’t realize how glass is actually better for preservation and longevity

They combine the motor from Byakuya’s electric razor and the diamond from Yakov’s wife’s ring among other things to make a record player

Senkuu’s group does similar things, making their own record player by applying the principles behind the phone from before, hearing Byakuya’s voice

He says he’s confident that Senkuu is hearing this and presents music to the people in the future who have never heard it

The song is so moving to everyone, even Gen, since it’s been that long and Lillian was considered very talented

With this as a motivator, Senkuu explains that there are so many other forms of entertainment and they can bring it back in some form once they defeat Tsukasa’s army and revive all the people of the world from petrification

This boosts morale for the whole village, everyone wanting to help in stopping Tsukasa, possibly with music if they could

Senkuu and Gen talk about how with the record player and 2 cellphones, they could end the war with no bloodshed, but, Gen wondering if there’s some god watching them, that they may plunge into utter failure

The chapter ends as Senkuu says no such god ever existed in the age of science and that they’ll win

We Can’t Study 64

The cultural festival at Ichinose Academy is coming up and Yuiga’s class, as well as Rizu’s class (apparently separate? Not sure if it was ever directly stated one way or the other) are preparing. Yuiga finds Rizu, Uruka and Fumino at Rizu’s class, which is doing an udon shop. Uruka wonders about what Yuiga will do, since his class doing a haunted house. He says he’s working on props and the set, so he won’t be busy on the day of the festival.

Uruka and Fumino (who also are in separate classes apparently) try to keep their class’s events secret, to Yuiga’s confusion.

Kashima and Furuhashi’s other fans bring up an urban legend connected to the Ichinose cultural festival, that boys and girls who are touching when the first firework of the post-festival celebrations go off will be together forever

Sekijo and Uruka think about how they can use this, Uruka wanting to get together with Yuiga and Sekijo wanting to help Rizu get together with Yuiga. Though Yuiga says it’s just logical that such an urban legend would come about because of couples being together at the fireworks.

Mafuyu is approached by the male teachers we’ve seen before, asking about her decision for the teachers to have a lecture regarding the Holy Roman Empire’s collapse. She says she’ll trust them to do a costume for her, wanting to help the attendees get engaged

We then learn about class 3-A where Fumino is, planning to do Sleeping Beauty with Furuhashi as the lead. She says they wouldn’t have time to prepare, since they were delaying their decision, but Kashima says they’ve already been doing stuff behind the scenes.

As Fumino is taken away to get fitted for a dress, the rest of the Fumino admirer club that we heard about much earlier in the series reveals that they have a bigger agenda; getting Yuiga to kiss Fumino in the play

The cultural festival starts, Yuiga meeting up with Rizu, who is waiting for her dad to come with the 100 orders of udon for the class’s udon shop. Yuiga’s impressed at how dedicated her dad is, though he’s shocked when there are actually 1000 orders of udon brought to the classroom by Rizu’s father, who misread a period as an extra 0.

Yuiga, trying to get ahead of Rizu’s worry, says he’ll help her sell the udon at the festival, since he’s not busy

The chapter ends as we see everyone getting ready for the upcoming events, Fumino shocked at the script, while Yuiga speaks to the audience, saying that the superstition might have been valid, suggesting that we’re reaching a bit of a climax for the series, even if there’s still much more to be shown

Fire Force 128

Joker tells the Shadow of the Holy Sun captain he’ll kill him with 52 cards

The two clash, Joker telling his opponent to count how many cards it’ll take to beat him

As he throws the fiery cards at the captain, his whip sword lets him deflect them, seemingly unfazed by his attacks

The captain tells Joker that the Shadow of the Holy Sun is united as one, only people like Joker dying alone, the assassins’ shared identity keeping them stronger

Joker persists, but the captain still manages to have the advantage, the mystery man hardly able to stand against his former master’s skill

With his techniques all known by the Holy Sun Shadow captain, it seems that Joker can’t win, taunted as someone who is a failure and can’t hope to defeat him

Joker only has 2 cards left, the captain saying he’ll deal him a deathblow to give his former student some kind of mercy

When Joker lays down his last card, the captain stabs it, seemingly victorious and readying his finishing attack

But then Joker reveals that he’s used a hallucinogenic dust in his cards that’s been slowly spreading, creating illusory copies of Joker around the captain. The captain’s arm is sliced off, Joker showing that he had a 53rd card.

As he finishes the captain off, slicing him into bits with the final card, he says someone like the captain, who just conforms, didn’t deserve to see his trump card

The chapter ends as Joker says he’ll need that card to defeat Captain Burns of the 1st division, who’s just arrived; the connection between them soon to be revealed, since they both have lost an eye, but they’re the opposites of each other

Black Clover 159

Asta and Yuno push back the former Magic Knight turned elf’s magic, but Asta notices the priest that took them in as babies has been poisoned by the Poisonous Plant Magic

He tries to use his sword to cure it, like he’s done in the past with curse magic and the like, but it doesn’t work

The father of the church thinks it’s just an illusion at his near death, but Asta says he won’t let him die

Suddenly a new sword comes out of Asta’s grimoire, Asta observing that it’s the same one from the dungeon they were at that Licht took (meaning he didn’t make it out of light, he just activated it), having entered his grimoire

Asta pulls it out, dark energy erupting from it that absorbs the poison, curing the villagers. The sword feels like a wild horse to Asta, seemingly dangerous in some way

Yuno pushes the Poisonous Plant magic back with another spell, but as the elf sees that Yuno and Asta have things connected to elves, such as the reincarnation magic on Yuno and Asta possessing Licht’s swords, he starts to become unhinged, his body starting to break apart as the soul is going out of control

Worried that the elf may become something worse, Yuno blasts him with wind magic again, letting Asta take the opportunity to use his new sword.

When the blade stabs into the elf, it frees the human from the reincarnation magic, seemingly able to affect souls with its abilities

Asta and Yuno note that the sword may let them save everyone, the chapter ending as we see Luck, still affected by the reincarnation magic, leave the dungeon ship to attack an area where Magna and Vanessa are

One Piece 906

We see the royalty arrive at the stairs that lead to the main building on Mary Geoise (the official spelling in English for Mariejois from Oda himself). 

The Fishfolk/Merfolk are given what are called Travelators, which move the ground forward for them, since they need bubbles to support them and they can’t move normally. Shirahoshi is offered the path to see the trees, what she heard about called a forest, but as they travel, we see that the path is actually moved by slaves underground

At the castle proper, the royalty and their escorts are socializing as we learn that the conference will be 7 days long, serving gourmet food and making things safe with no weapons in the venue

Shirahoshi offends some of the kings and their sons as they ask her about possibly getting to know them better for a future marriage, her brothers managing to calm things down and explain to her that they need to be polite

Vivi meets Leo and Rebecca, calling the Tontatta cute, which they initially find rude, but forgive her quickly, as usual

They talk about how Rebecca and Vivi can relate to each other, both being helped by Luffy and the Straw Hats in the past, Shirahoshi also chiming in

As they’re socializing, we see Wapol and Kinderella (his queen) of Black Drum Kingdom arrive, Vivi remembering him from her brief journey with the Straw Hats

Dalton and Kureha from the newly formed Sakura Kingdom also appear, having had a previous conflict with Wapol, the two briefly bickering before the king of the Sakura Kingdom bonds with Vivi and Rebecca about their respect of Luffy

The chapter ends as Doflamingo is in the 6th level of Impel Down, commenting that they’re trying to keep him quiet about the treasure in Mary Geoise, someone opening a vault while holding Luffy’s wanted poster, a large straw hat in the room.

My Hero Academia 185

We learn a bit more about how the Heroes are ranked, their incident resolution rate affected especially if they participate in high profile cases, like how Best Jeanist and Edgeshot, among others, were part of the Kamino incident and went up slightly.

A person explains why the Heroes are in person at the event, saying that with All Might’s retirement, these top 10 Heroes are likely the best candidates to take his place in a sense

Wings, #2 Hero now, asks Endeavor what it feels like, clearly not taking it as seriously as the Hell Flame Hero

The Heroes are asked to give statements, Ryukyu first. She says she would’ve declined if she could, still thinking she could’ve done more, Crust reflecting that sentiment as well. As the other Heroes speak, we see Wings falling asleep

Right as Edgeshot is speaking about how Heroes are meant to keep the peace, Wings interrupts, saying that such things don’t matter. He insists that approval ratings are the best measure of a Hero. The fact that people still ranked lower than him aren’t acting like this is a big deal disappoints him

We learn that Wings is quite talented, having started a Hero agency at 18, getting into the top 10 soon after in the rankings and now in the top 3 at 22.

Endeavor, the last to speak, is still thinking about what All Might said in regards to becoming the Symbol of Peace, simply telling the audience that they should watch what he’ll accomplish in the future.

Afterwards, Endeavor is showing his irritation, Wings saying that even though he doesn’t care about All Might, his retirement means that Endeavor is the best choice to be a new leader. Wings himself thinks he isn’t suited to be a leader, wanting more freedom than what his position gives him

But as Endeavor tries to leave, Wings says he wants to team up, some reports coming up in his hometown regarding Noumu

The chapter ends as Shigaraki (most likely) approaches an improved Noumu, actually able to speak and understand, called High End, telling him he expects great things from the monster

Seven Deadly Sins 269

Meliodas wakes up, confused when he sees Ban there. Ban insists he’s real, Meliodas embracing his friend

The Dragon’s Sin had given up hope of returning to the real world, asking Ban if he’s died, Ban saying that he came here to rescue Meliodas

When Meliodas brings up how Ban intends to get them back, Ban realizes he didn’t think that far ahead.

The two travel through Purgatory, Meliodas saying they have time to devise a plan to escape

We learn there are 2 species that inhabit Purgatory: the souls that have drifted here (seemingly from the Land of the Dead according to Nakaba-sensei answering a question that distinguished the two worlds) and become mere shadows, consumed by rage; and the native species that were born in Purgatory, adapted to surviving in the harsh environment

Ban and Meliodas move to try and defeat one of the indigenous monsters, but Meliodas, just a soul, a fragment of Meliodas, can’t fight like he could before, so Ban says he’ll do the heavy work here

Meliodas is impressed at Ban surviving with a flesh body in Purgatory, the Fox’s Sin saying it felt like hundreds of years, the first century just him reviving from various deaths through Purgatory’s dangerous climate

After 200 more years, Ban managed to adjust himself to things, even sleeping through the death and suffering.

With a bit of focus, Ban manages to match the beast’s speed and defeat it, using its parts the make weapons and clothes to better survive in Purgatory

Meliodas explains to Ban that he was imprisoned at first, but he eventually succumbed to his despair and became a monster for a time.

Ban wonders why the Demon King just left him after that, since he might accidentally manage to escape in spite of that

Meliodas thinks the Demon King must be aware of the exit’s location, the two finishing up their preparations as the chapter ends with them heading out into Purgatory to find a way to leave