Black Clover

Black Clover

Saturday, August 4, 2018

WSR 7-30-18





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Weekly Shounen Jump is on break next week for Obon, along with Weekly Shounen Magazine, most likely

Fire Force is still delayed, unfortunately


Dr. Stone 69

Everyone’s shocked at the steam engine, especially Magma, who gets knocked back by its sheer power. Kohaku is impressed too, even as she hits Ginrou for saying it’s more a gorilla than she is

Senkuu says they still need to work out some kinks as we see Gen test drive it, the only one with a license. The wooden wheels and lack of paved roads make it so bumpy that putting anything on would be crazy

But with the village’s help, particularly Kohaku, Suika and the kids, Senkuu makes a bamboo wicker version of the wheels NASA designed for travel on planets.

Putting that together with a rough chassis, they have the makings of a real automobile now.

The boys are more impressed than the girls, Gen commenting that’s just more common for males to be excited about building things.

But when Senkuu brings up that they’ll take the infirm elderly that can’t walk as well along with the scientific tools, one of the elders objects to this.

He says it’d be more practical to just do round trips and leave them behind, since they’d just hold them back. They are grateful to Senkuu for thinking of them, though he insists that wasn’t his primary concern.

This way, they can take more scientific tools and the elders are confident Senkuu and the others will win before Tsukasa’s army can attack the village

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The group starts off, but Gen discovers that Senkuu’s simple engine can’t progress on inclines, forcing Magma, Kinrou and Ginrou to push it up the hills. The time-saving measure actually backfired on them in a way, but Senkuu has an idea

Everyone fortifies an area that is only a few kilometers at best from Tsukasa’s kingdom. Suika moves ahead to scout out things as Kohaku looks with a telescope to try and find Chrome’s location as well



Suika finds Chrome, though it’s because he calls out, complaining how he’s in a bamboo cave prison, clearly hinting to her about how to break him out. 

She returns, explaining things, though Magma wonders if they should try a full frontal assault.

For once, Senkuu agrees, the chapter ending as he says that with some improvements, they can turn their “Steam Gorilla” into a tank







We Never Learn 73

Fumino and Yuiga are studying together at the restaurant in town, when she notices something’s off about her tutor.

Yuiga is still thinking about the kiss he had with Fumino, though she isn’t aware it was him in the costume

Fumino insists that he talk to her about his issues, referring to herself as his big sis in a figurative sense of being his senior in knowing female issues

When she jokes that he must’ve had a kiss or such, Yuiga has a spit take, Fumino more focused on him, asking who he kissed




Fumino catches herself, Yuiga wondering why she sounds so specific, not wanting to reveal that she wants to help Uruka and Rizu in their romance

Yuiga is still ambivalent, Fumino wondering if he’s kissed some other girl, getting more belligerent

Suddenly, Miharu appears, commenting on the coincidence of meeting up with Yuiga

Fumino wonders if Miharu was the person he kissed, Miharu initially playing dumb, but then admitting she was said girl that Yuiga smooched. 




She and Yuiga whisper about why she did it, Miharu explaining that she figured that Yuiga was in a pinch and this makes this less vague and answers Fumino’s question.

Miharu, hearing Fumino refer to herself as Yuiga’s big sis, thinks she’s his actual older sister, feeling a bond between them, since she admires Mafuyu as her older sister, still thinking that Mafuyu and Yuiga are in a secret relationship

Fumino sees Miharu acting odd when Yuiga whispers in her ear, still shaky around boys, a trait we saw much earlier. She asks if they really are in that kind of relationship, Miharu trying to prove it to Fumino by feeding Yuiga a parfait

But before she does it, Fumino wonders why she’s so suspicious, not thinking she has any feelings for Yuiga like Uruka and Rizu.

As Miharu is about to feed Yuiga, she worries that Fumino will suspect something, Fumino unexpectedly eating the parfait from the spoon and taking it from them to prevent it from being shared

Miharu interprets this behavior to suggest Fumino is trying to protect her older brother’s reputation, leaving them both confused as she departs.


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The chapter concludes as Fumino still wonders about whether she loves Yuiga, whether she would be sad if Yuiga chose Rizu or Uruka instead


We start the next chapter with Mafuyu volunteering to cover for a teacher who’s out sick, a home economics class that has food ready for the class and no teacher immediately available otherwise.

Yuiga finds Mafuyu leaving the supermarket with bags of groceries for practice, since she’s not confident in her skills even though she offered to take over the class




When they arrive at her apartment, she realizes she doesn’t have an apron, Yuiga going to get one. It’s a frilly one with a heart shaped fabric piece on the front, which irritates Mafuyu




She goes to cook, but Yuiga is shocked to see that her kitchen is in disarray and not even well cleaned, fixing it up as usual

As Yuiga finishes, Mafuyu offers some hamburger steak, though it looks like bits of charcoal. He tastes it, Mafuyu also realizing how bad it is.

She goes to do another batch, but asks Yuiga to help tie up her hair so it doesn’t get in the way. Yuiga is understandably nervous at the situation, but does a passable job, even if it’s not as good as when he does his sister’s hair

The two progress in making the hamburger steaks, Yuiga commenting that it’s surprisingly relaxing.



But he also says that it must be hard being a teacher, since people expect so much from you. Mafuyu responds that she doesn’t really care about that, just wanting to be as prepared as she can for a lesson, such as her practice here. She doesn’t want to waste any time teaching students in the limited time she has, surprisingly considerate in her own way

Afterwards, the hamburger steak is still terrible, Yuiga shocked to learn Mafuyu isn’t using a recipe and, what’s more, isn’t even doing her own version well, using pancake and gelatin mix that’s 3 years old



Yuiga exclaims that Mafuyu has to follow the recipe, since she doesn’t even know the basics to be able to improvise like she is. She’s a bit offended at his scolding, but understands, the next batch going well

The chapter ends as Mafuyu basically reiterates Yuiga’s lesson to her class, making them think she’s even cooler with household skills along with her beauty and poise




Black Clover 168

After seeing a map of where most people are relative to the regions in the Clover Kingdom, we flashback to after the Reincarnation Magic was activated in the capital

Yami wonders what’s going on, sensing a high magic power in the capital.

We see it’s Marx and Owen, their magic powers overwhelmingly strong. Yami realizes that they’ve changed as they speak to him, dodging their attacks, both of them having surprising attack capabilities with their support type magic



As they comment on how they must destroy Julius as a representative of the humans’ power, seeking vengeance for the elves that were slaughtered, Yami turns around to attack

He absorbs Marx’s memory wiping arrows with Black Hole and slashes apart Owen’s cocoon of super healing magic. To their surprise, he moves faster than they can perceive, knocking them both out with the back of his sword.





Yami tells them to sleep for now, not wanting them to do anything further to sully the names of people who served the Wizard King

The chapter ends as we see Charlotte has also been possessed by an elf spirit, moving to fight Yami as he smirks, calling her by his nickname of Thorny Princess.







One Piece 913

Basil asks Zoro and Luffy if they know who really controls the Wano Kingdom, Luffy blurting out that it’s Kaidou, though Zoro tells him they shouldn’t say that as the Straw Hat quickly plays dumb

Zoro notices the sword Luffy has, asking to borrow it. Luffy ignores this as he tries to use it, though he really just punches his opponent while holding the sword

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A lizard tries to grab Luffy, but he throws it at Hawkins, who utilizes a Warabide sword, seemingly made of straw, but strong enough to pierce the lizard

Zoro manages to land a blow on Hawkins from afar with a sword strike, but someone nearby gets slashed instead as we see Hawkins’ mysterious power form a straw doll from his body

Hawkins explains that it is a Devil Fruit that grants him this ability, the Straw Straw Fruit, letting him make straw clones that can take the damage in his place, representing his subordinates that are connected to them

A larger straw form appears from Hawkins’ body as he moves to take down Luffy and Zoro

The Straw Man pulls a tarot card out, but it makes his crew attack each other. He’s confident he’ll draw one that will aid him, but Komacchiyo takes Luffy and Zoro in his mouth and flees with Tama as well



But Hawkins then draws the Hierophant card, which lets him pursue them, Zoro managing to slash the straw doll, thwarting their chase. Hawkins says that Hierophant’s symbolism means that someone will aid Luffy and Zoro


Out of nowhere, the woman that Zoro saved, called Tsuru, appears, offering to help Tama at her tea house, boiling a medicinal herb there to counter the river’s poison





At Okobore Village in the Kuro Province, we see a girl Okiku, accosted by some men who offer marriage to her in exchange for prosperity and food in the capital




But Okiku, the poster girl for the tea house, rejects the offer of Urashima, a famous sumo wrestler

Tsuru’s group arrives, Okiku moving to prepare the tea to help Tama with her fever

The chapter ends as we see Bepo and other members of Law’s crew watching from a distance, wondering what they should do





My Hero Academia 192

Deku is trying to process what’s happening, only parts of his body visible in the vision, most of it in shadow. He sees 7 other people, but remembers he’s the 9th successor, wondering who’s missing

He sees what is clearly All For One in the past talking to the first holder of One For All, asking why he’s not open to the idea of using Quirks to benefit people, even if it seems selfish at first.




We see a man who has a mutant Quirk that isolates him from society and a Quirkless man who was attacked by thugs with Quirks. All For One grants the Quirkless man the mutation Quirk and frees the original holder from it so he can help his aging parents, both of them grateful to him



All For One says this is how things should be, using his Quirk to bring order to society, though his brother says he’s just creating more servants to use for his own gains.

The elder brother doesn’t deny this, saying he needs people that are obligated to him, but One For All’s originator says such an “order” is just exploiting people’s suffering

One of All For One’s servants, called a bodyguard, pins down the younger brother as he says that he pities him for not having a Quirk, something that lets one assert their ideals

We see how the world was in chaos when Quirks first existed in society, but All For One offered salvation in his own way, taking away Quirks that drove people mad and promised to help those in need, granting their wishes as long as they follow him

Later, All For One approaches his brother again, asking why he won’t follow him. He explains how there was a faction that refused to follow him and without even needing to command anyone, his followers destroyed them, his will just conveyed that easily



All For One says it’s like in the comics they read, but his brother says that he only read a short way through. In the end, the villain was defeated by the hero who struggled against him. But his older brother says that reality doesn’t work like fiction, granting the One For All Quirk base that evolved into the present Quirk that Deku holds




Deku is confused as he hears a voice in his head, the originator of One For All talking to him. He says that since Deku can only manage about 20%, this is all he can show him through their connection, Deku wondering how this is happening

As he’s told that he isn’t alone, we shift back to the outside world, a loud crash waking up Aoyama next door

The chapter ends as he goes to Deku’s room, seeing that parts of the room have been damaged by the outburst of power, Deku trying to figure out what happened as he awakens from his dream








Seven Deadly Sins 276

Derriere is cradling Elizabeth after she was freed from Mael/Estarossa’s dark power, the Goddess still in shock that the Demon was actually a Goddess Clan member

The Commandments absorbed by Mael are making him more dangerous with his emotional instability and Elizabeth wonders how to save him.

But she also thinks it feels out of place to say that to Derriere, since her sister was slaughtered by Mael (though I wonder if it was actually Ruedueciel?).

Derriere says that since Elizabeth saved her and Monspiet before, they should follow her example and save Mael as well

Meanwhile, Sariel and Tarmiel are talking to Mael, though their former comrade says they shouldn’t get in his way or stop him from eliminating Gowther as the Archangels are meant to do with Demons

Tarmiel tries to calm him down, but Mael says they can’t possibly understand how he feels.

Sariel says that he needs to give up the Commandments to even have a chance to regain his Grace, but Mael retorts by saying this new power is all he has left, moving to attack them




Derriere and Elizabeth arrive, the Demon saying that she and Monspiet died 3000 years ago when they used their Indra forms, Elizabeth saving them from their fate as servants to their instincts and hatred

They continued to serve the Demon King, but only recently did they realize that what they were doing was wrong, wanting to stop Mael to bring an end to this Holy War to give Monspiet’s sacrifice meaning



Elizabeth thinks she can’t take out the Commandments with her power, but Derriere has an idea, telling the Goddess to stay back
 
Gowther is still divided as to what he should do, not wanting to hurt his friends or Mael, but Derriere tells him to broadcast her thoughts to everyone but Mael, the Sin of Lust realizing what she wants to do

She conveys tactics to King, Sariel and Tarmiel, combining their efforts to keep Mael restrained, Derriere then pummeling Mael while Gowther reads his mind to learn how to release the Commandments



Tarmiel sees Mael bemoan his situation as Gowther learns the spell, pulling back his attack that’s keeping Mael restrained.

This gives Mael the opportunity to blast Derriere, seemingly killing her as the chapter ends with him saying that this is his mercy to her as the Angel of Death



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