WSR 5-20-19

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Another new series (2 more after this), Double Taisei, by Kentaro Fukuda, who did Devilyman in 2015. Tai, a shogi player in junior high (8th grade) has a surprising secret about his skills, a dissociative identity that comes out at night. The two play shogi together and the night personality, Sei, seems uninterested in shogi, having quit 5 years ago. But during the pre-qualifiers, the match goes late and Sei appears, deciding to play again to help his other self

One Piece is on break this week




 Dr. Stone 105

Senkuu’s group learns that the girl, Amaryllis, seeks to become the most beautiful girl and marry into a harem, the head of which apparently knows the secret of petrification, in order to stop him, allying with Senkuu.

We Never Learn 111

Yuiga goes along with Mafuyu to look at a new apartment, where it seems like there’s signs of haunting and even after a girl appears, seemingly just playing pranks, it seems like she might actually be a ghost herself

Fire Force 173

Shinra seems to unlock some new power with the pressure of death upon him, but we see that Konrou’s Adolla Link seems to be normal enough. But we also learn how Kayoko might’ve been burned by Shinra when he was younger, his flames more powerful. At the 4th Division, Hague, who also has stigmata from the Adolla Link, is attacked by a White Hood, striking him through the back from behind somehow.

My Hero Academia 228

Dabi and the ice-user square off, his opponent having trained a great deal to combat fire in spite of their weakness to it. Meanwhile, Twice is approached by puppets made by Skeptic of the MLA in his own image, making him paralyzed with confusion

Black Clover 205

We see how, with Sekre’s magic tools, Lumiere manages to stop Licht, but the demon has to be sealed, which then makes Sekre start to change from being a human. And after keeping the Wizard King in stone stasis, she becomes a bird, keeping Licht’s corrupted grimoire safe from 500 years. Asta and company are still fighting the demon, Lumiere and Nero both arriving to assist

Seven Deadly Sins 310

Elizabeth and Meliodas bid farewell to everyone, but as she enters the gate to the Demon Realm, she’s seemingly killed by a mass of falling stone nearby, suggesting the curse isn’t destroyed for her (since that was from the Supreme Goddess, not the Demon King like with Meliodas)

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