WSR 12-8-19

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One Piece and Seven Deadly Sins are on break this week

Tokyo Shinobi Squad ended this week, so Shonen Jump is at its lowest number of series in a while, though there will be replacements come February or March 2020, probably

New series in Shonen Jump is Agravity Boys, by Atsushi Nakamura (returning after doing Kurokuroku in 2013). After a group of 4 male astronauts land on a planet resembling Earth, they’re given a chance to actually propagate humanity with a mysterious elixir from an extradimensional being. They bicker and then realize there may be other vessels like theirs that left Earth before an extinction level nuclear war occurred

Dr. Stone 132

Yoh gets the petrifying weapon, while Senkuu’s group gets a bamboo tube and makes a rough lubricant to help Hyouga win against Mozu with his tube spear techniques, emphasizing that diligent work can beat even a genius like Mozu. But Ibara jumps after Yoh, activating the petrification device

We Never Learn 139

Yuiga sends notebooks to Rizu, Fumino, Uruka and Asumi (even Mafuyu), thanking them for helping him see how important others are to really appreciating the value of studying. Each of them allowed him to be challenged and he helped them follow their dreams, encouraging each other along the way.

My Hero Academia 253

As the students get ready to do more training, only 3 months left in their freshman year, Aizawa and Present Mic meet with Tsukauchi, who notes something they’ve observed after analyzing Black Mist’s Quirk: that it’s very similar to a fellow student of Eraserhead, Shirakumo, who died in the past (covered in My Hero Academia Vigilantes)

Fire Force 199

Hibana, with the help of Karim and Foien Li, uncovers the secret entrance, finding a room with 8 pillars and various books on botany, entomology, etc. She deduces that the sisters in training were being manufactured or otherwise intended to be used for the experiment and the head nun, Sumire, appears, seemingly connected in some way

Black Clover 232

After Loropechika reports on the progress they’ve made in slowly cornering the Spade Kingdom, the princess able to sense the devil power, Asta goes to find Charmy in a Heart Kingdom forest, eating lots of fruit, while Noelle, Mimosa and Loropechika bathe together, the princess happy to have made friends. And Yuno, now the Golden Dawn’s Vice Captain, learns of a mission from Hage Village