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World Trigger 206
The A Rank squads do an initial assessment of the provisional squads, both on how they’ll do overall and in the sealed environment and long term combat phases of the tests. Some squads seem more capable than others, but the general opinion seems to favor Ninomiya’s squad, while Rokuro is not seen as capable by contrast
4 Knights of the Apocalypse 6-7
We see the other knights that Pelgart is associated with and more of the prophecy is revealed, visions of the 4 Knights of the Apocalypse shown (all very likely meant to be not just Percival, but Tristan, Lancelot and the child of King and Diane that is likely around as well). Pelgart and Ironside clash about how to deal with Percival, Ironside saying it is more important to stop his son than try and recruit him. Percival refuses to believe he’ll destroy the world, but the fox, Sin, says he can take him to where Ironside and the others are, Camelot, though since 16 years ago, it was destroyed by Arthur and he’s gone into hiding. The group then heads off to Liones
Percival is hungry, so he suggests he, Donnie and Sin have a hunting contest. But while the kid heads into the Valley of Tree Spirits, said to be extremely dangerous, Donnie and Sin meet a giant nun (possibly King and Diane’s child?), who explains that Percival is likely in danger from the one who made the previous land where the giants and fairies lived a living hell, the Mad Herbalist Nasiens
Build King 15-18
Shizuka manages to defeat and frighten the Preta Spiders, his Yellow Vigor (one of 8 colors that Builders can manifest, literally part of their lifeforce and lifespan, so a precious resource) rotting one away. The mysterious Builder, Smith speculating they’re from Satan Hills, says that the Annexes are also arriving, shown to be in the House Robots we saw before, one of the Ten Edifices appearing to fight, since that’s their duty with Vigor
More people associated with Satan Hills, explained to be a group that wants to take over the world (of course!), including some of the competitors, reveal themselves, Renga captured in a bubble that is seemingly impenetrable. But while Shizuka is approached by more Satan Hills members, the nature of Tonkachi’s Vigor is discovered, something that Satan Hills desires.
While more of Satan Hills’ builders arrive, we learn Smith has Rainbow Vigor an extremely rare type that is almost unbeatable. But Renga is taken away by Konechika, who wants to help his friend in spite of being afraid. And Tonkachi seems to be getting more enraged, paralyzed by Brown Vigor so he can’t move, but possibly holding a rarer type of Vigor than even Rainbow, along with Renga
Konechika fights off Maguni, one of the traitors of Satan Hills within the Vigor Construction competition with a Troll tool, which shaves off much more life in exchange for a powerful ability. And we see the Build Soldiers, House Beasts that are controlled by Builders, attack, Tonkachi refusing to believe Satan Hills’ ideology that houses are meant to be symbols of power rather than peace, revealing to Haka that he has Gold Vigor
Dr. Stone 188-190
Kohaku, Tsukasa and Hyoga team up and manage to defeat Maya and the others, but are taken down by gunfire after Kohaku destroys the transceiver. Tsukasa is the last one standing, reminiscing about how he now trusts Senkuu after trying to take down the Kingdom of Science, hoping the Medusa can revive him and the others
Senkuu’s group sends Luna and Chelsea away under a pretense of being the ones to revive them, with Suika and Francois’ capture, but Chelsea thinks it’s to get them away to safety. Stanley’s group suspects something about the tactics and presses on. As the attack starts, it seems like things are going in Xeno’s favor, but Ryukyu reminds him that Senkuu’s science will win out because of how it’s built up in a more creative fashion than the brute force of Xeno’s group.
Joel manages to create a working Medusa with the help of Kaseki (in a flashback sequence of sorts, the chronology is a bit unclear) and as things are turning bad for Senkuu’s group, they send one last message to the Corn City group, all the fighters there mobilizing to try and reclaim the Medusa that was taken by Brody from Joel.
My Hero Academia 304-307
Deku speaks with the predecessors, who reveal that not only was All Might Quirkless, but his being such allowed him to imprint his consciousness directly versus the lingering Quirk factors of previous holders. And one holder died of rapid aging, their body unable to hold One for All because they already had a Quirk, versus a Quirkless body that is suited for the Quirk that is passed down. And with the Quirk singularity, Deku may be the last holder of One For All, due to Quirkless individuals being less common. Nana asks Deku if he can kill Tomura, seemingly to end the cycle of violence somehow
Deku acknowledges that it may come to killing Tomura, but also says that One For All is a power meant to save people and he’ll do everything he can before the last resort of putting the monster down is on the table. The predecessors offer their support, 2 tasked by the original holder of One For All with aiding Deku in unleashing the Quirk’s full power.
As All Might reveals the truth of One For All to Best Jeanist and Hawks offscreen, Endeavor and others apologize to the public and announce UA and other hero courses will serve as shelters to allow better management of limited Hero resources. And Deku leaves UA, telling Class 1-A his secret, focusing his efforts to confront Shigaraki in the future.
Deku saves Yoh and Tatami from Ketsubetsu Academy, on patrol to try and convince some of the people staying behind to go to their shelter. The attacker is Muscular, now called Jailbreaker, causing carnage and havoc across the city
Fire Force 256-259
The 8th Division tries to inspire hope in the people, but Licht and Joker think that more people are going to be so simple minded that they’ll just be fuel for the fires of despair. A Doppelganger of Hague as well as one of Rekka appears, things still not looking good for the Cataclysm being stopped
Rekka and Hague’s Doppelgangers fight their respective opponents, who struggle against their power and also find it hard to not despair at the situation. Arthur heads to the 8th Division Cathedral with Vulcan, said to be undergoing some kind of trial
The trial, it turns out, is a Dragon Quest type game that Arthur cannot beat, Vulcan suggesting a new method as “Merlin”. Pan manges to defeat Hague’s Doppelganger, stacking his buffs to become strong enough to stop his former captain
While Arthur and Vulcan struggle with a development in the game where they must fight a former ally, Karim has to face Rekka, who he was good friends with and how his dream to save people has always been twisted in some way by Sister Sumire
One Piece 1006-1008
Sanji heads off to help Yamato, Shinobu and Momonosuke, while Carrot has been beaten by Perospero. Hyogoro fights off Kaidou’s crew, protecting Chopper while he makes the antidote to the Ice Oni virus, everyone on the verge of turning back in spite of Marco’s flames keeping it at bay. Marco is fighting back against Queen and King, but it’s not looking good as Perospero seems to want to back the two Calamities. And Hyogoro begins to turn, the other yakuza leaders fulfilling his wish to end his life before he takes any more in his Ice Oni rage
Queen mocks the Kaidou crew members that are low ranking, either failed Smile Fruit recipients or those waiting for it in vain, his Ice Oni virus meant to cull them. Chopper manages to create a counter virus, spreading it by a mist, punching Queen as he angrily says he’s not a raccoon dog (which everyone has mistakenly called him). Momonosuke still blames himself for the cowardly behavior up to this point, while we learn that the Devil Fruit he ate was likely derived from Kaidou’s blood (already having consumed the original Devil Fruit that was “dragon” in nature). And Oden, surprisingly, appears before the Akazaya Nine, seemingly the one to tend to their wounds after the battle with Kaidou
The Oden is actually a detailed painting made with Kanjuro’s powers and Ashura recognizes this, sacrificing himself as the Oden painting uses an explosive to try and kill the Akazaya Nine. But they encounter Jack, Inuarashi holding him off, while we see that Orochi has somehow survived, setting fire to the palace. Luffy, along with Zoro, Kid, Killer and Law are still trying to take down Big Mom and Kaidou, their forces seemingly evenly matched so far.
Black Clover 284-287
We learn that even humans can utilize the Ultimate Magic if they have the Heart Kingdom’s Magic Array to draw natural mana, Dryad also introduced more properly (possibly another spirit distinct from the 4 Cardinal Elements). The power of the Ultimate Magic is impressive, even allowing the user to fight and defeat even the mid-level devils that appear. However, inside the castle, the high tier devils have attacked Nacht, pierced by ice.
Nacht transports the two high level devils elsewhere, leaving Jack to fight Dante. And as he sees the tough situation in just occupying the far more powerful threats, we flashback to Nacht’s past, one of twin brothers, the Nacht we know a rebellious one, while his brother Morgen, resembles his present appearance, his hair bleached blonde seemingly in the past.
Nacht combines the powers of 2 of his devils, sacrificing them to utilize a spell that has the strength of a Supreme Devil, but he’s still unable to best the Devil Ice and Flame magics that can affect even shadow. But thankfully Asta arrives to fight, his antimagic able to fight on even ground
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