MSR March 2022

 

 

 

 

 

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Dr. Stone has concluded, making it one of the few series I’ve covered almost every chapter for long term

 

 

 

World Trigger 220

 

The squads discuss their scores and how everything relies on them balancing everyone’s skills, each group having a different approach and wondering how they can keep up when the battle sim points will start being multiplied

 

 

 

 

Doron Dororon c13-16

 

An officer, Touma Touda, approaches Dora, since they were “rivals” due to Dora beating up his juniors before in junior high. This continued until Touda left to become a samurai and he’s confused at how strong Dora is without using supernatural energy. After explaining how the Geppakutou katana allows one to enhance their latent supernatural energy, Kusanagi gets the idea to channel his energy into Dora, letting them pass Heisuke’s test

 

 

 

The measurements for supernatural energy are immense for Dora and Kusanagi’s combined effort, seemingly breaking the machine. We shift over to the intelligent mononoke, Hidehisa the first we met, then Yoshihime with her magnetic waves, then Tamemon, a violent drunk, followed by what appears to be the leader, Kanbeh, well informed about the samurai officers, highest ranked in the Izanagi Force, 7 in total.

 

Ichiha, a recruit rising up in the ranks, is part of a second squad helping Dora and Heisuke’s squad in going to a western village where mononoke are attacking. He actually appreciates human/mononoke friendship as an ideal. The groups split up, Ichiha’s squad encountering Yoshihime and Tamemon, one member seemingly killed by Tamemon’s sneak attack and the threads of Yoshihime preventing escape. But Dora cuts through them and moves to save Ichiha, grabbed by Tamemon.

 

Dora gets Ichiha to safety, Ujii following Yoshihime, who’s advised by Kanbeh to tell him they have hostages to get him alone. Dora, Kusanagi and Touma team up, having some plan to utilize Touma’s great toughness to defeat Tameemon, who shows an ability to heal and increase his supernatural energy with sake.

 

 

 

Ayashimon 14-17

 

Maruo is advised by Urara on how to fight Kotton, but the sheer speed of the youkai still poses an issue even when Maruo knows he has to hit the vulnerable points, the brawler seemingly plummeting to his doom. Meanwhile Ten’s fight against Wakku is going worse, but when the youkai insults Maruo and Urara, it pushes him to try harder to fight, seemingly unlocking new power

 

 

 

As Ten says he can’t let down Maruo and Urara, especially with the human showing such courage, we see Maruo punch the building to slow his fall. Ten, after putting on a Spiderman-esque mask, utilizes Wakku’s ability to spin things to get under the street, actually two levels. This allows him to pull motorcycles down into the underground where Wakku followed him, dropping most of the fleet on him, managing to instill fear in his own way, inspired by Maruo’s persistence.

 

Urara advises Maruo to get Kotton soaked in water to weaken his speed and strength, saying that the deal might help her, but she prefers Maruo stick with her, since he doesn’t care about Kabukicho’s reputation in regards to Kioh. The plan to draw Kotton into a reservoir doesn’t work exactly as planned (he stops just short), but Maruo still punches it, so the win will likely be his

 

Kotton tries to get away, Maruo ready to punch, but stopping short as he emphasizes how he doesn’t want to waste the potential alliance. They head off with the fleet of 2000 motorcycles and Kotton begins to tell what he knows about the past, regarding Kioh and the Enma Syndicate, as well as Doppo taking over, which we see he’s continuing with other old leaders he kills

 

 

 

4 Knights of the Apocalypse 52-55

 

Percival and Meliodas go through Liones, meeting various people (like Zeal, the younger brother of Guila, a Holy Knight herself, now a blacksmith instead) and learning how giants and fairies have slowly started intermingling with the humans, a nation started nearby by Griamore, a former Holy Knight. But Meliodas says there’s danger on the horizon and Percival needs to assist Liones.

 

 

 

While it’s confusing to Percival, since the Apocalypse Knights are supposed to have danger linked to them, Meliodas says that there’s only 1 Apocalypse Knight left, 3 already there (which would mean that since Tristan is bringing one, there’s one apart from Percival and Lancelot we don’t know of). Percival is distracted by lights in the distance and runs into Isolde, who appears to have sworn herself to someone (Tristan?) and is embarrassed when Percival ruins her “chastity”. And two other Holy Knights, Chion and Jade, approach the situation and regard him as dangerous, since Percival’s voice disappears magically, unable to explain himself.

 

We learn the magic affecting Percival is from a Sylph that Chion can control. In spite of the limits even holding back his breath, Percival’s strength from living on the Finger of God lets him fight back, even turning Isolde’s explosive magic back on her after it was unleashed in a field of timed explosions she sets. But Donny, Nasiens and Anne are all beaten by Isolde as Jade uses his magic to put Percival’s head in shadow. It seems Percival is preparing to use demon magic, but Tristan arrives, the three knights bowing before him, a platoon serving under the prince.

 

Tristan is told about Percival supposedly being a Chaos Knight under Arthur, but Percival, enraged at the thought that his friends are gone, attacks Chion, draining energy from his arm and mummifying it, rushing at Jade before the darkness can be dispelled. He and Tristan fight in the sky, Tristan showing angel wings (from his mother’s heritage) and able to fight well. Anne, Donny and Nasiens stand to defend Percival, Anne embracing the knight and the darkness removed from his head, the situation explained to Tristan and the others.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Stone 232 (END)

 

Years pass, Yuzuriha and Taiju’s wedding continuing from the previous day, to Gen’s shock. And we see Chrome bluntly propose to Ruri, no romance in the proposal, sadly. But the biggest shock is a project Senkuu’s been working on with Why-Man, a time machine, or at least the skeleton. The plans are unclear as to what it will accomplish, but the pursuit of new horizons through science motivates the group to press on, Senkuu saying they should, as usual, be excited for the potential

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Hero Academia 346-349

 

The group facing Shigaraki shows how they’ve planned, cooperating to make a system where they can break off pieces and replace them as the Decay Quirk stops once a piece is broken off. The electromagnetic barrier prevents him from escaping, powered by Kaminari and others, while Eraserhead’s Quirk is copied by Monoma to try and restrict Shigaraki, but we see that his powers are more advanced than before, likely only having some Quirks erased.

 

 

 

Shigaraki explains the growth as just natural bodily evolution to accommodate the Quirk singularity. And because the only way to get Deku there immediately would be to deactivate Erasure, Aizawa tells Deku he has to get there some other way, since the hands would make Decay that much more risky in the enclosed space. Meanwhile Deku and Ochako continue to deal with Himiko, her love for Deku making Danger Sense useless against her attacks. And the villain confesses she wants Deku to be her boyfriend to top it all off

 

While Deku is taken aback by this, Ochako and Tsuyu intervene, telling Deku he needs to go, Toga insisting that society has made it so people like her can’t really be considered people in the same way as heroes or those they save. So she’s left fighting Uravity and Froppy

 

Deku is warned by one of the earlier One For All inheritors (maybe #2?) that his Quirk would be too dangerous and should only be a last resort while trying to get to Shigaraki’s location as fast as possible. Ochako prepares to take down Ochako and Tsuyu, tired of rejection. And Dabi confronts Shoto, starting to tell his brother how he became like he is now

 

 

 

One Piece 1042-1044

 

CP0’s last member present is stabbed by Drake, but he escapes and wounds the pirate. Luffy and Kaidou’s battle seems hopeless, Luffy barely able to keep his strength up and Kaidou’s drunkenness empowering him to even imitate Luffy’s attacks. But CP0 intervenes, seemingly to help Kaidou, who slams Luffy with his club

 

 

 

It appears Luffy has lost, Kaidou turning his anger on the CP0 agent. Everyone is either ready to take down Kaidou’s enemies or fight back, though Momonosuke and others are willing to give up. Yamato tells Momonosuke to not sacrifice all Wano has fought for. And Zunesha speaks to Momonosuke, telling him Joy Boy has returned, seemingly linked to Luffy, his unconscious body grinning

 

The Gorousei explain at Marijoa that the Gum Gum fruit is actually a Mythical Zoan, Human Human Model Nika, the Sun God mentioned prior. Orochi is immolated as Kanjuro’s remnant returns to him, Hiyori asserting that she has never shamed her father, Orochi not deserving the title of Shogun. And Luffy, with Nika’s “spirit”, unlocks Gear Five, turning the tables on Kaidou, the battle still on

 

 

Black Clover 325-327

 

Lucifero’s immense power pushes back Yami, narrowly saved by Yuno’s Star magic, while Nacht is rescued with Asta’s Anti Magic Devil Union. But it seems Yuno is also trying to take down the Devil King, his sword shattering, as Asta is also in proximity, ready to strike, still unclear who could take down Lucifero at this point

 

 

 

Yami and Nacht’s combo attack is ineffective, Lucifero impaling them both. But as Liebe seems to give up, Asta recognizes his pain, empathizing with the devil, which allows their union to become stronger, blocking Lucifero’s attack.

 

Asta, having merged truly with Liebe, is able to block Lucifero’s magic, his physical power not enough to hurt Asta seriously. And after freeing Yami and Nacht, Asta continues his assault, only 5 seconds left for the Devil Union