MSR November 2023

 

MSR November 2023

 

 

 

 

 

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The Ichinose Family’s Deadly Sins concluded this month, somewhat unexpected, unless this was what the author intended, but it may not have kept audience attention as much as it wanted to

 

 

 

Ice Head Gill ended at 20 chapters, just past the 19 mark

 

New series this month, to be followed by one more in December. In November we have Green Green Greens by Kento Terasaka, author of Beast Children from 2019. Our lead admires other people who have goals, but he’s shown real talent from hard work by a classmate who wants to go pro in golf. She notes how he doesn’t seem to have any motivation himself, but he sees the value of putting in work and collaborating with his new friend in golf.

 

 

 

 

World Trigger 238

 

The creation process is detailed, from stats to design to customizing the armor, though it’s based on Trion levels and shared amongst the group with a point cap overall, so there is a strong balance involved. With the rules revealed, we also learn from Yuma about how Trion soldiers are more complex than the settings for the simulation. Plus Yuma proposes that their team actually focus more on offense and throw off the others with varying designs so they can take the initiative early on

 

 

 

 

Ice Head Gill 19-20 (END)

 

The aftermath of the battle shows Greatest defeating Honest, Orden wounded, but victorious. Baal confronts Ond, the gates of hell having opened in the kingdom proper. Ond accepts his part in giving Dreki his axe, letting Gill kill both of them with an 8 spin axe attack

 

We flash forward briefly as Sana tells some children about the events, Ond managing to survive and vows to use the fire relic, though Dreki’s body steps in, retaining some of his soul. The liches are destroyed by Gill and the others. The gates of hell are destroyed, King Ond deciding to try and reconcile with the Rani clan. But we see Sana going to the coronation of a new king as we’re told that Gill took over as Ond’s illness took his life in time

 

 

Nue’s Exorcist 25-28

 

The Sixth Division barracks are formed and Nue explains they need to wash a shikigami that performs some of the functions in the building. But Kazusa, who’s been transferred there, doesn’t do well with spiders, which is what the shikigami resembles. She and Shiroha have a brief conversation, Shiroha letting her know she can read emotions, Kazusa apparently developing a bit of a crush on Gakuro, who helped her briefly during the cleaning, much more assertive now

 

 

 

Kazusa enters the occult club room, thinking it’s going to be shut down, though she finds Gakuro and Shiroha sleeping there (for safety reasons), though rumor gets out that Gakuro and Shiroha are sharing a house together, spread by Nue in order to find the member that was sent by the Exorcist Bureau. Another competition is held, Zenno involved, but Kazusa tries throwing the bottle with a spirit in it and it’s shattered, potentially having her reveal her secret crush on Gakuro

 

Kazusa does start to blurt out her concerns, though not the deeper feelings she may have for Gakuro. Nue ropes her into the competition, though he has to not hit her so they can find the actual member that’s present. He endures a strong blow (the spirit enhancing Kazusa’s power), admitting he’s conflicted and not confident in himself, but vows to become more secure in 10 days, weakening Kazusa enough to release the spirit, which then finds the mole in the classroom

 

The new member is actually Gakuro’s sister, Shitotsu, who resents her brother for leaving after their father’s death. They’re pushed to try and reconcile things, but she’s resistant to actually communicating her insecurities. Shiroha brings up the surface emotions she can sense when she, Kazusa and Nue host a welcoming party. Nue learns from one of the other captains that Gakuro’s father was a captain in the past, Shitotsu actually adopted (a different surname)

 

 

4 Knights of the Apocalypse 127-130

 

Mortlach, defeated, agrees to tell Percival all he knows. 16 years ago, Ironside was trying to help Diodora, deciding to try a forbidden spell on a lifeless infant he found, imbuing it with a life spirit. He was intended as a new vessel for Diodora, whose soul would be transferred in, but Varghese took him away and Percival gained self awareness, making his purpose moot. Mortlach even goes as far as to say the child never should have been born

 

 

 

Percival thinks about the suffering he may cause his friends and the life spirit version of himself offers him the chance to return, which he takes. The body expires, without life as Lancelot kills Mortlach in his anger, while Arthur summons the Four Evils, his strongest knights, including Ironside and Pellegarde, to destroy Britannia now that Percival has “died”, concluding part 1 of the story

 

We appear to flash forward to Arthur facing the Sins and Knights, but it’s actually just a vision of Guinivere, who realizes Lancelot will die too unless she can change it. In the present, after 2 years, the Chaos Knights continue to take more and more of Britannia, conquering the towns that refuse to submit. And this includes Bernia, where Mead, now grown up, tries to fight back, but is beaten by a Chaos Knight’s sound magic. And Ban arrives on the scene, taking the Chaos Knight’s heart out and unleashing a powerful blow to Ironside

 

Ironside fights back, summoning Djinn, a far stronger wind spirit than Chion’s Sylph, but Ban somehow ignores the cutting winds (in spite of not having been immortal for over 10 years, likely new techniques) and recalls how Lancelot was gone for years and returned, mourning the loss of a friend. And Ban hits harder with this emotion behind his attack, seeing Ironside as a monster to attack his own son, the other Chaos Knights casting a spell and retreating with Ironside

 

 

My Hero Academia 406-407

 

We’re told the status of the various battles, Izuku’s battle one of the few things left unresolved, along with Present Mic, Eraserhead and Kurogiri’s whereabouts. And Bakugou, learning how to use the added effect of his Quirk, manages to temporarily catch up to All For One, who recognizes him as bearing a resemblance to Koichi, the 4th holder of One For All. Deku prepares his final attack, betting everything on taking Shigaraki down

 

 

 

We see the backstory of One For All and All For One, actually twins born to a mother who had a Quirk herself, AFO taking it from her with his innate Quirk ability. He then became consumed by the desire for more power, eventually murdering the glowing baby that was regarded as the first child born with a Quirk (clearly not) and the rift between him and his younger twin deepened

 

 

 

 

One Piece 1097-1099

 

We see how the Sorbet Kingdom was oppressed by their king, Kuma and others fighting back. Eventually Dragon and Ivankov arrived and the Revolutionary Army was formed. Unfortunately, Ginny is captured and Dragon, Ivankov and Kuma must rescue her

 

 

 

The Celestial Dragon that married Ginny abandons her when she falls ill, Kuma rushing to find her before she dies. She had a child with the Celestial Dragon, Kuma taking her in as his own. But he learns she has an incurable disease called Sapphire Scales and likely won’t reach 10, Bonney currently 5. But a year later, Sorbet Kingdom is brutalized again, Kuma forced to take action

 

Kuma takes down the oppressive king, instated as the ruler (former king Bulldog actually running things). Unfortunately Bekori returns with the Navy for revenge, Kuma framed as a tyrant and given a bounty. He seeks to find a cure for Bonney, who somehow managed to eat the Age Age Fruit in the meantime, learning to use its power. Dragon introduces Kuma to Vegapunk, who in exchange for using Kuma’s blood to create a base for clone soldiers, will replace Bonney’s cells to cure the Sapphire Scales. But Saturn appears to have his own plans with regards to the new Pacifista