Hello! It's monday again and it's time for my weekly updates!
As I thought and mentioned last update, because many were delayed, we have a huge number of updates for this post.
Well, let me work through them with you. :3
My current manga updates for this week:
- Relife (214)
- One Piece (891)
- Shokugeki no Souma (246)
- Noblesse (493)
- Haikyuu!! (285)
- The Gamer (205)
My anime updates:
- Dragon Ball Super (123)
1. Relife
We have a pensive-looking Kaizaki-san holding a folder. What could this be?
Basically this chapter was a debriefing between Yoake and Kaizaki. The file Kaizaki was holding in the image held profiles of companies that Relife had referred Kaizaki to. So it is now his turn to choose which company he wants to work for. Actually, I have an inkling that he and Hishiro just might choose the same company by coincidence. ;>
Yoake asks Kaizaki how he felt about his relife, and Kaizaki answered:
You can't help but notice the youthful look of Kaizaki's face here. :3
He reminisced about how he initially didn't think that becoming a high school student again would be meaningful, but as he went through it, the experience brought back so many things he had lost and has him completely satisfied with how the last year turned out.
Looking at it from the point of view of a reader who has also finished her high school years, I quite understand the sentiment. High school is when you're that kid who's probably still confused about what field to take, or just really doesn't want to part with friends. It's when you feel like you're all grown up but later realize that you're still so young and still have much to learn. And romance, well, that's part of what makes the whole thing confusing too. Most people would say that high school is the best part of their life, I wouldn't really say the same, but I do know that high school is when you really start to transition into a butterfly from a wee little caterpillar. Because it's going through all these things and learning from them that helps us grow up.
Kaizaki also asks about An, and Yoake makes up an excuse for her absence, saying that she was just training and stuff. Of course, readers would know for a fact that An is definitely over at Hishiron's doing the same thing Yoake is doing with Kaizaki. But he doesn't know that. Haha. Eventually, in Yoake and Kaizaki's talk of how Kaizaki's existence had definitely left a good mark on the lives of the kids, Yoake tells him to be more confident in himself because he had had a incredible relife.
Afterwards, Yoake passes the pill to him. The pill that will turn him back into an adult and will erase the gang's memories of him. He takes it and climbs into his bed, wanting to sleep already. A little later, after Yoake cleaned up after Kaizaki, lol, he bows to a sleeping Kaizaki, giving his own gratitude for him.
Next week is probably gonna be Hishiron's turn. Still rooting for them to choose the same company! Hahaha. Really, if any of you guys have not read this yet, I really recommend reading from the start and watching Kaizaki and Hishiro as they traversed high school a second time. :3
Images of Relife were taken from whiteoutscans.com
2. One Piece
This chapter was entitled: "Believing in Me". It turns out that the focus is back on Luffy's fight with Katakuri. And Flambe, Katakuri's little sister has been trying to help with her special forces trying to get a snipe at Luffy. I say trying, but they are actually failing to do it because Luffy keeps moving around.
We see Luffy getting hit by Katakuri and even falling down, but the fighting spirit in his eyes do not die, and it seems that he is even trying to predict Katakuri's movements, and Katakuri notices that Luffy is starting to see glimpses of it now.
Katakuri mocks him and his friends as well, but Luffy does not budge.
The scene shifts for a moment to Sanji where he and the other chefs have finally finished the cake. Bege and his crew are all saying how poison isn't needed anymore because the wonderful cake itself will bring make her drop dead from the deliciousness. Pudding's double personality also shows up where she mocks Sanji saying that the cake might not save his friends because they might already be dead or Big Mama might not like the cake. Of course, after saying that, she regrets right away. Haha. This girl is funny. But Sanji and Luffy both declare the same thing: They refuse to let up.
Meanwhile, Nami and the rest are still being chased by a giant Zeus. Chopper is trying to protect them by transforming into his huge form, but he is getting burned up by Zeus' fire. Just when they felt that they were cornered, a small figure appears at the corner of the panel, and Big Mama smells something...
Next up, the cake! :3
Images of One Piece were taken from mangalife.us
3. Shokugeki no Souma
And over in Shokugeki no Souma, we find out that Momo-chan is apparently a social media star with all her cute sweet creations. She has 1,275,201 followers on Twitter, and has a pretty booming Instagram as well. Lol.
After the judges finish their judging, she still has a lot of leftover cake, and so...
Meanwhile, Erina continues to do her cooking, unconcerned about the meet and greet going on with the other side. I am very interested in what she's working on. Muscovado sugar paste with Black sesame seeds? Seems like that would taste great. :3 Actually, it sound something similar to what we usually make here in our country, so I'm sure it tastes great. Ahhh, wanna eat one right now.
And actually, i am also quite interested in the fact that the heads of these two seem to be going through the prison bars. XD
As the rebels continue to discuss the ingredients that Erina has prepared and speculate about what she would make, we have Alice, who is, as always, pretty amusing too.
And the resulting dish is:
You know I've always wanted to eat some souffle. Sadly I don't know anyone who can make me one. Hahaha. And right now, looking at Erina's dish, I really wanna taste it. It looks so beautiful. Ahhh, I definitely have to learn how to cook pancake souffles.
When the judges start eating, they realize that there is red bean paste between the two pancakes. It seems that this is an elegant and refined version of Tadokoro's dorayaki. :3 Aww, how sweet, Erina.
If Momo's creations are cute, Erina's are elegant and beautiful. Now in this kind of battle, who will win?
We'll find out next after Momo gets a taste of Erina's pancakes. :3
Images of Shokugeki no Souma were taken from readshokugeki.com
4. Noblesse
Rai and the rest have landed, and they witness that what they have feared has already occurred.
Lunark, who had gotten to the battle in time to stop Juraki getting beaten, is now duking it out with the female warrior from first elder's team.
I'm not really sure if she's winning or losing. She seemed to be winning, but then the big guy steps in. And then the first elder mentions that their regenerative ability doesn't seem to be working. With that, he explains that his team has copied their regenerative ability in its original form after having studied the werewolves and the nobles for a long time. I had that thought before, that they seemed to be modified humans that had the power of Nobles and Werewolves. It was pretty obvious after all. And now the first elder confirms all that I thought.
We then witness the first elder's crew going for the kill, with Juraki as the target. But Dorant keeps getting in their way. Juraki himself is surprised at Dorant's actions of protecting him despite Dorant's own current state. Dorant notices Juraki's confusion, and answers his mental question.
Lol, bromance. But anyway, there are only a few of them left, how else can they survive if they don't help each other?
Next week, Rai and others are probably gonna step in already. * sigh *
Images of Noblesse were taken from mangareader.net
5. Haikyuu!!
With just one point for Inari's win, we see some amazing moves in play from both teams as Karasuno works to turn the tide while Inari tries to finish the game.
And as I was saying during it's last update, Tanaka will definitely do some awesome turning-point attack here, because apparently, Kageyama refused to stop passing to him last time because his attacks "are essential". And Tanaka knows that this wasn't Kageyama cheering him up.
You will also notice the small "trust" being overshadowed by the bigger "pressure", but it's there nonetheless. Hahaha.
We then witness an incredible line shot from Tanaka, as he finally breaks free from the way Inari had held his wings back. Way to go, Tanaka!
They get this point, but, just as the announcers say, it is still Inari's match point. One mistake and they will lose. It's Kageyama's turn to serve next week. Pumped up by Tanaka's breaking free, how will he continue the fire?
Images from Haikyuu were taken from readhaikyuu.com
6. The Gamer
As the face-off continues between Jihan and the Church of Masks, Seonil tries to intervene which prompts Yoohwa to ask him if he intends to intervene.
We also see some tidbit info that Seonil is the current owner of the Sword of Dan, which is one of the three heavenly items. And apparently, killing the owner of the Sword of Dan on Korean peninsula is against the rules, as Yoohwa says, so they have to stop for now.
As Yoohwa retreats, Seonil comments that it didn't become a major fight as Jihan predicted. And Jihan chalks it up to him being a sorcerer, but Seonil doesn't really get the connection. To be honest, I don't fully get it either, but being someone who has played as a mage several times in different games, sorcerers really do have to be prepared all the more so than most, because often, mages in games do not have that high of HPs. So being cornered would be very bad. That's why being prepared ahead is always a necessity. He also adds that they probably did not expect Seonil and Seong-ah. Their little figurines are amusing. XD
Jihan eventually explained the connection with sorcerers, by saying that the Church of Masks were founded by magic, so they would probably have similar tendencies to a sorcerer.
As they part ways, Jihan thanks Seonil for helping him out. Seong-ah pops in between them and asks "What about me?" He thanks her too. Look at this adorable girl. :3
Images of The Gamer were taken from mangatown.com
7. Dragon Ball Super
Episode 123 of DB Super starts with Vegeta lying on the ground, mostly motionless after being exploded upon by Jiren's attack. As Goku comes over to Vegeta, Jiren tells him, "Warrior, sleep."
Over by the stands, those from Universe 7 are worried about Jiren's strength, while Universe 11 simply flaunts their Jiren and even tells them it an honor for Vegeta that Jiren even called him a warrior after recognizing his bravery.
Meanwhile, the two Zenos are awed by Jiren as well. They are quite cute if you put aside the fact that they made up this whole survival game. Lol.
Vegeta says that Jiren is still not using his full strength even after that. And Goku declares that it is his turn.
Over in Frieza and Dyspo's fight. At first, Frieza looked like he was getting it handed to him, but after Dyspo laughs complacently. Frieza is shown to have barely any damage. He goes on with his arrogant words andtells Dyspo:
Gohan and 17 are also still at it with Toppo, and as they both get tossed over. 17 tells Gohan, in a gentle way, I have to mention, to stop trying to coordinate with him because since they have never fought together before, it is not quite that easy with them. Instead of that, 17 will stop the movements, and Gohan will target a chance to attack Toppo. This seems like a better strategy than trying and failing to work together as they have been doing. 17 is very mart after all.
And well, you know what goes after these first two syllables, right? ;>
Actually, both Toppo and 17 almost fall off the edge, but somehow both of them managed to stay on top. Rats. -_-
As Goku tries to get closer to Jiren only to teleport somewhere else again, he seems to be leaving something. I have no idea what actually. But everyone else seems to agree that he is testing the distance between him and Jiren and trying to create an opening.
We find out a little later that those things he was dropping were in fact some Instant Energy Transmissions that served the purpose of being some sort of landmine.
Jiren was able to jump up right before the landmine hit him. As I remember. Well, if he stays airborne, those landmines are rendered useless. Goku flings destructive discs at him only for one to be launched back to hit and slice the boulder he was on top of. The two of them fight onwards to the edge of the boulder, putting Goku in danger of falling. But of course, we all know he won't fall. Just as Jiren attacks Goku which causes him to fall back, Jiren's guard was down which allowed Goku to cut down the platform Jiren was on, causing him to fall. Goku kicks him further down. Of course, the fight won't end that easily. This is practically their boss fight right now. Jiren manages to get back up. And Vegeta scolds Goku saying that kind of opening won't be enough. As Jiren goes through all the traps Goku laid out earlier, Vegeta calls him a beast. XD Well, those traps were enough to level terrains, so going through them as casually as that does make him qualified to be called a beast. That beast! :P
Jiren and Goku continue to duke it out. Jiren fires up his explosive red aura. And Goku also uses his blue aura. The red and blue look really nice. :3 And of course, they are STILL duking it out, leveling the terrain as they go, which leaves the audience amazed. But even Goku is shocked when Jiren sends out an attack that could have clearly sent him off the edge if he had been hit by it. But Khai explains it as simply a "punch" from Jiren. Everything stops for a moment (seriously these kind of things don't really happen, like why would someone stop his attacks just to wait for you to say something XD) until Goku tells Jiren that he is amazing and he has never fought anyone like him, but he declares that he will not back down. Vegeta joins in this declaration, saying that he has to defeat Jiren so that he can get the super dragon balls.
With this declaration, Jiren faces them squarely, and they both fire up.
It's very touching how Vegeta wants the super dragon balls so that he can resurrect Universe 6. :3 Goku goes into King Kai fist mode, while Vegeta also surpasses his limits and ... is this finally it??? Is it?????!!!
Rats! Not yet! It's dubbed as Ultra Blue! But it's still some insane amount of ki, so I'm sure Vegeta is not far off from reaching Ultra Instinct. Anytime now... Anytime now. XD
Anyway, the two of them enter insane forms, and start pummelig at Jiren together. He seems to still be able to defend himself, but it seems to be the most of what he's doing for now. He still manages to hit back after a while, but goes back to defending right after. Whis explains later that Goku and Vegeta can't seem to coordinate well, which is what is throwing Jiren off his game. Lol. Talk about a bad thing working for their good. But I don't think it will last long.
7 minutes till end of tournament. Hey weren't we at 8 minutes last episode? Lol. So we're moving at 1 minute per episode right now? Haha. Then at this rate, we should have this tournament done in 7 more episodes. XD
Images of Dragon Ball Super were taken from dragonaballtime.tv
I'll continue telling you the story of Classroom of Elites and Net juu no Susume next week. This week just had too much for me and took to long. XD
I will work hard to bring you more updates next week,
but for now,
Thanks for reading,
and Good day, Steemians!
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