The beginning after the end
Ch 126 as of 22/05/22 - better if no harem, no romance (webtoon and webnovel on Tapas) ** End of season 1, Ch 25 ** End of season 2, Ch 56 ** End of season 3, Ch 85 - ML was King Grey in an advanced, futuristic world. He died under suspicious circumstances. He is reborn as Arthur (Art) Leywin, with parents Alice the healer and Reynolds (Rey) the augmented sword warrior with an affinity for fire. They used to be adventurers. - ML retains his memories and experiences from his past life. - As King Grey, ML was lonely and empty despite the fame and glory that came with his victories and status. - In this archaic world, magic exists. Mana is all around us. - Mana is most commonly used to either augment (enhance one’s body or weapon with mana) or conjure (emit mana to the outside world to bend one’s surroundings to one’s will). - Conjurers must supplement their mana core with ambient mana from their environment to cast a spell. - Alice is a deviant or an emitter. She’s a rare type of mage able to cast unique restorative mana using light magic. - A mage’s first awakening occurs when their mana core manifests. - The mana core sounds similar to the Qi centre. Qi is a life force used to strengthen one’s body and weapon through vigorous training in ML’s past world. Qi only existed inside a person. - ML cultivates his mana inside his body and he does self study from the books in his home once he started to crawl. He awakens his mana core early before he’s 3yo and is considered a prodigy. - ML learns basic mana manipulation and augmentation. - ML receives a wooden sword for his 3rd bday and starts training with Reynolds. - Strength and power is measured by the colour of your mana core. - The mana core is purified as the impurities are filtered out over time. The stages start from black, red, orange, yellow, silver to white. Each stage is split into 3 shades: dark, solid and light. - ML’s parents decide they’ll all go to the floating city of Xyrus to find a proper teacher / mentor for 4.5yo ML. They travel with old friends from the Twin Horns party. Later ML finds out Alice is pregnant. - Adam Krensh, spear augmenter - Angela Rose, wind conjurer - Durden Walker, earth conjurer - Jasmine Flamesworth, dual swords augmenter (A-class) - Helen Shard, archery augmenter and elf? - On the way, the group is attacked and surrounded by a large group of bandits / slave traders. As ML fled with Alice, he saves her from an attack by a mage. ML and the mage fall off a cliff. - ML survived the fall as he was saved by magic from Sylvia, a mana beast who later appears as a giant figure in black armour. - ML finds himself in the beast glades near the elven kingdom of Elenoir. He’s guided by Sylvia’s voice to a hidden cavern. - Beast glades: an expansive, dangerous and uncharted territory with mana beasts of all levels. - Sylvia needs time to prepare a portal for him to return to his family. She lets ML know that she sensed his family and friends are safe. She tells him not to let vengeance and hatred cloud his heart. Don’t let grief and rage corrode his mind. Learn from these experiences and face his future with his gaze forward. Only then will he truly be victorious. - For almost 4mths, Sylvia teaches ML about mana rotation, ie how to absorb mana while moving or fighting. ML practises maintaining a steady inward flow of mana while being able to fight proficiently. - Sylvia is dying from a large wound she sustained from her enemies. She turns into her original form as a griffin / dragon to complete the portal. - Sylvia gives ML an egg and plucks a feather from her wing for ML to wrap around the egg to hide it's aura. She infuses her beast will to ML by marking his arms with runes. Her enemies arrive as she pushes ML through the portal. In a parting message, Sylvia calls ML “King Grey”. - ML finds himself deep in the forest near Elenoir. - ML kills a group of 4 slave traders and saves an elf girl, Tessia Eralith. He takes her back to Elenoir and finds out she’s the daughter of King Alduin and Queen Merial Eralith. - ML explains what happened to the elven royal family. - The portal between Elenoir and the Sapin kingdom is only accessible once every 7yrs, during the summit conference between the 3 races. It’s still 5yrs until the portal next opens. - Elder Virion Eralith, former king and Tessia’s grandpa. - Virion is also a mid-silver core mage. - After testing ML, Virion asks ML to be his disciple. - ML has been having bouts of searing pain from his mana core and those bouts are becoming more frequent. It’s because ML’s 5yo body isn’t coping with the power from Sylvia’s beast will. - Beast Will: A powerful mana beast can pass on their will or inherent ability once, either to their offspring or the person they’re bound to. It allows the receiver to borrow the beast’s abilities upon assimilation. - Beast tamer: mages who have conquered the monstrous beast will inside and can harness the unique abilities inherited from the mana beast. A legacy beast tamer refers to the beast willingly imparting it's mana core to the beast tamer. - Virion as a fellow beast tamer helps ML to assimilate Sylvia’s beast will into his body. ML slowly fuses his bones, muscles and organs with mana. - ML communicates with his parents through a diviner, Rinia Darcassan. She’s a deviant and Virion’s old friend. - ML speaks to his parents in their minds. He lets them know he’s alive and safe. He’s staying at Elenoir to get treated for an illness. Once he’s better he’ll return to them. - 3yrs later and ML is 8yo. - The egg from Sylvia hatches and a black baby griffin / dragon comes out. ML names his new bond ‘Sylvie’. She bit his arm and left a mark that seems to let her communicate thoughts and feelings to ML. The presence of the mark is hidden when it’s covered by Sylvia’s feather. Sylvie most likely hatched because ML had just fully activated Sylvia’s beast will. - The 1st interracial youth tournament among the 3 kingdoms has been confirmed. The portal in Xyrus city of the Sapin kingdom will be open in 4mths time. ML can go back to his family then. - Virion gets ML to focus on training his mana core and beast will. To show ML the 2nd stage, Virion integrates with the beast will of a shadow panther. - 1st stage, Acquire Phase: a beast tamer is able to borrow their beast’s inherent strengths. - 2nd stage, Integrate Phase: when the beast tamer can truly utilise their beast’s unique abilities and characteristics. - With Virion’s help, ML reaches the 1st stage. ML also learns how to conceal his beast will from other mages. - Tessia is sad to see her 1st true friend go. Virion gives ML a pendant with the Eralith House crest to help ML navigate the forest in the future. - ML enters the portal and is teleported to Xyrus city. - ML is reunited with his family and meets his 3yo sister Eleanor (Ellie). His family are staying with their good friends Vincent and Tabitha Helstea, who have an 8yo daughter Lilia. - Lilia is under pressure from her parents to awaken as a mage. They want her to have the opportunities they couldn’t give her as neither of them are mages. - Reynolds is the instructor for the Helstea Auction House guards. - Reynolds now has a dark orange core while ML has a light red core. ML spars with Reynolds in hand-to-hand combat. - ML goes shopping with the ladies and girls. - Beast core: a magical core extracted from a mana beast that’s been killed. It’s used to power up but the effects between cores can vary vastly. A forged beast tamer refers to using an extracted beast core. - 4 basic elements: fire, water, earth, wind - Higher elements (deviants): lightning, ice, gravity, sound - Cynthia Goodsky, a high-silver core mage. She’s the founder and director of the Xyrus Academy, the best and most prestigious magic institution on the continent. - As a favour to Vincent, Cynthia tests ML and finds his magic and combat abilities to be exceptional. ML reveals to Cynthia that he has affinity with all 4 elements (and 2 deviants, ice and lightning). - ML is this world’s 1st quadra-elemental mage. - In private, ML makes a deal with Cynthia that he’ll attend the Academy if she uses her power and influence to protect his family until he’s strong enough to do so himself. - Until ML starts at the Academy when he’s 11yo, ML convinces his parents to let him go adventuring. ML must have a guardian and he must visit his family at least once every 2mths. - ML asks Vincent for some special equipment: a protective cloak with a hood, a suitable sword, and a voice altering mask. - To repay Vincent for his help, ML guides Lilia and Eleanor through special breathing exercises to help them cultivate their mana and awaken. ML imbues them with mana at the start. - 10th anniversary of Helstea Auction House: - The Twin Horns party arrive and are overjoyed to see ML. - The Twin Horns provide extra security at the celebrations. - Nobles and adventurers alike attend the special auction event. - The Halsteas and ML’s family are taken to the VIP suite. - King Blaine and Queen Priscilla Glayder of the Sapin kingdom with their children Prince Curtis and Princess Kathlyn. - The King won the bid for an A-class beast core from a silver coat bear. He also won the bid for the last item, a world lion cub. - Sebastian the royal mage covets Sylvie and schemes to steal her. - The King tries to make ML give up Sylvie as a gift to reward Sebastian for his loyal service. ML counters by asking the King how much would he sell his child for. A royal knight attacks ML who knocks out the knight with a punch to the head. - ML uses his “Static Void” skill to temporarily separate himself and Sebastian from time and space. ML puts Sebastian in his place by breaking his leg. ML faints from overusing his skill. - A royal representative advises that the knight and Sebastian have been fired. A small pouch of gold is given as compensation. - In the huge storage room of the Hestia Auction House, Sylvie helps find a sword for ML. It’s called Dawn’s Ballad and only unsheathes when ML activates his beast will. It absorbs ML’s blood and magically adjusts it's length and weight to suit ML. - ML’s 9th bday gifts: - Custom-made black gloves with 3 healing gems - 2 rings. Arthur wears 1 ring and Alice wears the other ring which has a gem that lights up if Arthur’s mana is very low. - Sound transmission scrolls - ML wants to grow stronger so he can protect the people he loves. In his past life, ML became strong to get revenge. - Jasmine Flamesworth from the Twin Horns party volunteers to be ML’s guardian. Just after his 9th bday, ML goes with Jasmine to the Xyrus adventurers guild hall to take the rank examination. He wears a mask and his alias is ‘Note’. - NB: House Flamesworth is known for it's powerful fire mages. - Jasmine became an adventurer to get away from her family. She doesn’t have any affinity for fire, which made her family see her as inferior. Jasmine has since awakened her affinity for wind. - ML is reminded of his past life where he had a weak Qi centre. - Mock duel for the rank examination: - Elijah Knight, B-Class rank (automatic, didn’t have to do the mock duel). Dark red stage. Raised by dwarves. - Lucas Wykes 11yo, B-Class rank. Light orange stage. Fire affinity. Half-elf blood. He’s from a noble family notorious for their unethical practices to produce powerful mages. - Kaspian Bladeheart, AA-Class rank mage, head of the guild. He intervened to personally test ML. He tried to push ML to reveal all of his abilities and failed. He gave ML a B-Class rank, which ML was satisfied with. - Now that ML is a licensed adventurer, he teleports with Jasmine through a portal to the mana-rich beast glades. Sylvie chooses to hunt and explore on her own, growing over time. ML and Sylvie can still sense each other through their bond. - For 2yrs ML focuses on his sword skills instead of relying on his magic. He realised from the mock duel that he spent too much time honing just his magic skills until they became a crutch. - The rumours are rife among adventurers about the masked swordsman (ie ML). A drunk B-class swordsman confronts ML at a pub. ML slices off his fingers when the drunk attacks. - ML and Jasmine have been swapping wind magic and blade techniques. ML hears that Lilia has awakened. - 11yo ML is now A-Class and at the light orange stage. - He and Jasmine join a new team to explore the Dire Tombs dungeon. When killed, the dungeon’s inhabitants reanimate. - 1st floor: bat monsters come from the ceiling. - Hidden entrance: follow a passage and enter a cavern that has several openings in the ground to reveal the lava below. - Dungeon party: - Brald Landon, AA-class augmenter, Fire, light yellow. - Reginald Bastion, A-class augmenter, Earth, solid yellow. - Kriol Masser, tanker, Water augmenter. - Oliver Hemmbet, A-class conjurer, healing emitter, dark yellow. - Samantha Tempest, A-class conjurer, Water, dark yellow. - Elijah, A-class conjurer, Earth, dark orange. - Lucas, A-class conjurer, Fire, dark yellow. - Jasmine, AA-class augmenter, Wind, light yellow, dual swords. - Oliver is arrogant and careless. He goes ahead and is fried when a random eruption of lava spews forth. - Huge worm monsters emerge and dive back down into the ground. Brald the party leader loses an arm while saving Samantha from another lava eruption. Lucas throws a tantrum about the crippled leader and dead healer. - ML tells Lucas to stop being an ass because right now he’s a liability. Brald wants to push ahead but nominates ML to lead from now on. They exit the cavern and at the end of another tunnel, they enter a lush green cavern shrouded in mist. - The mist seems to cause hallucinations. Kriol runs off towards a vision of his dead fiancée. - The party are confronted by numerous vines that attack and quickly regenerate. Suddenly an Elderwood Guardian (S-class mana beast) appears. Kriol is trapped by the vines that cover the green giant’s body. Reginald goes on a rampage to try and free Kriol. Brald also attacks the giant but both Reginald and Brald are consumed by it. - Lucas won’t risk his life to save everyone. He blasts fire at ML and Jasmine, badly injuring them both. Lucas blasts the ceiling to block the exit, trap everyone behind and give him time to escape. - ML is forced to activate the 2nd phase of his beast will. - Sylvie senses this but ML tells her to stay away. - ML uses a powerful ice spell to completely freeze the Elderwood Guardian and the vines. Then he totally smashes the ice into pieces. - ML faints and the gem on Alice’s ring lights up. - ML wakes up to see Elijah who helped to protect ML and Jasmine when the cavern collapsed. The healing gems on ML’s glove are used on himself and the unconscious Jasmine. - Elijah created the metal dome shelter around them. - Elijah is 11.5yo and doesn’t know who his parents are. - He was raised in Darv by a dwarf elder called Rahdeas. - When he reached the dark orange stage, he woke up to find himself surrounded by black metal spikes. Rahdeas told Elijah it was time for him to leave and explore the continent. - ML tried to save everyone because he promised Sylvia that he’d become a better person and cherish the people around him. - Samantha is found unconscious under another metal shelter created by Elijah. She’s holding ML’s mask and the Elderwood Guardian’s mana core. Sylvie crashes through the ceiling to pickup the 4 dungeon survivors. Sylvie has grown a lot from hunting mana beasts and eating their cores. - The others insist ML takes the Elderwood Guardian’s mana core as he alone was the one who killed it. - Elijah and Jasmine go to the adventurer’s guild for help. - ML stays behind with Samantha and Sylvie. He uses the Sound Transmission Scroll to send a message to his family to reassure them that he’s safe. Then he uses some of the Elderwood Guardian’s mana core to heal his body. - 4 dead, 4 critically injured, 1 traitor. Lucas’ insubordination and betrayal led to the deaths of their party members. - The guild investigates the dungeon, retrieves the bodies and obtains testimonies from the survivors. At the hearing into the dungeon tragedy, Lucas is given a very light punishment. - He’s stripped of his A-Class rank and banned from listing as an adventurer again. His family’s power and connections let him walk free from his atrocities. - ML made a secret deal with Kaspian to protect the people he cares about until ML is strong enough to take on the entire Wykes family. The head judge declares that ML may not go anywhere near Lucas or his family during Lucas’ attendance at Xyrus Academy. ML owes the guild a favour for agreeing to this charade. - Kaspian gave ML a large bag of gold which ML spent on a dimension ring with a small inventory space. - Sylvie transforms to disguise her true appearance. - Jasmine leaves for another quest with the Twin Horns. - Lilia has recently started attending the Xyrus Academy. - ML invites Elijah to stay with his family. - ML gives the S-class mana beast core to Reynolds. - Later Reynolds absorbs all of the mana to reach the solid orange stage but the core doesn’t crumble, so he gives it back to ML. The core contains a beast will. ML can’t assimilate this 2nd beast will or else it’ll be destroyed by his dragon will. - ML asks Vincent to sponsor Elijah so he can attend the Academy. - Vincent introduces ML to Gideon, a famous researcher and the greatest inventor and artifact craftsman in the history of the continent. Gideon is like an eccentric, mad scientist. - The royal families have been asking Gideon to find a way to travel long distances across the ocean. There’s evidence of a new continent beyond Dicathen. - The over-reliance on mana in this world has stunted the development and advancement of non-magical technology. - ML uses knowledge from his past life to draw an initial design for a steamboat. ML agrees to complete the design when Gideon offers 2 phoenix wyrm pendants that were made for the royal family. A protective cocoon is conjured around the wearer of this artifact. If the cocoon breaks, the wearer will be transported to a safe location. - NB: Phoenix wyrms are S-class mana beasts as rare as dragons. They have the unique ability to preserve their own lives and protect themselves from danger. - While in town, Elijah and ML stop a group of 5 nobles from bullying a dwarf student. Princess Kathlyn saw ML from her carriage and stops a lethal magic attack on ML from Jamiel Tridant, the group’s leader. - ML contacts Cynthia with a 2-way communication scroll. He uses his influence with Cynthia by making his attendance at the Academy conditional on this group being expelled for racial bullying and using lethal magic in the city. She agrees right away. - Everyone is gathered to hear an important announcement from the 3 royal families about unifying the continent. - On the Dicathen continent, there are 3 kingdoms: Sapin, Elenoir and Darv. The royal families of Sapin (human), Elenoir (elf) and Darv (dwarf) announce a continental alliance. There is evidence of a new continent that brings opportunity and possibly danger. - They assign 6 white core mages to represent and protect the continent as the 6 Lances: - Alea Triscan, an elf - Varay Aurae - Olfred Warend, a dwarf - Aya Grephin, an elf - Mica Earthborn, a dwarf - Bairon Wykes, older half brother of Lucas - The Council: the Kings and Queens of Dicathen - There’s a surprise bday party for Eleanor with many guests invited. ML leads Ellie in the 1st dance and uses wind magic. - Tessia left a surprise gift for Ellie. It’s an elven bow. - ML gives Ellie and Alice the phoenix wyrm pendants. - Gideon is at the party and offers a deal to ML. He’ll be ML’s personal benefactor for any artifacts or goods ML needs. In exchange, ML will let Gideon pick his brain from time to time. - Later at ML’s request, Gideon gives ML a bracelet artifact that lets him hide 2 elemental attributes. - 12yo ML with Sylvie and Elijah start at the Academy. - Elijah is enrolled as a battle mage while ML is a scholar mage for Earth and Wind (ie dual-elemental mage). - Virion and Cynthia are close friends. Tessia is Cynthia’s disciple. - 13yo Tessia is the student council president. Lilia is the secretary. - There are issues of racial discrimination and discrimination against scholar mages in the Academy. - The school emblem badges given to the students are artifacts that can conjure barriers around their users for sanctioned duels within the school. ML distracts a senior student from crushing a dwarf student’s arm. Tessa wrongly accuses ML of causing a fight. - Clive the student council VP grabs ML’s shoulder and gets flipped onto his ass. - Cynthia visits ML in his dorm room. He asks to be allowed to attend higher level mana theory classes on deviants. She agrees and also offers to give him a pass to observe the top upper class mages’ mock battles, and access to a private training facility. - In exchange ML will join the new disciplinary committee, which also includes Prince Curtis and Princess Kathlyn. The committee members were chosen for their strength. ML is given a customised black DC uniform. - The other disciplinary committee (DC) members: - Claire Bladeheart, 6th year battle mage and DC leader. Her uncle is Kaspian who trained her from the time she awakened. - Theodore … gravity deviant - Kai Crestless, 4th year - Doradrea Oreguard, 1st year and a dwarf - Feyrith Ivysaar III, 1st year, an elf that ML met in Elenoir. - NB: Grawder is the A-class world lion bought at the Helstea Auction House and given to Prince Curtis. - Cynthia says the student council are the shields while the DC are the swords of the Academy. The DC will be responsible for upholding peace and safety for all students, and enforcing rules in the school grounds. They will resolve and prevent disputes between students. Punishments will be enforced for troublemakers. - Elijah is shocked that Tessia is ML’s childhood friend. - ML meets up with Tessia. He gives her the S-class beast will in the mana core from the Elderwood Guardian. Now a dual-elemental mage, Tessia’s abilities are the most compatible with this beast will. - Practical Mana Manipulation class: - Geist the professor was drunk in town and had a confrontation with ML. Because of this, Geist tries to humiliate the DC members (ML, Kathlyn, Feyrith) in his class. - ML saves Kathlyn from getting seriously injured by Geist’s attack. Then ML completely overpowers Geist. - Later Cynthia asks ML to be the acting interim professor position for the mana prac class. An investigation was launched and Geist was dismissed. Kathlyn provided her testimony. - Cynthia thinks this is a good opportunity for ML to build his reputation. ML agrees to give it a try. - NB: Cynthia is bonded with a mana beast called Avier. - The Basics of Artificing class: - Manipulating and coding mana to objects for specific uses. - Gideon is the surprise professor for this class. - Emily Watsken 12yo who loves artificing. - She created the projection display artifact. - Team fighting mechanics (1) with Prof. Glory (A-class) - Glory tries to set up ML to fight against the other disgruntled students. Instead Curtis suggests a team mock battle with the DC members on one team. Tessia, Clive and Lucas Wykes are on the other team. - ML fights against Lucas and his fire magic. - ML innovates with his wind magic to create a thin vacuum barrier around his body that puts out the fire as it hits him. - Tessia faints due to the pain caused by the beast will assimilation from the core ML gave her. He uses his Static Void skill to give him time to get to Tessia. ML is low on mana so he uses his body to shield her while taking the full brunt of a powerful attack from Curtis who released his beast will. - ML is in a private room recovering from his injuries. - He’s visited by his family, Tessia’s family and Virion. - Virion helps Tessia to stabilise the beast will assimilation. - Tessia surprises ML by kissing him during another visit. - When ML is almost fully recovered, he’s taken to his personal training room by Cynthia and Gideon. - Tobi: Training Operator and Blast Inductor - ML’s 1st mana prac class ended well. At the start ML used his intimidating aura to get the students to behave. - He posed interesting questions to the students. - He tried to break down the preconceptions of how a conjurer vs an augmenter uses and absorbs mana. - After class, Kathlyn approaches ML and apologises for what happened with Sebastian and how her father and Curtis treated ML. - Tessia gets angry at ML when she asks him about the kiss and he doesn’t take it seriously. Later they apologise to each other. - ML admits he’s been running away rather than facing Tessia’s feelings head on. ML says he can’t have a relationship with her right now but maybe when they’re older. He kisses her on the forehead. (me: blergh) - Lucas and 2 noble lackeys, Charles and Marcois, follow and confront ML after class. Marcois starts to show odd behaviour and erratic mana fluctuations. Marcois attacks ML with abnormally strong magical capabilities. After Lucas and Charles leave, Sylvie briefly transforms into a dragon and knocks out Marcois. There are bloody symbols on Marcois’ back. - Marcois is the 2nd incident of a student leaking mana with bloody symbols engraved down their spine. Marcois later dies from excessive mana leakage of the core. Kai of the DC is acting suspicious. - Lances Alea and Bairon meet with Lance Varay. - Traces of mages not from Dicathen have been found in the deepest levels of some dungeons. Mana beasts in the beast glades / and dungeons (?) have been behaving strangely. Alea is sent on her own to investigate with her sensory magic. She discovers a huge, mutant / deviant (?) 2-headed Hades Serpent guarding a tunnel and calls for backup. 50 battle mages teleport to Alea. - The Council has banned excursions into almost all of the dungeons that Professor Glory usually takes her class, as the Lances are currently investigating the dungeons. - Professor Glory’s class go on an excursion to a low level D-class dungeon called the Widow’s Crypt. - ML, Tessia, Claire, Curtis and Lucas are in this class. - It’s strange there are no mana beasts on the 1st floor. - Glory and the class are suddenly faced with a horde of E-class mana beasts. Glory kills them herself. This is unusual behaviour for these beasts who tend to be in small groups. Glory wants to leave the dungeon. Lucas dismisses Glory’s concerns by abruptly casting his deadly fire magic to persuade the class who opt to stay and train. - As the students head off in their teams, Glory warns Lucas not to do that again or face the consequences. - The beasts keep coming despite the students’ efforts to kill them. Before the students become too exhausted, Glory orders everyone to leave. There’s a sudden explosion and 2 x B-class mana beasts appear from the bottom floor. - Glory fights these beasts that are much stronger than usual. - ML takes charge and gets Delphine, a dwarf student, to use earth magic to fill the hole from the explosion. - ML gets Curtis to focus on his beast will while ML transfer mana to him. Curtis releases his beast will to blast away the rocks that block the entrance. ML ensures all of the students escape from the dungeon (even Lucas). - A gigantic mana beast evolves from a B-class beast that ate the remains of the other one killed by Glory. - ML is forced to reveal all of his elemental abilities as he fights alongside Glory. The gigantic mana beast stabs ML’s leg with a large claw and self destructs. The massive explosion creates a deep chasm that ML falls down. - ML uses his wind magic and survives the fall. The regenerative ability from his dragon will helps ML to recover. - He walks through a waterfall and he’s shocked to see a scene of utter carnage, with dead battle mages everywhere. He finds Alea who is dying after she was blinded, her core was shattered, and her limbs were torn off. - Alea uses the last of her mana to transfer her memories of the final battle to ML before she dies. The battle mages led by Alea killed the Hades Serpent. A black-horned demon appeared and foretold of a war. He blinds and tortures Alea as she listens to the dying screams of her soldiers. - ML embraces Alea in her final moments. He makes graves for the dead then leaves with Sylvie. Through Alea's memories, ML knows there are more demons out there like the ones who attacked Sylvia. - Lucas is invited to join a secret gathering of disgruntled, racist human nobles. The masked leader offers a relationship of mutual benefit. To achieve the goal of shattering the alliance between the 3 races, the leader wants Lucas to get rid of ML. Lucas will be granted the power to do so. Tessia will be his first target. - ML returns home. While in town with his family, he comes across a strange store on his own. ML sees a black cat in the store that runs off. The store owner gives ML a small translucent orb. - ML visits the Academy and gives Cynthia the ID tag he took from Alea. Cynthia will report Alea's death to the Council. - ML goes to the training room and finds Virion with Tessia. She’s covered in vines as her beast will fights back against her body. Virion says something must’ve been wrong with the Elderwood Guardian as the beast will seems to have mutated. - The vine suddenly attack ML and go on a rampage. - The orb appears from ML’s dimension ring and flies towards the vines. The orb somehow frees Tessia from the vines and is absorbed by her body. Virion checks her core and is shocked to find her core has suddenly advanced from the light orange stage to be almost at the initial silver stage. - Virion tells ML about the founding of the 3 kingdoms. - During the beast era, the 3 races were nomadic. They were in good terms and traded with each other. Their numbers dwindled as they were hunted and killed by the mana beasts that roamed the land. - A deity descended from the sky and gave magic tools for the 3 races to overcome the mana beasts. The ancestors of the Glayder, Greysunders and Eralith royal families were given 6 artifacts. - These artifacts were bestowed upon the most powerful subjects of the royal families under a soul oath and knighting ceremony. - As the 1st Lances given the power of white core mages, the 6 artifact users were commanded to spread their newfound knowledge and powers to create the 1st generation of mages. - The mana beasts were pushed back to the area now known as the beast glades. A new era of peace and prosperity began. - Subsequent wars between the races were the result of greed. - The Lances existed in secret and were only made public recently after the discovery of a new continent. - Virion tells ML that Sylvie is a deity. - Deities are beings that are able to ascend from their mortal bodies and fully harmonise with mana. - Cynthia is attacked by a group of mages but she easily defeats them. She has the same markings on her back as they did. - ML tries to find out more info about the orb that helped Tessia. He goes to where the store was but it’s disappeared. Instead another small orb is on the ground with a note. It says to go to the west teleportation gate to know more. - ML enters the gate with Sylvie and they end up in a dimensional subspace. The black cat from the store appears and changes into human form. It’s a deity called Windsom. - The small orb was an elixir pearl that prevented Tessia’s core from exploding. The 2nd elixir pearl is for ML. - The deities refer to themselves as asuras. - Alacrya is the other continent.
Berserk of Gluttony
Ch 39 as of 18/03/22 - it’s Asuna and Kirito! - DROPPED. Lost interest - ML is Fate Graphite - Gluttony skill: Consumes the souls of those killed, granting their stats and skills. The more ML kills, the stronger he’ll become. The stronger he gets, the more he wants to consume. If he doesn’t kill, he could lose control due to his intense hunger and attack anyone. - With this skill, ML can’t gain any XP (experience points). So he can’t level up or join any parties as his level remains low. - Starvation boost: (temporary) - Night vision activated through reddened eyes - Paralyse with fear anyone with lower stats (status points) - Ability to detect prey through smell - FL is Roxy Heart, a holy knight and a noble - Her father, Duke Mayson Heart died recently while fighting the dragons and monsters in Galia. - Aisha Heart, FL’s mother who was a commoner. Her body seems weak and frail. She lives outside of the main estate, in a mansion on Heart territory. Seyfert the capital city: - ML has been working as a gatekeeper under House Brerick. - He’s constantly abused and tormented by Rafale Brerick, a holy knight and his siblings. - After ML reported robbers to FL, he managed to kill one that was badly injured and escaping. ML increased his stats and gained the skills of Mind reading and Appraisal. - ML accepts FL’s offer to work under House Heart. - ML buys a black sword that was treated like trash, just like ML. He can hear the sword’s voice. It’s called Greed. - ML kills goblins and gains the skills Strength and Stamina reinforcement. His stats increase considerably. ML earns money from killing goblins and buys new clothes. - ML saves an orphan girl who was kidnapped under orders from Chad Brerick. ML gains the skills Concealment, One-handed sword, and Art-sharp edge. - ML works at the Heart estate by day, and goes hunting at night. - ML fights hobgoblins and defeats the goblin king. His added stats are huge and he’s gained the skills Auto recovery and 2-handed sword. ML gave the goblin king’s ear as a secret donation to the orphanage. - ML has enough stats to release Greed’s 1st form, a large black bow. Any subsequent forms will require even greater stats to be sacrificed. In this way, ML and Greed can grow stronger together. - ML is in town with FL, and he buys a skull mask that has the ability to conceal one’s identity. ML buys a gem stone for FL. They help a lost boy find his mother. - FL takes ML with her to visit the family territory, help with the harvest, and ward off monsters. She visits her mother. - At night ML secretly hunts the kobolds before they invade the territory. He gains the skills of Close combat, Vitality and Agility reinforcement. - ML learns FL will be sent to Galia soon. It was proposed by House Brerick and the other nobles supported it. - Chad Brerick was sent to find the monster that was killing all of the goblins. In half starvation mode, ML kills his men then reveals his true identity before killing Chad. ML gains the Holy sword art: Grand cross. - Greed’s 2nd form is a large black scythe. - FL departs for Galia. ML also leaves soon after to follow her and secretly support her. He arrives in the southern city of Tetra. - ML’s hometown is nearby. His mother died when he was born. - His father had a spear skill and protected the village from monsters. 5yrs ago his father died from an illness. Seen as a useless orphan, ML was banished by the village chief and driven away by the villagers. - ML agrees to help Seto, the village chief’s son. Seto changed for the better after the birth of his daughter. His wife was killed by the gargoyles terrorising the village. - At night the gargoyles return and use fire bullets to fight ML, which decimate the village. ML protects Seto’s house and kills the gargoyles. Seto decides to leave with his daughter. ML gains the Fire bullet skill. - As ML continues on his travels, he’s joined by a Galian girl called Myne the Wrath. She also owns a Deadly Sins weapon called Sloth, a huge axe. - They arrive at a town governed by a holy knight. - Travellers are segregated from the residents and there’s a strict social class system using tattoos. - ML hunts sandmen at night. He saves a large group of mercenaries from the boss monster. ML gains the Sand / dust magic skill. - Aaron Barbatos, an old holy knight, a swordmaster and the village chief. His wife and son were killed by monsters while he was away fighting in Galia. - At the next village, ML is challenged for a duel by Aaron. Although ML lost, Aaron allows ML and Myne to stay in the village on the condition ML trains under Aaron. - ML and Aaron go to the nearby castle to destroy the undead monsters there. That castle used to be Aaron’s. - ML faces the Lich boss monster while Aaron subdues his family and servants. Together they use Grand cross and defeat the Lich which frees the souls of Aaron’s people. Then they work to clear out the rest of the undead from the castle. - ML promises Aaron to return on his way back. - ML and Myne defeat a group of orcs when they arrive in Galia. - The dragons and monsters destroyed Galia 4000yrs ago. - Myne takes ML to her birthplace to fight a giant chimera called Haniel. A human sacrifice was used as the core to create Haniel. Myne needs ML’s skill to consume the soul to prevent Haniel from regenerating. ML draws on half starvation mode himself and sacrifices more stats to Greed in order to defeat Haniel. - Greed’s 3rd form as a black shield is released. - ML saw the memories of the human sacrifice and discovers she was someone that Myne knew. ML asks Myne to kill him if he succumbs to a total berserk state. - Babylon the defence city: a garrison town in Galia. - ML meets Elise who has the Lust skill. - Elise says FL needs to die in order for more people with special powers to be born. Elise is just a bystander but others will be out to harm FL. - Now on his own, the masked ML killed orcs for money to pay for new equipment. He saves FL’s camp when they’re attacked by 4 giant fire salamander monsters. He travels with them until they reach the Great Valley. - FL’s group are attacked by 3 giant prototype chimeras with monsters used as their cores. The masked ML helps to defeat the chimeras but he, FL and the last chimera fall down a deep hole. - ML finds the badly injured chimera and destroys its core. - ML notices the same strange markings on the chimera as on the salamanders. ML and FL safely find their way out. - A horde of monsters advances towards Babylon. - The royal army led by FL ride out to meet them. - Greed senses a large monster underground. ML discovers it’s a giant slime that uses corrosive magic. ML destroys its core and gains its magic skill. ML is faced by multiple slimes created from the Deadly Sin weapon used by a masked man who suddenly appears. The weapon is a black bayonet called Envy. - While fighting, ML destroys the man’s mask to reveal Alistair Northern. He’s a holy knight under FL. His family have been defending Babylon for generations. - Alistair uses a whistle to call forth a celestial dragon. - ML gets over to the royal army and uses the black shield to block the blast from the dragon. ML’s mask is destroyed and reveals his true identity to FL. - Alistair is perched on the dragon’s head. ML immobilises the dragon using a variation of Grand cross. ML sacrifices his left arm to defeat Alistair using illusion magic. The dragon breaks free and ML has a colossal battle that carves another valley across the land. - With the dragon defeated, ML gives over most of his stats to activate Greed’s 4th form (a black spear) and also stop ML from being completely consumed by his gluttony skill. - Myne arrives to kill ML but is stopped by FL. - ML recovers back in Babylon and is unconscious for a week. - ML is taken away by Elise and Myne to restore his arm. - For a month ML is forced to go on large scale hunting raids in Galia to exponentially increase his stats and his proficiency in using the secret arts of Greed. He restores his arm using Greed’s 4th form secret art: Twilight healing. It can cure any injury or disease. - ML and Myne return to see Aaron. Construction has started around the castle and they help with the rebuilding. - ML agrees to be adopted by Aaron and become his noble family successor. ML’s name changes to Fate Barbatos. - ML, Aaron and Myne travel together to the capital. - On the way, ML stops by the Heart territory and uses his healing skill to completely cure Aisha. - Aaron and ML go to the royal palace for an audience with the king. There are many holy knights present. Aaron introduces ML as his heir and the killer of the celestial dragon. - The holy knights scoff and mock ML. Rudolph Lanchester challenges ML to a sword fight. Rudolph loses his eyes to ML, then he is killed by the king’s personal White Knights. - The king gives permission to ML for powerless people in the capital to be accepted into his territory. - The neglected Barbatos residence in the capital is next door to the Heart estate. - ML is notified by the nun from a church in the slums that powerless people have disappeared after going to the military district. The Brerick family invested in the church under the condition that people from the slums came to work for them at night. This time no one returned except for one who managed to escape and said the others were killed. - ML infiltrates the Brerick research facility inside the military district. He discovers mutant goblins are being fed the remains of the poor people. He finds Memil Brerick drugged and unconscious. When he tries to leave, he’s faced with the mutant goblins. - Greed identifies the monsters as nightwalkers. They’re corpses that move from tethered souls and are poison to the gluttony skill if ML kills them. Nightwalkers can infect others when bitten or scratched. - ML enters a lab room full of specimens in containers. ML sees Chad Brerick who opens his eyes and attacks ML. Chad is a nightwalker after being restored using monster parts. - Aaron suddenly appears to help ML. While fighting Chad, they find another room full of women in containers. Aaron recognises one as Lina Brerick who died over 10yrs ago. - Rafale arrives and says Lina was his mother who was abandoned by his father because she was a powerless commoner. His younger siblings were born from another woman. - The nightwalkers were created using Rafale’s blood, which is why he can control them. Rafale used Memil as his backup blood supply. When Rafale is injured or killed, the nightwalkers are also affected. - Rafale has Vanity the black spear, a Deadly Sins prototype weapon. It doesn’t have a heart like Greed. It requires the blood of the user to activate its power. - Rafale’s body is possessed by an undead archdemon. He opens rifts using dark magic to allow dark matter to enter and explode. - Elise arrives with the White Knights and holding Envy. She reveals her true identity as the ruler of this kingdom. She sends Aaron and the knights away to evacuate the city. - Myne appears when a massive rift is created. She closes it using Sloth and brings down the archdemon as well. - ML uses Greed to separate Rafale and Shin, the one possessing him. Myne has been pursuing Shin and they both disappear. - Elise explains to ML that long ago she and Envy established the kingdom and ruled together. They parted ways after an argument with Elise travelling to achieve her goals and Envy left to rule using a proxy body. - After an investigation into the research facility, the Brerick family are punished. They’re stripped of their title, expelled from the holy knights, and their properties seized. - Aaron is bringing Memil into the household as a maid. - ML and Aaron visit FL at her home. Aisha makes a surprise appearance.
Promised Orchid
Ch 10 as of 09/09/21 - main characters are annoying. DROPPED. ** NB: last updated in Sept 21. Completed? - ML is Yang Jaesin / Jae-Shin - ML has a recurring dream of a beautiful lady who says ‘I’ll be waiting’ as she walks by the Temple of the Promised Orchid. - He meets a strange fortune teller who marks his arms with an invisible stigma to protect him. She also says he should carry his ‘eyes of truth’ (a pair of weird glasses). - ML sees a painting of the Temple at a cafe and with his glasses he sees the true form of a bird yokai instead of a human. The stigma on his arms saves him from being forced into the painting by the yokai who flees. He saves the children who were trapped in the painting by pulling them out. - His glasses seem to be related to a traumatic incident as a child … he witnessed a massacre at his orphanage? by a powerful and monstrous spectre / yokai. - ML moves into the old ghost house on Promised Orchid St in search of answers to his dream (and for the cheap rent). At night he sees a large bridal procession of spectres / yokai outside. - Inside the house, ML is attacked by a killer spectre but it’s scared off by a strange stick (exorcism sword) that was stuck in the ceiling and reacted to the stigma on ML’s arms. - The next night ML can’t sleep, so he takes the sword and visits the abandoned Temple at the top of the hill. He meets a beautiful woman (Socheon) but she’s not the one in his dreams. Before she kills him, the sword reacts and she backs away from its aura. - The killer spectre followed him there. Socheon helps to distract it while ML looks to strike its real body within the illusion. - The sword seems to be self aware and together with ML, the true form of the killer spectre is revealed to be a small black dog that’s a spectral god. - The dog was possessed by the vengeful soul contained in a jade hairpin stuck in its body. The hairpin was the last keepsake from the mother of a girl who died after being chased over a cliff. The girl’s soul is released and the hairpin disappears. - ML takes Socheon who’s holding the dog back to his place, the old ghost house. The oak spectre comes for Socheon. ML attacks it with the sword but to no avail. Before ML is killed, he’s saved by the guardian god of the house. The guardian was awakened by Socheon and attacks the oak spectre, turning it into a tree. - Socheon was intended to be the next sacrifice for the Golden Crown at the next full moon. She was a warrior who fought and died in the last big spectre war. Her ashes were stolen and she was forced to become a spectre herself and lure humans as sacrifices. - Socheon asks ML to help her to retrieve her ashes so she may reincarnate and guard the barrier once more from the spectres of the nether world.
Seishun X Kikanjuu
Fight Like a Girl
Ch 85 as of 13/03/22 - Rumble High School: ruled by the top martial arts fighting clubs. - 9 major clubs: Sambo, Judo, Boxing, Karate, Taekwondo, Sanda, Muay Thai, Kendo, Ko-ryu. - “No.1 at Rumble High means No.1 in the world” - New MMA club formed by Sunny Yan, huge fan of Troy Qi - Troy Qi 20yo, professional MMA fighter - He promised his mother to become strong, heroic, and manly. “A real man,” “the greatest man in the world,” and the world’s best fighter. - Tori He, 2nd yr high school student. - She was quiet, weak, and hated violence and pain. - She was an honours student. - Tori as Troy has amnesia (retains none of Tori’s memories) and her breasts got bigger for some reason. Tori’s family: - Frank He, a wealthy and caring stepfather - Kane He, older stepbrother (CEO of his own company) - Her mother died Tori’s posse: - Julia, karate club - Winnie, boxing club - Alice, going home club Cast of characters: - Ox, vice captain of the judo club - Bear, Captain of the Judo club (childhood friends w/ Rain) - Jun Kim, Captain of the Taekwondo club - Rain Murong, 1st female Captain of the Ko-ryu (Traditional Martial Arts) club. Helps Tori out when she has her 1st period (after being possessed by Troy). Teaches Tori about Qi. - Yves Liu, Captain of the Boxing club - Jonas Gui, Captain of the Karate club - Dragon Yi, Captain of the Sanda club - Theo Pah, Captain of the Muay Thai club - Mariko Yagyu, Captain of the Kendo club (female) - Flynn Duan, Captain of the Sambo club - Tori and Troy switched bodies when he saved her after she fell from a building rooftop. Troy’s body (with Tori’s soul) died. Tori become infamous as the girl who killed a world fighting champion. - Tori first met Sunny when he was getting beaten up by Ox. - Jun Kim left a love letter in Tori’s desk but she ignored it. - Sunny, Tori and her posse go to the judo club to face off against Ox. He made the match 5 vs 5. Winnie defeated 3. Sunny won against the 4th with direction from Tori (who he’s now calling Master’s wife). Sunny loses against Ox but Tori steps in as the new captain of the MMA club. She knocks Ox out with a spin kick to his chin. It’s caught on video and goes viral. - Kane saw Tori fight Ox and takes her to see a psychiatrist after she tells him Troy Qi possessed her body. - At the airport to see Kane off as he heads back to the US for business, Tori goes into the lift and becomes panic stricken with claustrophia. In the lift with her is Bear, the disciple of Joseph Nakano the judo expert that Troy Qi defeated in his last fight. - Tori sees a vision of herself as Troy watching a small scared girl in a dark, wet and cramped space before large closed doors and a monstrous bear emerges. Troy defends the girl and lashes out but hits Bear in real life. He continues to fight this ‘judo bear’ until he wakes up as Tori again when an incoming car shines its headlights. - Troy as Tori starts getting flashbacks to traumatic memories of hers. She has claustrophobia due to child abuse and sexual assault by Kane’s friends (and possibly her birth father?) in the past. - Kane signed a business deal with Mr Tracy that was pushed by his partner Peter and the board of Kane’s company (who were intimidated and bribed). Mr Tracy heads a group of ruthless gangsters and wants to take over Kane’s company, so he uses Peter to betray Kane. Tori is invited over to the US by Michelle, Kane’s secretary to attend an event. Tori is drugged and kidnapped by Peter to use against Kane. - While drugged, Tori remembers more of her past. During a video call to show she’s alive, Tori confirms with Kane that her mother died when she was hit by a car while running after the bikers who’d taken Tori, then in junior high. Her mum had just been at Kane’s school for complaints about his delinquency, including hanging around those bikers. Kane had made an offer to Tori’s mum to leave his father in exchange for his good behaviour. - Kane was contacted by the bikers, recognised Tori’s voice and rescued her. Kane took Tori to the hospital where he saw his distraught father by the bedside of Tori’s mum. The last words Tori’s mum mouthed to Kane were “I left him. Don’t forget.” Kane went to prison for a year after beating up the biker gang that held Tori captive. He studied finance and became successful. - Filled with guilt and remorse, Kane vowed to protect Tori. - Tori beats up the room full of thugs with Peter. She finds herself in an undergound fight ring owned by Mr Tracy. She recognises Neo Torres, an ex-MMA fighter who lost to Troy before and now works as hired muscle for Mr Tracy. Neo threw the match with Troy, was banned for life and his wife left him with their son. This rematch fight is a close call, but Tori still wins in the end after mastering her Qi. Tori suddenly has another past memory resurface of a young, terrified Tori facing her monstrous birth father. - Kane and Michelle saw Tori fighting Neo. They try to fend off Mr Tracy and his men who have guns. In the end, an overpowered Tori surging with energy takes out the bad guys before fainting. The police later arrive at the hospital to arrest and charge those involved with illegal gambling, fighting, kidnapping, etc. - Tori visits the Legends Sports Club where Troy used to train under his master. She’s shocked to learn all of the members actually hated Troy and believed he rigged the world championship fight. - Zed Zhao, the “eldest brother” who was Troy’s training partner, interrupts Tori fighting the members for badmouthing Troy. He gives her an old photo of Troy as a boy with his mother. - Michelle takes Tori back home while Kane remains in the US to sort out the company. Rumble Apex Competition: - Fight to determine who is the strongest at Rumble High and then go on to the national tournament. - Group A is made up of the top 8 club captains (exclude Ko-ryu). - Group B is made up of all the remaining invitees. - The start of the competition for Group B quickly devolves into an all-out brawl in the gymnasium. - Tori covers her entire body with Qi that acts as protective armour to absorb the attacks from the intense fighting. - Towards the end, Tori loses her will to fight. She’s not sure who she is or what she’s fighting for anymore. - Mary, student council president. She’s the rumble events coordinator and was the MC for the Rumble Apex competition. - Mary loves chaos and has turned the female student body against FL who think she’s seduced all the boys. She gets bullied and her uniform is ruined, including her underwear. She only has a karate uniform to wear and she’s chased around the school so they can forcefully take lewd photos of her. - FL’s friends Sunny, Julia and Winnie rush to her aid. Over 40+ students (male and female) are fighting against FL and her 3 friends. - FL’s subconscious takes over and the attackers look like monsters. She fights back as Troy Qi with superhuman abilities. Only when Zed Zhao shows up does FL regain her senses then faints. Rain protects FL and takes her to a safe place. - FL sees her stepfather demonstrate what a real man is during the parents conference over the brawl. He shows guts and wits, stating FL as the true victim who acted in self defense against mob mentality bullying. - Zed Zhao has been hired to monitor full time the students’ behaviour at Rumble High. Mr Talon Gu the guidance counselor secretly wants to use Zed to get rid of the fighting clubs and Principal Dante Wang. - Tori makes lunch for Zed and they have lunch together each day until Zed is reported to the Principal and told to stop. Tori is confused by her feelings for Zed. - Mary arranged a fake gang hold-up. Tori comes to Mary’s rescue and beats up the leader and former boxing club captain Hyena. When someone uses a knife, it triggers mental trauma for Tori and she blanks out. - Zed Zhao goes to check on the fighting clubs and is challenged by Yves at the boxing club. Zed defeats Yves after seeing him as Troy. - Zed is then challenged by Jonas Gui and they agree to meet off school grounds for their fight. Zed again shows his true fighting colours by picturing Troy to defeat Jonas. - Mary keeps testing Tori by having herself appear kidnapped by her own staff so Tori will give chase. Tori realises it’s all fake. - Kane returns and wants to take Tori to Japan to see a scientist called Professor Tim Saito about returning her consciousness. - Tori secretly meets Zed one night before she leaves. They spar and Zed finally realises that she’s Troy. - In Japan, after some initial tests Tori undergoes hypnosis and relives a memory of her abusive father. - Kane listens to the recording and confirms he heard Tori’s mother left her father who was a gambling addict that was often violent with them. - Saito thinks Tori might have dissociative identity disorder but emphasises that’s not for certain. It’s the closest scientific explanation at this point. - Tori as Troy starts to question his own existence. - Tori undergoes hypnotherapy again. Troy sees what really happened on the rooftop the day Tori committed suicide. She was meeting her birth father to give him money. He pretended to apologise for everything then left. Tori had sawn through the barrier and intended to push him off but couldn’t do it. In the end she saw the only way out was to jump herself. - Tori’s spirit tells Troy that as a girl, she’s been nothing but a burden to everyone around her, even to him. It’s because she was born a girl that her mother was treated badly by her grandmother and aunt, and why her father turned to gambling. Troy rejects her body but would’ve had no issues if she was a boy. She says sorry to Troy and disappears. - Tori as Troy is now convinced he’s real and will continue living through Tori’s body. He wants Kane to give up on bringing Tori back and to stay out of his way. - Tori as Troy, Kane and Michelle return home. - Bear challenged Zed to a match. While Zed also defeats him, Zed is impressed with Bear’s skills. - The next phase of the Rumble Apex begins with a series of elimination matches. The top 8 clubs and the Bokh (Mongolian wrestling), Koppojutsu, Sumo, and MMA clubs already qualify for the 3rd final round. - Zed, Rain and Mr Gu are the match judges. - In a shock win, Muay Thai defeats Boxing. - To motivate Jun Kim, Tori makes a bet that she’ll go out with him if he wins. After over 13mins of Tori dodging Jun’s intentionally missed kicks, words from Zed motivate Tori to unconsciously activate her Qi at last. They fight properly and Jun concedes before Tori can land the final blow. - Tori tests herself to confirm Troy has completely taken control over her body. She stays inside a closed locker and has no reaction. - Zed sees Tori and Jun at the school rooftop. After Tori rejects Jun’s confession, Zed interrupts to say she’s already got him. - The match between Kendo and Koppojutsu ends in a tie. Both are badly injured and can’t proceed to the next round. - Bokh vs Karate match also ended with a double defeat. - Bear won after he threw the Sumo Captain out of the ring. - Mr Gu announced the Sanda captain left school to fight professionally. He proposes Zed step in the ring instead against the Sambo Captain. - Later it’s reported a brawl started after outside fighters entered the school. They were called in by the Sambo Captain after he lost to Zed. He accused Mr Gu of sabotaging his chances to win. The Principal resigned because of this incident. - Tori goes with Zed to a ring where they spar. She agrees to accept his offer to be with him if he can beat her, and she activates her Qi. (Needs an epilogue: what about the asshole gambling father? What about Kane and Michelle? What about Alice’s back story?)
Chainsaw Man
Ch 110 as of 13/11/22 - Denji’s mother died from a heart condition (after he was born?) - When Denji was a boy, his father killed himself and left a massive debt that Denji has been trying to repay ever since. He sold some organs when he was older and works as a tree cutter. - Denji 16yo never went to school and lives in poverty in a rundown shack in Tokyo. He has simple dreams of living a normal life. - Pochita is a chainsaw dog demon that Denji made a contract with just after his father died. Denji let Pochita take his blood to heal from a severe wound. In exchange Pochita helps Denji hunt other demons. Pochita is Denji’s only friend and companion. - NB: demons recover by drinking blood. - Denji works hard as a demon hunter for the yakuza loan sharks. - One day the yakuza turn into zombies after being tricked into making a contract with a zombie demon. Denji and Pochita are chopped to pieces by the yakuza zombies. In a promise Denji made to Pochita earlier, Denji’s body is taken over by Pochita. - Denji’s and Pochita’s bodies merge. Pochita becomes Denji’s heart. Denji’s body fully recovers (including the missing organs) but he now has a cable pull in his chest. He turns into Chainsaw Man after he pulls the cable and slaughters the zombie demon and the yakuza zombies. - Public Safety Demon Extermination Special Division 4. - Makima, a senior public safety demon hunter. - She can smell demon scents. - She’s actually the powerful control demon. - Makima takes in Denji instead of killing him. She recognises he isn’t possessed by a demon. Pochita is still alive inside Denji. - If Denji ever quits or disobeys orders, he’ll be killed. - Aki Hayakawa, a public safety demon hunter. - Aki is contracted with the fox demon head (it’s body is in Kyoto). - Denji is assigned to Aki’s special squad and also lives with Aki. - 13yrs ago Aki’s family was killed by the gun demon before his eyes. Makima saved him. He hates and wants to destroy all demons. - Aki is also contracted to a curse demon. - When Aki uses the curse demon’s sword, it shortens Aki’s life. - Power, a fiend (a human possessed by a demon) taken in by Makima. Power is possessed by a blood demon. - She is egotistical and a pathological liar. - Meowy is a cat raised by Power and her only friend. - Denji is paired to patrol with Power. She betrays him to save Meowy who was held hostage by an injured bat demon in exchange for a human meal. The bat demon recovers from drinking Denji’s blood. It swallows Meowy and Power whole. - Denji turns into Chainsaw Man and slices the bat demon into pieces to retrieve Power and Meowy. A leech demon (the bat demon’s partner) attacks Denji who has lost too much blood for his body to recover. Aki destroys the leech demon with his fox demon and Ali’s squad saves Denji, Power and Meowy. - Denji refuses to confirm Power’s betrayal. - Power and Meowy are sent to live with Aki and Denji. - Makima promises to grant one wish to Denji if he destroys the gun demon who wiped out over 1 million people across several different countries 13yrs ago. They are still trying to locate the gun demon. - Small pieces of the gun demon’s body are slowly being collected. The pieces are attracted to each other and react when other pieces are nearby. Demons have enhanced powers after eating these pieces. - Himeno has a contract with a ghost demon. - Aki was paired with Himeno when he first joined Public Safety. - Arai Hirokazu 22yo, contracted with the fox demon. - Kobeni Higashiyama 20yo was forced by her parents to become a demon hunter to help pay for her older brother’s college tuition. She has 9 sisters. - Eternity demon: it has a piece of the gun demon. It offers a contract to let the squads of Himeno and Aki escape the eternal 8th floor of a hotel. In exchange for their freedom, it wants to eat Denji. - In the end Denji agrees to be eaten and turns into Chainsaw Man. He battles the eternity demon for days and recovers by drinking the demon’s blood. - Division 4 welcome party for the newbies: - Denji’s 1st kiss is a barf kiss from drunk Himeno. - The gun demon wants Denji’s heart … - Makima and Special Divisions 1 to 4 are simultaneously ambushed and attacked by a group who are targeting Denji. - Makima survives and uses her contract demon to kill many of the attackers. The other survivors are Denji, Power, Aki, and Kobeni. - Samurai Swordman is the grandson of the yakuza leader that Denji used to work for and then killed. - Akane Sawatari, an ex-civilian demon hunter contracted with a snake demon. - Himeno sacrificed herself and died to save Aki. - The fox demon head was injured and won’t be called by Aki. - The curse demon’s sword was used and Aki has 2yrs left. - Kurose and Tendo are from the Kyoto branch. Among the demons imprisoned by Public Safety, they introduce Aki to the future demon. Aki makes a contract in exchange for letting the future demon live in Aki’s right eye. Aki can now see the future but just a few seconds ahead. - Makima introduces Denji and Power to their new master, Kishibe the strongest demon hunter. He taught Himeno before. He once said that demons only fear demon hunters who are insane. - His plan to train Denji and Power is to hunt them like demons. Their training is complete when they can defeat him. - Makima most likely knew about the ambush and let it happen. - She obtains the names of the yakuza who made a contract with the gun demon to target Denji. - The non-human demon hunters of Division 4: - Princi is a spider demon. - Beam is a shark fiend who idolises Denji as Chainsaw Man. - Violence fiend: forced to wear a poison mask to restrain him. - Angel demon: anyone who touches him directly has their lifespan siphoned off. - Reze is Bomb Girl and an ally of the gun demon. - She was one of many orphan children used in secret experiments by the Russian military. She’s sent to assssinate Denji. - Reze befriends Denji. When he rejects her offer to run away with her, she attacks him. Beam saves Denji and alerts Aki at the Division 2 training facility. Reze arrives and blows up everything. - A typhoon demon arrives to help Reze but gets sliced up by Denji. Reze falls into the ocean with Denji when he wraps his chains around them and jumps into the water. In the end Denji lets Reze go but she is found and killed by Makima and the angel fiend. - The media broadcasts footage of Denji as Chainsaw Man from this latest incident. Makima warns Denji that assassins from all over the world will be targeting him now. 3 bodyguards are assigned to Denji as he patrols with Power. Denji is bait to draw out the assassins. - Demons never truly die. They go through an endless cycle of reincarnation. When they die on Earth, they revive in hell. When they die in hell, they revive on Earth. The last sound they hear when they die in hell is a chainsaw starting up … - Quanxi the 1st demon hunter. She’s from China and has 4 female fiends. Quanxi and Kishibe used to be partners in Public Safety. - 3 brothers from USA, contracted to a skin demon. - Santa Claus from Germany, contracted to a doll demon. - Tolka and his Master who is actually Santa Claus. She is also contracted to a curse demon and a hell demon. - Santa Claus sent everyone to hell and made a contract with the darkness demon to have the power to kill Makima. - Makima appears in hell and makes the darkness demon return everyone to Earth. Denji and Quanxi fight Santa Claus, ultimately winning. Quanxi surrenders but is killed by Makima. - Beam, Princi and the violence fiend are dead. - Aki lost an arm and the angel fiend lost both arms. - Power has nightmares and is afraid of the dark. - Aki takes Denji and Power to Hokkaido to visit his family’s gravesite. They distract him from his usual depressing thoughts. - Aki asks Kishibe for his squad to be excluded from the expedition to eliminate the gun demon. He’s traumatised from his time in hell and doesn’t want to see anyone else die who are close to him. - Makima informs Aki that Denji and Power will still go on the expedition. Aki changes his mind and will be the guardian for Denji and Power. Makima reveals the gun demon has already been defeated and confined. The gun demon’s body not consumed by other demons is being kept by different countries. - The gun demon is being used as a deterrent to prevent global warfare. Makima’s goal for the expedition is to recover the gun demon’s body from other countries. USA attempt to kill Makima by making a contract with the gun demon. - Makina activates the abilities of those under her control to face the gun demon. Aki is possessed by the gun demon to become the gun fiend and goes on a rampage against Denji. Aki is killed by Denji. - Denji is in despair and asks for help from Makima. - For his wish after killing the gun fiend, Denji asks to be Makima’s dog so he doesn’t have to think for himself anymore. - Makima kills Power and gets Denji to turn into Chainsaw Man. - She wants Chainsaw Man for herself and under her control. - Makima wanted to make Denji give up his heart by improving his life so he’d feel it was too painful to keep living if he lost it all. - Makima set up Denji the Chainsaw Man to be seen as a hero. Demons gain strength from people’s fear of them. Chainsaw Man weakens as more people aren’t afraid of him. - Chainsaw Man has the ability to make the names of devils he consumes get wiped from existence. - Earlier Power got Denji to drink her blood when she was scared. Pochita lets Power who is present in the blood Denji swallowed to eat him and recover. Power emerges from Denji and fights Makima then hides with Denji in a dumpster. - Power gives her blood to Denji and dies. - Denji recovers and Kishibe offers to help free him from Makima. - They hide in a bunker for now. Denji wants to live as Chainsaw Man and hatches a plan to defeat Makima. - Using the last of Power’s blood inside him and part of his heart, Denji creates a clone of himself. After Makima thinks she’s defeated Chainsaw Man, Denji as himself uses a chainsaw to cut her into pieces. He makes meals from her body and consumes her completely. Makima is finally gone. - Denji realised Makima only recognised others by their scent and didn't really see individual faces unless she was interested in them. She never saw him as Denji so she didn’t know what he looked like and he was able to surprise her. - Kishibe found a girl in China called Nayuta and brought her back to Japan. She’s the reincarnated control devil, with no memories of her past life. In Denji’s dreams, Pochita says Denji can fulfill the control demon’s wish by being a family to her. - Asa Mitaka. Her parents were killed by demons. - She’s possessed by a war demon called Yoru. - She goes to the same high school as Denji. - Yoshida, contracted with an octopus demon (?) - He’s assigned to keep an eye on Denji to make sure his identity as Chainsaw Man remains a secret. - Public Safety are gone. Denji continues to fight demons for free because he enjoys the fame and popularity that comes with being a hero. He plans to expose his true identity one day to attract women. - Yuko, contracted with the justice demon - Her parents were killed by demons. - She was bullied in middle school and decides to get rid of the bullies in high school. Asa tries to stop her. - ML turns into Chainsaw Man and slices up Yuko but she manages to escape. Later she visits Asa …
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