Just because there is some place out there in space doesn't mean there will be adventures and more stories. The place Neo tries to reach is their goal, not a guarantee for exploring of more strange creatures and weird places. Everything so far has been build around the eight kings, the ancient gourmet demons and that monster lurking inside Acacia and his full course. It's possible that the narrative Shima has build up so far is also the entirety of the story and will end when it's resolved. Of course, if he wants to continue the series he could just start up a completely new story centered around other threats in the universe, but believing that the series will end soon is completely justified.
Toriko II: Ichiryuu's Slimy Insides!!
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For me, this appetite/reliving memories thing is very representative of humanity's pursuit of the sciences in real life. You all often make fun of the way that Shima uses pseudoscience as exposition in his manga, which is fine. But you can't deny that we, as a species, in reality have continually been in pursuit of the height of power that existed during the birth of the universe. No other field of science has required or received as much money, time, effort, and understanding as quantum physics and its boundary pushing particle accelerators. Personally, I have extremely enjoyed Shima's perspective on appetite and learning/growth and find a lot of parallels between it and real world scientific research.
When Joa says that NEO is in pursuit of the farthest land, I think that they might also mean far in terms of separation in time, not just distance. After all, modern understanding says that time and space are more or less the same thing, despite some fundamental differences.
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Knowing there is a place out there in space and not going to that place that will a big disappointing if this happens
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Knowing there is a place out there in space and not going to that place that will a big disappointing if this happens
Do we even know that it is in space?
It may be in the center of the Earth.
Oooooooor, the "spaceship" may act like a pill, and they are supposed to get eaten along with the rest of the planet, and the final land may be inside Acacia´s demon thingy. -
Big bang theory wasn't enough for you guys. And there is another clue the ingredient thst Starjun is looking it might be there or in te back world
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Chapter is out and damn, things are moving forward..So Acacia is already awake or that was just a premonition? Lol at Don Slime being Ichiryuu's demon.
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Holy…! This is getting too good.
And at last, confirmation that Jirou knocked Teppei's senses back. But that last page... so unexpected, and so awesome.
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Wait, did we just lose a Blue Nitro? Or was it an unimportant lesser one?
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@Daz:
Wait, did we just lose a Blue Nitro? Or was it an unimportant lesser one?
They've got LIFE, no worries.
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Obligatory shitty prediction about Don Slime eating another/pair and lolscience somehow revives Ichiryuu because of this.
Sounds like something people'd come up in the old narublech thread and most shitty predictions there came true.Jokes aside, pretty ok chapter. Didn't feel too overdone like some of the previous ones, just a lot of talking and development.
Jirou unsealing himself seems like a logical step, and we know it was done on him. Being able to undo the seals himself though… I wonder if that's good writing.
Acadia's design is pretty decent, looks like he has 3x of Midora's tongues so it's a pretty good way to represent his hunger. lol at him eating the Nitro already.
Also lol at that cocky Joa alt, last chapter he was like "don't anger this man cause he'd destroy our base" and the moment he gets the bubble up he does a 180 and starts trash talking.
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@Daz:
Wait, did we just lose a Blue Nitro? Or was it an unimportant lesser one?
Implying any of them were important, all I can remember is that their names are shared with the food and one of them was scared shit of Midora. Not enough development to care.
If you meant in-story, uhh, they are fodder for Joa/Acadia anyway, I think? ^_^?
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Jirou unsealing himself?
Neo?
Acacia devouring a blue nitro?
That last page threw me off.Well done Shima:
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I have a bad feeling about that Joa v Midora fight.
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I feel I've said it one too many times, but when Shima gets into overdrive "name lots of things" mode I just. . .get lost. He loves naming things, doesn't he?
Monster Acacia is the creepiest, spookiest thing in current manga, though.
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Acacia just looks starved to me, pretty nice job of making him looked menacing and hungry at the same time.
Midora's hungry tongue back before the timeskip was way more creepy though.
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Well, I never. Who was the one who predicted that Don Slime was Ichi's Demon again?
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So demons can just kind of live on even after their host dies? I mean i understand with Joa because of the healing water but Ichiryu did not have that did he?
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So demons can just kind of live on even after their host dies? I mean i understand with Joa because of the healing water but Ichiryu did not have that did he?
I think he somehow discarded it hundred of years ago in Blue Grill.
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So demons can just kind of live on even after their host dies? I mean i understand with Joa because of the healing water but Ichiryu did not have that did he?
I don't know because the the large amount of info lately has been overwhelming, but I thought these demons never die and just possess someone else? With some of them being exceptional and all that
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Don Slime's new host is going to be Komatsu, mark my fucking words.
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Don Slime's new host is going to be Komatsu, mark my fucking words.
He already has a gourmet demon inside him.
! Couldn't stay away
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I wonder if Komatsu will somehow learn that Kitchen Space thing.
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He already has a gourmet demon inside him.
! Couldn't stay away
He wasn't born with gourmet cells, so I don't think he has one.
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Still, there was that God Cooking with Air.
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Still, there was that God Cooking with Air.
This is what I meant, yeah. Not sure if it's a demon or not, but he sure has _something_.
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Don Slime making a cooking tournament to see who's the strongest vessel he can find to further the plot? I have a strong feeling that Komatsu will once again come out on top, thanks to his 'food luck'.
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Holy cow that lazy eye Acacia sent chills down my spine, which is amazing because he doesnt even looks conscious. And thats creepy as hell.
I like when Midora tells Joa to stay in demon-form, and those 'bits' breaks my heart every time. ;_;
I…. didnt see (or lurk enough) that don slime being ichiryu's demon coming.... wow. -
Good chapter of toriko, man I didn’t expect that twist at the end Shima court me off guard. Don Slime is interesting. One thing that got me thinking was at the end if Don Slime was the strongest, basically we know the gourmet cell demons have a sort of inner world, could it be possible they all know each other and actually compete for the title of demon king. I mean is the DK just known as the DK or did it work its way up the rank.
The other scenario, I was thinking was who ever is the strongest human with gourmet cells, since the user and the gourmet cell demon grow stronger together due to what ever they eat that match’s with the cells would that automatically mean there gourmet cell demon would be the strongest.
Toriko obviously will be the strongest at some point, does the mean he has to eat Acacia full course or some of it that matches his gourmet cells, say in his case GOD would that be enough, and would that allow his gourmet cell demon to match say Midora or Acacia himself.
Jiro is scary I can wait to see what the rampaging beast is capable of doing at full power.
The fight with Joe will most likely be a stalemate or end up in Midora’s defeat some how.
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Heeeeey! It all came full circle! There was a reason for this interlude happening now after all!
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Does this mean we can go back to Blue Grill next chapter?
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So Joie can use the same technique as Condor (Warp Kitchen).
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So Joie can use the same technique as Condor (Warp Kitchen).
Pretty much. But I still don't know what the hell it is exactly.
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Wow!! What a chapter!! This manga just keeps getting better and better!! Shima is a genius!!
Does this mean we can go back to Blue Grill next chapter?
I hope so!! Now we know the Don Slime connection!! Looking forward to the conclusion of the cooking competition!!
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This is what I meant, yeah. Not sure if it's a demon or not, but he sure has _something_.
its been stated that komatsu has a demon
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Chapter and page?
I forget the exact point and can't look but I think it was after they revived him with Pair. They discussed his Gourmet Cells awakening at the very least.
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I forget the exact point and can't look but I think it was after they revived him with Pair. They discussed his Gourmet Cells awakening at the very least.
You are correct. http://bato.to/read/_/317511/toriko_ch321_by_hi-wa-mata-noboru/13 this page
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In the begging I always thought those demons were just a manifestation of their intimidation power and now they are actually plot relevant.
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In the begging I always thought those demons were just a manifestation of their intimidation power and now they are actually plot relevant.
You didn´t thought. They were.
I actually preferred if it stayed like that. I´m not a big fan of the demon being an actual creature thing.
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You didn´t thought. They were.
I actually preferred if it stayed like that. I´m not a big fan of the demon being an actual creature thing.
When was it first stated like that anyway? In the Gourmet Pyramid they were still just manifestations.probably around the time everyone ate air when we learned toriko had two demons?
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There was also that time when Toriko saw the Red Oni eating "him" in the Regal Mammoth arc and in his second encounter against Staa. I always thought it both of those times were a metaphor or a hallucination.
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Now I'm curious to when Don Slime separated from his host. Is that a reason why Ichi's hair colour changed over time? I highly doubt he simply dyed it.
Toriko's hair colour changed when his Blue Oni separated from his body back in the Air arc.
I wonder which host will Don Slime inhabit?
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Now I'm curious to when Don Slime separated from his host. Is that a reason why Ichi's hair colour changed over time? I highly doubt he simply dyed it.
Toriko's hair colour changed when his Blue Oni separated from his body back in the Air arc.
I wonder which host will Don Slime inhabit?
my 3 best guesses
Toriko - only if Toriko has a 1vs1 fight with monster demon Acacia
all 4 heavenly Kings - Don Slime splits into 4 pieces to boost the strength of the 4 Kings's demons to fight Monster Demon Acacia
Someone random - to save their life or gets used as weapon against the heroes but destroys himself to not let the enemy win
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is don slime is angry because Ichi didn't use him or being kick out from Ichi's body.
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I got to admire how casual Jirou and Setsu are about everything. The guy just lost his hand and it's like he just got some dirt on his shoe.
So is that Acacia a vision of what would happen or is it already in place?
I really wonder if Midora is gonna die here. There is quite a lot of magic ball with Joa.
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probably around the time everyone ate air when we learned toriko had two demons?
Now that I think about it, it may have been during the fight with Star, when the Red Oni gave Toriko a new arm and it opened a hole in Star´s chest.
That was my first Wtf reaction to the Oni, so it might have been it.There was also that time when Toriko saw the Red Oni eating "him" in the Regal Mammoth arc and in his second encounter against Staa. I always thought it both of those times were a metaphor or a hallucination.
Now that I think about it, the same thing kind of happens with Toriko´s fork and knife attacks.
At first they were supposed to show that his attack had a similar outline to a fork (4 sharp impact zones), but in Fork Armor, he seriously covers himself in forks for an incoming attack. Unless his hand movements simply create a density as strong has metal which lasts for some seconds… -
I still need to know how Master Chin make those spoons.
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The author changed the focus of the arc for a few chapters so he could finish with that twist. Maybe it felt a bit out of place, but the big reveal was wonderfully delivered.
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I got to admire how casual Jirou and Setsu are about everything. The guy just lost his hand and it's like he just got some dirt on his shoe.
So is that Acacia a vision of what would happen or is it already in place?
I really wonder if Midora is gonna die here. There is quite a lot of magic ball with Joa.
Cause he can probably just grow it back. Toriko got his back in that healing land place.
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Cause he can probably just grow it back. Toriko got his back in that healing land place.
Naaa. That took too long and it needed Yosako, or whatever Teppei´s master name is to fix.
You forgot Toriko´s Senzu Beans, the Cure Water. -
It wouldn't be strange if Yosaku had some cure water way back in Life would it?