@Area51:

Ok. But when he was the deuce among the Nitro's garbagedemons, he didn't show any peculiar strenght or power.

neo is not ordinary, if you look back at the livestock nitro they said that they dont remember neo originaly being among the other livestock and they didnt know where he came from

If Red Demon had the greatest strength in history and starts to sweat when threatened by Blue Demon, how fucking strong does that make Blue? And what about Toriko's 3rd Demon?

im one of the greatest toriko fanboys on earth but this is bullshit

toriko had the potential to become even longer then one piece with all the areas plus space and flashbacks etc

but skipping a whole arc you cant even fix this with a flashback

im so pissed

i got the feeling this is gonna be a long arc, i realy like the dark mood so far, and the 10 shell chef who looks like chrollo is unique so far.

@Nekketsu:

Holy shit, we are only 5 or so chapters in and this arc is already giving me the creeps.

8 chapters to be correctly ^^

i hope shima will give all matches enough spotlight and not rush/off pannel things

liking the arc much so far

@Average:

http://bato.to/read/_/328705/toriko_ch329_by_hi-wa-mata-noboru

Great start to a new arc, I'm really excited to see what Shima has planned. That chef with the arms is a cutie.

another arc is already 6 chapters long time goes fast :p

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@KageKageKing:

The only downside is that the residents aren't merman-like.

i agree, the ones in blue grill have 4 arms lol

i think he choose this because people would compare to fishman island :c

people who still say toruiko hasnt good writing and an epic plot can sleep on sandorikos

so acacia's demon is the demon king? he was equal to blue nitro already in area 7 lol

@JarmenKell:

Well, I am just going to throw the theory out that Frohze was the person Acacia originally kissed and drained to obtain PAIR. That was why she almost died, but their strength allowed them live or something. Then when she died for Midora, Acacia revived her via PAIR and then used "taste change" on her to turn her into "Joa". Maybe current Acacia is just a taste change'd Acacia and not really a bad guy, though I don't believe that, personally. Mostly because of that one time he cooperated with the blue nitros.

But then him being alive and presumably allied with the nitros raises questions:
Why is he still mostly young looking? How did he fake his death to his disciples? Not hard, but then what was Ichyruu implying to Midora before his death?
If he is allied with greedy nitros, why is did he share food with humans before? Seems nitros don't share much, given they branded their taste hermits as traitors.
Also seems Acacia's pursuit of food has pretty much stalled if all he has to wait for the next eclipse to do anything.

Also, as I mentioned before, pretty lolworthy that Midora will leave his main quest to Toriko, unless he needs to confirm the Acacia-blue nitro thing for himself. That is probably more important.

and why do we need Mr Fanservice, if hunters are useless in the next area? I heard he is supposedly a chef, but seriously he spends more time hunting than cooking, we've never seen him cook on-screen. Guess the next area is heavily dependent on chefs. Well, I don't particularly hate him anyway.

and yeah, not sure whether the "earth" is actually the ingredient EARTH, but much doubt it. Would have been diffcult to prepare when Acacia last made his full course. Makes sense though, given we know the rocks absorb energy, so eating the earth itself isn't farfetched.

A pretty good infodump chapter, makes up somewhat for the rushed pacing lately. But then this is Toriko, at best I only expect half of the rules/explanations to make sense, it's no Hunter X Hunter.

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! Food porn
! Food hentai
! Real life meal appetizer.
:ninja:
No, I actually think Soma fits that better.
In all seriousness, it's just an adventure series dressed up as a bunch of food hunting for about 200 chapters. Then like most other long running series they add the evil mastermind organisation plot, and that is where the series starts to fall apart with some pacing and questionable design issues. A halfway decent series, just don't expect some top tier writing.

the cooking festival arc and ice hell are top tier writing

mohyan saisai got me hyped

@SH-Avenger:

Shima really isn't a great writer

But if you came to Toriko for the great writing…I've got some bad news for you

anyone who can write an arc like the cooking fest is a great writer, and toriko has barely any plotholes if any