It’s a good time to be a Choujin X fan as we’re in one of the crucial vital arcs of the manga. Yamato Mori has lastly taken the battle to Zora after meticulously executing a plan to weaken her.

Conflict arcs are by no means straightforward to learn, as there’s all the time a way of foreboding in terms of your favourite characters. Choujin X chapter 53.1 completely encapsulated that.

The earlier chapter resulted in a cliffhanger the place Bador Vlad struck proper on the coronary heart of Azuma’s crew (sorry dangerous pun).

If there have been any hopes of BB surviving, it was all crushed away the second Bador chomped on her coronary heart on this chapter.

Nicely, I might nonetheless maintain a slight chance of her returning due to choujins having the ability to use Increase.

Although BB was not a fundamental character, her obvious loss of life nonetheless had an impression.

Simply when she had praised Azuma… simply once we began getting an thought about what sort of an individual and a pacesetter BB was… Bador Vlad sneaked up and took her coronary heart away in a single transfer. He had an excessive amount of rizz (okay this was the final one, I promise).

Vlad’s assault certainly got here as a shock for BB’s crew, which included Azuma, Tagawa & Denku. Whereas the latter two have been fast to react and assault Vlad, it didn’t make any distinction to be trustworthy. Denku was final seen caught in a rubble comically.

Out of the 4 teams, I feel Azuma’s was essentially the most exhausting carried out by. I imply he has terribly poor luck, as confirmed within the quantity 10 omake. However there’s all the time a silver lining.

Choujin X chapter 53.1 units up Azuma to shine:

Bador Vlad just isn’t a choujin who’s to be taken flippantly. This was highlighted by Mado too earlier than Yamato Mori forces launched an assault on the Tower.

And judging by what we noticed in Choujin X chapter 53.1, I’m fairly positive that he’s effectively above the paygrade of Azuma’s group.

Revealed to be the Massacre Choujin, he has the flexibility to regulate blood. It is vitally just like Blood Manipulation from JJK from the appears to be like of how he managed to create a sword by hardening his blood. The weapon additionally jogged my memory of Tsukiyama’s Kagune from Tokyo Ghoul.

On high of that, Vlad is a battle crazed veteran, who has lived by means of a number of the bloodiest wars. And he’s identified for leaving nothing however loss of life and destruction in his wake. He has got down to do the identical right here. His ominous dialogues don’t spare any doubts both.

I hoped to see Denku shine on this chapter, since he appeared very distinctive even among the many choujins at Yamato Mori – due to a number of abilities he possessed. Nevertheless, he was brushed apart, together with Tagawa, with a lot ease by the elder.

Now, earlier than the raid on the Tower started, there have been a number of loss of life flags surrounding Ely. However proper now, I really feel we readers must be praying for Azuma to return out unscathed from this case.

As a result of, with no well timed interference, issues may go south for him. Bador, although a heartthrob in his early days, goes by the title The Fiend of Conflict (a Chainsaw Man reference?).

For Vlad, everybody within the group might be fodder.

Regardless of the apparent downsides, this combat will also be seen as the right alternative for Azuma to showcase his abilities. After his awakening and his combat with Tokio, we actually haven’t seen Azuma go all out.

His chaosified battle with Yubiko on the Beast Isles occurred off-screen too. So I’m really trying ahead to his showdown with Bador at this second.

Although Azuma appears to be like shaken proper now – he’s not somebody to draw back from a combat based mostly on his intrinsic nature. If he lets free it will likely be a generational battle.

On high of that, we now have some attention-grabbing info from the earlier chapter that may assist us theorize how this battle will go.

In response to me, Azuma will most definitely attempt to maintain off Bador, whereas he lets the non-choujin troops safe an escape route.

As he talked about to BB within the earlier chapter, he nonetheless has near 89% of his powers left and he’s not somebody who will tire out quick. He can combat an extended battle with out subject.

I’m assuming that may maintain Bador occupied for fairly a while, that’s till assist arrives. It received’t be Sandek who arrives in all probability – as a result of he’ll largely be combating Batista once more. However Arthur Sand might proven as much as save Azuma’s neck if issues don’t look good.

Bador Vlad’s lore drop:

An important a part of the chapter arguably needs to be the lore drop surrounding Bador Vlad.

He’s none apart from Zora’s trusted lieutenant who we noticed in a chapter cowl first, after which in a flashback throughout the subjugation of the Daizo island Poppy fields, and hails from the nation of Iratis.

I’ve to say this – the lore drops from Ishida are simply excellent. They not solely serve to offer us extra details about the character, but in addition fill within the gaps within the historical past of the sequence that we’re not conscious of but.

Ever because the Previous Market raid started, we now have gotten a number of info concerning the Nice Choujin Conflict and the following conflicts involving Zora. The lore drop revolving round Vlad does the identical.

Bador’s nation Iratis was one of many first nations that was attacked and annexed by Queem. After the loss he moved away from the frontlines and joined Sora’s forces.

This means that Sora’s alliance featured outstanding choujin warriors from different nations – identical to Antitise. It helps broaden the worldview of Choujin X.

Even because the battle, Bador has been a trusted aide to Sora, selecting to remain by her facet even when she was forged away from Yamato Mori. From what I’ve seen until now, he appears to be a really loyal follower of Zora, and isn’t within the Tower Faction for his personal private causes not like Batista.

We first see a younger Bador in Cabirol’s flashback. From that point there have been energetic theories working round that Sora’s aide was in all probability the black swordsman.

Nevertheless, Ishida had already given us a touch concerning Bador’s id and his loyalty again in chapter 51.1 when it was revealed that Elder Vlad was somebody who tried to take the mark straight from Sora, to assist along with her search of discovering the Beast of Prophecy.

Now, the combat between Azuma and Bador additionally has some thematic significance. Bear in mind how Queem and Bador as soon as confronted off prior to now? Azuma is the closest choujin within the the present period to Queem. So that is basically a rematch between the 2.

Will Azuma come out on high? Or will Bador shine this time round? Nicely, solely the upcoming chapters will tell us.

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