Toriko 269: Inherited Heart

Emperor's Ring

In Toriko 269 we get to see the animal partners of the four heavenly kings!(below)  They are training intensely and have gotten stronger as proven by them making the Emperor Ring(left), and its important to note that they are able to make this during sparing - so they are holding back. Things like capture levels or new abilities are still unknown at this time.


 Hey where's Darma Horse?

The Animals

Toriko shows up and greets Terry.  I'm guessing they have been apart the entire time skip but when they are next to each other Terry seems to be the same size as she was during the Four Beast saga.  Just a weird angle or did she really not grow?  I really don't think she is fully grow because we've seen pictures of Battle Wolves who are giants towering over entire forest.  Considering how much she has grown before any kind of massive time skip we should have seen a noticeable change in her size but personally I can't see any.  Hopfully we see a better shot of her in the next chapter to clear this up.

The old man and little Toriko

A nice short of Toriko's childhood(left) is revealed.  Its a good example of the kindness Toriko is capable of.  Even on the brink of starving to death he still didn't eat the bread that was given to him, he wanted to take it back to the village and share it with others.  Jiro and Setsuno share a moment at Ichiryu's grave in the gourmet world and even Komatsu seems to be get'n a little action from Nono.  Tommy shares a drink with Toriko and we find out that all the heavenly kings are going to the gourmet world.

Nono and Komatsu

Finally!  Some hot gourmet action!  It's exciting to know that we will get to see how strong the four kings are really gotten.  Did Toriko jump out ahead of everyone else living in the gourmet world or did the other three manage to compensate by intense training?  Can't wait to find out!