Yūma Kuga 6

Yūma Kuga 6 (空閑 遊真 ➅, Kuga Yūma 6) is chapter 38 of the World Trigger manga.

Long summary
Chapter 38 was a return to form for World Trigger. While Chika Amatori and Osamu Mikumo received extensive coverage in the past chapters, Yuma was typically sitting on the sidelines. Initially, he had one moment taking out a virtual Neighbor, but beyond that, nothing much. Fortunately for us, Daisuke Ashihara took notice of this and decided to give us a showcase of Yuma Kuga’s epic skills. Topography, Traversal Training, Covert Action Training, and Detection and Tracking Training were all skills that Yuma Kuga easily scored the top marks through. This should have been expected as he was already a competent and skilled fighter from his past dealings with Neighbors in the Neighborhood. More interesting was the choice to show him fight against other normal humans. Sure, they were like the bully class characters of chapter one, but they were still funny to see. The three stooges of sorts gave such a great comedy moment with Yuma posing as he shot them all off. He’s pretty amazing and definitely brings great hype. Meanwhile, Commander Kido and others at headquarters kept watch. Why would he be so interested in Yuma still even if he had Yuichi Jun’s Trigger? Perhaps he is just greedy and wants all power, or maybe some greater event rising. I think it is both. He always seemed to be like he only cared for power but never gave much reason. He may be a character that embodies full security and strength, unlike other commanders, such as at Tamakoma Branch which seemed to put forth family and bonds first. Looking at him through these lenses, it is easy to see why he would be concerned. Commander Kido being focused on strength and Triggers seems to actually be implicated, somewhat, by the predicted Neighbor assault that is going to take place soon. How will this throw things off with the Rank Wars, and worst yet, what will happen now? For a while, there has been concern that the Neighbors have taken a huge backseat in the story, but now they may be coming out in full force. A weakened Jin is not something that’s needed and, worst yet, our main characters are still B and C rank. Will they be tasked with handling some fodder type Neighbors or will they be caught up in some larger scheme? It’s a thought-provoking situation.