So I’m nearly halfway through watching One Piece. Why do I get the feeling that Boa Hancock is going to convince Luffy to marry her the same way Chi Chi convinced Goku: by telling him that their wedding will include a feast? 😂
For those that don’t know, Satoru Noda, the creator of the manga #GoldenKamuy, has a new series available called #Dogsred, about a figure skater that becomes an ice hockey player. The #ShonenJump app has the first 11 chapters available in English, with the first three chapters available for free. https://bit.ly/3MxAL6e#hnom
To get the comments rolling, here's my weekly pull list from Shonen Jump (Viz's US version):
Akane-Banashi
Blue Box
Ice-Head Gill
Jiangshi X (fortnightly)
Kagurabachi
MamaYuyu
Martial Master Asumi
Me and Roboco
Mission: Yozakura Family
My Hero Academia
One Piece
Sakamoto Days
Two on Ice
Witch Watch
There also a few non- Sunday drops that I also read including:
Chainsaw Man
Kaiju #8
Shojo Null
Spy X Family
Wild Strawberry
Do Retry was an interesting series. It was set in a post-World War II Japan with a sick sister and rough brother who gets pulled into underground boxing tournaments to try to raise money to help his sister.
The series followed Aozora as he tried to raise the money for his sick sister by boxing. The series progressively gets better as it goes on as Aozora learns to be a better boxer. It was an interesting, and grittier sports / boxing manga.
All that said, when it was clear the series was being canceled - the way it ended was...less than stellar. Aozora's father was a Japanese soldier in World War II. And disappeared.
But, then is discovered to be living in the wilderness for reasons, hiding from all of his problems.
And then Aozora finds him using his underground criminal friends to help. And then they box. And Aozora kind of wins, kind of. Mostly makes his Dad realize he needs to go home and stop hiding from reality.
And then it just...ends there with the sister becoming quickly better. Surviving. And then a time jump to modern times where Aozora is merely a dying grandfather whose life story encourages his young adult grandson to be more motivated to folow his dreams.
It's...okay. Early chapters were a little rough, but the middle chapters really hung on & hit its stride.
TL;DR - This boxing manga series gets better & better until the Dad is revealed and...eh, it ends. And the timejump was unnecessary.
#ShojoNull is a new #robot#manga from #ShonenJump, and boy is it a ride! Like, imagine if Jiminy Cricket had allowed Pinocchio to go on a murder spree kind of ride.
I read the first chapter of a newer #manga series, Shojo Null, and it was a wild first chapter. Basic premise of the world setting - it is set in the future where human-body based robots callee "gijin" serve humans in everyday tasks.
However, despite being told they have no sentience and are merely mindless tools, they do. And tech blocks them from that.
The story follows a kid with a deceased scientist Dad, and a newly freed gijin who had that part damaged so they gained their freedom / sentience.
It gets violent.
A well done intro that makes you think about what defines a human. Let's see where it goes.
What could instantly turn a bad day into a good day for me was coming home from school, and there being a copy of #nintendopower and #shonenjump in the mail pile for me. I would read these cover to cover, get excited for upcoming games, get hints on games I was playing, get a new chapter or two of a manga I was following, and learn what was hot in Japan.
If someone told you that there was a #manga / #anime series about a teenager who was inhabited by the spirit of an ancient king who used magical powers to play games where he was able to mentally imprison or harm his own enemies or those of the human shell for which he dwelled within...you'd likely assume it was a series geared towards adults.
But, I explained the actual early arcs of the #YuGiOh manga.
July 2, 2023 - #Jump Reading List:
Akane-baneshi
Blue Box
Do Retry
Fabricant 100
Ice-Head Gill
Jiantshi X
Martial Master Asumi
Mashle*
Me & Roboco
Mission: Yozakura Family
Sakamoto Days
Witch Watch
June 26, 2023 - #Jump Reading List:
Akane-baneshi
Blue Box
Do Retry
Fabricant 100
Ice-Head Gill*
Martial Master Asumi
Mashle
Me & Roboco
Mission: Yozakura Family
My Hero Academia
Sakamoto Days
Spy X Family
Witch Watch
June 11, 2023 - #Jump Reading List:
Akane-baneshi
Blue Box
Do Retry
Fabricant 100
Mashle
Me & Roboco
Mission: Yozakura Family
One Piece
Sakamoto Days
Spy X Family
Witch Watch
Okay, I'm dropping Nue's Exorcist. There's been a few red flags for me that are either just not so cliche to be not funny or potentially concerning.
The first, practically every one of these four chapter has done the gag of Yajima shoved against a buxom teenage girl's breasts. Like "ha ha the boy's face is smooshed against boobs" - just...it's tired.
Second, the ghost (Yue) who is trying to help Yajima beat back the other spirits 1) has a crush on him & 2) keeps wanting him to call her his sister. That's...unsettling & offputting.
May 21, 2023 - #Jump Reading List:
Akane-baneshi
Blue Box
Do Retry
Fabricant 100
Jiangshi X
Mashle
Me & Roboco
Mission: Yozakura Family
My Hero Academia
Nue's Exorcist
One Piece
Sakamoto Days
Tenmaku Cinema
Witch Watch
May 14, 2023 - #Jump Reading List:
Akane-baneshi
Beat and Motion
Blue Box
Do Retry
Fabricant 100
Mashle
Me & Roboco
Mission: Yozakura Family
My Hero Academia
Nue's Exorcist*
One Piece
Sakamoto Days
Spy X Family
Tenmaku Cinema
Witch Watch
May 7, 2023 - #Jump Reading List:
Akane-baneshi
Beat and Motion
Blue Box
Do Retry*
Fabricant 100
Mashle
Me & Roboco
Mission: Yozakura Family
My Hero Academia
One Piece
Sakamoto Days
Tenmaku Cinema
Witch Watch
Kaiju No. 8 is an outstanding series in Shonen Jump's library, which explores a genuinely Kafkaesque world. Adam Arter examines the series, which encourages, no, dares readers to dream big, regardless of what life may throw out at you.
April 23, 2023 - #Jump Reading List:
Akane-baneshi
Blue Box
Fabricant 100
Jiangshi X
Mashle
Me & Roboco
Mission: Yozakura Family
My Hero Academia
One Piece
Sakamoto Days
Tenmaku Cinema
Witch Watch
So, it looks like RuriDragon is coming back with a number of chapters...followed by a slower schedule.
I'm glad it's coming back, it's a cute series and I was really enjoying it. I also truly hope the creator is doing well. I know health was the reason for the original indefinite hiatus.
Shadow Eliminators just ended this week. Another week with another series I was reading ending.
However, don't feel that bad about this one. If this series didn't end, I was about to drop it anyway. It went from a story a week with a teenager who could summon spirits to fight evil spirits, freeing them of the burden.
That said, when it started to do world building, IMO, it faltered and the world they built became unnecessarily convoluted.