February 28, 2023 - #Jump Reading List:
Akane-baneshi
Beat and Motion*
Blue Box
Fabricant 100
Ginka and Glüna
High School Family
Jiangshi X
Mashle
Me & Roboco
Mission: Yozakura Family
My Hero Academia
One Piece
Sakamoto Days
WITCH WATCH
* New series
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Notes: I read alphabetically every week.
I always put spoilers behind #CW tags & include each series' name / chapter number in the warning.
Dropped Ichigoki's Under Control last week, only to try out a new series this week (Beat and Motion).
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Akane-banashi - Fabulous chapter about a side character's back story that really helps flesh them out and get you to understand their personality.
He definitely views Akane as a rival. Which is good and healthy.
Let's see them perform.
Beat and Motion - Fantastic first chapter. Premise?
Boy loves drawing but gives it up after a girl who saw him draw her gets weirded out
Boy joins punk band after friend convinces him it is really easy
Boy has crush on pop star
Punk band is awful & the boy, now a man, gets further discouraged
Boy gets into it while at a bar discouraging others
Drunk girl yells at him for being a jerk
Boy is inspired to return to animation, creates viral cartoon
Pop star he had crush on reaches out about cartoon
She is the girl who yelled at him
And scene.
Love it.
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Blue Box - Wow. Chinatsu said the damn thing. First, her old friend basically said that as Chinatsu got better, she began to resent her. Even at her best, she never had the motivation of Chinatsu.
Seeing Chinatsu practice right after their last game in Junior High was the last straw for her. Then when she saw Chinatsu out with Taiki she assumed that meant she had given up her drive and was irrationally angry about it. Chinatsu went from the one fawning to the one being fawned over.
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But, then Chinatsu replies. She was upset because her friend just...quit. No comments. No information. No reasoning, just disappeared. And without that support system, Chinatsu herself started to falter.
Enter Taiki. How she basically says that Taiki makes her a better athlete and person...just...ugh.
She is so in likes back. Just smooch already you two.
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Fabricant 100 - Finished last mission, onto the next. We meet Hugo who has a badge for our duo...but won't give it to them because he's mad that 100 is putting her life on the line...not our actual human lead.
Well, onto the next mission.
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Ginka & Glüna - Our battle with the dog murderer continues. Sorry, that's how this villain who believes pain is the only way to feel joy is going to be referred to.
Anyway, Ginka gives us a great reaction image as he sarcastically replies to our villain.
Enjoy.
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Jiangshi X - All I can think of is that line from the film Stranger Than Fiction:
I've written papers on “Little did he know…”. I used to teach a class based on “Little did he know…”.’ I mean, I once gave an entire seminar on “Little did he know…”. Son of a bitch, Harold. “Little did he know…” means there’s something he doesn’t know. That means there’s something you don’t know. Did you know that?
Mashle: Magic and Muscles - Innocent Zero seriously injured Mash literally ripping out his heart. He is somehow still alive on pure grit.
Yes. Love it. Save Mash's heart so he can destroy Innocent Zero.
There's a metaphor in there somewhere...
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Me and Roboco - The two chapter goofy battle arc ends with a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure referencd.
Excellent.
Mission: Yozakura Family - Turned out that their Dad, Momo, had left a secret message hidden in a bunch of old home movies. After a full chapter of cute "aww" moments watching home movies of each member of the Yozakura family as kids, the team uncovers how to find the secret message.
Next chapter we hear it. The secrets of the Yozakuras keep going deeper.
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My Hero Academia - Holy crap. The darkness from Tokoyami is about to attack All-For-One. And my goodness does this look overwhelmingly powerful.
Solid chapter.
Tags: #MHA381 #MHA #MyHeroAcademia #BNHA381 #BNHA #Manga #ShonenJump
Whoops! Forgot to post up my comments on these despite reading them.
Okay, quick hits:
One Piece - So much is happening. Seeing CP0 working with the Straw Hats this chapter, surprising. Also, the reveal that Vegapunk had been working on Ponegliffs was...well, not actually surprising, more that I want to know what he knows.
Sakamoto Days - I took one screenshot during the flashback. I call it irony.
Witch Watch - Aww, a date between Nico and Moi that goes weird.
Tags: #WitchWatch #OnePiece #SakamotoDays #Manga #ShonenJump