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After the Jump: 2016, Issue No. 18

April 11, 2016 LumRanmaYasha

Sorry for posting this so late, but ho boy, this was a monster to write up. There were eleven series in this issue, and I had to balance writing this while also doing a bunch of Clusterfuck reviews AND finish all of the far more important schoolwork I needed to get done. So, forgive me if I keep the introduction short this time and we just dive right into things, okay? Besides, if you want to know my thoughts on…

After the Jump: 2015, Issue No. 37/38

August 21, 2015 LumRanmaYasha

I was not surprised by this announcement. Yu-Gi-Oh! has been a permanent fixture of the english Shonen Jump since the very beginning. Viz replacing ZeXal with Arc-V was a foregone conclusion. It’s the fact that we’re getting it before a Straighten Up! or Best Blue announcement, much less Assassination Classroom, that rather irks me. Sure, it isn’t like Arc-V is taking up a weekly spot; it’s only taking over ZeXal’s former place as a monthly series. But I really want…