Currently Running Manga Discussion

[VLordGTZ]

Rin-ne is going to have an "important announcement" in the next Shonen Sunday issue.

My guess is that it's either a season 3 of the anime or the manga is ending.

Yup, it's a third season announcement for the anime.

[LumRanmaYasha]

This should cover past what's being scanlated and what's currently been released by Viz, so I'm pretty happy about this. Though I need to finish the second season when I get the time. Especially since they adapted Renge and Matsugo's arcs.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

My older brother recently caught up with the Rin-ne anime and really liked it. I might check it out once I finally get around to both starting and catching up with Silver Spoon.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Kochikame is getting collaborations/crossovers with 11 Jump series before the end of the year. Here's hoping some of these pop up in the NA Jump.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I have to give Horikoshi credit for letting Bakugo remember what Midoriya told him, and understanding that he has One For All. A lesser writer would have let that fall away. I also like the bit of focus he gave to Aoyama since he had been acting so weird recently (well, compared to usual) and to show how the others passed. I like that he isn't satisfied having them remain one-note.

On another note, I'm hoping Vangeance doesn't turn out to be a villain in Black Clover. I like his backstory and power, it fits in well with the main characters, and it gives him a different angle for a good guy. I do think he is related to Licht, however, and there might be something between them, but I hope he doesn't turn out to be the traitor. Not only would it be way too obvious, the character has more potential than being a villain. Not only would it be too obvious, it would waste one of the better magic knight captains that's not Yami.

World Trigger showed just how good Hyuse is, so it's a real shame that it's off next week. I was hoping we would be getting to the next round right away. Otherwise I'm pretty sure they'll dominate the next match.

I'm glad the pace has slowed down for Red Sprite. It was a much more lax read this week and I like that. I hope it can stick around. We get two chapters next week, so we should be caught up real fast.

I had a feeling that was what happened to Hayama in Food Wars. As soon as I saw him as a Central member, I knew it had to be because of blackmail or coercion. Considering how they operate, I knew he would be one of the easier students to get a hold of. Now I'm eager to see how Soma can win against him without ruining his livelihood. That should be interesting.

Good week of chapters.

[LumRanmaYasha]

It was a damn good issue. I really enjoyed every chapter, even Love Rush and Yu-Gi-Oh!, surprisingly. I had trouble figuring out what I wanted to vote for on the survey. Though, Toriko has been a very satisfying experience for me recently. Shimabukuro might be rushing through things, but I can't not love stuff like Toriko punching Acacia so hard he literally circles the entire earth before Toriko catches him without even looking behind his back. Character development has been pretty on-point too. Don't know how much longer the series has, but it should end on a more satisfying note than Bleach did for sure.

Vangeance definitely has more potential than being a flat-out villain, especially in regards to his relationship with Julius and parallels with Yami. It's obvious they're connected somehow, and we know from early on in the series that someone in the Golden Dawn is a member of the Eye of Midnight Sun, but I'm hoping Tabata goes in a direction we don't expect here. Though, I could see a Snape-esque double agent ploy happening with Vangeance at some point.

Outside of NA Jump, the Shinsengumi finally returned in the latest Gintama. Now that all the main characters are back in action, the final battle can truly begin. I wonder if Jump will have both Gintama and Toriko end this year? Then the only pre-2010s series we'd still have in Jump going into 2017 will be One Piece. Crazy to think about how soon that day will come.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #44 (October 3rd, 2016):
Haikyu!! (Cover, Lead CP)
1. My Hero Academia
2. One Piece
Everyone's Kochikame (Mini Series)
Yuna of Yuragi Manor (CP)
3. Black Clover
4. Samon the Summoner
5. Kimetsu no Yaiba: Blade of Demon Destruction
6. The Promised Neverland
7. Gintama
Nikai Bongai Barabarjura (CP, Golden Future Cup Entry #5)
8. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Souma (CP)
Red Sprite (Not Ranked)
Voice Be Ambitious (One Shot)
Love Rush! (Not Ranked)
9. Hinomaru Zumou
10. Toriko
11. Straighten Up! Welcome to Shika High's Competitive Dance Club
12. Takuan and Batsu's Daily Demon Diary (END)
Chronicle of Isobe ~Life is Hard~

Well, this is a surprising turn of events. Samon, KnY, and Promised Neverland are all floating near the top. Two new series are starting, which means Kochikame and Takuan & Batsu are the only ended series this round. It's probably a good idea since, as the last two weeks showed, the current series are falling all over the rankings.

Next week is the first ranking of Love Rush, and the premiere of the first new series. Both Samon and Promised Neverland are getting color pages next week. I'm hoping Kimetsu no Yaiba is next. It's about due, and it's been ranking better than Samon for quite some time.

[Spark Of Spirit]

These chapters of Red Sprite were so exciting. I really hope the series sticks around now.

I missed World Trigger, but this week's chapters of MHA, Food Wars, and Black Clover made up for them. Also it doesn't hurt that there were two chapters each of Red Sprite and Love Rush. Sort of made up for the otherwise light content.

Also, it looks like we're getting both new series as Jump Starts. I doubt either will be getting added, though.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #45 (October 10th, 2016):
Amalgam of Distortion (Cover, Lead CP, New Series)
1. My Hero Academia
2. One Piece
Haikyu!! (CP)
3. Black Clover
4. Gintama
Samon the Summoner (CP)
5. Hinomaru Zumou
6. Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Souma
The Promised Neverland (CP)
7. Yuna of Yuragi Manor
8. Kimetsu no Yaiba: Blade of Demon Destruction
Red Sprite (Not Ranked)
9. Straighten Up! Welcome to Shika High's Competitive Dance Club
10. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
11. Love Rush!
12. World Trigger
13. Toriko
Chronicle of Isobe ~Life is Hard~

Love Rush is not off to a promising start, but at this point it might not matter if it can turn it around. Next week is Red Sprite's first ranking, and I hope it does at least as well as KnY has been doing recently. In other news, I'd say it's fairly obvious that Toriko is on the way out and Gintama is on the way to its climax. I expect them to both end around to December in time for the next batch of new series.

[VLordGTZ]

The RWBY manga is being added Viz's Shonen Jump as a monthly series.

[LumRanmaYasha]

While I admittedly haven't seen much, based on what I've seen of RWBY, I feel the main appeal of the series seems to be it's incredible animation and action sequences. I've seen a few and was definitely pretty impressed. Trying an episode itself, the series feels...awkward both in terms of voice acting, which often feels off and amateurish, and in how the series appropriates anime cliches but doesn't do anything new with them, and the characters are basically the same archetypes you see in every battle shonen, making for pretty rote storytelling. The manga, of course, could be a different beast and improve on both those fronts while still delivering the cool-looking action scenes the series is known for, so I'm curious about it. It certainly makes sense as a new series for Viz to pick up, as it's a popular property that has widespread appeal but doesn't have 200+ chapters they have to skip to start simulpublishing like Haikyuu!. Though it's curious that they are adding it to the magazine and not the website like they did Dragon Ball Super. Not that I mind to have them add new content to the magazine, of course.

[Spark Of Spirit]

A lot of content this week in Jump but a lot of it felt like a bridge to something bigger next week. There wasn't much in the way of big reveals, but it was a pleasant read all told.

Amalgam of Distortion left me with a lot of questions that I hope will be answered, but I think it was a promising start. There was a very heavy Psyren vibe to it. I'm not quite sure why Viz is running it, though. It's not like they have enough room to add it. Still, I threw it a vote. It has potential.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #46 (October 17th, 2016):
Spring Weapon No.1 (Cover, Lead CP, New Series)
1. My Hero Academia
2. Black Clover
Everyone's Kochikame (Mini Series)
Amalgam of Distortion (CP)
3. Yuna of Yuragi Manor
4. The Promised Neverland
Hinomaru Zumou (CP)
5. Kimetsu no Yaiba: Blade of Demon Destruction
6. Haikyu!!
7. Samon the Summoner
8. World Trigger
9. Love Rush!
10. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
11. Straighten Up! Welcome to Shika High's Competitive Dance Club
12. Toriko
13. Red Sprite
14. Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Souma
15. Gintama
Chronicle of Isobe ~Life is Hard~

Well, not a good ranking for Red Sprite's first chapter, but since Love Rush went up from last week, it might be different next chapter. What is surprising is seeing Food Wars and Gintama at the bottom. They must not have been popular chapters. It's great to see KnY back up again and getting a color page next week. It's about due. On the other hand, the Promised Neverland is also holding on strong. It looks like the new line up is holding together quite strong.

[VLordGTZ]

I'm a bit disappointed in Red Sprite's first ranking, but hopefully it will boost up in the next few weeks.  In any case, with Gintama and Toriko both nearing their end, I don't think RS will be at risk for cancellation when the next round of new series starts.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I'm thinking we won't see any more cancellations this year unless there are three new series in December (when the new group starts up), which I doubt will be the case. Worst case scenario, one series gets cut. But I'm pretty positive that 2016 has gotten off relatively cut series free compared to previous years.