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[Spark Of Spirit]

Anime News Network, let alone its forum, isn't particularly ripe for constructive criticism.

Not at all, true.

[VLordGTZ]

Man, it's a good thing that Viz's Jump has RWBY and Jump Start chapters for the next few weeks, otherwise they'd be down to only 5 weekly series right now (at least until WT comes back).  At this point, Viz should just add Kimetsu no Yaiba and (maybe) Samon to the magazine.  Both of them seem like they'll be around for awhile, and they're definitely getting pushed a lot in Japan.  Demon's Plan seems to be getting quite a bit of attention online, so I'm curious to see how it does in the rankings.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Samon's sales haven't improved at all, but I think Jump is banking on an anime for it when it gets more material under the covers. Gintama's director has made his interest known. I'm pretty sure it'll stick around at least into its next anniversary.

KnY has been improving in sales and recently got second printings of its first two volumes. Its rankings still remain good as well which means it will most likely be around for a while. Viz really should pick this up now.

Not sure there's anything else to pick up. It doesn't look like any of these new series will catch on, and the longer they wait to pick up older ones the more problems they'll have catching up. Hinomaru is probably going to end on its own next year, Straighten Up could end at almost any time. Yuna isn't going to be in the magazine due to ecchi not being popular, and Saiki is way too old to jump into now. They could pick any of those up for normal volume releases, but its a risk to choose them for weekly serialization. Unless that soccer manga is a hit I don't think there's anything else to run right now.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I quite enjoyed the first chapter of Ole Golazo. It would be nice to have another sports manga running weekly, but who is to say it'll last?

MHA has been getting oddly serious recently. Something tells me that this fight will be a pretty big turning point. As long as Horikoshi doesn't take this in a Naruto Vs. Sasuke direction anyway. I doubt he would do that, but that would be the worst place to take their friendship.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #1 (December 5th, 2016):
One Piece (Cover, Lead CP)
1. My Hero Academia
2. Black Clover
3. Haikyuu!!
4. Kimetsu no Yaiba: Blade of Demon Destruction
Ole Golazo (CP)
5. Yuna of Yuragi Manor
6. Hinomaru Zumou
The Promised Neverland (CP)
7. Straighten Up! Welcome to Shika High's Competitive Dance Club
Demon's Plan (Not Ranked)
Watashi ga Koshien ni Tsure Tettaru! (One Shot)
Hiseiki Koyo Shinigami Pamapama (One Shot)
8. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma
Shikori Dama! (One Shot)
9. Spring Weapon #1
10. Samon the Summoner
11. The Disatrous Life of Saiki K
12. Gintama
13. Amalgam of Distortion
Isobe Isobee Monogatari

Not the best start for Spring Weapon, but it's much better than Amalgam, which doesn't seem to be making a splash. Otherwise it's a pretty good set of rankings.

I'm still hoping Viz doesn't just blindly grab the two newest series to run. There are a few other choices they should be looking into.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Top selling Manga series of 2016 (I think it's worldwide):

01) One Piece (12 314 326)
02) Assassination Classroom (6 887 192)
03) Kingdom (6 595 968)
04) Attack on Titan (6 544 081)
05) Haikyu!! (6 474 394)
06) Seven Deadly Sins (5 115 573)
07) My Hero Academia (5 114 916)
08) Tokyo Ghoul:re (4 278 599)
09) One-Punch Man (3 979 760)
10) Food Wars (3 477 128)
11) Chihayafuru (3 019 944)
12) Terra Formars (3 013 816)
13) Fairy Tail (2 719 478)
14) Detective Conan (2 622 350)
15) Erased (2 507 468)
16) Prison School (2 449 593)
17) Bleach (2 253 028)
18) World Trigger (2 234 851)
19) Gintama (2 231 751)
20) Magi - The Labyrinth of Magic (2 215 458)
21) Daiya no A - Act II (2 034 806)
22) Sawako (2 021 612)
23) Days (1 986 335)
24) Nisekoi (1 914 613)
25) Bungou Stray Dogs (1 879 623)
26) Golden Kamuy (1 835 668)
27) Major 2nd (1 816 669)
28) Orange (1 809 055)
29) Seraph of The End (1 735 680)
30) Ajin (1 679 180)

Not the most surprising list, but interesting to see.

[VLordGTZ]

If I recall, the top-selling manga list that Oricon releases every year is only reflective of sales in Japan rather than worldwide.  It's nice to see that Assassination Classroom ended its final year at #2.  Detective Conan also managed to make it into the top 20 this year, and its sales are the highest it has been in the past 5 years.  Besides those, Attack on Titan, One Punch Man, Seven Deadly Sins, and My Hero Academia will probably continue to do just as well (if not better) next year since they will all be getting new anime seasons in 2017.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Also furthers my suspicion that World Trigger fans are a quiet bunch. It outsold Magi and Gintama, and almost sold on par with Bleach, yet no one talks about it much.

Here's hoping the hiatus doesn't hurt it badly.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Even though I'm not doing Shonen Jump reviews anymore, I still kept track and noted my weekly surveys, MVPs, and favorite lines throughout the year. With the 2016 calendar year of Jump over, I thought it would be fun to share my survey results, MVPS, and quotes from each issue of this year.

My Weekly WSJ Surveys 2016:

Spoiler

Issue 1:

My Hero Academia
Blue Exorcist
Nisekoi
One Piece

Issue 2:

Nisekoi
Toriko
My Hero Academia
Black Clover

Issue 3/4:

Nisekoi
My Hero Academia
Black Clover
One Piece

Issue 5/6:

Nisekoi
One Piece
My Hero Academia
Black Clover

Bonus Issue 1/11:

One-Punch Man
Blue Exorcist
Muyho & Ryoji
Seraph of the End

Issue 7:

Black Clover
My Hero Academia
One Piece
Food Wars!

Issue 8:

Black Clover
One Piece
My Hero Academia
Nisekoi

Issue 9:

My Hero Academia
Black Clover
Nisekoi
World Trigger

Issue 10:

World Trigger
Black Clover
My Hero Academia
Toriko

Issue 11:

Kimetsu no Yaiba
Black Clover
One Piece
My Hero Academia
 
Issue 12:

Toriko
Nisekoi
One-Punch Man
My Hero Academia

Issue 13:

My Hero Academia
One Piece
World Trigger
Kimetsu no Yaiba

Issue 14:

One Piece
World Trigger
Blue Exorcist
My Hero Academia

Issue 15:

My Hero Academia
World Trigger
One-Punch Man
Nisekoi

Issue 16:

Toriko
Food Wars!
My Hero Academia
Nisekoi

Issue 17:

Toriko
Food Wars!
My Hero Academia
World Trigger

Issue 18:

My Hero Academia
One Piece
Nisekoi
Blue Exorcist

Issue 19:

Toriko
World Trigger
My Hero Academia
Black Clover

Issue 20:

Toriko
Hunter X Hunter
My Hero Academia
Assassination Classroom: Side Story

Issue 21/22:

My Hero Academia
Assassination Classroom: Side Story
Nisekoi
Toriko

Issue 23:

Blue Exorcist
World Trigger
Toriko
My Hero Academia

Issue 24:

Nisekoi
World Trigger
My Hero Academia
Toriko

Issue 25:

World Trigger
My Hero Academia
Toriko
One Piece

Issue 26:

My Hero Academia
World Trigger
Toriko
Food Wars!

Issue 27:

My Hero Academia
Black Clover
Food Wars!
Hunter X Hunter

Issue 28:

My Hero Academia
Food Wars!
Hunter X Hunter
Black Clover

Issue 29:

Nisekoi
Food Wars!
Black Clover
My Hero Academia

Issue 30:

Nisekoi
My Hero Academia
Toriko
Black Clover

Issue 31:

Nisekoi
My Hero Academia
Toriko
Black Clover

Issue 32:

Nisekoi
Toriko
Black Clover
My Hero Academia

Issue 33:

Nisekoi
Black Clover
Food Wars!
My Hero Academia

Issue 34:

Nisekoi
One Piece
Black Clover
Toriko

Issue 35:

The Promised Neverland
Toriko
Food Wars!
My Hero Academia

Issue 36/37:

The Promised Neverland
Food Wars!
Black Clover
Blue Exorcist

Issue 38:

The Promised Neverland
Toriko
Food Wars!
My Hero Academia

Issue 39:

The Promised Neverland
Toriko
My Hero Academia
Love Rush

Issue 40:

Toriko
The Promised Neverland
My Hero Academia
Red Sprite

Issue 41:

The Promised Neverland
Toriko
Food Wars!
My Hero Academia

Issue 42:

World Trigger
One Piece
Black Clover
The Promised Neverland

Issue 43:

Toriko
One Piece
Black Clover
Food Wars!

Issue 44:

The Promised Neverland
One Piece
Black Clover
Food Wars!

Issue 45:

Toriko
Amalgam of Distortion
The Promised Neverland
Black Clover

Issue 46:

Toriko
Spring Weapon No. 1
Love Rush
Amalgam of Distortion

Issue 47:

Toriko
The Promised Neverland
Boruto
World Trigger

Issue 48:

Toriko
One Piece
Love Rush
Spring Weapon No. 01

Issue 49:

Toriko
The Promised Neverland
Red Sprite
Food Wars!

Issue 50:

Toriko
Love Rush
Food Wars!
One-Punch Man

Issue 51:

Toriko
My Hero Academia
One Piece
Demon's Plan

Issue 52:

One Piece
The Promised Neverland
My Hero Academia
Ole Golazo

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I don't have the time to crunch to numbers, but I think it's safe to say that Toriko, My Hero Academia, Nisekoi, and The Promised Neverland were my clear favorites in Jump this year, considering how many times each appears on the survey, many of them ranking first for several weeks in a row.

My Weekly WSJ MVPs 2016 (in order from left to right, minus bonus issue):

Spoiler

Issue 1 - Yukio Okamura (Blue Exorcist)
Issue 2 - Asardy (Toriko)
Issue 3/4 - Raku Ichijo (Nisekoi)
Issue 5/6 - Gauche (Black Clover)
Bonus Issue 1/11 - Blizzard (One-Punch Man)
Issue 7 - Gauche (Black Clover)
Issue 8 - Sanji Vinsmoke (One Piece)
Issue 9 - Yami (Black Clover)
Issue 10 - Neo (Toriko)
Issue 11 - Seishiro Tsugumi (Nisekoi)
Issue 12 - Don Slime (Toriko)
Issue 13 - Akira Toya (Hikaru no Go)
Issue 14 - Shu Maiko (Nisekoi)
Issue 15 - Hyuse (World Trigger)
Issue 16 - Ryo Kurokiba (Food Wars!)
Issue 17 - Alice Nakiri (Food Wars!)
Issue 18 - Bakugo (My Hero Academia)
Issue 19 - Erina Nakiri (Food Wars!)
Issue 20 - Noelle Silva (Black Clover)
Issue 21/22 - Chrollo Lucifer (Hunter X Hunter)
Issue 23 - Kuniharu Kakizaki (World Trigger)
Issue 24 - Takuan (Takuan and Batsu's Daily Demon Diary)
Issue 25 - Hana Somei (World Trigger)
Issue 26 - All Might (My Hero Academia)
Issue 27 - All Might (My Hero Academia)
Issue 28 - Hisoka (Hunter X Hunter)
Issue 29 - Erina Nakiri (Food Wars!)
Issue 30 - Seishiro Tsugumi (Nisekoi)
Issue 31 - Mrs. Midoriya (My Hero Academia)
Issue 32 - Kosaki Onodera (Nisekoi)
Issue 33 - Tsuyu (My Hero Academia)
Issue 34 - Sosuke Aizen (Bleach)
Issue 35 - Izuku "Deku" Midoriya (My Hero Academia)
Issue 36/37 - Lightning (Blue Exorcist)
Issue 38 - Mom (Promised Neverland)
Issue 39 - Ray (Promised Neverland)
Issue 40 - Midora (Toriko)
Issue 41 - Tatsu (Red Sprite)
Issue 42 - Kaminari Denki (My Hero Academia)
Issue 43 - Aoyama (My Hero Academia)
Issue 44 - Shizuku (Love Rush)
Issue 45 - Alfred (Red Sprite)
Issue 46 - Zeroichi Namba (Spring Weapon No. 01)
Issue 47 - Gilda (Promised Neverland)
Issue 48 - Shizuku (Love Rush)
Issue 49 - Ray (Promised Neverland)
Issue 50 - Twice (My Hero Academia)
Issue 51 - Noelle Silva (Black Cover)
Issue 52 - Big Mom (One Piece)

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Curiously enough, there are only 7 characters I ranked MVP more than once this year, and none more than twice. The characters I ranked twice this year were Gauche (Black Clover), Noelle Silva (Black Clover), Seishiro Tsugumi (Nisekoi), Erina Nakiri (Food Wars!), All Might (My Hero Academia), Ray (The Promised Neverland), and Shizuku (Love Rush), and those are basically the characters I'd say were my top favorites to follow this year give or take some. But even though I only ranked him MVP once, my MVP of the year was hands down Midora from Toriko. I've been a fan of him for years, and I was incredibly satisfied with his character arc and the cathartic place it ended. Both chapters 385 and 395 of Toriko now rank as two of my all time favorite manga chapters because of how incredible the payoff to his character arc was in those.

My WSJ Lines of the Year 2016:

Spoiler

Issue 1 - "Whoo, them's some bug-ugly panties. Crack-stained too." - Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Issue 2 - "So tough. So freakin' bad-ass...and you die in traffic?! That's a wimp's death! I didn't raise no wimp!" - Atsuko Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Issue 3/4 - "Girls like photo stickers!" - Chitoge Kirisaki (Nisekoi)

Issue 5/6 - Erina Nakiri:  "Hisako, do you know How to operate a washing machine?"
Hisako Arato: "A washing machine? Well...yes. Of course."
Erina Nakiri: "Oh...that's amazing." - Food Wars!

Bonus Issue 1/11 - "But your life is one of stoic battle! Can you win at video games?!" - Hellish Blizzard (One-Punch Man)

Issue 7 - "All I can say is viva physical minktimacy!" - Sanji Vinsmoke (One Piece)

Issue 8 - "Hurt me more! That's what makes me feel truly alive!" - Shun Kurosaki (Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V)

Issue 9 - "Shaddup! Your face is scary!!! Why are there lines on your face?!" -Yami Sukehiro (Black Clover)

Issue 10 - "She ripped the hands off her own stuffed animal to use them as oven mitts...no matter how often I see that, it still disturbs me." - Kakinoshin Oizumi (Food Wars!)

Issue 11 - "That you feel the need to keep praising yourself with words like "elite" and "superstar"...tells me that you have little to no confidence in your own abilities." - Takumi Aldini (Food Wars!)

Issue 12 - Kisuke Urahara: "Shunryu Kokubyo Senki (Thunderous Black Cat Battle Princess)...is what it's called."
Askin Nakk Le Var: "Okay, but...why are you telling me...? Can she not...understand what I'm saying right now?" - Bleach

Issue 13 - "Every man...loves ninja!" - Franky (One Piece)

Issue 14 - "I am Oden! I was born to boil!" - Kozuki Oden (One Piece)

Issue 15 - "It's the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance!!!"
"That's so long!!"
"Do we need the "ninja" part?"
"Yes, obviously!!!"
One Piece

Issue 16 - Cat Viper: "Back then, he way always searching' for this one pirate crew"
Brook: "That was my crew, and they're all dead now!!"
Cat Viper: "WHAAAT?!!"
One Piece

Issue 17 - "What's wrong, Marika? You look pale. Did the artist forget to color you?" - Chitoge Kirisaki (Nisekoi)

Issue 18 - "B-but that would be against the rules! If I used my quirk willy-nilly like that, then the circulation of goods would...right! One citizen shouldn't abuse their power to affect...the economy!" - Yaoyorozu (My Hero Academia)

Issue 19 - "Sheesh. Why is it that all chefs all such self-centered egomaniacs?" - Soma Yuhihira (Food Wars!)

Issue 20 - Carrot: "Truly the ocean is a wonderland!"
Pekoms: "It's sea, not land." - One Piece

Issue 21/22 - "Luffy...rice is inedible unless you cook it." - Nami (One Piece)

Issue 23 - "It's so very hot...I think I might turn into a mummy. A mummy...Nami, do you suppose that would count as a rejuvenation for me?"
Brook (One Piece)

Issue 24 - "For every crime, a punishment!! For every crotch, a crotch!!" - Batsu Enma (Takuan & Batsu's Daily Demon Diary)

Issue 25 - Kiato: "Ha ha! You think You'll get anywhere by aping me?!"
Asta: "Ook-ook!! Don't sell monkeys short!"
Black Clover

Issue 26 -  "Tomura Shigaraki is Nana Shimura's grandson. And he's hated you this whole time."
- All For One (My Hero Academia)

Issue 27 - "I'm sure you understand now. You cannot escape. Your fate is like that of stagnant dishwater."
Acacia (Toriko)

Issue 28 - "People who think there's only one right answer...probably won't go on to discover something better." - Soma Yukihira (Food Wars!)

Issue 29 -
"If she's going to get hurt...then she should go ahead and get hurt good and deep. No matter how badly she gets hurt...she'll come out of it eventually. She'll get back on her feet and show us that smile again." - Seishiro Tsugumi (Nisekoi)

Issue 30 -
"But... when someone has loved someone with strong faith for years and years...well, there's something touching about that to whoever witnesses it. And still...even if it's shorter...even if it free out of something else...if someone genuinely loves one another...I see the beauty in that too." - Shu Maiko (Nisekoi)

Issue 31 -
"I shall single out...the moment of your greatest happiness in the coming future...and kill you then. From now on...every time you feel joy, you will recall my words. And each time...you will taste the fear of death you've been promised. Forever." - Ywach (Bleach)

Issue 32 - "It's like we've been thrown smack-dab into the middle of a battle against a final boss!! Like having a bunch of natural disasters on display!! Even the battle sound effects are totally music of a final boss!" - Zonge (Toriko)

Issue 33 - "It's not about benefit. Crushing those...who try to control me is always the only reason I take action." - Sosuke Aizen (Bleach)

Issue 34 - "He's a demon...who devours everything, even despair!" - Vetto (Black Clover)

Issue 35 - "Ain't it dazzling? The light of new life...and the fading of yours." - Capone Beige (One Piece)

Issue 36/37 - Chitoge: "Ouch! Watch the teeth! Hey...is that the best you can do?"
Raku: "Huh?! Sheesh! What do you want from me?! It's our first time...!!" - Nisekoi

Issue 38 - "Such a poor appetite. Are you on a diet or something? Acacia." - Midora (Toriko)

Issue 39 - "Standing around smiling in the middle of a crisis? Kind weird. But also kind cool" - Shiketsu High Girl (My Hero Academia)

Issue 40 - "I mean, once you beat Hayama, you'll be the new ninth seat, right? Then once you're on the council, you can take me up on a shokugeki so I can beat you and take your place. See? Everybody wins!" - Kuga (Food Wars!)

Issue 41 - All Might: "Just like last year, we're gonna do everyone's favorite activity!"
Uraraka: "Mochi pounding!!"
All Might: "No, not that."
Bakugo: "Slaughter and destruction!"
All Might: "I sure hope you didn't do that last year."
Mineta: "Sticking our faces between some heavenly thighs."
All Might: "Stop listing the things you want to do!"
My Hero Academia

Issue 42 - Charmy: "What's this creature? Are you yummy?"
Asta: "Miz Charmy! That's a spirit! Don't eat her!" - Black Clover

Issue 43 - "Here's a thought. Why do you think we eat? To stay alive? To leave behind descendants? Wrong. It's only because we get hungry. We don't eat so that our species will prosper. Nor to share something with others. Appetite is more self-centered than that. It's an absolute desire that's put first before anything else. Even if you wanted to die...your hunger wouldn't stop." - Acacia (Toriko)

Issue 44 - Sheila: "Hey, Berta? I think the other guy is hotter."
Berta: "I think you're right, Sheila. The other guy is hotter."
Sheila: "But y'know what? I don't think I'm into guys that are too hot. This one's rough around the edges, but he seems like the faithful type."
Berta: "Oh, Sheila, you don't know anything! Guys like that are the type to get really pig headed about things when they fall in love"
Sheila: "Ya think? Then I guess I'll root for the hot guy too."
Sheila & Berta: "Good luck, Mr. Hot Guy!"
Soma: "Wow, we haven't even started and I already feel like I've lost."
Kuga: "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Dojima senpai! These impartial judges of yours aren't acting very impartial!" - Food Wars!

Issue 45 - "A man can't kick a woman!!! It's been the rule since the age of the dinosaurs!! Listen up...you can make all kinds of mistakes as a human being!! But if you ever set foot off the path of a proper man...then I'll cut off your balls...and slit my own throat!" - Zeff (One Piece)

Issue 46 - "OMG!! What's going on?! Reiji was abducted...and now he's topless and yelling at Tsukimi about love...and he's topless...he's topless...and...topless...!!" - Kokoro (Love Rush)

Issue 47 - Namba: "This place is a prison!! Where're the manga?! The tv?! the video games?!"
Hokuto: "Sh-shut up!! Those things aren't essential to my mission..."
Namba: "No! This can't be my glorious high school life!" - Spring Weapon No. 01

Issue 48 - Pair: "Ooh..I'm sorry...I'm drooling from my eyes..."
Acacia: "...Those...are tears, Pair"
-Toriko

Issue 49 - "I wanna go home. I wanna be that person who watches videos of kittens all day long on the internet." - Ruby Rose (RWBY)

Issue 50 - Priest: "You may now lay a full one on the bride. 'Til everyone else loses their appetite." Priest (Toriko)

Issue 51 - Komatsu: "You think there might be frying pans and stewing pots for cooking planets out there too?"
Toriko: "Apparently there are."
Komatsu: "There are?!"
-Toriko

Issue 52 - "This is a stupid story, Big Mom! It was Lola who didn't get married...and it's you who failed to become king of the pirates!! Here I am, picking another fight with you! I'm not backing down just because you're one of the Four Emperors!! I'm going to take Sanji back..and at the end of the day...we're gonna win!!" - Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)

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So from the looks of it, the most quotable series this year were One Piece and Toriko, but there really were a ton of memorable lines in every WSJ series this year that are fun to think about and bring up in nerdy conversation.

I also kept track and saved my favorite pages and panels from Jump this year, but it'd be a pain to post them all so I'll only do it if you guys are actually interested.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Promised Neverland's first volume run is rumored to be at 120,000. That's pretty great for a new series. It should be sticking around for a while now. Which is god because the recent chapter was great. It's been on such a good run recently. The ending of this chapter is not a good sign for what may transpire next for our heroes.

Short chapter of MHA, but it was a great one. Bakugo blames himself for what happened to All Might and has no idea how to make up for it. He thinks his weakness is because his way of being a hero was wrong and he needs to reevaluate. If that's the case then he definitely needs to lose this fight. It might be a meaningless battle from Midoriya's perspective, as he doesn't gain anything, but it is crucial for Bakugo that he lose. He needs a better path at becoming a hero and he can't do it like this.

I don't want to get too attached to Ole Golazo, but I do like this one quite a bit. It's got a good sense of humor, and the main characters are well defined. Really hope we see some strategic soccer games like they've been hinting at.

Food Wars recent chapter was the best they've had in a good while. Really enjoyed the back story and the hope that we'll see more training. I do really enjoy those segments in Food Wars a good deal. If they can get half the seats on the Council of Ten then there's a lot of interesting conflict that could come of it.

Good issue. I just hope Viz is planning on adding something other than Demon's Plan soon.

[VLordGTZ]

I'm pretty sure Viz is going to end up adding Demon's Plan and Ole Golazo since they're low-risk for them to simulpub.  Since there will still be one more space to fill beyond that and we still don't have a return date for World Trigger, I could see them potentially adding one more series like Kimetsu no Yaiba since the series seems like it will be staying in the magazine for quite a while. 

[Spark Of Spirit]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #2/3 (December 7th/14th, 2016):
Haikyuu!! (Cover, Lead CP)
1. One Piece
2. My Hero Academia
3. Straighten Up! Welcome to Shika High's Competitive Dance Club
Zutsuke! Yokohama Ouka Koukou XXxX-bu (CP, One Shot)
Demon's Plan (Not Ranked)
Black Clover (CP)
Ole Golazo (Not Ranked)
4. The Promised Neverland
5. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
6. Gintama
Kimetsu no Yaiba: Blade of Demon Destruction (CP)
7. Yuna of Yuragi Manor
Shikori Dama! (One Shot)
8. Samon the Summoner
9. Hinomaru Zumou
10. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma
11. Spring Weapon Number One
12. Amalgam of Distortion
Isobe Isobee Monogatari

Some unexpected stuff in there! Straighten Up hasn't ever been that high as far as I know. Looks like the new series are once again not going to make it. Still, I'm glad to see that KnY, Straighten Up, and Promised Neverland have survived the year. It has been a long year for Jump with a lot of series ending (and Gintama is still nearly there) but it was good to see some series with potential get a chance to flourish. Especially KnY since I wasn't expecting it to make it so far. Still, can't say I'm not happy for it. I'm also surprised Samon survived since its sales haven't increased and it has been ranked low rather consistently, but it isn't like there were more likely series it should have been canceled over. Yuna has obviously taken Nisekoi's place as the new romance series and will be around for a while.

MHA gets the next cover, and we still don't know what happened to Ashihara.

In regards to Promised Neverland, I saw this interesting comment:

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N - Norman
E - Emma
V - ?
E - Eugene *new*
R - Ray
L - Lani (Ranni)
A - Anna
N - Nat
D - Don

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I'm not sure if there's anything to it, but that would be interesting if it were the case.

[Spark Of Spirit]

One Piece 20th Anniversary Cover:

[VLordGTZ]

Black Clover is going to have a special announcement at Jump Festa this year.

More than likely, they'll announce that Xebec is working on a TV anime adaption. 

I didn't comment on last week's rankings but I'm surprised at how well Straighten Up placed.  I'm not sure how much longer the series will last, but it will probably make it to 100 chapters (I think it's at 80 currently), which will be an achievement in its own right.  Yuna has definetly filled Nisekoi's niche in Japan.  From the little I have read of it, I highly doubt Viz will ever release it due to its ecchi content, but it does seem to be a pretty funny series.

[Spark Of Spirit]

This issue was incredibly short. Viz really needs to grab some series because if it wasn't for OPM and RWBY, this would have been the shortest issue in ages.

They didn't add Demon's Plan since I'm pretty sure reception was fairly negative, but I hope Ole Golazo has a chance. That was an enjoyable read. Also really good chapters oh MHA, Promised Neverland, and Food Wars. They easily made up for the shortness of this week's issue.

Oh, and they're running the Rurouni Kenshin sequel/spin-off pair of chapters next week. Should be good.