Jump this week was treading water a little, with no pun intended for the One Piece storyline. Maybe HunterXHunter will be better when it’s released by scanslators.

One Piece 641 was an action chapter in which very little happened – Luffy tried to get near to the huge arc, Noah, but Hodi got in the way. He also destroyed the air bubble around it, and then it got put back again. So not a lot happened until the very last page, where we were promised a revelation next time.

Naruto 558 annoyed me – it was supposed to be a great, uplifting chapter where Naruto’s many clones come to the rescue in various places, but it irritates me that suddenly everyone seems so useless – and the humour fell flat.

(later)HunterXHunter 319 was a light chapter – it’s refreshing to be reminded how funny Togashi can be. I’m not sure it’s the right time, though, and several of the Zodiac are nothing like as cool as they looked in the last chapter, but I’m glad we’ll have more focus on Gin, and hopefully we’ll soon be back seeing our main characters and how they’re faring.