HunterxHunter 341: Yaaay, HxH is back at last! And I hope for a long time. This chapter was all exposition, with a bit of a surprise at the end, so a bit dry, but I’m interested by where this expedition into the new world will take us.

One Piece 749: nooo, no One Piece for the next two weeks, while Oda has his tonsils removed. At such an exciting point too! Loved this chapter, with all the powerful moves and the silly fanboyism for Usopp.

Naruto 678: Though there wasn’t much happening here and the new bad guy feels like a cop-out from a situation the goodies can’t win in, I liked this. The wish-fulfilment scenes were cute, especially Gaara’s. 

One Piece 748 did it again – a simple joke, that everyone wants to ally with Luffy and be the one to kill Doflamingo, was taken to absurd and brilliant lengths and culminates in the assembly of an amazing, weird, squabbling army.

Naruto 677: while this wasn’t as dramatic as I had hoped, I am pleasantly surprised that the devious plan came to fruition at all – though of course with key players protected so that they can fight back. 

One Piece 746 was an awesome chapter. Even though nothing much really happened, it had that mix of frantic pacing, high emotions and humour that Oda does so well. The parts with Usopp were hilarious, and the different factions now established are interesting.

Naruto 675 had a silly ‘mwahaha, all along I was behind everything’ moment, but it was still quite interesting overall. Odd pacing with the sudden flashbacks and a feeling of stalling overall, but nothing to make me cringe this time. 

One Piece 747, while not moving things on very much, had a joke so simple and so effective it was a marvel. It’s so ordinary, something as simple as a voice really, really not matching an appearance, but it’s so very funny.

Naruto 676: while most of this chapter was just rocks flying about and big stupid monsters made of inner energy, at least the bad guy has actually attained his goal – which might mean things actually get interesting now.