One Piece 861: Nooo, not a hiatus now! At least it’s only one week. A great chapter of final preparations and the beginning of the real action. This arc has flowed nicely to this point, with the possible exception of Luffy’s capture and hunger strike, and I’m very keen to see how the plan goes off. Big Mom’s sudden mood swing was done brilliantly, too.

Haikyuu! 248: haha, Hinata and Kageyama’s squabbles are cute – especially with Kageyama sticking up for Hinata in his own way. Interested in how this match will play out, even if there’s no chance Karasuno will lose here.

Dr. Stone 05: I’m surprised reviving Yuzuriha wasn’t delayed much longer, but now there’s a clear antagonist it will be interesting to see how the heroes fight against him. 

The Promised Neverland 032: another big twist for this interesting series. Without Norman as the kind of ‘angel’ on Emma’s shoulder, I thought Ray would influence her to directly attack Mama. Instead he’s taken drastic action and Emma’s going to be making the escape attempt alone. Pretty unexpected, and I’m curious where this will go next.

Mob Psycho 100 98.9: everything’s ironed out, then. Human drama’s over – let’s hope the next chapter brings amusing action. 

Haikyuu!! 246: aww, cute interim chapter. Poor Ryuu-chan needs a break!

Dr. Stone 3: makes sense that they have to delay the final aim. And this new ‘musketeer’ is pretty interesting – even if his entrance was totally ridiculous. The whole manga is ridiculous, though, so it works.

One Piece 859: a really fun chapter. Luffy being his idiot self, with all the wrong priorities. A great little moment for Big Mom as she sees the switched-out Brook. Bege showing his extra character trait, doting over his baby. And preparations all set for an exciting plan that’s certain to go badly wrong. More please!

The Promised Neverland 030: A sad chapter showing Emma’s best qualities – she’s the best female protagonist of a Jump series I can think of. But it’s pretty obvious Norman’s fate isn’t what we’ve been led to think it is. So what’s happened? Has he been recruited in some way? Is it all a rouse and they’re on a Truman Show style TV programme? We’ll see.

One Piece 858: satisfying chapter, even if not a lot happened and a large part of it was gratuitous shower scenes before playing dress-up. I’m just pleased to see how things are progressing, and I do like Bege.

Haikyuu! 245: Hinata’s eternal rival! I was glad to see this lil’ clash, with sparks flying. Hope they spend more time together.

Dr. Stone 1-2: Another new series, and a bit of an odd one. Two highschoolers have to survive after being turned to stone for over 3,000 years. One brainy, one brawny. It’s an oddly accessible set-up and I’ll continue to read. 

The Promised Neverland 29: Hmm, kind of unexpected. I doubt a major character will be written out here, though. Even if we don’t see him for a while, I’ll expect him to return at some point. But we’ll see. 

Haikyuu!! 244: Bokuto is my favourite non-Karasuno character and it was funny to see his temperamental nature here, and how his teammates cater for it. This kind of genius is always funny to observe and Furudate captures that well.

One Piece 857: I didn’t see this little development coming. An added layer of complexity but also a way forward for Luffy and co. I’ve liked Bege since his introduction so I’m going to enjoy his part in all this. I doubt things will go to plan, so I’m going to enjoy seeing what happens.