Thursday 15 June 2017

Dr. Stone 14-15: the prequel chapter was a little slow, but quite interesting. Nice to see a manga encourage logical thinking – like Death Note, I suppose! And The Promised Neverland right now as well. But now the title has moved on to its next phase, with the heroes separating. Wonder if we’ll follow each group or just Senkuu…

The Promised Neverland 42-43: no surprise that the bestial demon was easily dealt with, but the new twists here with Ray separated from the rest and a strange new face appearing make this arc more interesting than the last has been for a while. I’m intrigued! 
One Punch Man 75: This is pretty much how I expected things to go, with a bit more Suiryuu than I’d wanted. Great to see the ease with which Saitama dismantles this set-up.
One Piece 866: Even though Big Mom’s such a distorted, crazy character, even she gets this kind of back-story. It’s funny to see her so young, with the same uncontrollable abilities.
Haikyuu 255: Some great expressions in this chapter, haha
Dr. Stone 12: I knew there would be something to undo what happened before this. Wonder how the title will develop.  
The Promised Neverland 40: This chapter played through what was clear from the last chapter. Still entertaining! And the omake was oddly cute as well.



One Piece 868-869: Fun chapters! The plot went awry, of course, but there’s a moment of respite as Bege shows another amusing power. Some last snippets of the young Lin-Lin’s life too. I enjoyed these a lot…too bad there’s another break.
Haikyuu! 258-259: Cute, Hinata is starting to think for himself and emulate others. This kind of minutiae is what makes sports manga fun.
One Punch Man 76: Unexpected chapter, half Puri Puri Prisoner gross-out homophobic humour that admittedly can be very funny (though was much better-done in Macadamia Wasshoi) and half uncharacteristic soul-searching from Saitama.

Mob Psycho 100 100.1: Well, this is quite the development. Should have the next chapter tomorrow…quite excited to see what happens next.