One Piece 925: Wow Oda, that’s some pretty heavy BDSM imagery for this kids’ manga, haha. A bit of an info dump chapter but it’s interesting to see where some of the chess pieces are. And that a few characters who might have died are alive and kicking – good and bad.

HunterxHunter 390: Finally a bit of action! Woohoo! Even if it’s not characters we care about, at least it’s fun! Aaaaand it’s hiatus time. Worst volume ever. Still, this was the best chapter in a while.

 Haikyuu! 328: Bokuto is so funny. Though half of the time people just treat him like a weirdo when he’s not being THAT odd.

The Promised Neverland 112: high body count, lots of gore, weeping and then rousing speeches. It’s classic borderline shounen-seinen stuff. But I’ve come to expect more from this series. It’s not that it’s bad, not at all. But it’s losing me a tad.

The Promised Neverland 113: A glimpse of Minerva, or someone using his name at least. Feels a bit weird they haven’t done more if they’re this capable. Ah well. A new journey begins.

Dr. Stone 84: A fun chapter. The next act is a sailing arc. Let’s just hope it doesn’t go the way of Berserk and HunterxHunter with boat hiatuses!

Boruto 29: This is very cliché stuff, but it is done pretty well. Kawaki is learning to be a human. But the bad guys are abou to get in the way. Can’t say I’m overwhelmed with excitement. But I’ll keep reading.

One Punch Man 99.2: Another mini chapter with some silly cute little bots and what looks like the decisive blow coming – though maybe there’ll be a little more to emphasise how last-minute this all is. But I loved the imagined little desperate Dotei-kun looking all raggedy and scared. Aww!

Haikyuu! 327: not that engaged by the other short guy but keen for the Bokuto match. Furudate is so good at showing just what a character is like in a few panels without making it super-obvious.

Dr. Stone 83: To the surprise of nobody, the anime is announced! The colouring was super-nice this chapter, though. We finally get it confirmed that the sister wasn’t really hurt, and moved on to the next quest after figuring out a hydroelectric freezer that seems unlikely to be as powerful as depicted. Ultimately, it just feels like the second arc got cut short when it became clear it wasn’t all that interesting. But I’m actually pleased the manga isn’t completely over.

HunterxHunter 389: urgh, this is just not enjoyable. I want to be one of those people lambasting others for lacking the patience to read it all, but it’s just not very fun or interesting and I’m certain it could have all been done way more elegantly, with a much better balance of action and explanation.

One Piece 924: Really interesting shift in mood, even giving the chapter a kind of firm conclusion for an arc, even though it’s in the middle of the set-up. Great to see Luffy put in his place, and it will be interesting to see him operate from a dark frame of mind for a while.

HunterxHunter 388: geez, whole panels filled with text. And not even very interesting text. The plot barely moved on at all. At least Kurapika was drawn nicely.

Haikyuu! 326: Yup, I definitely love Bokuto. And it looks like he might be the opponent for Karasuno in the final. I kinda think he’ll win, too, and we’ll have to see if Hinata and co can win next year. But it’s Hinata against the other little spiker. Kind of detracts from the concept that Hinata is so freakish when there are a bunch of others like him, though.

Dr. Stone 82: Ohh, even though the whole chapter had end-of-a-series vibes, this is continuing in an interesting direction. And yeah, I suppose the one thing hanging over the title that we haven’t had answered is just what happened to the world!

The Promised Neverland 111: Wow, I wonder if anything in Jump has ever been this dark or this visceral. That’s a lot of blood, a lot of pain, a lot of screaming kids and a lot of direct confrontation of death. And the dilemma is whether our main character can become a murderer. It’s still on the cheesy side, especially compared with this series at its best, but it’s still a little shocking…

The Promised Neverland 110: ehhh. It makes sense to have the baddie come back but that really cheapens the sacrifices we were supposed to find so meaningful last time.

One Punch Man 99: thought this was only half a chapter but it looks like that’s all for now. Nice action but not much has happened.

One Piece 923: yup, this is one of the most powerful beings in this universe in action. And it wouldn’t have made sense any other way. Quite nice to see Oda deflate the hype he’s built up over so many years. But where now?

HunterxHunter 387: Even though not much happened, this was at least an intriguing explanation of what Tserriednich can do. Quite the ability. Quite the long explanation. This is shaping up to be a really uninteresting volume of the manga though. Hopefully at least we’ll get some real action before the next hiatus.

Haikyuu!! 325: awwww, a whole chapter for manly tears and sportsmanship. Love it. And now it’s time for Bokuto to steal the show. He’s my favourite character after Hinata, which is kind of weird given he doesn’t have the kind of design I’m usually interested in.

Dr. Stone 81: whaaat? Where has this manga ended up? The heat of exploding gunpowder just gets absorbed by a waved shirt? A man with a punctured lung can fight like an animal? And somehow a primitive battery that’s been in water can turn into a strong taser? How is the current alternating? How is Senkuu grounded? Could Hyoga not have just, y’know, let go of the sphere and backed off? At least this means the fight doesn’t get dragged out. But are we gonna wrap the whole thing up very soon?

Kuroshitsuji 145: it was clumsy, but we’re at least set up for some better chapters now. I’m glad the staff are along for the ride, as Finnie has always been my favourite character in this manga. Wonder where they’ll hole up.