One Piece 943: great final page, with Zoro and Sanji coming together quite by accident in a heroic moment – and then getting irritated with each other. It’s crazy that they haven’t been in the same place in this story for 5 1/2 years’ worth of chapters. The effects of Smile are pretty dark, too. We’ve seen it before in Batman but it fits into this world too.

Samurai 8 03: nice simple action conclusion with the two main characters working together. Familiar stuff. Indeed, there are a lot of familiar elements here – a kid being blessed with extraordinary powers thanks to something their dad did, a set-up for friendly rivalry and a whole lot of homoeroticism, though I guess it’s subtly different here since Nanashi is genderless so the homoeroticism can only be if Hachimaru sees Nanashi as a boy. Either way, it hasn’t quite clicked with me yet, and I think that’s a pretty common reaction.

Haikyuu! 350: It seemed like we were glossing over the build up towards Asahi having to face up to intense pressure, but it looks like it’s back on the table.

One Punch Man (manga) 108: giving Saitama something else to do in this arc was worthwhile, and it was obviously a great chance for Murata to show his drawing chops (and much respect to him for working after a personal tragedy) but there was little here that was uplifting or hilarious in the way OPM often is. Pochi’s scenes were cute, though.

Dr. Stone 106: So this will be infiltration. I don’t really buy the sudden portrayal of Kohaku as totally unladylike and thus not cute. She’s always been portrayed as monstrously strong and capable but cute nonetheless. Still, should be fun.

The Promised Neverland 135: quite pleased to get away from the hallucinogenic plot. Aish is pretty cool!