One Punch Man 115: so much fun. A little extra Flash and Saitama action to match with recent Webcomic events, and also some of the more amusing moments between them from the comic. I just wish OPM came out more regularly!

One Piece 953: aww, a cute Hachiko-ish story, only with a fox who has been transforming into a pretty funny-looking guy. All the pieces come together quite well, and Zoro might just get an interesting sword change. The plot has thickened, and now I’m much more interested in this side of the story. Good stuff!

Haikyuu!! 362: Ehhh don’t settle for ‘strongest decoy’, kiddo. This chapter was a great example of how the art in Haikyuu!! Usually looks…scrappy, but then occasionally they just look so good. Nice job, Hinata! And the rest of you too!

Dr. Stone 118: this was a fun twist to this little rescue operation. And so super manly, too!

Samurai 8 15: After a decent chapter, this follow-up relied on the good faith established there and didn’t do much with it. An infodump that made me go back to really not caring. Oh well!

 One Piece 952: the swordsmen clashing is pretty satisfying. But did Zoro get his sword back? And will this thief be able to arm the whole rebellion? We’ll see. I like how this arc is picking up momentum, though. Not sure where the Yonkou clash will go, though. I’ll be disappointed if Big Mom is taken out just to show how strong Kaido is.

Haikyuu!! 361: I knew we were due a Hinata chapter. It wasn’t anything we haven’t already seen – yes, he’s very small for a spiker, and he’s amazing, and especially there was no particular contrast with the other small spiker of the match, but it was still fun to see him shine.

Dr. Stone 117: another problem solved briskly. But I’m interested in whether this plan to snatch the petrification device will work, will backfire or will simply lead them to realize there’s something much more distant they need to get. It was also fun that MatPat did a theory on this series.

Chainsawman 34: Fun introduction of some new characters, though none as interesting as the ones we already know. Don’t suppose many of them will last long but I’m interested to see their antics.

The Promised Neverland 146: Huh, I was expecting that there would be a whole lot more preamble before we got to this invasion, but it’s fun that we’ve got there already. But it’s going to be hard to tell who’s who with all these monsters.

Samurai 8 14: surprisingly, this sad moment was done well, even if it wasn’t built up to adequately at all. The brothers plot is totally out of nowhere and doesn’t seem like it was properly planned-out either. This all has an unpleasant feeling of winging-it and not knowing what’s going on – but maybe it will head in a good direction now. Maybe. 

Shingeki no Kyojin 120: This is quite remarkable. Yes, it’s gone off into the weird existential internal land of memories and metaphysical reality-bending and ill-defined power that marks the point where many manga and anime go off the rails and lose most of the audience, but here it was done extremely well. First, Eren gets played, his true intentions exposed. But then everything is turned around on Zeke. I hope the anime adaptation gets this far, though I’m not at all certain it will despite how successful the series is. 

Boruto 36: I hate how weak Naruto seems to be. Sure, they say he’s been made soft by peace, but he is meant to be one of the most powerful beings in this universe, so just being hit by simple attacks all the time is pretty lame.

One Punch Man (manga) 114: a couple of the more bizarre and unpleasant cadre members here, but it’s fun to see them in action and given some extra details here and there.

Chainsawman 33: I think there’s no plan to this manga at all. A visit to a yakuza boss who made an interesting point about yakuza protecting Japan from worse foreign gangsters, thankfully undercut by being confronted with what a shitty excuse that is to be a criminal, and then the beginning of a large-scale assault. Very freewheeling.

The Promised Neverland 145: well, the pace just increased dramatically. Including everyone turning against Norman. I feel like this genius leader should have been able to keep them on his side somewhat better. And him now having tuberculosis or whatever tragic illness is a bit too far on the cheesy side for my liking.

Samurai 8 13: the pacing of so many other Jump series seems to be picking up, but this one is just all over the place. The battle ended in a flash, now we have seven clones of the main character (Kishimoto does love clones, which people like to say is down to him being a twin) and no clear focus for the storyline. I still find this to be a mess.

One Piece 951: lots of great moments in this chapter. I really liked Wano’s style of wanted poster, which Oda clearly had a lot of fun with. Robin pretending to be haunted was quite amazing. And then a clash of the most powerful beings in this long-running manga’s universe. All pretty great stuff. And the frontispiece made me want to see Buggy too!

Haikyuu!! 360: Hrmm, a chapter was necessary, really, to show the sheer exhaustion of this game, but that doesn’t make it that fun. Something needs to happen to liven up the tail end of this match.

Dr. Stone 116: this recovery was pretty fun. Balancing the full-on fantasy with hard science was a good plan, too.