One Piece 957: It was a lot of sitting and talking, which was a slight shame after the build-up last chapter (I want to see what happens to Buggy!) but there was so much hype in this chapter! Absurd bounties, more history, Garp seeming still more impressive and everything tying at least somewhat into the current arc. The tension is rising!

Samurai 8 19: in a microcosm, this was quite enjoyable. A classic shounen hero persevering before coming up with some stupid solution based on the universe’s particular rules. It wasn’t that gripping and the rules are a bit dumb, but it was still satisfying to read.

The Promised Neverland 151: pretty interesting battle, but I feel like we’re being misled and the queen is going to overcome all of this. Obviously Norman needs to be the ultimate antagonist but I don’t think we’ll be getting there yet. Need to find out what the new agreement Emma arranged is too.

Dr. Stone 122: this raised a smile as always. I like how they draw conclusion from nuggets of information and Mozu appearing was an unexpected but intriguing twist.

One Punch Man (manga) 117: Seeing Drive Knight in action will be intriguing, if we get to see it. But slows the arc down yet again. I’d like to get on with the core action, since it’s just about to get really good…

One Piece 956: I didn’t really want to go back to the Reverie subplot line, but this was actually intriguing. What’s happened to Sabo? What will the Shichibukai do? I’d love to see more of Buggy and Mihawk, especially if they decide to team up with our heroes again. We’ll see!

Haikyuu!! 366: What was cute about this chapter was the bonds between the guys. Kenma being a friend was super cute, and Kageyama still thinking about Hinata even off the court. It’s also getting us through the match quick, which I like.

Chainsawman 39: and now this time there’s a really convincing love scene! I’m surprised, but it was done well. Pretty good stuff!

Fake Rebellion 2: This chapter was a bit of a microcosm of what I expect of the manga. Very shaky start, with some vulgar fanservice and poorly-thought-through worldbuilding, but then quite engaging and sympathetic at the end. I may be on the overly charitable side if I think the larger manga will play out like that, though.  

Attack on Titan 121: very interesting! So Eren is utilizing an ability to see into the future to influence the past. He doesn’t need to go into the past to do this, just to be aware that his father can perceive him in the future. This is pretty wild stuff but I’m still on board with it, and Eren being this amazing puppetmaster. We’re a long way from where we started but I’m just fine with that and this feels like the series’ endgame.

Kuroshitsuji 155: I wish we were jumping between the different stories of the staff instead of focusing on this one, which is a bit generic. I’m guessing it will be finished next issue and Ran will sort everything out.

Fake Rebellion 1: Hmm, not sure about this one. I like the art and the idea of the lingering remnants of people’s wills getting focused into a weapon is very nice and potentially extremely moving, but that doesn’t help with an extremely generic set-up, unoriginal world, obvious twist and casual slaughter of undeveloped kid characters for some cheesy impact. I’ll probably give it a chance for a few more chapters – I prefer it to how Samurai 8 started, at least. 

One Piece 955: a build-up chapter, but some great moments with Zoro. I’m interested to see how this develops!

Dr. Stone 121: great chapter! Kohaku’s belief in Senku goes deeper than that, there were some dramatic scenes from Ginro but also he got to be a little heroic – or at least stoic – and we see that the petrification is technology. So probably nanomachines indeed. Lots of action but also great character and plot progression.  

Haikyuu!! 365: Very interesting chapter, dealing with exhaustion in a meaningful way. Poor Hinata – but the speech he was given was great. This felt oddly grounded, even though it’s actually melodramatic when you take a step back. Well-executed, but I hope this doesn’t mean the team is eliminated offscreen and we have to wait for next year.

Chainsawman 38: As usual, this is subversive in all the right ways. The wholesome shining faces as they take part in their ‘tournament’…our antiheroes are very strange, very funny guys. I always enjoy reading this, even if I wouldn’t be devastated if I heard it got cancelled.

The Promised Neverland 150: of course, the big bad can’t be anything but overpowered. But is she the big bad? That’s more likely to be Norman, of course. It will be interesting to see how Faust – I mean Zazie – fares here.

Samurai 8 18: yikes. This chapter actually wasn’t too bad, once I realized how comedic it was meant to be. The enemies are presumably gonna become allies. But to jump into a tournament arc already?! I’m not sure this has even built up the good will to even count as jumping the shark…

One Punch Man 116: back into original territory with another departure from the manga. Pretty fun, though – nice to see the power of the top brass after following Saitama for a while. I wanted so much more though…

Haikyuu!! 364: Aww, Hinata! He did so well and now he’s all spent. I hope we don’t follow him to wake up after he’s gone. But this makes it so much more obvious that Karasuno win this, so that Hinata has one more rise to glory.

Chainsawman 37: this still seems like something out of the 80s UK comics scene or something, like it would go neatly next to Judge Dredd. Very gory! But I did like Denji’s little deception.

Dr. Stone 120: Yay, a Ginro chapter! Or Ginny, rather. He’s such an excellent trap. I’d seen speculation that Soyuz would be the son of the great leader, and it seems something like that is coming, but there are still plenty of question marks here. Lots of fun, almost making up for no One Piece this week.  

The Promised Neverland 149: I did get on board with Gillan last time, but his henchmen? Not so interesting. Sometimes the suicide bomb cliché is moving and seems clever but here it just seems a bit brainless. Oh well. This is only a sideshow after all.

Samurai 8 17: Well, it was fun seeing Acala / Fudo-Myou-ou after reading about him for my last video. But otherwise this chapter was a dud. Too much dull explanation of made-up magic systems. The weird duo with an incredibly forgetful guy are kind of fun but I can’t say I care about them, and the jumping about of where characters were and what they were doing was very disorienting and unimpressive.