Kuroshitsuji 133: For a twist that was built up to for years and years (figured out by perceptive fans) the revelation of the true Ceil has been extremely anticlimactic. On the other hand, these flashbacks are super cute and show Toboso actually does know (or has found out) the way a stately home would have to be staffed and run. Nice chapter.

Dr. Stone 32: Awww, Ginrou-kun! He’s my favourite in this manga and it’s nice to see him come through. 

Haikyuu! 265: Ohh, targeting poor Pudding. I wonder if they’ll be able to wear him down. As someone whose weakness in sports is stamina, I understand that!

The Promised Neverland 50: pretty nasty imagery for the factory farms, but it’s not unexpected in this world. Interesting little preview of Minerva too. Next time the story has to move on and I’m interested to see where it will go. Norman will probably return before that much longer, too.

Mob Psycho 100 100.7: the best joke here was in the omake, with the two separate tongs. Otherwise, it’s a reunion of old bad guys, now amusingly working in the local conbini. Finally, the arc gets interesting with a showdown promised a couple of arcs ago, though.

One Punch Man (manga) 120: I’m glad I’m not reading this for the first time – what makes this arc good is that it subverts the very generic expectations set up here, but we’re still in the generic part so it comes across as a bit lame. On the other hand, Saitama and King have a great little scene. 

One Piece 874: a weird chapter of sun monsters burning tree monsters and Nami blackmailing everybody, but again there was an interesting final twist. I do wonder what happens if the crew escapes, though – what comes next? It is nice to have a situation where the heroes just have no chance but to run, though.

HunterxHunter 367: well, I suppose some progress was made, but that wasn’t a very interesting development of this rather slow arc. I’m not sure where all of this is going, but we’ll need more action soon.

Dr. Stone 22: haha, they made ramen. That’s a pretty cute idea…and makes me want ramen. 

One Piece 872: Mama’s gonna rampage and that’ll save the Straw Hats, huh? They got very lucky this time, but there’ll be a full-scale scrap soon enough, you can tell. Zoro’s opponent even got introduced. A little sad to see Bege and Caesar leaving, but curious where this will go next.

Haikyuu! 262: The spotlight’s on Tanaka. I didn’t even recognise him with the hair in the flashback! Feel like this is building up to him getting a dramatic set-closing point…after another break.

HunterxHunter 364: Not a very interesting chapter overall, despite Kurapika not only taking care of the threat but manipulating listeners at the same time. Now it’s down to matters of protocol, which also isn’t that gripping. Hope things get streamlined in this arc soon.

Dr. Stone 19: awww, I like this funny new gang!

The Promised Neverland 47: Determination sets in, but I didn’t like how simple the explanation of the world was here. It may be false but then it seems a waste of time to have explained at all. Still, nice to see new optimism.

Mob Psycho 100 100.5: Nice showdown with a satisfying climax to it, but this rampage is getting a tad boring now.

D. Gray-Man 225: getting a bit confusing who is who with all the multiple identities, and now Tyki is getting one too. But at least at the end we got the real Allen back. For how long? Who knows. 

One Piece 871: not sure I like the gang escaping out of luck, but it certainly raised the tension. They’re not strong enough yet, and that at least gives the title space to grow. Plus I’m interested to see what’s lined up for the 20^th anniversary next week.

Dr. Stone 18: I was totally won over by this chapter. I loved Chrome and the anti-climax at the end of the chapter. I really enjoyed the other villagers’ reactions to the ‘sorcery’ and especially the static effect on their hair. Cute, funny chapter that takes this story somewhere more interesting and revitalises this title after it seemed to expend its entire plot in the first arc.       

HunterxHunter 363: Bit too much talking this chapter, without much action. But at least things moved towards excitement with the cliffhanger.

Haikyuu!! 261: This is all setting up for Tanaka to have a nice moment, I can tell.

Boruto 14: nice to see a bit of a different kind of fighter, but this was a by-the-numbers fight and some of the action panels were a bit dubious. Not sure where this arc can go now, if anywhere, but it seemed abortive.

The Promised Neverland 46: I guess we’ll get some world-building from now on. Interesting to have saviours like this, but I don’t know what will happen from here on out. Presumably they won’t have these allies for long and will soon be back on the run. 

Mob Psycho 100.3-4: One’s art is definitely improving a lot. Hopefully that will transition to One Punch Man soon. How will Mob’s rampage end, and how will this affect how he sees himself? Interesting to find out. 

Dr. Stone 17: quite a lot of the chapter given over to just showing names and faces, but I’m quite liking this development. The newly-introduced characters are quite interesting and I wonder how this little society will develop the storyline.

The Promised Neverland 45: the kids are safe for now, but who is looking over them? Clearly they’re not to be trusted. I want to see who they are.