Haikyuu! 297: Aww Tsukki learning the power of teamwork. And smack-talk of course. Nice close match – and I think Nekoma will take the first game.

Dr. Stone 53: This is more like it, and makes a lot more sense of the crazy goal they set themselves. Now they have a waterwheel they have motive power and can make automatic bellows and a generator, with rather pleasant effects. I know the motivating factor is a big war coming, but this sort of thing is nice all on its own. It’s just fun to see this society develop with one genius scientist from the distant past a guide.

Makai no Ossan 1-370: I decided to read all the way through this, One Punch Man and Mob Psycho 100 creator One’s other webcomic. Of the three, this is by far the least popular and least well-known, and that’s not entirely surprising. While it’s probably the most autobiographical and confessional, it’s also the one with the most low-key humour and with the weakest concept. Like the others, it’s about an ordinary person with incredible hidden powers, though this time they’re not the actual focus of the story. This is about a normal family in a very normal demon world. The father is a salaryman, the mother is a homemaker who seems to have given up a great deal, the eldest son wants to make manga even though he’s terrible, the younger son struggles with high school romance, and the daughter, the youngest child, is caring for a very strange pet. There’s a funny set-up towards the end where the humans invade and are surprised to find the demon world such an ordinary Japanese society, but mostly it’s about everyday struggles. I suspect a lot of One’s own insecurities and personal problems were put into the oldest son’s story, but without such a clear and interesting story as his other titles, this one is likely to go largely unnoticed. Still, nice to fill the time before the next OPM chapters!

Boruto 22: An aftermath chapter, and a typical one where the hero shows mercy and does his lil’ speeches, then a bigger bad guy comes to mop up. Nice art, but a very formulaic execution, pardon the pun.

The Promised Neverland 81: Quite cute that Gillian totally undermines all the overthinking that went on in this chapter…but that kind of makes it annoying I had to read through all that overthinking.

HunterxHunter 380: gah, I definitely hoped for more action and combat before we returned to HiatusxHiatus. Oh well, can't be helped, and I enjoyed the Illumi/Karuto scene.

One Piece 900: what an interesting chapter, juxtaposing Big Mom's reaction to the cake with snippets of the Straw Hats in real trouble, with hints back to that flashback scene where Mama may just have kept on eating... No chapter next week but I'm eager to see what's next. I hope it's not all a fantasy sequence...

Haikyuu! 296: haha, let's see if Karasuno can defend against their own tricks. Hoping this is Tsukki's time to shine. Otherwise this was a bit of a repetitive chapter.

Dr. Stone 52: I feel like a water wheel should have been something they made a few chapters ago, but it's nice to see the village back to a reasonable rate of progression. Gin was adorable in the baker's uniform too!

The Promised Neverland 80: the plans have gone awry, which is a positive for the series, upping the ante. This cliffhanger demon is probably the coolest-looking one too.

Gashros 14: Uhh, this was a weird chapter. Quite apart from the ultraviolence, why would a caveman be shouting intentionally cliché attack names from other manga? This hasn’t been a weird meta-humour title before this, so it’s very jarring.

One Punch Man 88: Another wonderful long chapter. I don’t particularly care about the monster organization showcase, nice though the art is, but we got a fun nabe scene with lots of hilarious character (poor King), the super-cute Child Emperor getting all serious, and Genos being an extremely funny tsundere, as well as beautifully-drawn. Great chapter.

One Piece 899: another surprise rescue group, though this one didn’t feel artificial because the peril the crew were saved from was so abruptly introduced anyway. Great momentum, and I really do want to know if we get a cooking anime reaction from Big Mom when she eats the wedding cake.

HunterxHunter 379: no real action again, but at least the Spiders are still looking very cool, and it all feels like it’s going to explode soon enough. And I’m pretty sure we’ll have Hisoka show up for a match with one of the spiders soon.

Haikyuu 295: Hinata’s expressions just made this chapter for me, especially in the last panel. Nice couple of points, too, and good to see Karasuno taken seriously now. They won’t be underdogs much longer.

Dr. Stone 51: Awwww lil’ Senkuu with the candy floss! I’d enjoy this manga more if they were all a few years younger and cuter-looking, I think. Still, this crazy idea is getting developed quite well, absurd as it still seems. The reactions to the candy floss were pretty hilarious, too, though we didn’t really need the sexual poses from the girls.

Gashros 13 – yikes. It was obviously a dumb move to stay in enemy territory planning to run away after rest. But oh well, there were some nice cute moments in this chapter only to be cruelly ripped away. 

The Promised Neverland 79: Nice to see well-executed plans, though it’s a little hilarious that the antagonists’ main weakness is gloating. Glad to go back to the main character again too. 

One Piece 898: The Germa going at it was as satisfying as it promised to be from their big pose last time. But everything going so well is a red flag that we’re in for a tragedy very soon…

HunterxHunter 378: A more interesting chapter than most of the set-up ones. Though there was no real action, I’m very interested in seeing what will happen to Nobunaga, Phinks and Fei-Tang.

Haikyuu!! 294: Very fun to see this clash begin. And a great first point. But now Kenma will get serious, I’m sure. And it was hilarious how the schoolmates coming to watch underestimated him.

Dr. Stone 50: Didn’t expect that weapon, I must say. And its creation seems absurd. We’ll see how they get there.