One Piece 798: this was a bit of a slow chapter, setting up what the little Tontata had done to help, but then we got Admiral Fujitora doing something impressive, immediately undermined by Luffy being very, very Luffy – which is just another reminder why this is as successful as comics get. Nowhere else so perfectly mixes bathos, comedy and the impressively grandiose.  

One Piece 797: makes sense Luffy would want to do this for Rebecca. Overall, though, not a very interesting chapter.

One Piece 796: Good to see where the crew are, but the way the chapter was set up, despite the unexpected appearance of interesting post-timeskip Marines, kinda dragged. Is this treading water a little for an impressive ch.800?

One Piece Party 002: wait, was that a joke about Chopper not understanding a sexual predator coming onto him? Creepy gag. I liked Kaku playing with Chopper, but otherwise this was another lame and redundant gag manga that gets cheap laughs out of a series that’s already genuinely funny – so what’s the point, really?

D.Gray-Man 219: wow, DGM is back at last. It had gotten extremely confusing. And haha, I thought this chapter was going to conveniently start with a recap or some clarification of recent events. Instead it jumped right into incredibly bizarre new territory. The Earl and Allen have both completely changed, though the Earl’s true identity is much older and stranger, and in general the Mana/Nea storyline is in a whole new territory of what-the-fuck?

One Piece 794: hiatus next week? Boo! And this chapter, focused on Sabo, had nice parts but was a bit long-winded. 

One Piece 793: Nice focus on the Marines and some snatches of the other supernovas. A good aside chapter, answering some questions I wanted answering, but it left me hungry for more. 

One Piece 792: Some fun moments in this chapter with Sabo and unexpectedly fun gestures from Admiral Fujitora and King Elizabello II. Ahaha, Elizabello II. What a wonderful name!

Naruto 700+10: pretty weak. Aborted its only interesting element for a more pat ending, ie Sarada’s parentage. Hope no kids with stepmothers were personally invested. Also was a huge anticlimax. The only part I liked was Kabuto.