Thursday, 15 June 2017

Dr. Stone 14-15: the prequel chapter was a little slow, but quite interesting. Nice to see a manga encourage logical thinking – like Death Note, I suppose! And The Promised Neverland right now as well. But now the title has moved on to its next phase, with the heroes separating. Wonder if we’ll follow each group or just Senkuu…

The Promised Neverland 42-43: no surprise that the bestial demon was easily dealt with, but the new twists here with Ray separated from the rest and a strange new face appearing make this arc more interesting than the last has been for a while. I’m intrigued! 
One Punch Man 75: This is pretty much how I expected things to go, with a bit more Suiryuu than I’d wanted. Great to see the ease with which Saitama dismantles this set-up.
One Piece 866: Even though Big Mom’s such a distorted, crazy character, even she gets this kind of back-story. It’s funny to see her so young, with the same uncontrollable abilities.
Haikyuu 255: Some great expressions in this chapter, haha
Dr. Stone 12: I knew there would be something to undo what happened before this. Wonder how the title will develop.  
The Promised Neverland 40: This chapter played through what was clear from the last chapter. Still entertaining! And the omake was oddly cute as well.



One Piece 868-869: Fun chapters! The plot went awry, of course, but there’s a moment of respite as Bege shows another amusing power. Some last snippets of the young Lin-Lin’s life too. I enjoyed these a lot…too bad there’s another break.
Haikyuu! 258-259: Cute, Hinata is starting to think for himself and emulate others. This kind of minutiae is what makes sports manga fun.
One Punch Man 76: Unexpected chapter, half Puri Puri Prisoner gross-out homophobic humour that admittedly can be very funny (though was much better-done in Macadamia Wasshoi) and half uncharacteristic soul-searching from Saitama.

Mob Psycho 100 100.1: Well, this is quite the development. Should have the next chapter tomorrow…quite excited to see what happens next. 

Sunday, 21 May 2017

Haikyuu! 254: Seeing a frustrated Hinata is pretty cute. I know Karasuno will win this one, but I’m curious to see how they overcome this.
Mob Psycho 100 99.1-2: the new arc will be confession, eh? I hope this goes to somewhere more…exaggerated. It’s been a bit boring lately, and the omake wasn’t very funny. 

Dr. Stone 011: Interested to see where this goes. I doubt they’re aiming to wrap this all up in 20 chapters and there’s the intrigue of the other people

Friday, 5 May 2017

One Piece 864: no explosion where one was expected, as it’s still brewing, but Bege got the best lines at the end of this. Though the misunderstanding about Brook’s face was rather brilliant. Definitely looking forward to the rest of this developing!
Dr. Stone 09: Quite a satisfying chapter, though Senju has some ridiculous speed. Obviously the other factions will intervene…but who might they be?
Boruto 012: this looked like it would be a bad generic filler-style chapter, but it was actually very well done, and with nice art. Didn’t appreciate what became of poor Shino in the Omake, though.

The Promised Neverland 37: the escape finally happened. Very nice bit of backstory for Mama too, especially connecting her to Ray in an unexpected manner. Looking forward to seeing how this title develops from here. 

Wednesday, 26 April 2017

The Promised Neverland 36: a good escape chapter! And a part for Norman, even if he wasn’t actually there. From now on things may get much more interesting.

Saturday, 22 April 2017

One Piece 863: A very entertaining chapter! I liked Luffy’s entrance, Jinbe’s strange control of the pace in the midst of the action, and of course Brook’s final little coup de grace.
One Punch Man 73.2-74: Great art in these chapters, but I really need to see more Saitama.  
Haikyu! 251: That’s an annoying audience. Looks like it’s been set up to be countered, though, which is nice to see.
Dr. Stone 08: Oh, some company! That might make for an interesting development. What’s next?