JUMP Issue #09

JUMP Issue #09
Naruto 662 (Cover, Lead CP)
One Piece 735 (728)
Kuroko no Basket 246 (239)
Nisekoi 107 (CP)
Shokugeki no Souma 56 (49)
Assassination Classroom 76 (69)
Isobe Isobee Monogatari 13 (6)
Haikyuu!! 94 (87)
E-Robot (Oneshot)
PSI Kusuo Saiki 84 (77)
Gintama 478 (CP)
Hôkago of the Dead (Oneshot)
Soul Catcher(S) 35 (28)
Iron Knight 7
Bleach 565 (558)
Kochikame 1805 (1798)
Hachi 18 (11)
Koi no Cupid 17 (10)
Beelzebub 236 (229)

Absent:

Toriko, World Trigger

JUMP Issue #10 Info

Toriko (Cover, Lead CP)

Shokugeki no Souma, World Trigger (CP)

Wonderful Wonder World (Oneshot)
Gentle-kun (Oneshot)

Absent:

Naruto

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• One Piece is 1st again
• Shokugeki no Souma moves up to 3rd from 4th
• Assassination Classroom is in at 4th

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• Bleach is in at 9th, and is the first of the bottom 5 series this week
• Beelzebub's at 13th, and at the bottom

Other Changes:

• Kuroko no Basket: 7th > 2nd
• Isobe Isobee Monogatari: No change at 5th
• Haikyuu!!: 7th (3 issues back) > 6th
• PSI Kusuo Saiki: 8th > 7th
• Soul Catcher(S): 6th (2 issues back) > 8th
• Kochikame: 10th > 11th
• Hachi: No change at 12th
• Koi no Cupid: No change at 13th

Sorry this is late. Was mondo busy yesterday, but I'm going to have a lot more free time now over the next few months.

Not really much to say here. Iron Knight'll get its first ranking next week. Beelzebub, Hachi and Koi no Cupid aren't doing too hot. Having said that, there are going to be like 4 new series starting over the next few weeks, so don't be surprised if the basement-dwellers are axed soon.

I've had been having the weirdest dreams lately. I should make them into films. I'd get so rich. Of course, the content might cause them to be banned in certain countries, but what the hell?

That's it for this week. Give your reactions to the ToC in the comments below! Don't forget to Follow me on Twitter, become a Follower of this blog, or Like my page on Facebook. See ya next week! ^.^

*OFF TOPIC* We're about to sign Mata. FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

JUMP Issue #37-38

JUMP Issue #37-38

One Piece 717 (Cover, Lead CP)

Toriko 245 (238)

Shokugeki no Souma 35 (28)

Assassination Classroom 55 (CP)

Naruto 642 (635)

Kurokuroku 3

Hime-dol!! 2 (CP)

Kuroko no Basket 225

Ginga Patrol Jaco 5

Ananomujina (CP, One Shot)

Nisekoi 86 (79)

Gintama 457 (450)

PSI Kusuo Saiki 63 (56)

Haikyuu!! 73 (66)

Soul Catcher(S) 14 (7)

World Trigger 26 (19)

Beelzebub 216 (209)

Kochikame 1784 (1777)

Smoky B.B. 12 (5)

Bleach (Absent)
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Kuroko no Basket (Cover, Lead CP)
Nisekoi, Shokugeki no Souma, Hinomaru Zumou (One Shot) (CP)

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• Shokugeki no Souma's in at 2nd from 4th
• Nisekoi retains its 5th place
• Gintama shoots out of the bottom 5 to 6th!

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• Beelzebub drops into the top 5 at 11 from 8th

Other Changes:

Naruto: 2nd > 3rd

Kuroko no Basket: 7th > 4th

PSI Kusuo Saiki: 2nd (2 issues back) > 7th

Haikyuu!!: No change at 8th

Soul Catcher(S): 10th > 9th

World Trigger: 6th > 10th

Kochikame: 9th > 11th

Smoky B.B.: 11th > 12th

A good ToC for me this week, bearing in mind some of my selected series are absent/have CP so are not ranked. Gintama definitely surpassed my expectations, Triggertards - I mean -World Trigger fans won't be too pleased this week.

A reminder that this week is a double issue. And no, it doesn't mean there're two manga chapters in an issue, it means this week's chapters will account for 2 weeks, essentially meaning there's a break next week.

In addition, there won't be a blog post from me in 2 weeks as I'll be away at a music festival. Sad, I know. Try not to miss me too hard. So expect the next post in 3 weeks. If you're lucky.

My Manga of the Month for August is Toriko! I'mma tell you about it, and if you're interested, give it a look. If you already read it, please give your reactions to the series - what you like and dislike about it.

Toriko is a written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro. It has been serialized in Jump since May 19, 2008, and has been collected into 25 tankōbon volumes. It follows the adventure of Toriko, a Gourmet Hunter, as he searches for rare, diverse foods to complete a full-course meal. A man with inhuman ability, he utilizes his incredible strength and knowledge of the animal kingdom to capture ferocious, evasive, and rare beasts to further his menu. He is accompanied by the weak and timid chef Komatsu, who, inspired by Toriko's ambition, travels with him to improve his culinary skills and to find rare ingredients. Toriko and his friends often fight against the Gourmet Corps, who seek to take control of the world's entire food supply and are looking for the highly-sought after ingredient GOD, which the legendary Gourmet Hunter Acacia used to end the war that took place five-hundred years before the series began.

The manga series is licensed for an English-language release by Viz Media in North America and Madman Entertainment in Australasia. Madman also licensed the anime series in Australasia, while Funimation Entertainment has licensed it in North America.

That's it for this week. Like this week's ToC? Dislike it? Sound off in the comments below. Don't forget to Follow me on Twitter, become a Follower of this blog, or Like my page on Facebook.

Thanks for reading, see ya in 3 weeks! ^.^

JUMP Issue #33

JUMP Issue #33

Ginga Patrol Jako 1 (Cover & Lead CP)
One Piece 714 (707)
Assassination Classroom 51 (44)
Naruto 638 (631)
Nisekoi 82 (75)
Toriko 241 (CP)
Shokugeki no Souma 31 (24)
World Trigger 22 (15)
Haikyuu!! 69 (CP)
Kuroko no Basket 221 (214)
PSI Kusuo Saiki 59 (52)
Beelzebub 212 (205)
Soul Catcher(S) 10 (3)
Bleach 545 (538)
Gintama 453 (446)
Kochikame 1780 (1773)
Smoky B.B. 8 (1) - First Ranking
Mutou Black 9 (2)
Cross Manage 41 (34)
Koisuru Edison 38/39 (23/24)


JUMP Issue #34 Info

Toriko (Cover & Lead CP)
World Trigger, Beelzebub (CP)

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• One Piece remains in 1st
• Assassination Classroom remains in 2nd (based on 2 issues ago)
• Nisekoi breaks into the top 5 at 4th, from 7th (2 issues ago)
• Shokugeki no Souma moves from 3rd to 5th, still a great ranking

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• Beelzebub drops to 9th from 7th
• Although Bleach has moved out of the bottom 5, it remains in 11th
• Gintama is 1 place above the bottom 5 for a 2nd consecutive week at 12th

Other Changes:

• Naruto: 6th > 3rd
• World Trigger: 7th > 6th
• Kuroko no Basket: 5th > 7th
• PSI Kusuo Saiki: 4th > 8th
• Soul Catcher(S): 9th > 10th
• Kochikame: 10th > 13th
• Mutou Black: 12th > 15th
• Cross Manage: 13th > 16th
• Koisuru Edison: 12th > 17th

A good ToC for me this week. OP and AC doing as well as expected. Bleach and Gintama continue their slumps. And overall poor first ranking from each of the 3 new series. That's not to say they won't improve, as we're already seeing it with Soul Catcher(S).

Akira Toriyama's new series starts this issue, and is also the start of 3 new series starting over the next few issues. I also expect Cross Manage and Koisuru Edison to make way for it.

Continuing with my Manga of the Month theme, I've chosen Kuroko no Basket. I'll tell you a little about it and encourage you to check it out. If you have, and/or you read it regularly, let me know what you think of it in the comments!

Kuroko no Basket (Kuroko's Basketball), written by Tadatoshi Fujimaki, is about 5 legendary basketballers, known as the "Generation of Miracles" , who each played for a middle school team, but went to different high schools. However, there was actually a sixth member called Kuroko Tetsuya, who now goes to Seirin High, and now wants to help Seirin become the best in Japan, with the help of his naturally-talented teammate, Tagami Kaiga, by taking on his former teammates - one-by-one.

Kuroko no Basket has been serialised since December 2008 and so far has 21 volumes released, with sales of over 9,000,000 copies in Japan. Volumes have frequently appeared on lists of best-selling manga in Japan. The first season of the anime premiered in April 2012 and ended in September 2012. A second season is also set to air this October.

That's it for this week! Thanks for reading, see ya next week! ^.^

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JUMP Issue #31

JUMP Issue #31

Gintama 451 (Cover, Lead CP)

One Piece 712 (705)

Assassination Classroom 49 (42)

Naruto 636 (629)

PSI Kusuo Saiki 57 (50)

Toriko 239 (CP)

Shokugeki no Souma 29 (22)

Kuroko no Basket 219 (212)

Haikyuu!! 67 (CP)

Smoky B.B. 6

Nisekoi 80 (73)

Mutou Black 7

Beelzebub 210 (203)

World Trigger 20 (13)

Soul Catcher(S) 8 (1) - First Ranking

Sket Dance 287 (280)

Bleach 543 (536)

Kochikame 1798 (1791)

Cross Manage 39 (32)

Koisuru Edison 

JUMP Issue #32

Assassination Classroom - First Anniversary (Cover, Lead CP)

Nisekoi, Sket Dance (CP)

JUMP Issue #33

- Kuro Clock (New Series by Atsushi Nakamura)

JUMP Issue #34

- Hime Doll (New Series by Kazurô Kyô, Author of After School Idol)

JUMP Issue #35

- Ginga Patrol Jako (New Series by Akira Toriyama)

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• One Piece is in 1st
• Assassination Classroom moves down to 2nd, from 1st
• Shokugeki no Souma stays in 5th
• Nisekoi down 1 place to 7th, still OK
• Beelzebub moves out of the bottom 5 to 8th...

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• ... And its place is taken by Bleach, which has fallen from 7th to 12th

Other Changes:

• Naruto: 4th > 3rd
• PSI Kusuo Saiki: No change at 4th (2 issues back)
• Kuroko no Basket: 3rd > 6th
• World Trigger: No change at 9th (2 issues back)
• Sket Dance: No change at 10th (2 issues back)
• Kochikame: 9th > 13th
• Cross Manage: 11th > 13th
• Koisuru Edison: 10th > 14th

An OK ToC for me this week. Poor Bleach. Assassination Classroom's first anniversary is next week. Boy, does time fly! More details about Nisekoi's anime will be in the next issue, and I'm also hearing that Sket Dance is ending next week... We've also got some new series starting up over the next few weeks. We've got Kuro Clock (probably supernatural, never heard of the author), Hime Doll (sounds Ecchi) and Ginga Patrol Jako, which is probably something to do with space. It's also by Akira Toriyama, who I've never even heard of. I assume this is his first work. Nevertheless, I wish all of them the best of luck with their new series. And this also means some more series are getting the cut to make room. My money would be on Sket Dance, if rumours are correct, Koisuru Edison and Cross Manage.

Things are getting pretty stale around here, so I'm gonna be making a few changes. Starting from next month, I'm gonna have a Manga of the Month theme, and shall change my display picture and background to promote said manga. Next month's manga will be... *drumroll* Kuroko no Basket!

Also, I wonder if I should start showing the rankings of manga from as far as 5 issues back, so we can see trends in the rankings and therefore make easier judgements. What do you guys think? Should I start doing that, or stick to his format? Let me know in the comments. As always, thanks for reading! See you next week! ^.^

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*OFF TOPIC* So, following on from Microsoft's u-turn on their DRM, always online and backwards compatibility policies, will this motivate you to get the Xbox One? Or will you not give Microsoft a second chance? If not, which consoles are you going with next-gen? For me, it's looking like Wii U and PS4 so far... Let me know your thoughts!

JUMP Issue #09

JUMP Issue #09

Toriko 217 (Cover, Lead CP)
Naruto 617 (610)
One Piece 696 (689)
Shokugeki no Souma 8 (1) - First Ranking
PSI Kusuo Saiki 35 (28)
Kuroko no Basket 198 (191)
Assassination Classroom 28 (21)
Shinmai Fukei Kiruko-san 9 (2)
Haikyuu!! 46 (CP)
Sket Dance 266 (259)
Hungry Joker 10 (3)
Nisekoi 59 (CP)
Beelzebub 189 (182)
Cross・Manage 18 (11)
Bleach 524 (517)
Gintama 431 (424)
Medaka Box 179 (172)
Kochikame 1777 (1770)
Retsu!!! Date-Senpai 19 (12)
Kurogane 68 (End)
JUMP Issue #10

Cover, Lead CP: Koisuru Edison (New Series)CP: Assassination Classroom, Shokugeki no SoumaJUMP Issue #11

Cover, Lead CP: World Trigger (New Series)

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• Shokugeki no Shoma's 1st rank is 3rd - pretty good!
• Beelzebub rises to 10th

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• One Piece drops to 2nd
• Bleach drops to 12th
• Gintama drops to 13th - and just above the bottom 5
• AC dropped outside of the bottom 5 to 6th for the first time I think

Kurogane is cancelled - didn't see that coming! Actually I kinda did, but not this quickly

Other Changes

• Naruto: 2nd > 1st
• PSI Kusuo Saiki: 8th > 4th
• Kuroko no Basket: 3rd > 5th
• Shinmai Fukei Kiruko-san: 13th > 7th
• Sket Dance: 5th > 8th
• Hungry Joker: 10th > 9th
• Cross・Manage: 15th > 11th
• Medaka Box: 9th > 14th
• Kochikame: 13th > 15th
• Retsu!!! Date-Senpai: 11th > 16th

Kurogane has ended its run. Ah well, out with the old, in with the new! Shokugeki no Shoma will take its place as a stand-out. It's pretty good so far, check it out. Looks like it's also stealing votes off AC. Also, Toriko's confirmed to have a movie out.

Thanks for reading, see you next week! ^.^

JUMP Issue #41

JUMP Issue #41

Retsu!! Date-Senpai 1 (Cover, Lead CP, New Series)
One Piece 670 (663)
Sket Dance 248 (241)
Naruto 600 (593)
Nisekoi 41 (34)
Toriko 202 (195)
Assassination Classroom 10 (CP)
PSI Kusuo Saiki 17 (10)
Haikyuu!! 28 (21)
Kurogane 50 (43)
Bleach 506 (499)
Kuroko no Basket 180 (CP)
Beelzebub 171 (164)

Gintama 414 (407)
Medaka Box 161 (154)
Kochikame 1759 (1752)
Koisome Momiji 18 (11)
Reborn! 400 (393)
Takamagahara 9 (2)
Sensei no Bulge 16 (End)

JUMP Issue #42 Info

Lead CP/New Series: Cross Manage
Center Colour: Nisekoi, Reborn!, Retsu!! Date-Senpai

Positives:

• One Piece is 1st
• Nisekoi up 1 place to 4th - still in the top 5
• Kurogane jumps to 8th
• Beelzebub moves up 1 place... to 10th

Negatives:

• Bleach moves down to 8th
• Gintama down to 11th
• Reborn! down to 15th
• Takamagahara is TANKING! Penultimate place at 16th!
• Sensei no Bulge has run its course

Other changes:

• Sket Dance moves up to 2nd
• Naruto moves up to 3rd,
• Toriko moves down to 5th
• PSI Kusuo Saiki moves down to 6th
• Haikyuu!! down to 7th
• Medaka Box rises slightly to 12th
• Kochikame moves down to 13th
• Koisome Momiji is a non-mover at 14th

Gay-ass ToC. Sensei no Bulge has been cancelled -.- Takamagahara's tanking - it will have a bottom ranking next week -.-

But on the plus-side, we've got 2 new series! Retsu!! Date-senpai started this issue. I haven't read it yet so I don't know what it's like. And Cross Manage starts next issue. But oh, wait, they're probably gonna run for like 12 chapters and get axed seeing as Japan hates new shit. Thanks for reading! ^.^