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Friday, 20 September 2013

JUMP Issue #43

JUMP Issue #43

Koi no Cupid Yakeno Harajin 1 (Cover & Lead CP, New Series)
Assassination Classroom 60 (53)
Shokugeki no Souma 40 (33)
Hachi 2 (CP, 25p)
Kuroko no Basket 230 (CP, 23p)

Toriko 250 (243)
Naruto (21 pg.) 647 (640)
PSI Kusuo Saiki 68
Bleach 549
Haikyuu!! 78 (CP)
Nisekoi 91 (84)
World Trigger 31 (24)
Gintama 462 (455)
Beelzebub 221 (214)
Hime-Dol! 7
Ginga Patrol Jaco (31 pg.) 10 (3)
Soul Catcher(S) 19 (12)
Kochikame 1789 (1782)
Kurokuroku 8 (1)

One Piece (Absent)

JUMP Issue #44

Kuroko no Basket (Cover & Lead CP)
Nisekoi, Koi no Cupid Yakeno Harajin (25 pg.) (CP)Hachi (23 pg.), Ginga Patrol Jaco (31 pg.)  Extra Pages:
Special Collab: Assassination Classroom x Kuroko no Basket

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  • Assassination Classroom is 1st once again, from 2 issues back
  • Shokugeki no Souma moves to 2nd from 1st
  • Bleach is up to 6th from 9th
  • Nisekoi moves up to 7th from its awful bottom-5 ranking of 11th
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  • Gintama yo-yos from 6th (2 issues ago) back to 9th
  • Beelzebub drops from 8th to 10th, and into the bottom 5

Other changes
  • Toriko: 7th > 3rd
  • Naruto: 5th > 4th
  • PSI Kusuo Saiki: 4th > 5th
  • World Trigger: 6th > 8th
  • Ginga Patrol Jaco: 10th > 11th
  • Soul Catcher(S): 13th > 12th
  • Kochikame: 12th > 13th

Back from holiday, bitches! Also managed to return with what I assume to be bedbugs from my hotel. And herpes. And there was this MASSIVE rat that I saw once from my room window, running across some abandoned part of the town. But anyway, a mostly-good ToC for me this week. Kurokuroku has a fucking horrific first ranking. However, Sket Dance's first ranking was also bottom, and we know how it turned out. I, however, think this'll be a swift cancellation. And I'm always right, so there.

There's a special collaboration next week of Assassination Classroom and Kuroko no Basket, which I did not see coming, and we're also apparently getting some big news in the next issue. I really have no clue as to what it could be. Maybe Jump's going out of business or something, I dunno.

Now for my MotM slot. Here's some info about Toriko, give the series a try if you don't follow it. If you do, please give your impressions.

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.


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Thursday, 18 July 2013

JUMP Issue #34

JUMP Issue #34

Toriko 242 (Cover & Lead CP)
Assassination Classroom 52 (45)
One Piece 715 (708)
Ginga Patrol Jako 2
Naruto 639 (632)
World Trigger 23 (CP)
Shokugeki no Souma 32 (25)
Haikyuu!! 70 (63)
Beelzebub 213 (CP)
Nisekoi 83 (76)
Kuroko no Basket 222 (215)
Bleach 545 (538)
PSI Kusuo Saiki 60 (53)
Soul Catcher(S) 11 (4)
Kochikame 1781 (1774)
Gintama 453 (446)
Mutou Black 10 (3)
Smoky B.B. 9 (2)
Koisuru Edison 40/41 (25/26)
Cross Manage 42 (35) (END)

JUMP Issue #35 Info

Kurokuroku (Cover, Lead CP, New Series, 54 pg.)
Kuroko no Basket, Shokugeki no Souma (CP)
Absent: Bleach, One Piece

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  • Assassination Classroom is 1st! Well, shit on my chest!
  • One Piece moves to 1st from 2nd
  • Shokugeki no Souma moves up into 4th from 5th
  • Nisekoi drops to 6th from 4th - still an ok rank
  • Bleach has risen from 11th to 8th!
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  • Gintama remains at 12th, but drops into the bottom 5
Other Changes
  • Naruto: No change at 3rd
  • Haikyuu!!: 8th (2 issues back) > 5th
  • PSI Kusuo Saiki: 8th > 9th
  • Soul Catcher(S): No change at 10th
  • Kochikame: 13th > 10th
  • Mutou Black: 15th > 13th
  • Smoky B.B.: No change at 14th
  • Koisuru Edison: 17th > 15th
  • Cross Manage: No change at 16th
Sorry this is so late. Extreme fatigue + Scorching weather = unproductive me. A good ToC for me overall. AC continues to kick ass and take names. Speaking of, an Assassination Classroom OVA is gonna air at this year's Jump Super Anime Tour. I think some footage of the Nisekoi anime may be shown too, along with a Naruto OVA.  I had the chance to read Ginga Patrol Jako last week. Overall, I'd give it a 7/10. Had some funny moments, but wasn't that captivating. Oh, and something tells me that in the last chapter, Toriyama has a surprise for us, so stay tuned... 

Next week, One Piece is absent, as is Bleach - for 6 FREAKIN' WEEKS! Ah well, it's s Kubo can give his all for the upcoming War Arc, so if he needs the rest to make it a quality arc, so be it. Also, with One Piece and Bleach absent, next week's ToC is going to be VERY interesting...

Finally, I've chosen Kuroko no Basket as my Manga of the Month. 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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