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REVIEW: Kabushiki Gaisha 5-nen 1-kumi
Two unlikely students from contrasting backgrounds join forces to start their own business, in this enjoyable and vibrant take on financial literacy from a familiar creator. Our next…
REVIEW: Stereotype (oneshot)
A celebrity singer’s personal struggles spill over into the life of her curious look-a-like, in this short story from history’s most famous mangaka. Stereotype ステロタイプ is 1973 oneshot…
REVIEW: Havira Senki (Tales of the Butterfly)
An endangered race of small humanoid butterfly people find themselves in a big fight for survival and freedom, as they leave the protection and control of humans for…
REVIEW: Exorcist wo Otosenai (Make the Exorcist Fall in Love)
A traumatized young boy lies at the centre of a secret war between humans and demons in Arima Aruma and Fukuyama Masuku’s haunting story of Exorcist wo Otosenai…
Kyonshi X (Jiangshi X)
I don’t really have a clever blurb to introduce this one, so hey kids! Who wants to hear about Chinese jumping vampires? That’s right, this week we’ll be…
WHAT WE’RE READING: October 2024
Welcome back to our monthly reading list, highlighting the individual tankoubon volumes we picked up throughout October! This month we have some of the Jump Comics released on…
Wolf Guy
Stemming from a long-running mystery novel series, our next review is a 1995 manga adaptation of Hirai Kazumasa’s Wolf Guy ウルフガイ, as illustrated by Kadota Hiroshi. Filled with…
Jigoku Koushien
The journey to the high school baseball championship takes a curve ball into the absurd, in this drama of a struggling team and their dastardly monstrous foes, chock…
Tera Umare Neko no Tama-san
A supernaturally powered cat dispels the spirits that assail a young woman in tonight’s show and tell, a steamy and provocative work that primarily serves to arouse. Tera…
Hino Hideshi Best Works
While reading and preparing our recent coverage of Kaiki Manga Michi 怪奇まんが道, a series of interviews with four famous horror mangaka as conducted and presented by writer Miyazaki…
Kaiki Manga Michi
Four fearful mangaka are the subject of tonight’s informative show and tell; haunted by their own creations, their work schedules and personal struggles may be as scary as…
WHAT WE’RE READING: September 2024
Welcome back to our monthly reading list, where we share the volumes of manga we’ve picked up over the course of the past month. September came with lots…
Madou Kikou – Kowareta Yuusha no Fukushuutan
When a generic hero from another world is betrayed by his party members and left limbless, he is granted a new opportunity for vengeance by some magical prosthetic…
Wrestling with Momoko
A new sports club is formed in tonight’s show and tell, featuring three drooling comedians whose questionable love of the sport comes second to their devotion for their…
Shape Up Ran
Training amounts to fun and games in this memorably dirty episodic series, with stories ranging from extended punchlines to heartfelt dramas, and even a step into the surreal.…
NEW updates to OLD reviews
We’ve featured reviews from a pretty big variety of manga here on Manga Musings over the past two and a half years, from old and completed series spanning…
Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star)
Nonstop brutal action awaits in this landmark manga starring an iconic and stoically fierce hero who hides a surprisingly emotional side. My next series is Hokuto no Ken…
WHAT WE’RE READING: August 2024
Welcome back to our monthly reading list, highlighting all of the manga volumes that we’ve acquired throughout the month of August! Included in this month’s lineup are some…
Saranin Man
He’s a ninja, a salaryman, a devoted husband, and even a professional baseball player, all rolled up into one heroic protagonist just looking for a simple life in…
Youchien Wars (Kindergarten Wars)
A tale of convict employees, romance, and action awaits those who pass the gates of the world’s most secure school building for tots. Our next series is Youchien…
Hotaru Road Map
A road trip of self discovery awaits the changed protagonist of tonight’s show and tell, a chronicle of one woman’s newfound mobility as she leaves behind familiar friends…
Shin Agatte Nanbo!! Taichi yo Nakuna
Joining the ranks of pro golfers, some of them even real athletes, young Taichi undergoes harsh training from a variety of mentors to ultimately compete in the US…
Brothers
A trio of tight knit siblings, two of them cyborgs, lend their strength for hire in tonight’s show and tell, as they revisit their tragic World War II…
WHAT WE’RE READING: July 2024
July has been an action-packed month for manga, with some of the most popular series from Weekly Shonen Jump releasing new volumes this month! Following our weekly coverage…
Byoutou Fuufu
Join a couple’s shared journey through sickness as they lay to rest unresolved family drama back at home during their final days together, in this humble yet emotionally…
Ii Yu Da Ne!
An unexpected new relative steps up to revive a family business, a bathhouse located centrally in downtown Tokyo, as a wide and international cast of family and friends…
SPECIAL TOPIC: 6 Ongoing Baseball Manga from Shueisha
From long running serials, resurrected serials, anime and drama adaptations, plus an up-and-coming hit just waiting to hit a home run, Shueisha has been building up a catalogue…
Kentoushi AtoZ
An obnoxious streamer steps in for her identical sister to compete in a massive virtual gladiator arena in this visually dynamic monthly yuri battle series. My next series…
Ooedo Black Angels
Familiar assassins return in this Edo period reboot of a dark Jump classic that offers enough action, excitement and historical detail to proudly stand on its own. My…
WHAT WE’RE READING: June 2024
Welcome back to our monthly reading list, where we share what manga we’ve collected from throughout the month. Most volumes on the list are brand new, having been…
Danball Bachelor
A bunch of weary warehouse employees get a wakeup call when a beautiful and charismatic new worker joins the force and provides motivation, inspiration and purpose to a…
SPECIAL TOPIC: Golf in Weekly Shonen Jump
Shonen Jump isn’t particularly known for golf manga. Rival publication Shonen Magazine published Chiba Tetsuya’s long-running Ashita Tenki ni Naare, while Shonen Sunday has produced a number of…
Poipoi-sama
One person’s trash is another person’s treasure in tonight’s show and tell, as a trash picking priest eccentrically hoards goods in order to fulfill the potentially untapped purpose…
SPECIAL TOPIC- Do you Remember Chiba Akio? by Chiba Ichirou
The works of Chiba Akio ちばあきお remain alive and vibrant, even decades after his passing. Best known for his 1970s Shonen Jump baseball hits Captain キャプテン and Play…
Tegami Bachi
Delivering the mail through rugged lands while fighting monsters along the way is just routine work for the hero of tonight’s show and tell, a mail carrier with…
Mirai Banashi
Have you ever wondered what life in the far future would hold, after the destruction and subsequent exodus of our planet Earth? Longtime mangaka Motomiya Hiroshi 本宮 ひろ志…
Haguremono
A moment of sudden revenge for a hit job on a local mob boss lands our loyal hero in prison for 9 years- while the real traitor ascends…
WHAT WE’RE READING: May 2024
May has certainly been a packed month for manga collecting! From new volumes of our Weekly Shonen Jump favorites like Undead Unluck and Kagurabachi, as well as those…
Otokozaka
After suffering the unfamiliar taste of defeat, a heroic protagonist ascends a long and rocky road to defeat and recruit regional leaders, in order to take down a…
Ochikobore
Organized crime is a popular topic in fiction, and Japan’s yakuza have been the focus of numerous films, manga, video games and other media throughout the decades. Taking…
Onimaru Taishou
Born of Roman and Japanese heritage, a wild boy branded in fear as a literal demon finds unexpected and like-minded company as he traverses the country and engages…
Bartender (2024 mini series)
Those in need of a good drink can now make a long-awaited return to Eden Hall in a brand new iteration of Bartender バーテンダー, a 5 chapter mini…
Show-ha Shoten!
A dynamic partnership is formed, as a young two-man comedy act ascends the ranks of the manzai industry, crafting and honing their unique skills, while dealing with some…
Cycle Biyori (Psych House)
A review of the new Shonen Jump series Cycle Biyori さいくるびより (Psych House) from mangaka Kobayashi Omusuke 小林おむすけ.
Ginga Shounen Densetsu- Dog Days
A tenured mangaka takes a break from his long-running canine action franchise to bring us memories of his childhood, from his harsh father, numerous siblings, rural home and…
Doya-gao Yuueki Jouhou Teikyou Oji-san
Doya-gao Yuueki Jouhou Teikyou Oji-san ドヤ顔有益情報提供おじさん (An Uncle with a Smug Face who provides Useful Information) is the uniquely specific title of a gag series that began in…
Ginga- Nagareboshi Gin
Tonight’s show and tell is a brutally violent and survivalist shonen title of the 1980s that launched a long-running franchise; starring a cast of canine soldiers, this action-packed…
WHAT WE’RE READING: April 2024
Welcome back to our new monthly segment, highlighting our acquired manga from over the course of the past month! These volumes range from series we faithfully follow and…
Dessert Eagle
The Dessert Eagle is a semiautomatic pistol wielded by a crooked gangster turned city operator in tonight’s show and tell- but it is also the name of the…
Kyokuto Necromance
Like a soul welcomed back from the dead, mangaka Naba Fusai 那波歩才 made a highly anticipated return to the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump in issue 21 with…