Much apologies for mentioning the Greaseman, but I just couldn't resist. This week we discuss Weekly Shounen Jump Issue 11, published on February 13th, 2023.This week's Manga Show and Tell is Draft King by Kuromatsu Tetsurou.We've got a family-centric Jump segment this week as we cover:High School Family #121Mission: Yozakura Family #165 with the color pageIchinose Family #12And Ichigoki's Under Control!! #10Text-only versions of the weekly manga show-and-tell can be found on Andrew's Obscure Manga Blog.Subscribe to the Manga Musing Patreon to hear our coverage of Boruto.Our theme music is Rainy Day by Souichi Sakagami. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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