In our Jump segment, we cover combined Issue 4-5 of 2023, which was published on 26 December 2022.This week's show-and-tell is Sandland by the legendary Toriyama Akira.In this week's jump segment, we discuss:Mission: Yozakura Family #160, which got a featured color page.High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku #116Tokyo Demon Bride Story #17Blue Box #83Text-only versions of the weekly manga show-and-tell can be found on Andrew's Obscure Manga Blog.Subscribe to the Manga Musing Patreon for this week's 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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