World Trigger finally moves into the second part of the Away Mission Test, Ichi and Gokuraku share a platonic bond, and it's really weird that most of the pages in Akane Banashi were blank this week! 5:06 - Ichi the Witch 40 18:42 - Blue Box 202 33:36 - Chainsaw Man 208 40:58 - Dandadan 201 50:15 - Spy x Family 119 1:07:50 / 67:50 - World Trigger 255-256 1:18:17 / 78:17 - Ekiden Bros 2 1:25:58 / 85:58 - Hima-Ten! 49 1:36:45 / 96:45 - Kaedegami 3 1:43:40 / 103:40 - Otr of the Flame 9 1:49:15 / 109:15 - Ping-Pong Peril 1 1:53:52 / 113:52 - Marriagetoxin ex 1:55:46 / 115:46 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 51 2:00:00 / 120:00 - Nue’s Exorcist 105 2:08:42 / 128:42 - Akane-banashi 165 2:16:37 / 136:37 - Favorite Series and MVP
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