How would every rank all the new series, now that we're halfway through the year? Based purely on their first 3 jump start chapters (2 for Alice I guess)
1) Act-age
2) Jujutsu Kaisen (intro felt very early Bleach, quite nostalgic)
3) Invade You (I thought it was a cute and silly romcom intro, could probably do well in another magazine)
4) Alice & Taiyou (feels more Magazine maybe than Jump but I like that the drama isn't too draggy and doesn't bring down the fun stuff)
5) Momiji (it was decent enough, the girl is cute, but shogi is a bit lost on me)
6) Noah's Notes (I like the premise but felt like it was trying a bit too hard to be quirky, and the leads just came off as rather annoying as a result)
7) Tanaka Seiji (I feel like this series hits everything it's going for pretty well but I don't know, it just kinda bores me for some reason)
8) Boze Beats (first ch did have some good impact to it but it was way too info-dump heavy, there was so much dialogue that just filled space)
9) Ziga (first chapter spent too long on scenes of nothing then some quick action that was just a bunch of shock value and ch 2 and 3 didn't add anything)
I feel like the new series have been better on average so far than last years rather than any being stand-out or amazing, which is probably why there's such weirdness with the rankings. Most of them are just decent enough to maybe become a mid-ranker for a bit but none have that 'big hit' quality.
