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[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[Nuesmoker]

Nue's trending!

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

With that said, it would've been fine if UD was just a fighting manga with a medical flair. I don't expect Sakamoto Days to explain retail pricing, shipping, land ownership, etc. If this was just, former doctor has to return to assassin life for XYZ reason, I think the complaints would be less annoying

There are no surgeries, no depictions of organs, no depiction of illness or how the illness afects the body, organs, tissues, cells or anything and he treats them with power of pressure points. We got the protagonist fighting more than anything else. If that is a medical manga, then Black Jack is beyound dead.

Wow you guys are telling me that the manga that described itself as a action medical battle shounen from the very first preview has more fights than ordinary or realistic medical stuff? Ohh the betrayal!

 

[Dippy Fresh]

Wow you guys are telling me that the manga that described itself as a action medical battle shounen from the very first preview has more fights than ordinary or realistic medical stuff? Ohh the betrayal!

Idk man, if something is gonna have a MEDICAL component, it would be good to have it be more than sparkly eyes every other chapter

I personally find it to be like if Food Wars only had food like 1-2 panels at a time because it's "not the main component"

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Especially cause it's not like it's anywhere close to a fun on an action level compared to Alien Headbutt so it's also just poor in that regard too

 

[Phantom RPG]

Nue's trending!

I mean, i think its warranted given what happened.

I'm actually kinda shocked that the newest Ichi the Witch chapter was talked about the least, from what I understood. Thought it was a great end to the arc to be frank.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Idk man, if something is gonna have a MEDICAL component, it would be good to have it be more than sparkly eyes every other chapter

I personally find it to be like if Food Wars only had food like 1-2 panels at a time because it's "not the main component"

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Especially cause it's not like it's anywhere close to a fun on an action level compared to Alien Headbutt so it's also just poor in that regard too

Look, i understand where the complaints comes from because i agree that the most boring chapters of the series were the figting ones in the former arc about the chinese mafia guy, but let's analyse a bit, the manga has only 9 chapters so far, the first, was the perfect balance between medical stuff and action, the 2nd was another pretty good chapter but more action heavy, 3rd one was mostly about medical stuff and diseases, only the 3 final pages had a fight start, so chapter 4 & 5 were full fighting, chapter 6 was full flashback talking, no fights, chapter 7 was another full talk chapter about the new character wanting to be a doctor and Haiji pupil, no fighting, and chapter 8 & 9 were full on medical, drama and surgery stuff, no fight.

So in the end we only had 3 ou of 9 chapters full of fights, i'm not counting ch1 because as said it was the perfect blend, the the other 5 chapters have been all about medical stuff even if not diving deep in the technical stuff, but in my opinion for a series that is described as a battle shounen instead of a medical drama, this seems pretty much well balanced so far

The next chapter preview text teases what it seems to be a return to the assassin plot, but we will see...

 

[Pietro]

best chapter of the week:

1) ichi the witch
2) kiyoshi
3) shinobigoto
4) under doctor
5) someone hertz

 

[Dippy Fresh]

Look, i understand where the complaints comes from because i agree that the most boring chapters of the series were the figting ones in the former arc about the chinese mafia guy, but let's analyse a bit, the manga has only 9 chapters so far, the first, was the perfect balance between medical stuff and action, the 2nd was another pretty good chapter but more action heavy, 3rd one was mostly about medical stuff and diseases, only the 3 final pages had a fight start, so chapter 4 & 5 were full fighting, chapter 6 was full flashback talking, no fights, chapter 7 was another full talk chapter about the new character wanting to be a doctor and Haiji pupil, no fighting, and chapter 8 & 9 were full on medical, drama and surgery stuff, no fight.

So in the end we only had 3 ou of 9 chapters full of fights, i'm not counting ch1 because as said it was the perfect blend, the the other 5 chapters have been all about medical stuff even if not diving deep in the technical stuff, but in my opinion for a series that is described as a battle shounen instead of a medical drama, this seems pretty much well balanced so far

The next chapter preview text teases what it seems to be a return to the assassin plot, but we will see...

My complaint is still it feels VERY superficial levels of medical. I mean, MHA I feel like did a better job going into Izuku's arms being broken and ligament damage. Again, if the series has never presented itself as having this deep level of medical knowledge needed, I would say it's still a little boring but not necessarily disappointing. But I mean, what so far has really needed a medical specialist for?

Most of the "medical" scenes are backdrops to emotional, character moments. Which again, is fine if it was presented as such. I get what you're saying in its 9 chapters but I mean, if I'm someone who was voting, I'd walk away feeling like I was pretty shorthanded from a first volume standpoint. If it gets better, cool. But if it was supposed to make me want to vote for it in the first set of chapters? It didn't.

I personally felt like the author didn't explore neither the medical nor the action parts well enough for either to be the lead cause they both felt very flat/bland. I'm never rooting for an author to fail (except maybe a couple with some questionable history) but I mean, I think it's fair to say at least some people were disappointed after the first chapter and for the most part, haven't felt the promise this series had in doing an adequate job of telling both in one cohesive story

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

Wow you guys are telling me that the manga that described itself as a action medical battle shounen from the very first preview has more fights than ordinary or realistic medical stuff? Ohh the betrayal!

how could sakamoto days not have a SINGLE chapter focusing on him running his convenience store... such a shame

 

[Kiaida]

how could sakamoto days not have a SINGLE chapter focusing on him running his convenience store... such a shame

That was never promoted as the concept of Sakamoto Days though. Previews called it a comedic action series.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Welcome back Mission: Yozakura Family!

 

[Nuesmoker]

Nue's Exorcist Volume 14!

Spoiler: Nue's Exorcist #14

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Nue's Exorcist Volume 14!

Spoiler: Nue's Exorcist #14

Oh wow, obviously was going to be Natsuki but i didn't expect Kawae to go "explicit" with the cover like this

 

[shillin65]

Issue 17 votes
1. Ichi
2. Kinato
3. Hertz
4. Blue Box
5. Under Doctor

Thoughts
That makes two shonen series I've read that dedicate an entire chapter to a birth

I'm lowk disappointed the creature inside the Gonron Egg just looks like a regular dude; maybe the Egg was the marketable mascot all along

Hertz might not be particularly funny, but it is fun to read and that's all that matters to me

After this week I can confidently say I'm not a big fan of Alien Headbutt

Anyways, I'm about as ready for the new batch as anyone else here and hopefully it starts sooner than later so we can finally be rid of The Egg

In other, likely unrelated news, 3 volumes of Chojo are currently available for free on Jump Plus; with AnimeJapan coming up, there's about an 85% chance we get our first trailer for the anime this week

 

[Serinox]

Akane-banashi Volume 21 Cover

Spoiler: Akane-banashi #21

 

[CastletonSnob]

I'm on Chapter 637 of One Piece.

My goal today is to get to Punk Hazard.

 

[cameronney618]

Idk man, if something is gonna have a MEDICAL component, it would be good to have it be more than sparkly eyes every other chapter

I personally find it to be like if Food Wars only had food like 1-2 panels at a time because it's "not the main component"

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Especially cause it's not like it's anywhere close to a fun on an action level compared to Alien Headbutt so it's also just poor in that regard too

Has haiji ever even been shown to use his scalpel to cut open skin / tissues?

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That was never promoted as the concept of Sakamoto Days though. Previews called it a comedic action series.

The irony is that sakamoto has indeed shown more moments where he's managing his convenience store than haiji does doctoring despite the manga not being called Sakamoto Store.

 

[RealityChecker]

If the cover of issue 19 goes to One Piece, then AnimeJapan will not announce any new WSJ anime? So, no Kagurabachi anime announced?

 

[Dippy Fresh]

Kagura or Nue anime was always slim chance. As Shinuki said a few pages ago, usually before an anime announcement you start getting leaks. Popular leakers make confirmations, website domains are registered, "important announcement" is teased. Neither have had any of it except for the Kagura anime Twitter which was confirmed fake

Both on their annis makes sense and MAYBE Kagura in the summer since we've gotten a summer anime announcement pretty regularly as of late:
2025 - Akane, Issue #38
2024 - Sakamoto Days, Issue #27 | Witch Watch, Issue #38
2023 - N/A; Kinda an abnormal year in general
2022 - Me & Roboco, Issue #26 | Mashle, Issue #31 | Undead Unluck, Issue #39

 

[shillin65]

Akane anime will be split cour

 

[RealityChecker]

Kagura or Nue anime was always slim chance. As Shinuki said a few pages ago, usually before an anime announcement you start getting leaks. Popular leakers make confirmations, website domains are registered, "important announcement" is teased. Neither have had any of it except for the Kagura anime Twitter which was confirmed fake

Both on their annis makes sense and MAYBE Kagura in the summer since we've gotten a summer anime announcement pretty regularly as of late:
2025 - Akane, Issue #38
2024 - Sakamoto Days, Issue #27 | Witch Watch, Issue #38
2023 - N/A; Kinda an abnormal year in general
2022 - Me & Roboco, Issue #26 | Mashle, Issue #31 | Undead Unluck, Issue #39

From what I see, the only anime which did not get any leak was Ruri Dragon. Why didn't it get any? Could it not happen to any other announcement?