Issue 49 rankings:
Tier 1 (Great):
1: One Piece #1197 – Holy peak. Sanji finally has Conqueror’s Haki! You can really tell Oda like drawing Sanji when he’s like this btw, he looks so cool lmao. Sanji continues to acknowledge his self sacrificial nature and dubs himself Luffy’s shield whilst...
Issue 48 rankings:
Tier 1 (Great):
1: Akanebanashi #227 – Hey, Ikken got his position as an exec! Still needs to become the “face” of Rakugo though. Akane’s rep is growing! She’s becoming a star and a respected individual within the Rakugo world! I’m so proud of her! Shiguma has been...
Issue 47 rankings:
Tier 1 (Great):
1: One Piece #1196 – I can’t believe how close we are to 1200 chapters lmao, I remember thinking One Piece might be done by this point some 10~ years ago. Anyway! I loved this chapter. First of all, Sanji’s nightmare being Iva is super interesting. He...
Issue 46 votes:
Tier 1 (Great):
1: One Piece #1195 - Once again, Sommers is hilarious. Anyway, I really really like the Brook and Shuri stuff. Brook tries to reason with her and get her to stop being Gunko and return to being Princess Shuri, but she’s done so much evil over the course of her...
Issue 45 rankings:
Tier 1 (Great):
1: Akanebanashi #224 – Amazing. This is cinema. Or, I guess, theatre? It’s literally like WE the reader are the audience. The way Issho’s hands appear OUTSIDE the panels to show that it’s a story he’s telling? My word. Not only that, but I believe (and I...
Akane NUMBER ONNNEEEE LET'S GOOO.
Also yeah seems Under Doctor is uhhh...safe? Fairs man, fairs. I mean it was always relatively safe, but hey WSJ are finally pushing it so it must be a bit more safe lol.
Issue 44 votes:
Tier 1 (Great):
1: Akanebanashi #223 – Nah man, the art and panelling and visual storytelling of this series is legit some of the best I’ve ever seen in WSJ. Maybe just manga in general. Like, it’s SO good, it’s absolutely mogging the rest of the mag right now lmao. Bro hasn’t...
Bleach had two popularity polls where Ichigo didn't win, the first one was won by Hitsugaya with Ichigo coming third behind him and Rukia:
This entire poll was also reportedly the reason Hitsugaya got a whole movie revolving around him as well lol, Bleach Movie 2: The DiamondDust Rebellion...
Issue 42-43 rankings:
Tier 1 (Great):
1: Witch Watch #262 – Bro said fuck your bell, that’s mine now lmao. Although weirdly Nico’s mother doesn’t remember it. BRO WHAT???? That’s been set up since the literal FIRST PAGE OF THE SERIES?!?!?! WHAT??? That’s insane lmaoooo. Funny enough, the...
Regarding 2026 as well, I think they will have a bigger than normal survival rate (potentially) because quite a few bigger/long running series ended in 2026. Blue Box, Hima-Ten, The Elusive Samurai and we can presume Witch Watch and Sakamoto Days are also ending this year. 5 series is a lot...
Issue 41 Rankings:
Tier 1 (Great):
1: One Piece #1192 – I quite like the fight tbh, it’s been a while since we had a long prolonged fight (think the last one was vs Kaido?) and it’s fitting that the King of the World doesn’t go down easily, or not at all in this case. Usopp my GOAATTT!! Tell...