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Your Favorite Chapters of Issue #42-43 of 2026 (5 Choices At Most)

  • One Piece 1193

  • Me & Roboco 297

  • Sakamoto Days 275

  • Witch Watch 262

  • Akane-banashi 222

  • Nue's Exorcist 161

  • Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 108

  • Ichi the Witch 98

  • Shinobi Undercover 97

  • Someone Hertz 49

  • Under Doctor 32

  • Roku's House of Oddities 22

  • Class 2B Hero Destroyerz 20

  • Animal Signal 14

  • Hal Formula 13

  • Cannon Master 12

  • The Ura Files 3

  • Graykeith: Translator Daemonica 2


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Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #42-43 (2026)
00. Sakamoto Days (Lead Color Pages)
01. Ichi the Witch
02. One Piece
03. Someone Hertz
04. Me & Roboco
00. GrayKeith: Translator Daemonica (Color Page)
05. Akane-banashi
06. Shinobi Undercover
00. Roku's House of Oddities (Color Page)
00. The Ura Files (Not Ranked)
07. Witch Watch
08. Animal Signal
09. Nue's Exorcist
00. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (Color Page)
10. Under Doctor
00. The secret of Captain Gozo Tsunoda (One Shot)
11. Hal Formula
12. Class 2B Hero Destroyerz
13. Cannon Master
00. Kagurabachi (Absent)

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #44 (2026) - Information!
Someone Hertz (Cover & Lead Color Pages, 1st Anniversary)
Akane-banashi (Color Page)
Nue's Exorcist (Color Page, Characters Popularity Poll Results)
Cursed Case (One Shot by Oku Takuo, Color Page, Golden Future Cup 2026 #1)
 
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This is what I had for 2014-2023, obviously a tad out of date now (and the text color got wiped for some reason…). Might be good to make an updated version of this with the newer series.

SeriesChapter of Anime AnnouncementChapter of Anime StartGap between Announce & Start
My Hero Academia658419
Black Clover112*12715 (technically announced months beforehand)
Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san87?11831
Kimetsu no Yaiba11215240
The Promised Neverland8811931
We Never Learn7610630
Dr. Stone8311128
Jujutsu Kaisen8512439
Mission: Yozakura Family16022060
Undead Unluck12417753
Mashle11415036
Me & Roboco9011727
Sakamoto Days16819628
The Elusive Samurai10216260
Witch Watch16719629
Blue Box12616640
Akane-banashi170??????
 

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This is what I had for 2014-2023, obviously a tad out of date now (and the text color got wiped for some reason…). Might be good to make an updated version of this with the newer series.

SeriesChapter of Anime AnnouncementChapter of Anime StartGap between Announce & Start
My Hero Academia658419
Black Clover112*12715 (technically announced months beforehand)
Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san87?11831
Kimetsu no Yaiba11215240
The Promised Neverland8811931
We Never Learn7610630
Dr. Stone8311128
Jujutsu Kaisen8512439
Mission: Yozakura Family16022060
Undead Unluck12417753
Mashle11415036
Me & Roboco9011727
Sakamoto Days16819628
The Elusive Samurai10216260
Witch Watch16719629
Blue Box12616640
Akane-banashi170??????
Thanks!! Yep, an update would be interesting! But that's already nice.
 

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Alright, in response to the whole AI situation in Manga Million. A friend of mine did the research of which series and which companies are translated by both Human and AI. I know that this is more of a Weekly Shonen Jump channel and there are some non Jump titles, so keep that in mind.

**MediBang** (human):

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Bartender
Black Clover SD: Asta on the Road to the Wizard King
BORUTO: SAIKYO DASH GENERATIONS
CAPTAIN TSUBASA BOYS DREAM
CAPTAIN TSUBASA KIDS DREAM
Cops and Crooks
Daimonji and Problem Children
Embalming: THE ANOTHER TALE OF FRANKENSTEIN
Extra Spicy! Curry Prince
For the First Time
GALS!
Gintaro-san, Much Obliged
Good Morning Call
Gourmet Academy Toriko
Gyaru Japon
He's Mine!
Hime-chan's Ribbon
Hiyokoi: Chick Love
HOT ROAD
HUNGRY JOKER
Korosensei Quest!
Let's Hang Out in Territory M!
LIAR GAME
My sister's Midori-kun
N★Y Bird
ONE PIECE ACADEMY
Otome Tsubaki Never Laughs
Puppet Master Sakon
Real Taste! Usakichi-kun
Red Cat Ramen
Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth Full Power Ninja Chronicles
Rockin‘★Heaven
Sexy Commando Side Story: Amazing!! Masaru-san
Shiki
Strange Tales from the Handy Shop Karukaya
Sumika Sumire
Super Dog Rilienthal
Sweet Memory Konpeito
Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High
The Cutest Boy is Waiting for Me at Home
The Happiest In The World!
The Scandal of You and Me
This Communication
Tis Time for "Torture," Princess
Twice a Day
Wanderlust
We Don't Know Love Yet
What the Ancient?! Here Comes Pharaoh-kun!
Whisper of the Heart
Witching Hour Zoo
Yell for the Blue Sky
Yotsuya Senpai no Kaidan
You and I on the G string
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There’s still more.
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**Flitto Japan** (highly suspect to be AI):

A Girl from the Yamada Family
A Medusa in a Spa Town
A Taste of Happiness
Alice on her Tiptoes
Alma
Ao: Short Stories by Sho Aimoto
Aranjuez of Love
At the Heart of the Universe's Edge
Because of You, Love Will Die
Bell the Wolf
Better to Cry for Love
Black Marriage
Buddy Go!
Bye Bye Liberty
Chopin is Always in My Pocket
Chopperman
Crescent Moon and a Cat
Crescent Moon and Shooting Star
Dear CALL
Department of Corporate Slave Rabbits
Detective Doggy
Do something bad with me.
Eureka Moment with You
Evil Beauty and the Devil Prince
Far East Chimeratica
Fleeting Gradient
Food Wars!: L'etoile
Full Drum
Furuya sensei belongs to An-chan!
GIGANTIS
HAKOIRI GIRL
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube S
Hinata's Blue
Honey Bitter
How to Brew Delicious Coffee
I Hate Komiyama
I My Me Mine
I'm Walkin'
In One's Last Moment
Innocently, Softly
Kabamaru Igano
Kagamigami
Karekore Kirakira Machi
Katagimodoshi
KOKORO NO PROGRAM
Kuroko’s Basketball Replace PLUS
La Vie en rose
let's hold hands
Liar Lily
Love Story! – Fall in Love, Hanabi –
Loving a younger guy
Mairu, The Bitch
Mandate of Justice
Moon Cinders
Moriarty the Patriot: The Remains
Much Ado About Nothing
My Capricorn friend
My Face Doesn’t Belong in This World
My First Boyfriend
My First Love Like a Bright Sun
My Mom is Easily Flustered
Nana's Rainbow Revolution
Ojosama Wa Oyomesama. ‐The Young Lady Gets Married‐
One Winged Michelangelo
Pochi Kuro
Pure and Natural Cock-A-Doodle-Doo
Ran and Aoi
Rock Up Prince
SEISHUN NOTE
She's too cute to take away
SIX HALF
Sky Blue Lemon and a Lost Cat
Smiling at Yoarashi
Solo Dining Robot
Stand by me - A Love Letter
Stardust★Wink
Stars and Dust -Don't worry, Be happy!-
STILL IMMATURE
Suginami Subjugation Officer: The People on Dungeon Duty
Sunshine in the Miniature Garden
Taisho Girl Fairy Tale
Takuma of the Forest
Tama's Reward
Tell Me at Night
THE DEVIL DOES EXIST
The Fox God Wants to Play
The Melancholy of Yukio Okumura, a Businessman Exorcist
The Nightjar Soars Through the Sky
THE ROUND POTAGER
The Sun (May Be) Watching
The Ultimate Engagement
This is not Love, Thank You
Timebomb Teacher
Toki of Choices
Vampire and the Rose
We cannot pay you for this! ~Ms. Moriwaka of Accounting Depart~
We Found Wonderland
When Spring Met Storm
Yagami is Still Mean Today
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
You Are the Blue Lightning in Me
Yura's Secret 10%
Zashisu
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**Blue Horizon** (Confirmed AI - MTPE ):

100 Days Until You Die
81diver
A Heroeless World
A Second Chance at Love with Hayami
A Star Twinkles Above a Flower in Sodom
Akazukin Chacha
All Grown Up With You,Still Just Friends
Animal Yokocho
Arisugawa in Wonderland
Batuque
Black Iron Einheri
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
Bonds on Stage
BORDER66
Brynhildr in the Darkness
BUNGO
Chibi Maruko-chan
Clean Freak! Aoyama
Craving You
Cuteness Overload Crisis
Debby the Corsifa Never Backs Down
DRAFT KING
Editor in Another World - Tasked to Save the World with Manga
Eren the Southpaw
Erio & the Electric Doll
Even If Death Do Us Part
Evil Heroes
EX-ARM
FIRE BALL!
Flower and Asura
Garcon
Gaslight Stray Dog Detectives
He is My Boss
How to Discipline Shiro Shirogane
Hyper Inflation
Ilios
Into the Wallflower Maid Café
Invisible
Jumping
Junket Bank
KISSxDEATH
Lady & Oldman
Let’s Go Home
Love Agency
Love Letters Written in June
Love…with Him?
Mei’s Butler
Messiah: The Former Hero Who Saved Another World Dominates the Real World Overflowing With Monsters
Monster’s Bouquet
Not Just Something Like Love
ONE PIECE: Kobiyama, Coby’s Look-Alike — The Great Treasure of Identical Doubles
Papa told me
Parfait Chic
Primax
PSYCHO-PASS : Inspector Akane Tsunemori
Radiation House
Re/Member
Record of Havila War: Tales of the Butterfly
Reflections of Youth
Rikudo
ROBOT×LASERBEAM
Saguri’s Explorations
Screaming Lessons
Secret Innocent World : Roommates with My Handsome Boss
Shibuya-kun’s Pickup
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
Siren of Blue Youth
SKET DANCE
Spring, Love and You
Strawberry Cake
Suisai -Playing Rainbow Hues-
Sunny After Bloom - Boys Over Flowers: Next Season
Switch Girl!
The 9th Desert
THE COMIQ
The Dragon, the Hero, and the Courier
The Evil Woman Next Door
The First Murder
The First Train at Dawn
The Fledgling’s Waltz
The Karakida Family’s Bookshop Life
The King of the Board
The King’s Tailor: Sarto Finito
The Level Up Disaster of 20XX: New Power From the Hands of God
The Naked Swan
The parodied Jokeland
The Sisters and the North Star
The Witch’s Cursed Paintings
The World Best Boyfriend
Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro
Two Spoonfuls of Love
Usogui
War of the Youths
Welcome to Apartment Aoharu
Welcome to Ethics Class
Wolf Rise
You Are My Brightest Star
Your Love Interest
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**EC INNOVATIONS** (AI company but they also give first names to their translators):

Ameri's Cave
Can I Live With You?
Daily Life at Tadano Technical High School
Faster Than a Blink!!
Grape & Violet
He loves me too much!
High School Exciting
I Gave a Host 15 Million Yen. Was I a Fool?
Kochikame 1976–1981
Kochikame 2010–2021
Marriage, Like the Moon, Waxes and Wanes
Minami the Super Evolution
My Beloved Sora
That's What It's Like Being Fourteen
Too Early for a God to Fall in Love
TOUGH
What an AVERAGE way Koiko goes!
--- Double Post Merged, ---

**Creative Connections & Commons Inc** (I think this is human? They give first and last initials for translation and lettering):

Baby★LOVE
Black Clover: Quartet Knights
CRASH!
CRAZY FOR YOU
Gag Manga Biyori
Good Luck Girl!
Haikyu-bu!!
Kodocha: Sana's Stage
Let’s! Haikyu?!
Mr.Clice
Nagatacho Strawberry
Silhouette of star eyes
Sing “Yesterday” For Me
Sparkly Lion Boy
Super! Luckyman
Yumeiro Patissiere

And that is all of the series and translation companies.
 

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Weekly Shoseki Top 500 (8/10/26 - 8/16/26)
5. Black Clover #38
4. Sakamoto Days #28
35. Akane-banashi #23
38. Someone Hertz #4
40. The Elusive Samurai #26
50. Witch Watch #27 (28,360)
124. Black Clover Official Guidebook (3,642 / 16,372)
208. Me & Roboco #27 (2,290 / 9,840)
209. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #9 (2,282 / 10,268)
266. Under Doctor #2 (1,855 / 10,267)*


Obs: The total for Under Doctor is using the last week Shoseki numbers since it didn't chart on Oricon, since the Shoseki numbers contradict Oricon cut, "7,752", as a alternative the total would be between 8k ~ 10k.

Thanks @iker_03 for pointing out the mistake on Kiyoshi :kkthumbs
 

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Issue #37-38:
1. One Piece #1190
2. Ichi the Witch #94
3. Kagurabachi #128
4. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #104
5. Hal Formula #9
6. Cannon Master #8
7. Roku's House of Oddities #18
8. Animal Signal #10
9. Someone Hertz #45
10. Kinato's Magic #27
11. Class 2-B Hero Destroyerz #16
12. Drawn to the Fire #17
13. Shinobi Undercover #93
14. Under Doctor #28
 

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Weekly Shoseki Top 500 (8/10/26 - 8/16/26)
5. Black Clover #38
4. Sakamoto Days #28
35. Akane-banashi #23
38. Someone Hertz #4
40. The Elusive Samurai #26
50. Witch Watch #27 (28,360)
124. Black Clover Official Guidebook (3,642 / 16,372)
208. Me & Roboco #27 (2,290 / 9,840)
209. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #9 (2,282 / 10,268)
266. Under Doctor #2 (1,855 / 10,267)*


Obs: The total for Under Doctor is using the last week Shoseki numbers since it didn't chart on Oricon, since the Shoseki numbers contradict Oricon cut, "7,752", as a alternative the total would be between 8k ~ 10k.

Thanks @iker_03 for pointing out the mistake on Kiyoshi :kkthumbs
Despite Oricon lowering Kiyoshi from 10k to nearly 8k it still reached 10k in the 2nd week, like said many times, Kiyoshi might not be the biggest fanbase out there but for sure it's a hell of loyal one, and sometimes that's what's matter :kkthumbs
 

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This is what I had for 2014-2023, obviously a tad out of date now (and the text color got wiped for some reason…). Might be good to make an updated version of this with the newer series.

SeriesChapter of Anime AnnouncementChapter of Anime StartGap between Announce & Start
My Hero Academia658419
Black Clover112*12715 (technically announced months beforehand)
Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san87?11831
Kimetsu no Yaiba11215240
The Promised Neverland8811931
We Never Learn7610630
Dr. Stone8311128
Jujutsu Kaisen8512439
Mission: Yozakura Family16022060
Undead Unluck12417753
Mashle11415036
Me & Roboco9011727
Sakamoto Days16819628
The Elusive Samurai10216260
Witch Watch16719629
Blue Box12616640
Akane-banashi170??????
more time passing more time they take to announce an anime... if a series is less than 100 chapters it will probably never have anime. like Hima-ten... finished without an anime. kiyoshi and nue still not an anime... kagurabachi okay that's a massive success. but even like that is still too much time they taken
 

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Weekly Shoseki Top 500 (8/10/26 - 8/16/26)
5. Black Clover #38
4. Sakamoto Days #28
35. Akane-banashi #23
38. Someone Hertz #4
40. The Elusive Samurai #26
50. Witch Watch #27 (28,360)
124. Black Clover Official Guidebook (3,642 / 16,372)
208. Me & Roboco #27 (2,290 / 9,840)
209. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #9 (2,282 / 10,268)
266. Under Doctor #2 (1,855 / 10,267)*


Obs: The total for Under Doctor is using the last week Shoseki numbers since it didn't chart on Oricon, since the Shoseki numbers contradict Oricon cut, "7,752", as a alternative the total would be between 8k ~ 10k.

Thanks @iker_03 for pointing out the mistake on Kiyoshi :kkthumbs
Really bad for Under Doctor. A drop of 50% on sales.
 

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Really bad for Under Doctor. A drop of 50% on sales.
It's not really 50% if a good portion of the vol 1 sales was never from actual readers to begin with it, still, is definitely performing quite lower than expected.
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Todoroki with 6 fingers! Oh no, Horikoshi is using AI 😭

lmao! :XD


 

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It's not really 50% if a good portion of the vol 1 sales was never from actual readers to begin with it, still, is definitely performing quite lower than expected.
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Todoroki with 6 fingers! Oh no, Horikoshi is using AI 😭

lmao! :XD


Hey man, those quirk mutations act up at times, not his fault!
 

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Masanori Morita will make a important announcement tomorrow at 12:00!



Last time he made this was on January announcing the Rokudenashi Blues spinoff by Boichi on Grand Jump for this Summer, still hasn't started so i wonder if it will be about it...
 

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Okay, now I know that it has been almost 2 years since I have done this, but I finally finished Mission: Yozakura Family, and here are my thoughts. It was a blast. The final chapters I had to read really magnetized the whole aspect of family. It had its touching moments with a bit of comedy in the mix that really feels like a Gondaira staple. Recently I read Demon Prince Poro’s Diaries, and the comparisons between that to Yozakura shows just how much refinement Gondaira had when the exodus of 2020 came and for him to stretch and improve his skills. I would have to say, his shading and balance between light and dark is an improvement, his character designs are fun, and his coloring for the color pages have improved as he progressed as they are a feast for the eyes, and the best comparison of another mangaka that I can say is just as colorful in that regard is Oda. Anyway the ending with those last 5 chapters with the final 3 were so good to end things on that I feel satisfied and am glad Gondaira has improved this much since he began his manga journey. I’m excited to see what he will do next and for the next season of the anime to come out.
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And now I finished Chojo. It took a while with this one but even though I highly disagree with ending it this soon, the final chapter gave me a good laugh and felt a bit satisfying to end on, despite it being cut this short. It was also self aware so that’s a good thing, especially for a comedy gag series. Please let the anime be successful and for Numa to come back.
 

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Damn, is everybody dead or something? :s

Okay, now I know that it has been almost 2 years since I have done this, but I finally finished Mission: Yozakura Family, and here are my thoughts. It was a blast. The final chapters I had to read really magnetized the whole aspect of family. It had its touching moments with a bit of comedy in the mix that really feels like a Gondaira staple. Recently I read Demon Prince Poro’s Diaries, and the comparisons between that to Yozakura shows just how much refinement Gondaira had when the exodus of 2020 came and for him to stretch and improve his skills. I would have to say, his shading and balance between light and dark is an improvement, his character designs are fun, and his coloring for the color pages have improved as he progressed as they are a feast for the eyes, and the best comparison of another mangaka that I can say is just as colorful in that regard is Oda. Anyway the ending with those last 5 chapters with the final 3 were so good to end things on that I feel satisfied and am glad Gondaira has improved this much since he began his manga journey. I’m excited to see what he will do next and for the next season of the anime to come out.
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And now I finished Chojo. It took a while with this one but even though I highly disagree with ending it this soon, the final chapter gave me a good laugh and felt a bit satisfying to end on, despite it being cut this short. It was also self aware so that’s a good thing, especially for a comedy gag series. Please let the anime be successful and for Numa to come back.
Great to see you enjoyed Yozakura, it had technically the perfect ending and everything but part of me still wished the series was going on and keep expanding in the spy world which i think wasn't as touched as it could have.
 

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I'm very curious how Jump views Under Doctor. They placed it in the back, so I'm guessing they don't value it too much but that it's safe
 

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Great to see you enjoyed Yozakura, it had technically the perfect ending and everything but part of me still wished the series was going on and keep expanding in the spy world which i think wasn't as touched as it could have.
I’m the same as you. I think Gondaira’s greatest weakness can sometimes be the world building. Not that it’s bad but sets some esthetics, but really doesn’t go deep enough. All in all, it is more slice of life with the spy world as window dressing. It was somewhat the same case with Poro, but doesn’t differentiate the demons and angels to say why the angel world is better but yet they can be villainous as well, especially with our 2 regulars with how they treat Poro. And with the Human world as well, it almost went there with that exorcist arc, but it didn’t because of time restrictions. However with the idea of exorcists being introduced, it could have been cool to explore the grey on tribalism due to the separation of the worlds, like in Bleach. It also helps that Poro was coming out during the explosion of exorcism series. That same mindset happened when the spy/assassin genre was happening when Spy x Family came out before.
 

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I'm very curious how Jump views Under Doctor. They placed it in the back, so I'm guessing they don't value it too much but that it's safe
You mean the group cover? that's honestly standard placement for a less than 30 chapters series that has pretty inconsistent toc placements, Roku placement that it's very unnexpected, even stuff that got instantly popular in the toc and sales still took a while to leave the "bottom tier" in the group covers.
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I’m the same as you. I think Gondaira’s greatest weakness can sometimes be the world building. Not that it’s bad but sets some esthetics, but really doesn’t go deep enough. All in all, it is more slice of life with the spy world as window dressing. It was somewhat the same case with Poro, but doesn’t differentiate the demons and angels to say why the angel world is better but yet they can be villainous as well, especially with our 2 regulars with how they treat Poro. And with the Human world as well, it almost went there with that exorcist arc, but it didn’t because of time restrictions. However with the idea of exorcists being introduced, it could have been cool to explore the grey on tribalism due to the separation of the worlds, like in Bleach. It also helps that Poro was coming out during the explosion of exorcism series. That same mindset happened when the spy/assassin genre was happening when Spy x Family came out before.
I don't think it's a weakness because i think it was a decision made in purpose, it's not that he can't do but he decided at a point that he would make everything in the manga revolves around the family, it's a decision that in the end really paid off because it created a extremely consistent & solid story with its own theme but at the same time it unfortunately limited the world scope because everything had to be connected to this 1 family when Gondaira could have gone with the easier path of simply creating villains that want to end the world or erase spies and stuff.
 

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I don't think it's a weakness because i think it was a decision made in purpose, it's not that he can't do but he decided at a point that he would make everything in the manga revolves around the family, it's a decision that in the end really paid off because it created a extremely consistent & solid story with its own theme but at the same time it unfortunately limited the world scope because everything had to be connected to this 1 family when Gondaira could have gone with the easier path of simply creating villains that want to end the world or erase spies and stuff.
Yeah, I can see what you mean. I do agree that was the right choice, but it took so long to get past the episodic stuff because of how strong of an opening it was. Also at that time I was always heavy on, arc, arc, arc, story, story, story, story. I just couldn’t get past the episodic nature of the story and when the exodus was happening in 2020, it was no longer a time to play it safe as taking risks and standing out was important to me at the time.


Masanori Morita news is that the already announced Rokudenashi Blues spinoff moved to Winter 2026 and Boichi isn't drawing anymore but Yuuki Yoshitomo (The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm)


That explains why Marshal King is continuing serialization.
 

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The focus on the family and how everything was a personal conflict they were all directly connected with is part of what made Yozakura so good. It was a lot weaker in the first year when it was just doing random spy world stuff.

Roku so far feels like a successor of sorts to Yozakura, with the MC suddenly gaining a large new family all with their own crazy quirks and concerns and comedy antics. I think for sure the editors are looking at what worked in Yozakura and helping Nakamura apply it to Roku. The science club buddies are imported straight from Agravity Boys, but the 5 curses have a lot more of a Yozakura feel to them.
 

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The first year of episodic chapters of Yozakura just like Reborn is what made the transition to serious stuff so good and work so well, because you have all these main & side characters already estabilished, once you go serious you don't need to waste pages & chapters introducing them or developing their personalities, is all there already and you can just focus in the bigger plot 👍
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I wonder if Morita wasn't pleased with Boichi designs being too different from the original, the new artist looks actually better and more faithful to Morita art.
 
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