Mag Talk Shonen Jump Plus - News and Discussion

[Thehoennhippo]

I'm gonna be honest I don't follow much on Jump+ these days. Only CSM, Magilumiere and Lemon but I enjoy all of those. Should probably check out Marshall King though.

 

[WyldViolet]

I don’t have nearly that many under my belt, but I am reading a handful that I could rank. I don’t dislike any of them, but some are definitely more notable than others.

Great
1. Centuria
2. Dandadan
3. Spy x Family
4. Kaiju no. 8

Good
5. Bug Ego
6. Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. (I’m still 40 chapters behind)
7. Kindergarten WARS
8. The Marshall King (a tad early to judge)

Aight
9. Oversleeping Takahashi
10. Sirens Won’t Sing For You

It’s naturally easier for the older series to rank higher, but basically everything above “Aight” I have some notable emotional investment in.

Huh, you should really give Ghost Fixers, Wild Strawberry, Astro Baby, Night Light Hounds, Mad, and Night Light Hounds! a try. All seem like they'd be up your alley!

I've been curious about getting into Oversleeping Takahashi, and Kindergarten Wars but I've read people imply they may be ending soon? Cause if it appears that way, I'd probably just wait.

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I'm gonna be honest I don't follow much on Jump+ these days. Only CSM, Magilumiere and Lemon but I enjoy all of those. Should probably check out Marshall King though.

Oh damn, I always forget Chainsaw Man is Jump+ now. Edited my list accordingly lol.
And Marshal King is pretty cool so far! Love the art, panelwork, world, vibe. The characters seem cool so far.
And those ones I just recommended immediately above I think you'd also dig. Wild Strawberry seems like it's getting axed real soon unfortunately, but the others are stable enough

 

[pennycryman]

Favorites:
Make the Exorcist Fall in Love
Shiba Inu Rooms
Ghost Fixers
Girl Meets Rock
Ruri Dragon
Sachi's Judgement
Spy x Family

Good:
Empyreal Cabinet
Chainsaw Man Part 2
Centuria
Get Away Matsumoto
Kindergarten WARS
MAD
Monochrome Days
Night Light Hounds
Strikeout Pitch
Waiting for the Sunlight
'Tis Time for Torture Princess
Urban Legend Files

Aight:
Drama Queen
Hero Organization
Hope You're Happy Lemon
Marriagetoxin
No Gal in this Classroom
Rigby Rumble
Ryota Killed His Brother
Taro Miyao

Bad:
Insect Girl
Kaiju No.8
My Marriage with Saneka
Oversleeping Takahashi
No Sirens will Sing for You
Stellar Friends
Tsuruko Returns the Favor

Abysmal:
Asura's Verdict
Deep Raputa
Navigatoria (how is this not axed)

Had to take down Marriagetoxin and Chainsaw Man a rank because they both went through rough patches this year (which they both seem to have gotten out of as of late, which is nice). Empyreal Cabinet and Strikeout Pitch have potential to become favorites for me, I' just waiting for more chapters. I did group mediocre and bad together.

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Waiting For The Sunlight is going on hiatus until April.
Shame it's one of my favorites in the magazine right now.

Yeah, it sucks, but I've come to turns with it being a goner since views are awful on the J+ app. Shame that the author seems to be struggling though, hope he gets better, I would like to see more manga like it.

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I've been curious about getting into Oversleeping Takahashi, and Kindergarten Wars but I've read people imply they may be ending soon? Cause if it appears that way, I'd probably just wait.

Kindergarten Wars is in its final arc, however long that'll be.

 

[coldmess]

Good to great:

Make the Exorcist Fall in Love
Chainsaw Man
Kunigei
The God Before Me
Rugby Rumble
The Urban Legend Files
MarriageToxin
Shiba Inu Rooms
Girl Meets Rock
Strikeout Pitch
Kindergarten Wars
Monochrome Days
Empyreal Cabinet
Centuria
Spy Family
The Marshal King (only this low cause it’s so new)
Darkest Corners of the Heart (same as above)

Mixed bag:

Dandadan (sometimes great, often unbearable)
Yattara
Oversleeping Takahashi
Hero Organization

I would drop it but I’m in too deep:

Kaiju No 8
Darling’s Vanishing Act (It’s hopefully ending soon and I’m stubborn so I’m sticking with it)

Dropped:

Everything else including Deep Raputa, Astro Baby, Wild Strawberry, Drama Queen, Insect Girl, etc. I usually give a series a few chapters before I drop it. The most painful recent fall from grace is Deep Raputa.

I’m only really invested in the good to great tier. I didn’t realize I was reading so many lol.

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[Mammo]

Tanaka Kuu is finally getting an artist
wish he thought of that before Vertical World but better late than never

 

[SharkBait]

Tanaka Kuu is finally getting an artist
wish he thought of that before Vertical World but better late than never

Shojo null back already. Had beautiful color pages and cute character designs

 

[NeeNeen]

Damn, I didn't realise Jump+ had this many series. Alright then, here goes.


Great:
1. Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective (how has nobody mentioned this?!)

Really Good:
2. Kindergarten WARS
3. Ghost Fixers
4. Dandadan
5. Spy x Family
6. Kaiju no. 8
7. Shiba Inu Rooms

Good:
8. Astro Baby
9. Monochrome Days
10. Magilumiere Co. LTD.
11. Darling's Vanishing Act
12. Insect Girl
13. Hero Organization
14. Navigatoria
15. Get Away Matsumoto
16. 'Tis Time for Torture Princess
17. Hope You're Happy Lemon
18. Kunigei - Okuni University Art Department Film Program
19. Centuria
20. The Marshal King (pending)

Okay:
21. Oversleeping Takahashi
22. Sirens Won't Sing For You
23. Lunatic Terrapop
24. Marriagetoxin
25. Drama Queen
26. Blooming Love
27. Girl Meets Rock
28. No Gyaru in This Class
29. Machi and Oboro
30. Mikane and The Sea Woman
31. The World of SKK Girls
32. MAD
33. Shinewbi (pending)
34. Rugby Rumble
35. Strikeout Pitch
36. Eunuch Of Empire (pending)
37. The God Before Me
38. Deep Raputa
39. Night Light Hounds
40. My Marriage with Saneka
41. Waiting For The Sunlight
42. Darkest Corners of the Heart (pending)

Meh:
43. Make the Exorcist Fall in Love
44. Sachi's Judgement
45. Yattara
46. Wild Strawberry
47. Empyreal Cabinet
48. Thermae Romae redux
49. Asura's Verdict

About to be dropped:
50. Tsuruko Returns the Favor
51. (Bug Ego)
52. Stellar Friends
53. Ryoto Killed His Brother

Dropped:
54. Chainsaw Man
55. (Choujin X)
56. 2.5 Dimensional Seduction
57. Red Cat Ramen
58. Taro Miyao
59. (Ruri Dragon)
60. The Urban Legend Files
61. Love Is Overkill

(And yes, I do check out absolutely everything that appears on MangaPlus.)

I've been curious about getting into Oversleeping Takahashi, and Kindergarten Wars but I've read people imply they may be ending soon? Cause if it appears that way, I'd probably just wait.

Kindergarten Wars is taking a little hiatus before starting its final arc. Said arc might as well be a part 2 though (they just moved to another continent), so I wouldn't wait (unless you're willing to wait years).

 

[icrawfish]

I don’t have nearly that many under my belt, but I am reading a handful that I could rank. I don’t dislike any of them, but some are definitely more notable than others.

Great
1. Centuria
2. Dandadan
3. Spy x Family
4. Kaiju no. 8

Good
5. Bug Ego
6. Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. (I’m still 40 chapters behind)
7. Kindergarten WARS
8. The Marshall King (a tad early to judge)

Aight
9. Oversleeping Takahashi
10. Sirens Won’t Sing For You

It’s naturally easier for the older series to rank higher, but basically everything above “Aight” I have some notable emotional investment in.

Oh gosh, I completely forgot to mention I'm reading Hero Organization too. I read the first 3 chapters at once and got insta-hooked, so far it's settled down from that hype into a pretty engaging series but without the feelings I have for other series I've had more time to get invested in; I'd still put it in upper-good tier though.

Speaking of, I feel like I should clarify my feelings on some of my picks since some of them can be divisive. I'll use Kaiju no. 8 as an example; I have it placed pretty high because I blitzed through most of the first 100 chapters in 2 days of speed-reading the high-octane non-stop action. That experience combined with the early series suspense and characters that got me hooked enough to binge was what injected me with a lot of emotions for the characters. But! I am fully aware of the fact that being caught up on this manga right now makes it feel like those memes of Dragon Ball episodes being "one punch and then tune in next week" but taken to the extreme of even that where you have to wait 2-4 weeks to see 2-4 punches get thrown. I do think, like has happened with many a shonen manga arc, that reading/watching this in bulk is going to be a lot smoother than having to sit through it as it comes out, but there's no denying that if you analyze the series as what it feels like to read in the moment right now, it's a struggle.

A similar sentiment could probably be applied to Spy x Family to a lesser degree; many readers are there for the more intense or dramatic parts involving things bigger than Anya, so the biweekly schedule coupled with Anya taking the spotlight a lot makes it feel for some like the actual plot only moves once every 4 chapters at best, which means once every 2 months given the release schedule. Admittedly I only just caught up on that not too long ago, so I haven't been too beleaguered by it's schedule yet, and I suspect with me already reading 30 other ongoing series I can make myself forget about it for 2 weeks like I do with Kaiju.

 

[Mammo]

pretty exciting serialization round


more preview or Tanaka Kuu's new series

 

[coldmess]

Finally. I don't know how it even lasted this long tbh.

 

[SharkBait]

Finally. I don't know how it even lasted this long tbh.

49. Navigatoria 2 — <1,200 / 0 day — ||120k views||

Wow, struggled to ever gain an audience

 

[tirakai]

I'm not surprised at all, Navigatoria feels like one of the biggest wastes of a premise we've seen on the platform. You've got this expansive sci-fi premise with space colonisation, warring worlds, sentient alien races and... it's about a bunch of kids going to school doing random minor challenges.

I remember there being a backstory about a big space war in the first couple chapters and my instant impression was "why is all that cool sounding stuff just a backstory for leader school? I'd much rather be reading that." And it's been like throughout the whole series, most major characters have a backstory that's way more interesting than anything actually happening.

 

[coldmess]

I'm not surprised at all, Navigatoria feels like one of the biggest wastes of a premise we've seen on the platform. You've got this expansive sci-fi premise with space colonisation, warring worlds, sentient alien races and... it's about a bunch of kids going to school doing random minor challenges.

I remember there being a backstory about a big space war in the first couple chapters and my instant impression was "why is all that cool sounding stuff just a backstory for leader school? I'd much rather be reading that." And it's been like throughout the whole series, most major characters have a backstory that's way more interesting than anything actually happening.

That's exactly why I dropped it. I don't understand how you can waste a premise that good.

 

[NeeNeen]

I'm not surprised at all, Navigatoria feels like one of the biggest wastes of a premise we've seen on the platform. You've got this expansive sci-fi premise with space colonisation, warring worlds, sentient alien races and... it's about a bunch of kids going to school doing random minor challenges.

I remember there being a backstory about a big space war in the first couple chapters and my instant impression was "why is all that cool sounding stuff just a backstory for leader school? I'd much rather be reading that." And it's been like throughout the whole series, most major characters have a backstory that's way more interesting than anything actually happening.

I kinda liked it. Thought it was interesting how all those backstories influenced their interpersonal relationships.

Kunigei is probably ending too.

 

[coldmess]

I kinda liked it. Thought it was interesting how all those backstories influenced their interpersonal relationships.

Kunigei is probably ending too.

I gasped when I saw the opening page of this week's Kunigei

 

[animeexpert]

Wish I could be more sad over this ending so soon, but the NTR chapters ruined it for me

Nice and simple idea but the execution was horrible, it was all over the place and the author just did whatever could stick

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I'm not surprised at all, Navigatoria feels like one of the biggest wastes of a premise we've seen on the platform. You've got this expansive sci-fi premise with space colonisation, warring worlds, sentient alien races and... it's about a bunch of kids going to school doing random minor challenges.

I remember there being a backstory about a big space war in the first couple chapters and my instant impression was "why is all that cool sounding stuff just a backstory for leader school? I'd much rather be reading that." And it's been like throughout the whole series, most major characters have a backstory that's way more interesting than anything actually happening.

Should've taken the blueprint of shinsekai yori..

 

[pennycryman]

Daily Shoseki 3/4/2025
2. SPYxFAMILY 15
3. Kaiju No.8 15
8. Ruri Dragon 3
9. You and I are Polar Opposites 8 (END)
16. Thermae Romae redux 2*
18. Shiba Inu Rooms 3
34. Hero Organization 2
45. Ghost Fixers 4
62. The Urban Legend Files 1
67. Drama Queen 1
71. Blooming Love 5
157. Chieri's Love is 8 Meters 6 (END)
166. Taro Miyao Becomes a Cat Parent 3
174. Asura's Verdict 1
282. Magokoro Scramble 2 (END)
301. Insect Girl 2
311. Drunk Bullet 3 (END)
326. Tsuruko Returns the Favor 4
N/a. Beat and Motion 6 (END)
N/a. Ankoku Delta 4
N/a. Astro Baby 3
N/a. Run Away, Matsumoto 3
N/a. Ryota Killed His Brother 1

A very stacked release month, a lot of Shueisha heavy hitters are out. As for the debuts, Urban Legend Files does ok, as does Drama Queen (a somewhat boring result given all the attention its got), Asura does bad, and Ryota does abysmal. Though it is of note that both Asura and Ryota view well on the app (Ryota outviews Empyreal Cabinet while Asura outviews Shiba Inu Rooms) so it's not a sure sign of death for either yet. Tsuruko has a large drop post-hiatus (it used to rank in the 150-200 range) and Insect Girl does not appear long for this world either.

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Daily Shoseki 3/5/2025
2. SPYxFAMILY 15
3. Kaiju No.8 15
7. Ruri Dragon 3
10. You and I are Polar Opposites 8 (END)
18. Thermae Romae redux 2*
25. Shiba Inu Rooms 3
85. Hero Organization 2
98. Ghost Fixers 4
124. The Urban Legend Files 1
138. Drama Queen 1
161. Blooming Love 5
252. Chieri's Love is 8 Meters 6 (END)
335. Drunk Bullet 3 (END)
337. Taro Miyao Becomes a Cat Parent 3
357. Asura's Verdict 1
N/a. Magokoro Scramble 2 (END)
N/a. Insect Girl 2

 

[NeeNeen]

Tsuruko Returns the Favor is also giving me slight ending vibes now.

Series that will probably end very soon:

Kunigei - Okuni University Art Department Film Program
Mikane and The Sea Woman

Series that feel like they entered the final stretch, but might still take a while:

Blooming Love
Tsuruko Returns the Favor
The World of SKK Girls
Make the Exorcist Fall in Love
Wild Strawberry
Ron Kamonohashi (hope I'm wrong about this one)

 

[coldmess]

 

[SharkBait]