1. Dr. Stone: It's on a "chapter of the week" streak! The recent chapters transformed this arc from boring to awesome. All that build-up paid at the end! I wonder now if the next chapter will be the start of a new era.
2. Undead Unluck: Many have commented on how good the direction of this chapter was. The story of Shen per se was nothing particularly noteworthing, but the way it was told made us really hyped for the upcoming fight. I wonder if future mangakas are taking notes.
3. One Piece: Best chapter since quite a while. It's all about the big fight, and we have the most badass Luffy I have seen in a very long time. Great fight for now.
4. Hard-boiled Cop and Dolphin: Sometimes I think about putting this lower because I know it's not the average opinion on this series, but I can't lie to myself. I am loving the flashback that is full of twists and turns, and I think many mangakas have to learn from Tamura about how to cover all the remaining plot threads when your series is doomed. I will always remember HBC&D in the same way I remember my first crush.
5. My Hero Academia: Another chapter from a veteran that wants to show you how badass his MC has become. Luckily, Horikoshi succeeds as well as Oda, with a textbook application of the Worf Effect trope on the poor opponent.
6. Nine Dragons'Ball Parade: I am reading the Mangaplus re-editions of Kuroko and Haikyuu (first time for both). Them and Nine Dragons are at more or less the same number of chapters and...for now this is my favourite of all three. Luckily, even the baseball chapter was good so I can now say that this is a very good baseball series. Hope it will survive.
7. Blue Box: I liked the one-shot more. I expecially liked the idea that they could become an estabilished couple from the get-go and tell the story of their relationship instead of the usual "will they or won't they?". That being said, it was a solid first chapter although I have an unpopular opinion: the twist at the end kinda ruined it for me, I have seen this happening too many times (last of them in Witch Watch just two debuts ago).
8. Mission: Yozakura Family: I liked the sad story that put light on the hypocrisy governing the villain organization. Now it's time for the main duo, I am very interested about them.
9. Magu-chan: God of Destruction: Nice chapter where our characters have grown up a bit and we are reminded that there is the sub-plot of Magu trying to gather new followers. The new class should provide the opportunity to make new friends and add new characters, let's see.
10. Sakamoto Days: Nice and funny chapter, loved the Sakamoto team going for a bike hostage chase. About the discussion of it being similar to Gintama, I am with those that say that there are similarities (mostly on the main trio dynamic) but the atmosphere is different, which is good: Suzuki may (or may not) have been influenced but still included personality into his work.
11. Mashle: It seems that Macaron is going to live to his hype as a worthy opponent for Mash. Not only in terms of power, but in terms of attitude: he way be the first that is not a straight-forward bully but actually respects him. Now to see if the evil dudes are going to spoil the best fun I've had in a while with this manga.
12. The Elusive Samurai: This series is improving and the thief is a really nice addition! This formula of little arcs where the MC is provided with accomplishable tasks is paying off.
13. Jujutsu Kaisen: We are going full expositional here so this chapter is very important yet very transitional. Nothing much to say until we return to action.
14. Me & Roboco: First chapter in a while that was legit funny! Roboco really needed this. Many prefer the side characters to Roboco, and while this is true most of the times, peak Roboco is the best character of the series after the mom. Speaking of which...where is the mom? She needs her dedicated chapters now!
15. Witch Watch: Ok, at entry #15 I'm done with the good chapters of the week, now for the average-to-bad ones. This wasn't bad per se, and I kinda liked the wholesomess of the final pages. Still, the umbrella is the more charismatic character of the group, and that speaks a lot.
16. i tell c: What? We were still in the prologue? And the actual first chapter will be set many years later? If not for this "first chapter" thing, I would say this is an early axed series starting to prepare for the rushed conclusion. Kind of curious about how this new part will unfold, somehow.
17. Ayakashi Triangle: I plead guilty for having had the best laugh of the week at the bowhead whale joke. Apart from that, it's just your average filler Ayakashi chapter.
18. Highschool Family: After a good streak, we're back with a chapter that didn't make me laugh even once. I think the balance has shifted though, and this will be more the exception than the norm from now on.
19. Black Clover: In an issue full of very good chapters, an average Black Clover chapter sticks out for being too...average, I guess. Maybe the people revealed at the end will add more spice in the upcoming weeks.
20. Build King: Well, the final chapter had actually intrigued me, since the focus was finally on the main duo (and their house). Sadly, it was the last, so it really recovered too late. Goodbye Build King, you will be remembered as the series that resembled Toriko so much that at a certain point I had to force myself to not point it out every week.
