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Komi Naoshi published a new one shot in Weekly Shonen Jump this week titled Iikagen Kizuke
Another year comes to a close and so here are my top 5 anime of 2025, manga discussion, and a brief Hundred Lines talk. Life’s pretty busy right now so this is going to be a bullet point list this year.
1) Umamusume Cindrella Gray - Umamusume became my newest obsession in 2025. I watched all the anime entries (season 2 is the best narrative, Beginning of a New Era has the best animation). Cindrella Gray is a shonen style sports manga that focuses on Oguri Cap. Unlike the other entries since this is a long running manga serialization so there is a lot of space to build up rivals for each race. The races are so high tension that you feel like it's anyone’s game even if the result is set in stone from real life history. The game is pretty good too! 2) Sorairo Utility - Cute girls play golf the anime. I find a lot of entertainment in watching someone discover a new obsession and the rabbit hole of knowledge that comes from constantly discovering new things about the obsession. This one was very well animated and had a lot of personality. It was a lot of fun to spend a cour with Minami and the group last winter. 3) Ruri Rocks - Another anime about a girl discovering her newest obsession: rocks. Ruri Rocks places a heavy emphasis on curiosity and the joy of learning new things. The world around us came into its current state through a series of processes that are actively still ongoing. There’s always something new to discover if you look around. The staff sure went beyond to make everything look so pretty in the show. 4) Dress Up Darling season 2 - Season 2 took everything that was great about season 1 and enhanced it to a brand new level. You couldn’t ask for a more perfect adaptation of this manga. My favorite parts are when it shows the work Marin is about to cosplay. I’m hoping they give it another season to finish out the manga. The last arc is my favorite. 5) The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 2 - This series continues to be extremely committed to the bit of a 100 girlfriend harem. Season 2 added many new fun characters and more whacky scenarios to navigate. It never fails to make me laugh and you really never know what kind of girlfriend will be next. I have to read the manga at some point.
Manga Section: Jump+ Cleans House I previously talked about a few titles that ended in January, so below I will continue the list. Dress-Up Darling - It ended on its best arc yet. The Haniel arc culminates everything about Marin’s journey thus far and has some of the best art in the series. The ending was a little abrupt, sure, but I am more than satisfied with where it ended up. Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective - Never a favorite of mine, but geez the final arc was especially awful. Ron’s dad was alive this whole time and then a meteor came down to destroy the island. Nothing about that final death game ultimately mattered. Complete waste of what I thought was a decent villain up to that point. Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. - Adult magical series tend to be violent and oversexualized while Magilumiere actually respects the genre. Working girl series where the profession is magical girl and the fight is against deregulation threatening to upend the industry. It's a very thoughtful take on magical girls that I felt speaks to its young adult audience. I miss Sakuragi and the gang. Kaijuu #8 - Extremely cool action scenes that only lacks substantive character writing considering it had an adult cast. It was written like a shonen manga who’s only unique aspect is that the main characters happen to be in their 20s/30s. However, watching them hack up kaijuu was the coolest I saw each week a chapter dropped. I bet it reads really well by the volumes. Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister - Harem series using the Kyoto backdrop which I thought makes for a unique flavor for this type of story. I liked seeing the sisters, who are not blood related, go above and beyond for each other. I’m not a fan of individual endings, but at least in Amagami it felt on point thematically. Above Average harem rom-com. 2.5D’s Seduction - Similar to Dress-up Darling but a little more battle-like in its writing style. This was a very passion filled series where the characters learn there’s nothing wrong with liking what you like. The childhood friend won in a surprising turn of events at the end. 2.5D was always a highlight of my Fridays when a new chapter dropped.
Hundred Lines Last Defense Academy: Kazutaka Kodaka hasn’t stopped making games since Danganronpa finished. Rain Code was a fun adventure in a mysterious city where nobody escapes and there are secrets abond. Akudama Drive was a very cool anime original project whose legacy is underestimated I feel. Tribe Nine was a gacha that existed for a minute. However all of these pale in comparison to the monster of Hundred Lines. A visual novel story that boasts 100 endings. They promoted it by saying each ending was fully fleshed out and unique, but to be honest there are really about two dozen endings and then mostly variations of those. I would argue only 12 or so endings give you a full complete story. It took me 175 hours to play the entire game. Between Hundred Lines an Shuten Order (I haven’t finished at the time of this writing), Kodaka sure seems convinced that AI will bring about humanity’s downfall right now. Playing Hundred Lines was a major highlight of the year. I eagerly await any future DLC content. Looking ahead: 2026 is going to be the year of Akane Banashi. Its my favorite Jump manga (besides One Piece) and its finally getting an anime in the coming spring. I’m hoping they do it justice and it gives the manga a big sells boost. The other major anime I am looking forward to is the final course of Bleach the Thousand Year Blood War. I’m expecting a lot of new material and possibly a better fleshed out ending. It's no secret that Kubo burned out near the end of the manga. While his involvement with the anime has only increased with each cour. I think Bleach is finally going to have the ending it deserved. Lastly on the Weekly Shonen Jump front, it appears Someone's Hertz will be the hit of 2025. It's an enjoyable rom-com where the main duo is bouncing one liner jokes off each other. The series is a very chill that I think hit its stride very quickly. I think the biggest surprise this year was Nue's Exorcist completing its transition from boring exorcist manga to a 2010s era battle harem series. I can't believe I can say that I am currently where the story is. The wonders of manga serialization. In 2026 the magazine will likely see several long runners end so it might be a turning point for a new generation of hits to emerge.
Nisekoi Digital Artbook Volumes 1-3
Can you please translate the nisekoi bunko in English
Sorry, I don't want to ruin my copies and that is too time consuming for me.
Happy Birthday Kosaki!!! [06/15]
Happy Birthday Onodera (06/15)
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The long runners keep ending so I figured why not write down some thoughts about them I cover the following series: 1. Misson: Yozakura Family 2. Undead Unluck 3. Wonderful Precure 4. Komi Can't Communicate Spoilers below!
1. Misson: Yozakura Family
Misson: Yozakura Family was never among the most popular series in the magazine nor one of the highest sellers, yet against all odds it completed a 5.5 year run in Weekly Shonen Jump. It spent the first year or so doing mostly single chapter stories to introduce the family members and how they play off each other. From there it shifted into battle manga mode for the remainder of the run. Ultimately, I consider it a very "safe" series. It doesn't reinvent the formula and it doesn't push the genre boundaries, but instead carves out its own niche in the magazine for knowing exactly what you would get week to week. Yozakura Family had the classic shonen power ups in the middle of fights which also had the classic 1v1 action sequences. Every character gets the spotlight against someone. Kiyochiro was my favorite character. Futaba was great too. The Momo arc was where the series peaked, but the Asa arc did have many cool moments as well. Yozakura performed a seamless protag switch to the twins Alpha and Hifumi which I thought brought some new life into the late stages of the story. The scene in chapter 257 when Kiyoichiro opens his eyes and acknowledges Taiyo's effort was the exact payoff this series needed. Taiyo earned that level of mutual trust and respect after overcoming everything during the story. It felt extremely earned! I always believed that if Yozakura Family had come out 15 years ago it would have been a long running daytime anime with abundant filler episodes. It's a great all-ages type of manga that was enjoyable to read every week. Gondaira delivered on the potential I saw in his writing from the Poro days. Hope they return again in the future. 2. Undead Unluck
Undead Unluck is another series that really should have been more popular. It's a fantastic series about characters who live life in a world that hates their existence. The negation powers were super creative and you never knew how their abilities would be applied in battle. There were some amazing highs like the battle versus spring and against Language. Undead Unluck also performed a seamless protag switch-up. Fuuko was a great main character to follow in the back half. I think it sufficiently fleshed out a lot of characters between seeing them in the Union and experiencing their power origin stories in the post-loop. However, the pacing is quite uneven across the series. Tozuka always moved the story at a breakneck speed. Billy's betrayal early on is an example of how the story suffers from quick developments. The post-loop arcs were also a mixed bag depending how attached to the star characters I was. However, I also have to give Tozuka credit for switching up the setting in nearly every single arc. From space, cooking, idols, and battle tournaments, it became a different type of manga in basically every volume. Usually I'm on the side of saying final arcs/final battles aren't as rushed as they seem but not in this case. Ouch! I really wanted proper 1v1s against all the master rules. Instead it came down to an all or nothing battle against Soul. The previous fights against Sick, Beast, and especially Language were some of the biggest highlights post-loop. Anyhow, I’m sure Tozuka has learned a lot from this serialization and he’ll come back with a stronger series in the future. He’s got a creative mind that I hope to see more from.
3. Wonderful Precure
This is mostly a continuation of what I said in my 2024 Anime Post. I thought the bonds between animals and humans were shown really well. We get to experience the positives of having a pet through Iroha/Yuki, Mayu/Yuki, and Satoru/Daifuku. While Gaou and Subaru show how loss can mess up someone. It's a theme that doesn't hit particularly hard for me. I thought the strongest aspect of Wonderful was the main cast interacting with each other. They get along really well and constantly have funny moments. The secondary mob cast also added some flavor to the series. Mayu is my favorite character (probably no surprise to anyone). Thankfully Satoru didn't devolve into a Tuxedo Mask type. However, that's about where my praise ends. The lack of battles, the dog main character, and a very razor thin plot makes this different compared to most other Precure seasons. Iroha and Komugu divided the main character space which means both lack sufficient character development. Mayu goes through the “shy character becomes more comfortable with friends” arc that we've seen a few times recently. Satoru and Daifuku transformed should have been mainstays in the series instead of limited appearences.
I wouldn't call it the worst Precure, far from it in fact. This kind of super pacifist writing simply isn't what I watch Precure for. I will add that the Wonderful movie is pretty decent. You get all the best parts of this series in a nice 70 minute package. Luckily I'm already much more optimistic about the 2025 series. Precure is long overdue for an Idol themed series.
4. Komi Can't Communicate
I started Komi later than most people since I waited for the official English release to start. I read chapters by the volumes starting in 2019 up until when Viz started the simulpub and then I caught up to those chapters. So I only spent the final year of the series reading it weekly. However, Komi sure is a long series, no denying that. But I think it's one of the best at covering all 3 years of high school that you'll see in manga. Its got that Sunday pacing of putting characters before story progression. A lot of chapters are just Komi being Komi by reacting to whatever the scenario is. Additionally there are plenty of chapters for the side characters to have their moments. The cast grows in a natural way over Komi’s 3 years of high school. Komi starts as a kouhai and later becomes the senpai to a whole new class. It grows into quite a lively series by her 2nd year and 3rd year. Komi also has the Reiwa rom-com element of going beyond the confession. Overall, I can't say I ever got that bored of it. I think it's a little disingenuous to magazine readers for a good number of the friends to get formalized in the volume extras. Where were the last 2? Getting that 100th friend should have been a big moment. My favorite part of the story was the Rumiko arc in the middle. She really got Komi to be more forward about her feelings and stop being hesitant about taking action. Komi's growth is gradual and the payoffs are so rewarding when they happen. In her 3rd year it can be easy to forget just how timid she was at the start. Komi will finish as a generational title for Weekly Shonen Sunday. It was the much needed international hit that the magazine had been so desperately seeking for years. Frieren has also helped a ton for them. I will be back for whatever Tomohito Oda does next. (It should have ended at chapter 500!)
Anime and Manga of 2024 Review
It’s that time of the year again. Below is my overview of the anime I watched and the manga I read throughout 2024. There will be spoilers and remember it's just my opinion.
10 Years of My Hero Academia
I have been an avid reader of Weekly Shonen Jump manga since I was a child, and later started following the magazine closely since around 2009. In that time I've witnessed countless titles start and finish. My Hero Academia is the rare kind of series that connects us from the previous generation of the magazine to its current era. It started in Issue 32, 2014 and finished in Issue 36-37, 2024. That makes it the 2nd oldest series in the line-up at the time of ending. Below is my review of the series. I give my thoughts on several of the story moments and give my final impressions. There will be spoilers and it's a long discussion.
Happy Birthday Kosaki!!! [06/15]
Happy Birthday Onodera (06/15)
Truly sorry to bother you, but would you happen to be able to post images of the Nisekoi bunko bonus comics in higher quality? Not a scan or anything, just something more legible. I would like to translate them. Totally fine if you can't or don't want to, though!
Sorry, I think its going too tricky to get good pictures of all the pages.
Soaring Sky Precure and All Stars F Thoughts
The end of January is always a bittersweet time to be a Precure fan as the currently airing series comes to a close and the next series begins the following week at the first of February. I have been watching Precure on a weekly basis for 6 years ever since Hugtto in 2018 and I watched the entire backlog of episodes over roughly 2 years. I wanted to write a post about why All Stars F and Soaring Sky Precure were the perfect anniversary projects. The staple of any Precure milestone year is a new All Stars movie. They used to be yearly until there were simply too many characters to sustain the purpose of the format so now its saved for special occasions. I'll start by saying All Stars F was phenomenal! The action has never looked better and unlike Memories, it was almost completely in 2D. It's hard to miss when they distill the franchise into its purest form of magical girls beating monsters. The main point I want to focus on is the film's antagonist Cure Supreme.
(note the fake logo, Supreme is merely going through the motions) They are an unworldly existence who completely destroyed all the cures. Kind of like an end of series boss character. Yet on a whim Supreme wanted to learn more about where a Precure's strength comes from such as why did they try so hard. Supreme recreated earth, gave themselves a mascot, a ton of monsters to defeat including a boss figure, all to essentially live as the main character of a Precure series. It's a very cynical way of looking at the franchise with its repeatable formula. She sees all the parts as simply something they have. In the climax of the film Supreme is faced with Precure being more than the sum of its parts. They see the hardships, trials, moments of happiness, and the moments of sadness that have occurred in the history of the franchise. A Precure is someone who puts their best foot forward and looks to make a better tomorrow regardless of any obstacles. By splitting part of their power into a mascot and trying to imitate being a cure, Supreme has already taken the first step of their redemption story. In the end, All Stars F uses Supreme to show the audience why Precure is such a long lasting franchise. It might be a repeatable formula, it might appear silly, but ultimately what defines a Precure is someone giving it all their to improve themselves. That is something that can resonate and inspires an audience of all ages which even Supreme is not immune from. The film concludes with Supreme and they're mascot Puka realizing that perhaps together there is more to life when they share experiences.
(Manatsu grinning with happiness as her first encounter with Laura replays before their eyes. You can feel how proud she is of having a friend like Laura. It completely changed the trajectory of her life for the better) If All Stars F is a refresher of Precure's overarching themes, then Soaring Sky Precure is a throwback to the duo dynamic of the early days with a theme of Heroes. We have the central duo of Sora and Mashiro. Sora is an outsider and the team lead. She befriends Mashiro, the human character, who is a kind person who doesn't always have the best self confidence. Together they teach other how to exert themselves more. Both Mashiro and Sora come to learn how acts of kindness come in many forms. Similarly, Tsubasa (first male cure, aspiring knight) and Ageha (adult, nursery school teacher) form a secondary duo. They're mostly stuck in supporting roles for most of the series, but both show anyone can embody the qualities of a Precure in their life. Super heroes don't always wear fleshly capes after all. Elle is a somewhat of a throwback to Luminous as a supernatural entity in the group. She's mostly the insert character for Precure's young target demographic. By becoming Cure Noble it adds to the idea of people in supporting roles being heroes in their own right. Even if they are fallen nobility. Precure's don't let their past define them. This brings us to the main antagonist Kaiserin. If Sora finds positivity from those around her, then Kaiserin is her foil as someone who has a pure heart but became tainted by negative surrounding circumstances. Kaiserin had been told over and over that strength is everything. These ideals were forced upon her through fabricated events. At the climax with Kaiserin wavering, the dark power went into Sky because surely a hero with strong convictions would desire the ultimate power at all costs to save a friend. But turns out Sora's bond with Mashiro is even stronger than that. Power for powers sake can only go so far and Mashiro never stopped believing in Sora. They both push each other to new heights that senseless strength could never obtain. Kasarin sees this and rejects the power. Giving in to those desires has only stunted her ability to cultivate relationships. She can now get a second chance with her loyal followers now seeking to redeem themselves as well.
The franchise began as "Futari wa Precure" (We are Precure) for a reason. It's about how people can connect and push each other. Whether its someone from another world and a human on earth, an alien being destructive powers, or.... a dog and her pet owner? Sometimes the larger group dynamic and gimmick is more important in modern precures, but going back to those roots from Futari wa Precure every once in awhile is a good reminder of how it runs through every installment to this day. Tldr - I'm thinking way to hard about a children's television series whose main goal is selling toys. We're lucky it consistently has such strong character writing. I really like when the lead can shout their dream at every turn and grows to embody that ideal. We got spoiled by having a full 50 episode series this year. The power of 4 cour is amazing. Late night anime could only dream of having that much time.
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Nisekoi Urabana Bunko Edition Volume 1 and 2 with art cards Each volume contained a new short story with a new illustration
Back cover illustrations on Nisekoi Urabana Bunko Edition volume 1 and 2