Jump Review [2025: Issue 38]

I'm in despair now that Obon is over. It was a 9-day break with almost no plans, but I forced myself to make plans and managed to go out and do something for half of it, so it was quite fun, but it's over in an instant. Also, I turned 30. Even my parents were married at this age, but I'm a mess and still in despair. I'm barely holding on thanks to Jump. I'll write my impressions with gratitude.

Table of Contents: Akane, Ichi, Witch, One Piece, Aoha Box, Ping Pong, Kochikame, Bachi, Harukaze, Nue, Himaten, Roboco, Nige Waka, Postscript

Akane

I thought I couldn't grasp her true intentions, but in the first half of this episode, Karashi seemed to be showing off her character. I'm excited that each school has its own essence. Also, Ensou didn't say he lost to the previous Shiguma, but acknowledged that he was comparable, which is a good way of putting it from above. You can see his confidence that he can win even without true intentions, which is good. The anime story was cute and well-made. I'd be excited if they made it with this much passion. The Akane Banashi that Kohei Yamaguchi and Akane Yamaguchi did on YouTube was also good (I could watch it with peace of mind because these two seem to be doing Rakugo properly), but I'm looking forward to seeing what happens with the anime's voice actors in this version.

Ichi

Recently, I've been watching a YouTube channel called "Fake Takuro" that has no morals and is legally questionable. The other day, the video's topic was "Shanks still holding a grudge for losing an arm for Luffy," and seeing Spica's story made me think of that. But I can understand why Kumugi is shrinking back. It might not be that obvious, but once the belief that you're going to fail at everything takes root, it's hard to get rid of it. I digress, but I'm not good at tennis serves, and once I can't get them in, I can't shake the image of failure, and I can't swing my arm properly, and I get scared and miss even more often. When this happens, I get them in when I just say "screw it." A thirty-year-old man understands Kumugi-chan's feelings. Good luck!

Witch

Is Nico's departure going to be followed by a gag episode with just the familiars for a while? It feels like a lot has happened in the story since the confession, but well, they'll take it easy.

One Piece

I love Rocks so much, just seeing his achievements over two years is so cool. When specific numbers come out, the historical reality comes out and I get excited. Is Shakky running a rip-off bar from this time? It's surprising that it's on Pirate Island, but the building design is exactly the same. Did they move the whole store to Sabaody? Also, Gloriosa is casually with Rocks. 42 years ago, that's 2 years before God Valley. But this time it's just a past arc for Harald and Loki, so we might not even get to God Valley.

Aoha Box

Overall, it felt like they were just flirting with each other. What kind of memories does Hina-chan have right now? I'd forgotten because the seniors had retired and she was living alone, but now that I think about it, she hasn't graduated yet.

Ping Pong

I was pretty happy that they won purely with table tennis instead of an electric shock battle. It's good that the loser in a match where 1 million was at stake is refreshing, so it doesn't leave a bad aftertaste. In Usogui, the opponent is made into a terrible scumbag so that you think they deserve to die, so you feel catharsis when they die (although it's not that repetitive), but this is not a bad reading experience. He was in a close match with Hei at the bar, but this time and in the first match, he won with a relatively comfortable score. He's strong.

Kochikame

Is it electronic awareness, or is it a 4-page spread? I personally don't like people forcing any connection to "things that are electronic" for these kinds of productions that "feel better with electronic media" (for example, 4-page spreads existed even in the era when electronic media only had pirated versions, and the story that the impression changes when you look at a common spread in the order of right page → left page, well, manga is read from right to left, so that's going to happen even without being aware of electronic media), but Kochikame is that kind of manga, so I guess they're aware of it. When I think about it that way, I want to read manga that did 4-page spreads in the past electronically. Shakugan no Shana's Eternal Song, or Mudazumo... Mudazumo has a 26-page spread, but the story of All-Inclusive, "Everyone will purely enjoy it because there are definitely no customers," was a blind spot and was good. 200,000 yen per night is something I'd be prepared to pay, and I want to do it somewhere in my life. Also, Genovese Capellini-kun, Capellini is a pasta that means hair, but he doesn't have much hair, which is funny.

Bachi

I don't usually abbreviate Kagura Bachi to Kagura in real life, so I'll use Bachi from now on. Kiri-chan's romantic swordsmanship, she's definitely the granddaughter of the geezer who created the White Misogi style. The traitorous colleague-chan is the one who appeared in the Urushiba reappearance episode, right? I completely forgot and thought I'd skipped a week. The appearance of Kita Kabuto is quite a thrilling development, but Natsuki will definitely appear next week, right? I'm so excited. Recently, Bachi has too many new characters, but I can be genuinely excited about it. Right now, it feels like I'm reading the Shibuya Incident, which is being done with half new characters in Jujutsu Kaisen. Especially the part where Naobito was active. Characters who haven't shown their bottom line are coming out one after another. Moreover, behind the scenes, they were doing a central battle with 3 demon swords + character relationships. The current battle, where there are relationships here and there, but rather the coolness of excellent people doing their jobs in an orderly manner, is quite different. The characters' highlights come one after another without a break, and the situation changes rapidly, so I can enjoy the changes all the time while reading. Even if we narrow it down to Kannabi, Natsuki is confirmed, Azami is at the execution ground, and there are 3 star-level characters who can teleport, Zamura's group, and Shibasenkyoku, who seems to be mainly teleporting, waiting in the wings. However, I was suspicious of Kannabi's abilities during the Sojo battle, but that was just because the demon sword was too dangerous.

Harukaze

Since it's in color next week, I guess it's going well. My best baseball manga is Ace of Diamond (or rather, that's the only one I've read properly), but compared to that, I still feel like it's hard to imagine the whole play, which is a bit unexpected. Well, the art is good, but when I compared them just now, I realized that whether or not there's commentary makes a big difference. This time, the second baseman, Wakamori, was close to the first base side, so they weren't able to get the ball through the gap between first and second base, but if you read it carelessly, it might not look like the right fielder came forward and made a groundout. Anyway, I couldn't really imagine Wakamori's movement. Of course, the position is stated in advance, and from the explanation afterward that he's close to the first base side, I can understand that the second baseman closed in, but if there was commentary, it would be obvious in one shot. Well, in the first place, in this story, in the depiction of Wakamori closing in on the first base side, it would be a little better if at least the positional relationship with the first baseman was shown, not just Wakamori. To be honest, I hadn't read it in a while, so I'd forgotten Wakamori's position, and recently there are many manga that write the character's name and title every time they appear, like Blue Lock and Japan Sangokushi, so I might have been neglecting the effort to read because I was relying on the kindness of recent manga. However, I still felt that the reading cost was high, and I thought that recently there has been a very strict eye on this kind of reading cost, so I was surprised that it was in color. Well, actually, the confrontation between Nagi Haru and Wakamori in the beginning was pretty interesting, and there's a theory that the pitching and batting confrontation is well-written, and it's only been a few episodes since I've been thinking that I don't really understand the image of the game, so I might understand why it's popular at the moment. I've been complaining this much, but I actually want to know what everyone thinks. If I'm told that I can read it normally, I'll just say yes...

Nue

Ish is doing great. And this week the gag elements are too strong. Besides Soufu, Gakuro was cool. Fighting hard and helping the girl, I feel the light novel protagonist ism that I admired more than 10 years ago. And he's popular, so that's irresistible. It's good to be cool and active and have a satisfying popularity.

Himaten

The heroine panicking when a girl who is a mass of male popularity like an idol appears is good. To be honest, there were no young and popular teachers when I was in high school, so I don't have any reality in this kind of situation, or rather, I don't have any experience that I can tie to manga. Well, I'm saying this as a guy who reads romance manga without doing much romance, but as a person in an entertainment position, I can understand Hinma... and Akanah being conscious of Hime..., but half of Ponoka's depression is probably Yumi!!'s fault, lol. It's a pity that Ponoka didn't have any strange onomatopoeia this week. Everyone else was going wild.

Roboco

When I saw the first page, I thought, "Eh? There was also Anime Banashi, but there's still Akane? They worked hard because it's going to be animated." It's a rip-off manga. But this person is unnecessarily good at drawing. The atmosphere of the screen is exactly the same. I was very impressed by the customer next to Jumbo saying "Tappuri!" during Shiguma's performance, and I like it so much that I want to use it if I get the chance (although I don't have any opportunities to use it), so I was happy that it was used properly. Also, I laughed a lot at the scene where he blamed the customer for slipping up. That ridiculously scary face (I don't know the original source...). Karashi's expression, Issei, the meaning is reversed from the original, which was also good. I mean, don't put out other people's characters like it's normal. Except for Issei in the newspaper, this is the first time this name character has appeared in this episode. The character is not a Roboco character, but surprisingly Professor Gakumon, which is already funny. I really like the Roboco episodes that go all out. Also, the little story of the sandpiper turning into cream stew at the point of contention was subtly detailed and good (I noticed it when someone told me).

Nige Waka

It's the final battle. The flow of simultaneous uprisings was quite exciting. It was good that they properly depicted the process of Natsu delivering the message. The sense of speed and the feeling that the situation had started to run away was conveyed exactly as an experience, and I also felt that everyone likes parkour.

Postscript

I had so much to write that the main story got too long, so I'll talk about the holidays next time to fill in the weeks when I run out of ideas. This week I'll just talk about eating the most expensive "Sanjin" somen noodles from Ibonoito. 5400 yen excluding tax for 16 bundles. I thought I'd be impressed because Ibonoito is delicious in the first place, but... I have a bad tongue, so I don't really understand! But I felt like it was somehow delicious. It seemed to be the most delicious of the ones I bought for comparison. It's a pity that it didn't turn into an interesting story because I have a bad tongue, but I enjoyed drinking and eating while lazing around at someone's house for the first time in a while. Recently, there was a story that boiling somen is hard work, but I didn't boil any somen at all, so I'm sorry about that. See you next week~