#shounen jump+

[erikkamirs]

Just realized that Winter 2023 is gonna have two anime about men turning into women.

Hooray for gender-bender anime!

[birdiereviews]

Ao no Flag by KAITO, reviewed by Jay Sapinski

Curling up with a cutesy rabu rabu manga somehow just makes the world a bit better. Ah, a love story that's just the right amount of tense to keep me reading but not so tense as to leave me feeling like love is a struggle. Ao no Flag (Shounen Jump+, 2017—2020) is just this: a sweet high school love story. Don't mistake this for a simple story though; it delves deep into the complexity of relationships and friendships.

At first, it looks like Taichi and Futaba will be pushed together, but Futaba quickly reveals that she likes Taichi's friend, Touma. After grappling with feelings of his own, Taichi decides to help Futaba. What neither of these two realize is that Touma is gay and in love with Taichi. This is only noticed by Futaba's friend, Masumi, who is in love with her. The complications from this love square grows as they become more connected with each other.

Chapter 1: The 1st Conversation, Taichi meeting Futaba.

While most of the story is excellently paced, the ending is a bit rushed. The last two chapters could be their own arches, explaining further the choices that the main characters made. Instead, most of it is condensed into summary, leaving me feeling like I missed out on some defining moments of the characters.

Despite this though, the story is well worth reading as it skips the troupe-y formulas that often get recycled in the romance genre. It critically looks at complicated relationships while still remaining generally warm.

Ao no Flag is completed at 54 chapters as of this review.

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Jay Sapinski (they/them) is a college student studying English. They are an editor of their college’s literary magazine as well as a fiction editor of miniskirt magazine. Jay loves Japanese culture and Japanese style media and consumes it whenever possible.

[nhkamira]

Manga: Heart Gear by Tsuyoshi Takaki, Chapter 1

[kingcrimsonsalt]

Rest in Peace Akira Toriyama (1955-2024)

He was genuinely one of the very best, no one did it like him. Goodbye, grandfather of Shounen.

[heronetworkgg]

¡Emocionante avance! El anime KAIJU NO. 8 confirma su estreno en abril de 2024

La anticipación crece entre los fanáticos del anime mientras el estreno de Kaijuu 8-gou (En inglés KAIJU NO. 8) se acerca. Para satisfacer las expectativas, se ha lanzado un emocionante video promocional que muestra el impresionante trabajo de animación realizado por Production I.G, un estudio de renombre que ha brindado al público series aclamadas como […]

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[paper-mario-wiki]

im not sure if it was the intent, but i read this post like it was the final page of a seinfeld manga chapter.

[saiyef]

Well, this sucks. I really liked this series and I’m actually a fan of the author from their previous work (There's Weird Voices Coming from the Room Next Door! and We Can't Go Back to Just Being Friends.). They make Yuri manga.

I’m sad about The Female President and New Employee will be XXXX in 100 Days getting axed, but also a bit confused. The thing that confuses me about this is that the author has another series that’s still ongoing and they’re updating as recently as last week called I Want to Trouble Komada-san and I read a Reddit comment saying that a lot of comments for chapters on Jump+ were hidden/deleted through reporting.

(Source)

So, I’m not sure what to make of this situation of Shounen Jump+ terminating this series.

[mangachi]

[sicklyjelly]

"You're not hiding the fact that you're just itching to go fight." 👹

a bit of a redraw now that I've actually read the damn thing!

[howlingday]

Knights of the Shounen

King Goku the Strongest

Sir Naruto the Peaceful

Sir Ichigo the Spirited

Sir Deku the Heroic

Sir Gon the Adventurous

Sir Tanjiro the Kind

Sir Yusuke the Altruistic

Sir Luffy the Free

Sir Yuji the Disciplined

Sir Natsu the Amicable

Sir Edward and Alphonse the Brothers

Sir Gintoki the Humorous

Sir Asta the Mighty

Sir Eren the Dark

[oumiewe]

2022.12.10

dabi’s dance!

[mangaxyz]

Phantom Seer

Ch. 26 - 19

[lastnightstoryart]

Son Goku

[ladyavund]

Interviewer : what's the most romantic thing you can think of?

Aida Iro: ...

Aida Iro: ... flowers?

[cindytranart]

Bleach - Thousand Year Blood War

Ichigo, Rukia, and Uryu. Inspired by the second opening!

[heronetworkgg]

Espías en la vida real: Una IA imagina cómo se verían los personajes de Spy x Family en Live-Action

La exitosa serie de anime “Spy x Family” ha conquistado el corazón de los fans en todo el mundo, y ahora una sorprendente Inteligencia Artificial nos muestra cómo se verían los carismáticos personajes de la serie en una versión realista, dando lugar a especulaciones sobre una posible adaptación en live-action. Espionaje en Live-Action La cuenta […]

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