Manga Musings

This week on Manga Musings, we bring you another "super" smartphone, new localization announcements, and two Blue Box chapters for the price of one!This episode covers issue 25 of Weekly Shonen Jump from 19 May 2025.Manga Show-and-Tell this week is Kami Appli- God of Tools 神アプリ, by Kurihara Shoushou 栗原正尚.Full transcripts of the Show-and-Tell can be found at the official Manga Musings Obscure Manga Blog, along with original content dating over a decade.In the Jump segment, we cover:Kagurabachi #79Sakamoto Days #213Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #44Blue Box #196 (and 197 I guess...)To support the show and to hear exclusive monthly postgame coverage of Boruto, head to the Manga Musings Patreon.Our theme music is Rainy Day by Souichi Sakagami.

Since Shonen Jump is taking the week off, we're using this time to bring you part 2 of our deep dive into Undead Unluck, covering the events of the manga from the time skip up to the series' recent finale!Hear the full episode on the Manga Musings Patreon.Our theme music is Rainy Day by Souichi Sakagami.

This week, we return from our long hiatus with a deep dive into Matataki no Sonya, the shockingly brutal action series from lingerie rom-com legend Yuzuki Hikaru. And in our Jump segment, a long-awaited new series from Red Hood’s Kawaguchi Yuuki sports beautiful art but tells a familiar tale. Plus: the fate of Syd Craft, Yu-Gi-Oh! censorship, and the return of a prophetic manga?!This episode covers issue 24 of Weekly Shonen Jump from 12 May 2025.Manga Show-and-Tell this week is Matataki no Sonya 瞬きのソーニャ by Yuzuki Hikaru 弓月光 of Amai Seikatsu fame.Full transcripts of the Show-and-Tell can be found at the official Manga Musings Obscure Manga Blog, along with original content dating back over a decade.In the Jump segment, we cover:Kagurabachi #78Otr of the Flame #1 (New Serialization) (Lead Color Page)One Piece #1148Syd Craft: Love Is a Mystery #23To support the show and to hear exclusive monthly postgame coverage of Boruto, head to the Manga Musings Patreon.Our theme music is Rainy Day by Souichi Sakagami.

This week we’re bringing you a socially awkward shinobi, more AI panic from creator Yusei Matsui, and an isekai we’ve redubbed “Starting Over Without Any Limbs in Another World.”This episode covers issue 42 of Weekly Shonen Jump from 17 September 2024.Manga Show-and-Tell this week is Madou Kikou by Ousuke and Iruka Yoshimitsu.Full transcripts of the Show-and-Tell can be found at the official Manga Musings Obscure Manga Blog, along with original content dating back nearly a decade.In the Jump segment, we cover:Shinobi Undercover #1 (New Serialization)Ichi the Witch #2Kagurabachi #49One Piece #1126Elusive Samurai #172To support the show and to hear exclusive monthly postgame coverage of Boruto, head to the Manga Musings Patreon.Our theme music is Rainy Day by Souichi Sakagami.

New series alert! And it’s pretty good too! But of course as one new series begins, an old one must have its candle snuffed out. This week we commemorate the passing of our first U-19 series in a long while with a show-and-tell showcasing another U-19 from the creator of Shape-Up Ran, the series we covered on last week’s show-and-tell segment, featuring all the same raunchy and scatological humor we loved so much last week, with (almost) no reason to pull out the racism particle geiger counter.This episode covers issue 41 of Weekly Shounen Jump from 9 September 2024.Manga Show-and-Tell this week is Wrestling with Momoko, a 90s era U-19 series by Tokuhiro Masaya.Full transcripts of the Show-and-Tell can be found at the official Manga Musings Obscure Manga Blog, along with original content dating back nearly a decade.In the Jump segment, we cover:Ichi the Witch #1 (New Serialization)Psych House #17 (End of Serialization)Kagurabachi #48Akane-banashi #125To support the show and to hear exclusive monthly postgame coverage of Boruto, head to the Manga Musings Patreon.Our theme music is Rainy Day by Souichi Sakagami.

On this week’s thrilling comeback episode of Manga Musings, we bring you a remembrance of things past, a raunchy 80s comedy gag series, the introduction of the “racism particle geiger counter,” and, of course, coverage of Weekly Shonen Jump!This episode covers issue 40 of Weekly Shonen Jump from 2 September 2024.Manga Show-and-Tell this week is Shape Up Ran by Tokuhiro Masaya.Full transcripts of the Show-and-Tell can be found at the official Manga Musings Obscure Manga Blog, along with original content dating back nearly a decade.In our Jump segment, we cover:Kagurabachi #47 (Lead Color Page)Kyokuto Necromance #18 (End of Serialization)Jujutsu Kaisen #268Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #10To support the show and to hear outtakes from this episode, head to the Manga Musings Patreon.Our theme music is Rainy Day by Souichi Sakagami.

This episode was brought to you by the Michael Rosen sound drop. Some call it nice, but it’s also quite nasty. Not to mention Austrian cyborg painters, indecent breeding plans, and a much tamer-by-comparison Jump segment. This episode covers issue 34 of Weekly Shounen Jump from 22 July 2024Manga Show-and-Tell this week is Brothers ブラザーズ by Koike Kazuo 小池一雄 and Kanou Seisaku 叶精作.Full transcripts of the Show-and-Tell can be found at the official Manga Musings Obscure Manga Blog, along with original content dating back nearly a decade.In the Jump segment, we cover:The Elusive Samurai #165Kagurabachi #42Astro Royale #14Me and Roboco #194To support the show and to hear exclusive monthly postgame coverage of Boruto, head to the Manga Musings Patreon.Our theme music is Rainy Day by Souichi Sakagami.

Welcome back for another Manga Musings Rewind with our episode 69 spectacular! This episode features a conspiracy-laden thriller for show and tell, as well as Andrew’s thoughts on the live-action Little Mermaid.This episode covers issue 25 of Weekly Shounen Jump from 22 May 2023.Manga Show-and-Tell this week is Keibuho Daimajin by Nagasaki Takashi (as Richard Woo) and Kouno Kouji.Full transcripts of the Show-and-Tell can be found at the official Manga Musings Obscure Manga Blog, along with original content dating back nearly a decade.In the Jump segment, we cover:On ePiece #1084 (Lead Color Page)The Elusive Samurai #110Fabricant 100 #22To support the show and to hear exclusive monthly postgame coverage of Boruto, head to the Manga Musings Patreon.Our theme music is Rainy Day by Souichi Sakagami.