This was the "shocking cliffhanger" issue! So many chapters ended on a cray-cray moment and made me hungry for the next installment! Anyway, here's what I thought of this issue!
One Piece X Toriko
Taste of the Devil Fruit
by Eiichiro Oda & Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
I’ve read a few crossovers like these, but this one takes the cake. Or the meat, as you will! The main characters are perfectly matched and seeing them chow down together was fun. Oh, and it has a super funny ending!
Naruto
by Masashi Kishimoto
Seeing all five kage in action together is an amazing thing. So many high-level jutsu at one time! This week’s chapter ends on an shocking cliffhanger!
Toriko!
by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
All you need to know about this chapter is this—The World’s Stinkiest Food.
Bleach
by Tite Kubo
The plot on this new arc is starting to thicken! And since it's the final arc, I’m super duper curious to see what's going to happen!
Bakuman
story by Tsugumi Ohba
art by Takeshi Obata
Fukuda spills the beans about Muto Ashirogi and Miho Azuki! Now Miho has to go on the air and deny the relationship. Will she? I love this arc! It really shows some of the darker aspects of the Japanese manga and voice acting industry.
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
by Hiroshi Shiibashi
Rikuo’s school friends get a special treat, when they’re invited to his house to meet his yokai friends! He also invites another guest who will definitely surprise you!
What did you guys think?
Looking Forward
I'm really looking forward to reading more Bakuman, the plot with Azuki-chan and Mashiro-Kun, its really suspenseful and it soaks a lot of drama. And the Bleach, don't get me started, it has a cool name, "The Thousand Year War Arc", and their introducing a lot of new characters, I'm really looking forward to reading more WSJA!!!!!
Toriko was epic this past
Toriko was epic this past week!
Wait, no One Piece this week?
Did One Piece take a break two weeks ago in Japan or something? I thought the Toriko crossover was done some time ago, so I don't think it replaced One Piece in the Japanese Shonen Jump...
I'm having a tough time following Rise of the Yokai Clan; it's very confusing to me, I think partly because there's no way to catch up with it. With stuff like Bakuman or Toriko you can kind of assume what happened in the gap, but I find it much tougher with Nura.
One Piece was on a break a
One Piece was on a break a couple weeks ago in Japan, hence no One Piece in ALPHA. This same pattern will hold true for any ALPHA series.
As for NURA, we should have a catch-up feature to help you with that series in a couple weeks.