Notes: I read alphabetically every week.

I always put spoilers behind #CW tags & include each series' name / chapter number in the warning.

Another week giving Tenmaku Cinema another chance . I don't really like it, so...I feel like I'm just being stubborn cause my friends like it & I am trying to figure out why.

Tags: #Manga #ShonenJump

Akane-Banashi - The next stage of our competitive #rakugo tournament begins. The first competitor is fierce, but you learn through the chapter how things are scored.

There's weighting taken into account from streamers, people in person, and the judges. It's a wild system set up by Master Ikken, but it...actually sounds fair. It's just really hard to know how to tailor your performance to the scoring system with so many factors in play.

But, this will be interesting. Second performer is up next week and they should be great.

Tags: #Manga #MangaSpoilers #AkaneBanashi #AkaneBanashi62 #ShonenJump

Blue Box - We see how Chinatsu spends her New Years with her grandparents.

After being asked by her Grandfather if she has a special someone in her life, her mind goes to Taiki and we get a bunch of flashbacks from the series so far.

Then the chapter ends with her Grandma telling her that her Grandpa confessed his love by saying that she was the person he wanted to see first thing when she got up. Which is...how Taiki & Chinatsu see each other now.

We're getting there!

Tags: #BlueBox #BlueBox101 #AoNoHako #AoNoHako101 #Manga #MangaSpoilers #ShonenJump

Do Retry - Solid chapter. Our hero gets his card to be allowed to participate while giving us a well done boxing match. His tenacity is unrivaled and willingness to just get...pummeled until he psyches out his opponent.

But, we also get a clear reminder that this is underground, organized crime. And dangerous.

Definitely keeping me engaged.

Tags: #DoRetry #DoRetry3 #Manga #ShonenJump #Boxing #MangaSpoilers #SportsManga

Fabricant 100 - Okay, wow. This one got...a lot more violent and graphically so at times than I was expecting. 100 gets beaten up a bit by 91 who had been enhanced by Fabricant 1. This led to Fabricant 100 having a flashback to the day they were created / born.

And the scene is horrifying with a flaming, but alive, body of 100.

Again, a lot more graphically violent than the series had been to date in the past few chapters during this current arc.

Tags: #Fabricant100 #Manga #MangaSpoilers #ShonenJump

Jiangshi X - The stakes are raised in Jiangshi X. They found their way to a safe house, but we learn more about the Princess. She is the reincarnated form of previous ones and only she holds the key to releasing the most powerful, evil Jiangshi from history.

So, she says if it looks like she'll get captured, she'll kill herself before allowing them to use her to free the monsters. That will then send her spirit onto the next, new person who becomes the key.

High stakes. We'll see where this goes.

Tags: #JiangshiX15 #JiangshiX #Manga #ShonenJump #MangaSpoilers

Mashle: Magic and Muscles - Mash is trying to get in close to Innocent Zero. But each attempt gets thwarted. Mash goes back and forth trying. He's okay and has been able to take the brunt of the attack to protect everyone else, but he just can't get in close enough.

Suddenly - a collection of former rivals / enemies arrive on the scene at the end of the chapter to help. They're going to try to distract Innocent Zero so Mash can get in close.

Tags: #Mashle #Mashle156 #Manga #ShonenJump #MangaSpoilers #マッシュル