Weekly Jump Reviews by Manga Republic Otaku Staff, Issued on May 11, 2020 Vol.23

2020-05-18
※ Please note that this article includes some spoilers.
Hello everybody! It’s Hana from Manga Republic.
The theme of today’s article is, yeah! It’s Weekly Shonen JUMP!
As you know, Weekly Shonen JUMP has been serialized so many popular titles, such as ‘Dragon Ball’, ‘One Piece’, ‘Naruto’, ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’, and…… MORE! So for today’s article, I, a 100% Manga Otaku, picked out and shared FIVE Manga, which are now HOT and will be HOT, and give you some reviews for each title!
Also, please note that this article includes some spoilers.
Alright, let me start with the freebies of Vol.23! This time, it’s the double-sided poster of ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’! Both Manga’s picture and Anime’s are super cool! This is so precious! You MUST get it……!
Oki-doki! Let’s move on to the reviews!

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Episode 204
A World Without Demons

Here we go! One of the popular titles at Manga Republic too is ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’! It’s finally……!?
Speaking of ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’, we’re about to get a climax. It’s been three months since the battle against Muzan. The story begins when Tanjiro and Nezuko were recovered from turning into demons. They were talking in a room of the Chou Yashiki, full of cherry blossoms.
Nezuko, who wasn’t able to go outside because she had turned into a demon from the beginning of the story, and Tanjiro, who had been fighting to bring her back to a human figure, were talking and laughing together in the room with the sun shining into the room. This fact is more than enough to make me cry……! What a peaceful life, which makes us realize there are no longer demons in the world. Finally, these two and everybody who was involved with Kisatsutai, got this peaceful world back……
Hashira, who appeared in the last meeting ‘Chuugou Kaigi’, were only Sanemi and Giyuu. At first there were nine Hashira but there are only two left (three, including Tengen who retired). Here, we can realize that the battle was such a tough one, huh?
However, these survivors’ laughter on such a beautiful day in spring must mean condolence for those who died from the battle, such as Hashira and Kisatsu-tai’s soldiers.
So now, there are no longer the “bad demons”. Then how about the “good demons”? Speaking of the “good demons”, we have to pick out Yushiro, who did a great work on the last battle, right? He has once visited Tanjiro to comfort him. However, when Yushiro was about to leave his place, Tanjiro said to him, “Stay alive, Yushiro-san.”, “You are the only one who can remember Tamayo-san.” But Yushiro just left there without saying anything. After that, nobody knew where he went.
And then the story will set in the modern world after Taisho era, where everybody was finally able to laugh with each other in peace throughout the day……!
Who would have ever imagined this!? What’s gonna happen in the modern world? We can’t take our eyes off from ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’ yet!
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
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Bone Collection
Episode 2
人になりたい!

Onmyōji Battle Comedy, ‘Bone Collection’, which started from the combined numbers 21 and 23, releasing on April 27th, was issued in colors in Vol.23!
Episode 1 was set in the world, where Onmyōji beat Apparition from the Spirit World, who had threatened human’s life, and became famous, while there was a dirty-minded high school boy Jinnai Kazami from the Onmyōji’s family, who cannot even manage Onmyōdō, even though he’s been working as an Onmyōji. However, he was the one who is able to control Youkaijutsu, with a help of Apparition, which is said to be forbidden in the Onmyōji world! Kazami borrowed the power by touching the body of Paira, who was the Queen of Spirit World, Gashadokuro, looking just like a human girl, and tried to purify the spirit, when his childhood friend, Rino, saw what he did. And then in Episode 2, the reason why Paira looked like a human girl and Kazami’s family members were revealed.
They beat Apparition and went back to Kazami’s house. And it seemed like Paira really hated the Sprit World, saying “All they do in the Spirit World is fight and sleep” or “They all smell like a puke! What a stupid environment they have!” She was tired of life in the Spirit World and yearned for the human and human world. However, she was too powerful to become a human completely. That’s why Paira tried to fight against Kazami so she could be exhausted and would end up becoming a human.
Even though Kazami refused to use the forbidden Youkaijutsu, he (dirty-minded boy) was about to change his mind since Paira said to him, “If I can become a human, I might be able to be your wife.” But he refused Paira’s suggestion after all! Then Paira started threatening him, saying “Take responsibility for you, having touched my breasts (when I needed to be powerful at the previous battle).” But! Kazami’s father was listening to their conversation and he held a family meeting. Yoshinori, Kazami’s father, who loves Kazami, was so shocked to know that he cried and cried. On the contrary, Kazami’s older brother, Akira, who was a very smart Onmyōji, looked down on Kazami and also treated Paira very coldly because she kind of made fun of him, saying “Just let me stay in this house.
While having such a chaos family meeting, Akina, who got an emergency call for defeating the Apparition, went to the site right away. Kazami and Paira, who found out that Rino who left him and Paira, was kidnapped by Apparition, headed for to the site too. Akina had a difficulty beating Apparition while alluring Kazami, showing her thigh, saying “Use your power.” Listening to what she said, Kazami beat the Apparition in no time, using Youkaijutsu!
Kazumi and Paira were going to leave the site before Akina would find out they used the Youkaijutsu, but they were caught by him. Kazami thought he would be killed but Paira happened to see Akina wearing a girl’s swimsuit under Onmyōji’s uniform! But actually, Paira knew that since she first met him. That’s why she kind of made fun of him, huh? From then on, Akina started to listen to anything that Paira says to have her keep that embarrassing secret, and Paira ended up being able to live in his house (human’s world)!
Each episode stands alone with some battle scenes so it’s easy to read! This is one of the highly expected new serialized series! We MUST check this out from now on!

The Promised Neverland
Episode 176
We’re home!

This one’s now having a climax too! Here’s a now-hot “The Promised Neverland.” You’ll see such a shocking storyline……
In the previous episode, 175 “A New World, Part 2 (Atarashii Sekai②)”of “The Promised Neverland”, the current regime was dissolved and all the farms were abolished, and the King imposed a shocking declaration that any demons are no longer able to eat human. And finally all the children (to be killed and eaten) got set free. Emma, Norman and Ray finished their battle in the royal capital. Then Emma was finally able to reunite Phil. He accepted to do the work, which Emma and two others had been doing, after they left the town. The work was to take care of the children (to be killed and eaten) under the age of four especially because he was the only person who knew the truth about the farms. Even though Emma couldn’t decide if she should sneak out from the Grace Field House, leaving behind those children who still had time until they are sent off to be killed, Phil was the one who suggested Emma giving it a shot.
After Emma and two other snuck out of the Grace Field House, people there were sent out to four farms but he didn’t know what they were doing in those farms. At the farm, which Phil was sent, to, he made a friend with Simon. He even had to see Simon being sent out. Phil cried so hard when he reunited Emma and other buddies, exploding his pains and loneliness which he had hidden in himself.
And all the children, including Sherry, were so happy for Norman’s return and hugged each other. Mom or Sister, including Isabella, cried, being so pleased to know that they can finally love their children normally.
But Isabella wasn’t able to completely pleased. She is struggled with what she has done to children. She, herself, used to be a child to be killed in the past, still had to raise children and sent them out. She is not the true villain, which might be the Isabella’s attraction……
The farms will be gone. Once Emma decided to sneak out from the Grace Field House, she almost gave up and she knew that it would be hard to release those children. But now the dream came true and here they are, there are always buddies around her, who she met during her trip. This happened thanks to them…… she remembered such a long journey. The battle against the demons, their long journey with peoples’ dream and hope, were about to end.
And now, they will all go to a human’s world and live happily ever after. But then, Emma and other members got attacked by the Boss of the Grace Field House. Emma, who had left her weapons behind, faced the demon without the weapon and tried to protect the attacked children. And then Ray shot the gun behind her, but he didn’t make it. Emma then almost gave up. But she never felt any pain, when she looked up……
Guess what? Isabella got shot, covering Emma and other members……!
Everybody thought they would finally have a peaceful world! Then this happened! I was moved, looking back the story and even crying, then this happened so I was super shocked…… We can’t miss out the next episode!!!!! Check it out next week too!
The Promised Neverland (Yakusoku no Neverland)
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Mashle: Magic and Muscles
Episode 14
Mash Vandead and the Magic of Iron

’Mashle: Magic and Muscles’, a professional (?) magic fantasy genre, started serializing since Vol.9 on January 27th, 2020. This surreal story is getting so popular now……
Everybody can use magic. The world is where everybody has to be able to use magic. However, the main character, Mash, cannot use magic, while he keeps getting over all the problems with his well-trained body. How he works is so surreal and we can even laugh at him. This is so popular among Japanese fans too!
In this episode, it’s an extracurricular lesson version, just like the previous episode. The story starts when Mash and the 1st grader in the same dorm, who got closer to Mash before, were together, a delinquent student, who could use the iron magic, living in the different dorm, showed up and bullied their classmate.
Well, the boy who attacked Mash, behaved so bad that he couldn’t go on to the next grade but his magic talent was admitted, which allowed him to stay at school. He was in one year higher grade than Mash and his friend. The bad boy completely judged that he was much higher in level than Mash and his friend and his actual skill is also higher. Just like he attacked their classmate and had him pass out, Mash was attacked too but……
Mash, who stopped his repeated magic attack with his hands, said, “I got used to his already.” (As usual, he’s cool……!) Never giving up, the bad boy continued to attack Mash. However, as usual, Mash got rid of the magic with his bare hands and finally had the boy give up! Wow, his body and muscle never betray him, huh……?
The bad boy looked upset to know that there was a freshman who he couldn’t win. On the contrary, Mash, looking unconcerned, was still mad at him. What is the bad boy going to be like……!?
Always poker-face, Mash looks so cute when he eats cream puff, like nom, nom……
I even worry about the bad one. He is that strong! We can’t take our eyes off from this incredible action and surreal content!

Act-Age
Episode 111
本物

Vol. 11 of comics will be released on May 13th. ‘Act-Age’ is a story about a high school girl, who aims to be an actress. It looks like both the story and the main character, Yonagi Kei will step up to the next stage, huh……?
After Kei finished her play, ‘His-Yu Chi’, she’s got another chance, which was appearing in the TV commercial! In the Japanese entertainment world, the more popular they become, the more chance of appearing in the commercials they get but…… Kei was confused when they were filming the commercial because everything was different from what she had done. Before, the only thing she had to do was “to play the role that was given to her and perform so her performance attracts everybody”. But this time, she had to “perform so she can make the product more attractive”. For Kei, who had her performances reflect her experiences or the emotions she had, now has to attract the products ―― Share Water. But she never felt anything about the product, which meant she couldn’t act well enough.
That’s why she wanted to know more about Share Water, ending up asking the director if she could call the developer of the product, while filming! While everybody got confused, with time running out, Hoshi Arisa, who brought her to the filming studio, gave her a go sign, saying “talk to the developer.” Arisa has raised her son, Hoshi Akira, or Momoshiro Chiyoko, who was both Kei’s rival and ideal, so they could survive in the entertainment world but sometimes her selfish way of raising them have become their burden. But Arisa will start learning something new after she met Kei, who influenced Akira or Chiyoko by playing with them on the same stage. Arisa thought, “The way Kei fights is too honest and not effective but it might be one of the ways to survive in the entertainment world too.”
Kei, who finished talking with the developer, created her feeling, and performed so excellently that everybody even clapped their hands. And everybody who was sick of her special way of performing, thought, “The ‘real deal’ showed up in the entertainment world.”
Kei has accepted the offers of the commercials and Shibuya Station is now filled with ads with her pictures on. And unknown Kei finally became very famous in Japan.
‘Act-Age’ is a story, where the main character, Yonagi Kei, who is otherworldly genius, meet many people through the entertainment work and grow up but behind the scene, there are also characters who are influenced by her and change their life. The characters of ‘Act-Age’ are influenced and enhanced with each other. And here is Yonegi Kei, who has developed to the “genius who everybody knows” from “the genius who nobody knows” in Episode 111 this summer. We can’t miss out the upcoming ‘Act-Age’ too!!
What’s more? In ‘Act-Age’ Vol.11, releasing on May 13th, a story which happened before the commercial version was recorded too. Kei and her rival Chiyoko are separated into two groups and will perform “Rasetsunyo” in Saiyuuki. The story about his father, which hadn’t been told, will be revealed too. This story will show you her big turning point as her actress life too. Don’t miss it out!
Manga act-age vol.11 (アクタージュ act-age 11 (ジャンプコミックス)) / Usazaki Shiro
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Act-Age
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Oh well~! Vol.23 of Weekly Shone JUMP was awesome too! Of course the titles which I didn’t share in this article, were all interesting too! At Manga Republic, Weekly Shone JUMP is available too! You can get a freebie of “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” or see the color pages only by the Physical-version Weekly Shone JUMP! Why don’t you try it?
Manga Weekly Shonen JUMP vol.23 (週刊少年ジャンプ(23) 2020年 5/25 号 [雑誌])
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What’s more? At Manga Republic, we carry the individual book of the series issued in Weekly Shonen JUMP or even Manga Sets too! If you are interested in any titles in this article, go find it!
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I hope this article will become the place where you can meet new Japanese Manga too!
Already! I’ll see you next week! Bye~~~~

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