This Week's Issue 11/02/15

Winner of the "Holler-Ween" scary screaming contest, Urian Brown takes a look at this week's issue.

By Urian Brown November 02, 2015

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art by Kohei Horikoshi

It's a My Hero Academia celebration! How do heroes celebrate? By smashing huge holes in the street and sending chunks of concrete flying everywhere, of course! The cause for celebration is the newly announced My Hero Academia anime! With all the fun heroes and crazy action, this is one series perfect for animation! Look forward to more info in the future! 

My Hero Academia
by Kohei Horikoshi

In the last chapter, things weren't going so well for Deku and Bakugo in their fight against All Might. But the battle's not over yet, and these two are nothing if not determined. Looks like they're going to have to do the unthinkable and actually work together if they stand any chance against the mightiest hero of them all! 

My Hero

My Hero Academia Smash
original concept by Kohei Horikoshi, story and art by Hirofumi Neda

The My Hero Academia party continues with a hilarious four-panel gag manga! Get ready to see the characters doing some not-so-heroic things. And get ready for laffs! 

One Piece
by Eiichiro Oda

The Straw Hats have scaled the 1,000-year-old giant elephant and are now in the world of Zou! And Zou is about as strange as you'd guess for a land on top of a giant elephant. It's filled with all manner of strange creatures, some friendly, some not so friendly. Strap yourself in kids, it looks like we're off on another crazy adventure! 

One Piece

Bleach
by Tite Kubo

Captain General Shunsui has unleashed his Bankai! And it's one the most impressive, and strangely poetic, ones we've ever seen! But these are the top echelon of Yhwach's soldiers, and they're far stronger than most of the Soul Reapers. Will this powerful Banaki be enough? 

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
story by Yuto Tsukuda, art by Shun Saeki, contributor Yuki Morisaki  

Things are not looking good at the academy! The shokugeki, essentially the court of law in the academy, has been corrupted! Now everyone's chances of overturning terrible decisions has been neutralized! Without the shokugeki, is there any hope of defeating the new totally evil administration that's taken over the school? It's getting hot in the kitchen! Who will have to get out?! 

Food Wars

Black Clover 
by Yûki Tabata
 

The Wizard King has shown up and blown everybody away! Like, literally! Well, technically he just blew a couple of bad guys away, but the ease of which he did it with totally blew me away! But the fight's not over yet! What surprises do the evil, robbed mages have in store for Asta and the Wizard King?! 

Toriko  
by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro

The pace at which this manga is going is quite dizzying, I must say! There's so much going on, it's kind of like a giant stir fry of plot elements that's being stirred frantically! There is one thing that's obvious to me, this manga seems to be headed for some kind of major showdown!

 Toriko 

Nisekoi
by Naoshi Komi

I think I'm going to start referring to this as the Marika Rescue Arc, because it has been going on for a long time! Well, a long time for a Nisekoi arc. And the struggle is not over yet! Although Raku and friends are quite resourceful, their foe has a virtual army at her command! Can resourcefulness beat resources? Even I don't understand what I'm writing anymore. But I do know, this has been one of the funniest and entertaining arcs in the whole series for me! 

One-Punch Man
story by ONE, art by Yusuke Murata

Metal Bat is up to the plate! The pitch: A gigantic human/centipede monster and a super gross stinky plant monster! The Swing: A badass attitude and a metal bat. The result? You'll have to read the chapter and find out! Will he knock it out of the park? Or get sent back to the dugout?  

One Punch

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders 
by Hirohiko Araki

Here's a JUMP BACK that's near and dear to my heart! Being the editor of the deluxe, hardcover, super-beautiful, collector's dream, pride-of-your-manga-bookshelf editions of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency , I am a huge fan of all things JoJo! This is the arc that most people know, and it is a kick in pants! The first two arcs had the power of Hamon, but the introduction of Stands based on tarot cards ups the crazy factor considerably! 

Extras: Bountiful Bundles, My Hero Academia anime announcement, Nihongo Lesson, Author Comments. 

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by Urian Brown