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Title:  Kimetsu no Yaiba

# of Chapters I read: 30

Status: Publishing (I put this on hold for reading personally because it was so heavy)

Rating: 8/10

Summary:  Since ancient times, rumors have abounded of man-eating demons lurking in the woods. Because of this, the local townsfolk never venture outside at night. Legend has it that a demon slayer also roams the night, hunting down these bloodthirsty demons. For young Tanjirou, these rumors will soon to become his harsh reality... Ever since the death of his father, Tanjirou has taken it upon himself to support his family. Although their lives may be hardened by tragedy, they've found happiness. But that ephemeral warmth is shattered one day when Tanjirou finds his family slaughtered and the lone survivor, his sister Nezuko, turned into a demon. To his surprise, however, Nezuko still shows signs of human emotion and thought... Thus begins Tanjirou's quest to fight demons and turn his sister human again.

3 Sentence Review: A story of the power of family and a good heart the series does a fantastic job of being creative with its story and characters. The art is a fantastic feature of this story as well as the characters however the story falls into a typical shonen trap of repeating the same story multiple times in different ways. It holds a lot of potential as an upcoming anime but I don’t think it will be as popular as the big series in Shonen Jump

My review:

The Good:The story is honestly refreshing for Shonen Jump and as I read these series I think that the magazine is trying some new things. The historical angle combined with the art and characters feels like a far cry from the likes of Naruto and Bleach but still maintains that battle style. The fights are interesting and weighty as you feel there is always an opportunity for the protagonist to die. Its also refreshing to see a female character that is main cast and not there only as a token girl but rather is in a way the point of the story. It has a lot of highlights such as the fact that it tends to stay away from the over used shonen troupes yet maintains the boy centered style of storytelling.

The Bad: The battles as interesting as they are become old really quickly. For me personally the overtly gorey style of battle as well as the seemingly endless odds that increasingly stack of on the protagonist gets exhausting. The more you read the more heavy the series feels. This hopeless feeling might be one that is quite appealing to many but its nice to have a break from the intensity now and again. 

Title: Dr. Stone

# of Chapters I read: 21

Status: Publishing

Rating: 7/10

Summary:   The science-fiction adventure follows two boys struggle to revive humanity after a mysterious crisis has left everyone in the world turned to stone for several millennia.

3 Sentence Review: This is a shonen, if you like a basic plot with potential to keep rambling into the future with a loosely held together plot this is a pretty promising series. Now I know what your thinking, shonens need time before you can truly tell what they will be, and you are correct! This series looks promising with good art and a unique plot + tons of “fun learning potential” that makes for what will probably become a popular shonen anime in the future!

My review:

The Good: Fantastic art right off the bat with great character designs that catch the eye. The pace is fast and keeps you interested, reading is a breeze and it only took me about an hour to an hour and a half to read 21 chapters. Its full of interesting elements that will probably develop into large plot structures in the future. The plot line is one that is rather unique because shonens don’t tend to favor historical series. So this series is breathing life into a part of shonen that can sometimes seem lost to time (get my pun, its about the stone age, lost to time. Yeah. I know its not funny but I’m trying here). It has a vaguely video game feel, kind of like civilization where you acquire inventions... not sure if that’s good or bad but its the way they illustrate adding inventions to their arsenal for survival.

The Bad: You can already see that this series is meant for the long run, its loose plot is one that will likely allow it to last as long as the authors want to go on which never is particularly promising for a shonen in my opinion. If there is a definite end it makes the story feel more urgent and this story doesn't feel urgent since there is only a vague goal of re-creating society.This story also suffers from shonen protag illness. The main guy is a lovable idiot (a troupe done to death in genre)and if you don’t like him or his friend your probably not going to like the series. ALSO it has girls but they all look and act the same....... its hard to tell them apart.

Hello friends! The first review for the shounens listed in the last post is up! Lets talk about The Promised Neverland!

Title:  The Promised Neverland

# of Chapters I read: 98

Status: Publishing

Rating: 9/10

Summary:  At Grace Field House, life couldn't be better for the orphans! Though they have no parents, together with the other kids and a kind "Mama" who cares for them, they form one big, happy family. No child is ever overlooked, especially since they are all adopted by the age of 12. Their daily lives involve rigorous tests, but afterwards, they are allowed to play outside. There is only one rule they must obey: do not leave the orphanage. But one day, two top-scoring orphans, Emma and Norman, venture past the gate and unearth the horrifying reality behind their entire existence: they are all livestock, and their orphanage is a farm to cultivate food for a mysterious race of demons. With only a few months left to pull off an escape plan, the children must somehow change their predetermined fate.

3 Sentence Review: This story is one that is incredibly paced and thought through with a lot of attention to detail. The characters are likable and interesting but what really shines is the world that the author created. This is a series I would recommend if you like series like HunterxHunter or stories that like to mess with you head but not too seriously like Zankyou no Terror.

My review:

The Good: This series is fantastic, it draws you in from the very beginning! It make an unconventional choice to make a girl the main character (Emma) and it really works well! I jokingly say her super power is “shonen protag” because shes the person who never wants to lave anyone behind. In the case of a “trolley problem” she leaves the booth and saves both.It has actually really good art and there is a lot of content in the chapters which makes each chapter feel important. The world building is amazing and the puzzles built into the text is something unique that gives the story an interesting feel. I also like that the stakes feel real, these are children going against other worldly beings with a ton of power and the story manages to keep its characters feeling like adults. 

The Bad: It has a lot of Deus ex Machina going on. Since this is a spoiler free review I’ll leave out the details but there is a lot of convenient plot contrivances. The art can go a little bit poor in some instances but for the most part its very good. Most most pressing problem I see is that the characters dont really develop. Emma’s personality does not change much from finding out that their raised as cattle to the most recent chapter. Changes in approaches to a problem is played off as character development.

Hello friends, its been a while since I pushed myself into some good old fashioned genre breaking. Now my general philosophy with this blog is to re-blog screenshots that inspired my to read a series. However, once in a blue moon I notice I’m reading too much in one specific genre (Lets be honest, its always shoujo.), so I push myself into a new genre of reading. 

Today we are going to revisit the shounen genre inspired by this lovely video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N16RAPHLwNY&t=965s

Its a fantastic video and I highly recommended watching if you want to know whats going on in the most popular shounen magazine. The video details the popular series and I intend to try to look at these shounen series that actually look really interesting and see if their worth the hype.

Now according to the video the top 10 series are as follows:

I’m going to (once again) see if shounen magazines have anything a die hard shoujo fan would like. I will be reading them in order and posting my thoughts! Some series that will be left out of the line up (because I have already read them) are:

One Piece 

My Hero Academia (I’m currently up to date too! If you want a review let me know! Its one of my favorite mangas right now. ^_^)

Haikyu!! (I never wrote a review, maybe I should some day....)

Gintama (Same as above)

So I will be reading the first 10 chapters (or more if its good) of:

The Promised Neverland

Dr. Stone

Kimetsu no Yaiba

Black Clover (=shudders=)

We Never Learn

Hinomaru Zum

Expect reviews soon!

Oh yeah, if you want my SUPER old reviews list link here you go!