REVIEW: This Week's Issue! - May 27, 2013

Intern extraordinaire Gretchen takes a look at this week's issue of Weekly Shonen Jump!
By May 27, 2013

 

Cover
art by Masashi Kishimoto 
Pretty awesome cover! Very dynamic colors and poses, especially with Naruto looking like he's pointing straight at the reader—let's be real, anything that breaks the fourth wall is awesome. It's almost as if Naruto himself is acknowledging us. 

Naruto
by Masashi Kishimoto 
The Hokage and Sasuke reunite with Naruto and the gang! Warning: this chapter will likely make you weep tears of pure joy, compulsively hug anyone within arms’ length, babble senselessly, and generally just thank the universe for delivering unto us Sensei Kishimoto and this long awaited Naruto reunion.

One-Punch Man
story by ONE, art by Yusuke Murata
The Genos versus Saitama sparring match wages on! The drawn details of Genos’ arms are simply amazing in this chapter, especially when juxtaposed with Saitama's simple and clean design. (Somewhere in there, there's a Kingdom Hearts joke waiting to be exploited.) 

Bleach
by Tite Kubo
The Captains who lost their bankais are back to the starting blocks, relearning the basics of how to be a Soul Reaper—for some of them, that literally means joining a class of Soul Reaper Academy newbies. As you'll see, it's a pretty humbling experience. Meanwhile, looks like we’re going to see some new bankais from a few Vice Captains pretty soon… 

Cross Manage
by Kaito
Sakurai uses that smart, sporty noggin of his to come up with a plan to exploit Choran’s weak spot—but do they have one? Also, you gotta respect Sakurai for understanding females so well. All that lady-on-lady hate that he picks up on from the field is totally true—let me tell you, sometimes there’s just that one girl on your team who you wish would just slip on a Lincoln Log.  

Toriko
by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
The battle between Toriko and Starjun blazes on! We get a pretty awesome self-affirming pep talk from Toriko. Also, there’s some pretty intense bromance moments and man-tears shed between Toriko and Komatsu.

World Trigger
by Daisuke Ashihara
Two agents gang up on Yuma while Osamu watches helplessly. Yuma is one tough cookie, but the agents have a third man sitting a few buildings away with an ace up his sleeve...man, that should be considered cheating. 

Nisekoi
by Naoshi Komi
Uh oh…another female contender has entered the arena. Looks like Ichijo is going to have his hands full with this one!

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
Original Concept by Kazuki Takahashi
Story by Shin Yoshida
Art by Naohito Miyoshi
Production Support: STUDIO DICE 
Psh, who needs aquariums when you can just read this chapter’s deep-sea duel of Kaito versus Shark! It’s an all-out shark battle royale. If you think Jaws is scary, look at this shark with a spear attached to its face.

Dragon Ball
by Akira Toriyama
In this chapter you get to meet one of the best characters in all the Dragon Ball universe: Bubbles. Seriously, that gorilla is hilarious. Oh, and I guess the Lord of Worlds is important too. 

Extras: Authors Comments, Shonen Jump Manga Competition, Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG feature, One Piece Contest

by Gretchen Smail