Shonen Jump Issue 09/24/18

Feral Furby Fighter and SJ Marketing Guy Urian Brown takes a look at this week's issue. 

By Urian Brown September 24, 2018

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art by Yoshihiro Togashi

A Hunter x Hunter cover is a rare thing, indeed! And you know what this means--HxH is back, baby! All aboard the Black Whale for more fun and games! 

Hunter x Hunter  
by Yoshihiro Togashi

To say the journey to the Dark Continent has been fraught with danger would be an understatement, to say the least! Many have met their cruel fate since the ever-smiling Black Whale left port. And many will probably die before it's all over. One thing is certain, this is a journey no on onboard will forget! 

Hunterx Hunter

One Piece
by Eiichiro Oda

The Straw Hats are at it again! They're following their usual M.O. of going to a new land and causing nonstop chaos and destruction. But it's for a good cause! And in the land of Wano, they're needed more than ever as food is scarce and misery is abundant. Can they bring justice to the land?

One Piece

I'm From Japan
by Seiji Hayashi

You don't have to be from Japan to find this manga hilarious! Tokio meets a very strange boy at school named Japan, who happens to be obsessed with...Japan! In fact, he's created a whole martial art based on all the prefectures. And one thing Japan can't stand is someone making fun of anyone's hometown. Well, guess what happens in this chapter?

My Hero Academia
by Kohei Horikoshi

Flashback time! And with two characters who make a great team--Hawks and Tokoyami. They say birds of a feather flock together, but personality-wise, they couldn't be more different. Find out why Hawks had his eye on this dark and mysterious student. 

My Hero Academia

The Promised Neverland
story by Kaiu Shirai, art by Posuka Demizu

The kids from the orphanage are under attack! But this time it's not from demons, it's something worse--humans! How did these well-armed attackers even find the secret hideout? They faced dangerous foes before, but not quite like these! 

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations 
creator/supervisor Masashi Kishimoto, art by Mikio Ikemoto, script by Ukyo Kodachi

Boruto's got a new bud! And by "bud," I mean someone he totally hates! Kawaki's been living in his house and the two get along about as well as water and oil. But Naruto's determined to make them at least tolerate each other. Can they find a common ground before they destroy the entire house?

Boruto

Black Clover
by Yûki Tabata

The angry elves are finding humans a little harder to wipe out than anticipated. Especially, when they're magic badasses like Yami, the leader of the Black Bulls. But these elves are just getting started when it comes to their genocidal plan to wipe out mankind. Looks like this fight is going to be a long one!  

Dr. Stone
story by Riichiro Inagaki, art by Boichi

It's on! The battle that's been brewing has finally popped the lid off the pan as Senku's forces unleash a dizzying array of science-based attacks. And ones that are non-lethal, as Senku's promised not to take a human life. Although he's hamstrung, he's totally determined to keep his promise. Get ready for action! 

Dr Stone

We Never Learn
by Taishi Tsutsui

Yuiga finds himself in hot water--literally! It's a big trip to the public bathhouse and you know what that means...antics, lots of embarrassing (and revealing) antics. Find out who slips on the bar of soap and who gets a major surprise! 

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

Three million yen is a lot of money. Especially to make in one day. Even if you have a hot restaurant, that's still a lot of dough. And that's exactly how much Soma and his classmates have to make in their impromptu beachfront restaurant. But Soma's always got a trick up his sleeve, find out what it is this time! 

Food Wars

Teenage Renaissance! David
by Yushin Kuroki

It's not easy being a living statue that looks exactly like Michaelangelo's David. Especially when you're prone to bragging to impress the school sweetheart, Venus. And your only friend is a little statue of a boy that pees on everything. In this chapter, David finds himself in hot water (or something that feels like hot water) when he's trying to impress Venus by playing soccer, but really has to make a pee pee! Squirt! 

Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
original concept by Kazuki Takahashi, production support by Studio Dice, story by Shin Yoshida, art by Naohito Miyoshi, duel compositing by Masahiro Hikokubo 

This may be the most emotional chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V yet! Yuya faces Eve and her all-powerful G.O.D. card, but she gets down and dirty by offering him something he can't refuse! Or can he? Will he duel with his heart or his head? Find out! 

Yu Gi Oh

Extras: Author comments, Nihongo lesson.

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by Urian Brown