Cover
art by Daisuke Ashihara, Ippei Goto, Naoshi Komi, Tite Kubo, Takeshi Obata, Eiichiro Oda, Shun Saeki, Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
This cover takes the cake! Literally! It's a photo of a real cake that's an issue of Weekly Shonen Jump! The big debate in the office is, is the famous Weekly Shonen Jump Pirate all frosting, or is he cake too? In Japan, people send each other special Christmas cakes this time of year. This is a Christmas cake for you, the reader! 

One Piece
by Eiichiro Oda
One Piece is one of those rare manga that seems to never have an off chapter. Just good, great and WOWSERS! This chapter falls under the "WOWSERS" category. One of the funniest chapters in awhile and also one of the most heartfelt. And it features one of my favorite characters from the colosseum tournament, Don Chin Jao. I don't want to spoil anything from this chapter, but get ready to laugh! And then feel kind of sad and then happy. It's an emotional rollercoaster! 

Gakkyu Hotei: School Judgment
story by Nobuaki Enoki, Art by Takeshi Obata 
Now that the case of the dismembered fish is behind him and he's moved into the elephant slide in the playground, Inugami is ready for his next case—the case of the grade school peeper! Someone's been recording a pretty idol girl by putting a camera in her locker. The evidence seems to only point in one direction, but Inugami blows the roof off the case with his usual dramatic flair! Find out who the real peeper is!  

Bleach
by Tite Kubo
This battle between the godlike leader of the Quincies, Yhwach, and the godlike leader of the Squad Zero, Hyosube, has turned into quite the brawl! Usually Yhwach brushes aside foes without much sweat, but Hyosube seems to be quite resilient. But all that changes in this chapter. Find out who prevails! 

Toriko
by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
Bug juggling continues! There's a sentence I never thought I'd write! But this is Toriko, one of the wildest Shonen Jump manga ever! So far the training is not going well for Toriko and friends. No matter what they do, they can't seem to get their cells to work together and figure out how to juggle the special B.B. Pill Bugs. And they're running out of time! Can they find a way in time to save Komatsu? 

World Trigger
by Daisuke Ashihara
The B-Rank wars are getting complicated! Not only is there a lot of strategy that's going into each fight, there's tons of speculation too. This whole arc feels like a riff on E-Sports which is really cool. And it really makes me want to go to Border and enlist just so I can compete! I wish the B-Rank wars were real! 

Nisekoi
by Naoshi Komi
Chitoge's plan to track Raku down works out better than expected when they get trapped under the covers together! Naturally, Raku's frozen stiff when he's suddenly under the covers with a girl who he has mixed feelings for. But what about Onodera?! Will this change the way he feels about Chitoge, or will it just make things more awkward?  

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
art by Shun Saeki, story by Yuto Tsukuda
Ryo's dish blew the judges away, even making one of them speak perfect Japanese! But now it's time for Akira's entree and he's already shaken up the crowd by serving an appetizer. But this is no ordinary appetizer, because he's pulled out a blow torch! What will he do? How will he turn an appetizer into a main course with just a blow torch? Whatever the outcome, you can be sure he's turned the heat up on the other two chefs and possible "blown" them away!

Hi-Fi CLUSTER
by Ippei Goto
The race is on to stop the Landscape Mole from blowing up Parliament! But the plot thickens when he reveals his true goal! One that could change the entire way the world used labels!

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
Original Concept by Kazuki Takahashi
Story by Shin Yoshida, Art by Naohito Miyoshi
Production Support: STUDIO DICE
The duel to save the world (or worlds, I guess) against the neferious E'rah the Goddess of Despair! But just when it seemed like Yuma and his newfound allies were making headway, E'rah turns the tables and takes out one of the four duelists! Who is it, and how will it affect the rest of the gang? Is this it?! Is it the end of everything? If you believe in the heart of the cards, you probably know the answer.

Extras: Winter Manga Sale announcement, Author Comments, Nihongo Lesson.

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by Urian Brown