Shonen Jump ToC Rankings

English Jump has a severely cut down list, and adds some monthly series from other magazines.

Let's hold our thumbs.

Of the current stuff:

Rurouni Kenshin is at a good jumping on point as it's reintroducing the major characters for new readers. There's a couple of jokes that won't make sense without knowing the backstory, but they don't affect the plot.

We Never Learn! is very episodic so you should be able to read the character descriptions and get an okay idea of what's going on.

The Promised Neverland just started a new plot arc this week, so read the description of the main plot and you should be okay.

Dr. Stone is a bit more complex, but still very new reader-friendly.

Most of the other series in this week's issue are in the middle of battle plotlines that have considerable setup so it may take a while to figure out who's who and why they're doing this.

Boruto just ended a plotline and will be starting a new one the next time it appears, so that should go well for jumping on.

No, please don't star The Promised Neverland from the current chapter, it's just such a waste to not read from the beginning.

What on Earth would be the point of jumping into one of these series midway through without reading the chapters in order?

Especially when none of the current series are very old… The oldest ones are One Piece, Gintama and… Isobe Isobee Monogatari. =[

So far I've read the latest chapters of Dr. Stone, One Piece, Seraph of the End, and My Hero Academia.

Doctor Stone is by far the easiest to jump in in on. The main characters deal is pretty clear right off the bat. My Hero Academia is also easy to follow. None of the regular main characters are in this chapter at all, but its probably my favorite so far.

One Piece is a little harder to follow. I'm familiar with the series (watched the anime up through Thriller Bark) but the art is so crowded that the action is hard to read.

Seraph of the End pretty much lost me. Too many characters to jump in like this.

Promised Neverland is next and I might just skip it. The art isn't appealing at all. I'm looking forward to Rurouni Kenshin and Hunter x Hunter still.

edited 5th Sep '17 10:19:02 AM by Cuber

Whoa, whoa, whoa there my brutha, don't make a mistake there.

The Promised Neverland is among the finest series to have come out of Jump in recent times. The art may look wonky at first but it gets better as it goes along & even then the story is the real selling point. Do yourself a favor my friend & read it as well.

edited 5th Sep '17 11:12:45 AM by slimcoder

Promised Neverland is a great series to read but a terrible series to pick up halfway through, because it's a pretty complicated setting and there are some really good twists that would be absolutely spoiled if you don't start at the beginning.

Wow those are some strong recommendations! Maybe I'll try to catch up, but man I really don't like that art.

It does take some getting used to. For some of the… expressions especially (yes, I'm looking at you, Krone. >.>)

It should be noted that The Promised Neverland was released alongside two series, Love Rush & Red Sprite.

Both series were canceled after like 10 chapters while Neverland sold like gangbusters, already reaching 1 million manga sales with only 5 released volumes at the moment.

Also funny thing about Dr. Stone. The "main" characters deal is very obvious indeed though read further along & you'll find out why I put main in parenthesis, heheh.

I'm looking at some art from the first chapter of Promised Neverland and its so much better than this week's chapter, so maybe its just an off week. Still not my favorite but I'm going to give it a shot.

This week:
Front color: Robot Laser Beam
Center color: Hinomaru Zumô, Joreishi Rentarô no Yakusoku (Golden Future Cup no. 2), Boruto.
1. Yakusoku no Neverland
2. Dr Stone
3. Saiki Kusuo no Psynan
4. Kimetsu no Yaiba
5. Bokutachi wa Benkyôdekinai
6. Black Clover
7. Yuragi-sô no Yûna-san
8. Boku no Hero Academia
9. Gintama
10. Haikyû!!
11. Shokugeki no Sôma
12. Seishun Heiki Number One
13. Harapeko no Marie
14. Cross Account
15. Shûdan!
−. Isobe Isobeei Monogatari

…Hungry Marie is no longer last!

edited 12th Sep '17 8:52:25 AM by Lyendith

Meh on Hungry Marie, Ranma 1/2 is already a thing.

Shudan...

Yeah, I wonder what's up with that one. =[ From what I've read, it doesn't seem that bad.

Idk. I've heard people say that soccer manga always do badly in Jump, but I don't know what the previous series that set the trend were.

Beats me, I still don't understand why Red Sprite failed.

Oh, well Red Sprite wasn't very good, that's probably why.

No. 42:

Front color: One Piece (20th anniversary)
Center color: Kochikame special, Raven Burai (Golden Cup no. 3), Boku no Hero Academia

1. Yakusoku no Neverland
2. Dr. Stone
3. Robot × Laserbeam
4. Black Clover
5. Kimetsu no Yaiba
6. Boku-tachi wa Benkyoudekinai
7. Saiki Kusuo no Psynan
8. Hinomaru Zumou
9. Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san
10. Shokugeki no Souma
11. Seishun Heiki Number One
12. Haikyuu!!
13. Gintama
14. Shuudan!
15. Harapeko no Marie
16. Cross Account\\

Thanks for picking up the slack for me. These past few weeks have been painful.

Why?

No. 43.

Front color: Shokugeki no Souma
Center color: Bokutachi wa Benkyoudekinai, Choukasoku Ningen Leo (Golden Cup no. 4), Saiki Kusuo no Psynan

1. One Piece
2. Kimetsu no Yaiba
3. Yakusoku no Neverland
4. Black Clover
5. Dr. Stone
6. Haikyuu!!
7. Seishun Heiki Number One
−. Ifuu! Doudou-kun (one-shot)
8. Robot×Laserbeam
9. Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san
10. Hinomaru Zumou
11. Gintama
12. Shuudan!
13. Harapeko no Marie
14. Cross Account

No MHA this week.

edited 25th Sep '17 7:06:34 AM by Lyendith

And Spring Weapon shot up again...I really wish I knew what's going on with it.

LIVE, SHUUDAN! LIVE!

Last week and all the issues I missed in the interim.

With 3 new series coming, Shudan is toast.