This is one of the strongest volumes so far.

Finishing up our story with Chopper you get his full backstory. It's both heartwarming and heartbreaking all at once. The storyline in the past is the best part though the one running in current time is nearly jut as good. Then we get to a short break where we see Ace, Luffy's brother, which is great. Also more of Smoker is always a plus. Then we get to see Vivi's past with kazo, and it's really well done. Infact I'm loving this opening to the next major arc more than I remember.

Here's to a kickass action packed volume! A 4.5 out of 5.

OMFG the feels here.

Everyone is trying to save Kaneki, and man oh man, I was getting teary eye at one point. On top of that we see our first look at the "Dragon" that we should be afraid of and now I see why. This ending is building up to something special. So many great character moments here, fights are brutal, and the end resolution is perfect. I'm really loving this second half of Tokyo Ghoul. A 4.5 out of 5.

My Hero manga follows the anime to a tee...or I guess the anime follows the manga. But that's okay my Hero is a fun manga!

In this volume we get used to Deku. Just a kid with no powers trying to be the best he could be. Through various situations he proves you don't need powers to be a superhero. So...he gets powers and becomes a superhero. In a lot of ways the creator is obviously inspired by Superhero comics of the west and you can feel it. Deku and company are all fun characters and Deku himself with his Mentor All Might make a fun time with a lot of payoff since you always want them to push through.

But like the anime, the start is fairly typical shonen. Hero beats all odds, wins the day, becomes friends with everyone, and is a bit whiny. Luckily My Hero transforms a lot in the later seasons and I expect the manga to follow. Saying that the start is still good. A 3.5 out of 5.

Green Arrow goes on a road trip to figure himself out.

This is one weird volume. The story ranges from Oliver dealing with movie stars, to hunting people who hunt animals, to hunting lions and more. At the same time Diana is getting cozy with this cop despite trying her best to wait for Oliver to do whatever he has to do. This weird adventure lands Oliver eventually returning back to her but not before doing his quest to find himself.

It's weird yet fun? None of these stories blew me away but they were all solid enough I was entertained. I also thought him traveling around the entire world was cool to let the artist flex their skills. The ending felt kind of rushed though and the return of Oliver Queen might leave some relationships up in the air.

A 3 out of 5.

I finished this yesterday but wanted to reflect on it a bit.

Tokyo Ghoul as a manga was messy at times. With RE especially adding SO many new characters it was hard to keep up with them all. On top of that the art would be amazing at times and other times hard to tell who the hell is who. The battle scenes could be spectacular to "what the heck is happening?" and the dialogue at times can be a bit cheesy.

Saying all that I think Tokyo Ghoul and its sequel Tokyo Ghoul RE will go down as some of my favorite mangas of all time. The way Sui Ishida gave us a tale of Kaneki, a nerdy kid who gains powers far beyond him, and then forced into a world only to try and change the way it is ran was super special for me.

Maybe one day I'll write down a review of the whole series but let us talk about the final volume. This is what it all boils down to. Everyone picking and choosing a side and how we'll save the world from this new poison that is infecting humans. Keneki has to make a choice and he finally decides he won't sit back and let anyone else get hurt. Going inside the belly of the beast he goes to face his biggest enemy of all time.

On top of this we get a lot of final fights with some big characters. Plenty of touching reunions, sacrifices, and amazing battles.

The issue seems to stem from the final chapter, which people felt was super rushed. I can see that complaint and can even agree the whole "Telling us how everyone ends up" was a little weak. However, the actual set up worked super well for me. This series is big on loss and regret and not a happy ending so when the ending turned out to be somewhat happy I was surprised!

I think the plotting was a bit messy in the final few arcs, or actually in general with RE, but it's the characters ishida NAILED. So many wonderful moments with them, growth, and complexity that could have just been ignored for flashy fights. I give Sui Ishida a lot of credit for putting characters through the ringer but giving us results.

This final chapter isn't perfect, like the series, but I can't help but love it. A 4.5 out of 5. I'm bumping it to a 5.

This was pretty good!

Snyder, when not doing exposition dumps, can make a really fun story. Wytches was good but not great. I actually think Bad Egg Halloween special is better. It's the story of a hunter of wytches in a way, and with his mom, he must befriend a family and do what must be done. It's not a brand new story idea but it's well executed and a ton of fun. Some of the art filter still annoys me but I was back into this world pretty fast. A 4 out of 5.

Funny reading this and Bleach at the same time you can tell Gege Akutami got inspiration from that series. Saying that, this volume kicks it into fucking HIGH GEAR and our heroes aren't playing around anymore.

After the surprising and twisted end events of the last volume we have our hero Itadori trying to reach out to his buddy Junpei to save him. Then Mahito, a evil piece of shit demon, shows up and messes it all up. Now Itadori along with one of his teachers must face off against this creature but together can they stop it?

What I feel Jujutsu has over a lot of battle manga is the way the battles flow. It's easy to follow, grand, and honestly brutal. A lot of battle mangas try TOO much and instead get cluttered. So with this volume basically being 3/4ths fighting we get to view some amazing moments. on top of that Itadori gets to grow as a character and his motivations grow as well.

The ending slows it down a lot and kind of hurts the pacing a bit. But overall, this was easily the best volume of the bunch. Give me more like this. A 4 out of 5.

This was super enjoyable.

Quincy were my favorite when I read Bleach as a teenager back in 2005. Reading it now they're still great. On top of that we get to see one team up with Ichigio in a awesome fight to the death against Hallows. We also get to see the other Soul Reapers come after Rukia for giving away her powers. All in all this is a blast. A 4 out of 5.

So Hero decides to go full on villain and go head to head with the police. So 80% of this volume is one big fight scene, and while sometimes cool to view, is a bit to overdone for me. I did however like the small plot progression at the end and what the old man and his daughter are doing. A 3 out of 5.

A pretty decent vampire tale.

I appeciate that the setting was different and I also thought the dialogue wasn't bad at all. I enjoyed seeing most of these characters interact and I thought the ending was pretty solid. I wasn't in love with this art style though and the jumpy pacing actually hurt it for me. Sometimes hard to follow. But overall if want a new setting for a vampire story this was pretty solid. A 3 out of 5.