THIS WEEK’S MANGA HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2/5/2025!

January 29th, 2025

CATCH UP ON KAGURABACHI BEFORE THE ANIME DROPS – THIS ONE IS GONNA BE BIG!

As a young boy, Chihiro trains every day under his father to become a swordsmith. Although different in temperament, the two spend peaceful days laughing and working together. But one day, tragedy strikes… Now Chihiro burns with hatred and sets out to exact revenge. Following clues left behind by a ruthless yakuza organization, Chihiro confronts the Hishaku, a deadly group of sorcerers that may be behind his father’s murder!

In Vol 2, the battle against the ruthless Sojo begins! Sojo speaks of Kunishige’s enchanted blades and how they only exist to take the lives of others. While the two fighters respect the same man, they walk conflicting paths. As he witnesses Sojo’s cruelty, Chihiro’s bloodlust begins to build.

MISS MOMO AND OKARUN? SEE WHAT SHENANIGANS THEY’RE UP TO IN DANDADAN VOL 11!

Momo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school’s UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames “Okarun” because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo strongly believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, however, thinks quite the opposite. To settle matters, the two set out to prove each other wrong-Momo to a UFO hotspot and Okarun to a haunted tunnel! What unfolds next is a beautiful story of young love…and oddly horny aliens and spirits?

In Vol 11, Momo struggles to counter a sudden attack by alien clones, but through a temporary truce with her sworn enemy, the alien Serpo, she is able to persevere. However, her troubles are far from over-it’s now after 10 p.m.! In order to avoid the slit-mouthed woman Reiko Kashima, who is still very much on the hunt for her, Momo and Serpo must hide out overnight in a manga cafe. And when Momo finally returns home in the morning, she finds her friends are gravely injured and being treated by none other than Mr. Shrimp!

THE ANTICIPATED SEQUEL TO BORUTO: NEXT GENERATION –BORUTO: TWO BLUE VORTEX VOL 1!

Naruto was a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He achieved his dream to become the greatest ninja in his village, and now his face sits atop the Hokage monument. But this is not his story… A new generation of ninja stands in the swirling vortex of a new ninja age, with Naruto’s own son, Boruto, at the center! In a cruel twist of fate, Boruto’s and Kawaki’s lives have been switched due to a powerful jutsu. Now branded a traitor, Boruto is on the run from his village and training with Sasuke. But when Konoha comes under attack, it’s time for a grown-up Boruto to return home and show how powerful he’s become!

FOR FANS OF VIOLET EVERGARDEN AND SPYXFAMILY: CHECK OUT SNOW & INK VOL 2!

Sentenced to death for the crime of sadistically killing his entire village, Neneo is all but ready to accept his unfortunate fate when he is mysteriously bought and saved by the wealthy heiress Freya. Emotionless and numb to the world, Freya is also an outcast, hiding deep wounds of her own. Unfazed by the tales of Neneo’s crimes, she enlists him to accompany her in her exile to the far north. As this unlikely pair, both shunned by a cold world, venture together into the deep snow, they begin to find warmth in each other. But the past won’t let itself be so easily forgotten…

LOVE IS IN THE AIR FOR AN UNLIKELY PAIR IN THE FRAGRANT FLOWER BLOOMS WITH DIGNITY VOL 5!

Chidori High is a boys’ school that takes in the dregs of society with the lowest grades. Next door stands Kikyo Girls’ High, where the wealthy, high-class families send their precious daughters. Chidori second-year Rintaro, who has a fierce face but a gentle heart, is helping at his family’s patisserie when he meets a girl named Kaoruko. The two hit it off right away…but this blissful peace is quickly disturbed when Rintaro discovers that Kaoruko is actually a student at Kikyo. Worse, she doesn’t seem to realize what a huge problem this really is! Will these two be able to forge a path for themselves, and sidestep the traps (metaphorical and literal) laid by their classmates?

In Vol 5, Rintaro has begun to suspect he may like Kaoruko as more than a friend. But just as the school term was drawing to a close and Rintaro began looking forward to spending his first summer vacation with all his friends, Subaru springs a surprise on him: Kaoruko’s birthday is only a few weeks away! So now, after agonizing over what to get her, he finally decides to bake her a cake with his own two hands. Will the effort and devotion he’s putting into his cake be able to touch Kaoruko’s heart…?