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For a way more successful sports-related series, there's BLUE BOX by Kouji Miura, a romantic dramedy about a high school badminton player who starts crushing on an older girl on the basketball team, and the pair navigating teenager-dom, school sports, and embarrassing crushes.
Next, the defunct NINE DRAGONS' BALL PARADE by Mikiyasu Kamada and Ashibi Fukui. A pair of unconventional young baseball players miss the cut for the nation's top high school team, and decide to create their own, strongest contender at a once prestigious school.
Next up, and still running: WITCH WATCH by Kenta Shinohara. A comedy about a teenage witch in training, her Oni "familiar" tasked with protecting her from a tragic prophecy, and the wacky and weird magical antics they get up to along the way.
Next, the now-cancelled I TELL C by Kazusa Inaoka. A detective series with a twist - the police's Sherlock equivalent isn't a brilliant detective, but a brilliant stalker who falls in love with the criminals she hunts down.
Going in chronological order, the first new series is THE ELUSIVE SAMURAI by Yusei Matsui. A "historical" drama and adventure series starring a lesser known figure of 1300s Japan, starring a young samurai in training whose only talent is running away.
With the magazine on break for the rest of the year, I figure it's a good time to do a run-down of everything new in JUMP (and JUMP adjacent) this year. There's a relatively smaller crop compared to last year, thanks to no big series wrapping up, but thankfully a lot more quality
This is some bullshit. You don't get the true Platinum End experience if you can't clearly tell this character is inexplicably wearing a tr*mp mask that nobody ever acknowledges