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HIGH SCHOOL FAMILY:
I cannot for the life of me tell you why somebody at JUMP editorial keeps bringing this guy back. This series is so bad at punchlines it almost feels like a Tim & Eric sketch, but It can't even achieve anti-comedy.
PHANTOM SEER:
This one's unexpectedly volatile in quality. Some chapters are really solid and carried by some phenomenal art design. Others feel rushed and awkward like the Ax of Damacles is going to cut it short any day now.
BURN THE WITCH:
Kubo's back and seems to have remained in stasis these last 4 years. This at once captures the confident and unique early BLEACH and the awkward, aimless worldbuilding of late BLEACH at once. At least it looks nice.
ME & ROBOCO
This mangaka's really got it figured out. Why bother with making up your own jokes when you can just make references to other, more popular things? Having a single comedic bone in your body is for suckers.
MAGU-CHAN: GOD OF DESTRUCTION
Just super cute and wholesome. Not every chapter is amazing, but it's the kindest, gentlest kind of comedy that puts a smile on my face no matter what else is going on. Please read it.
AYAKASHI TRIANGLE:
The prodigal horny son of JUMP returns and innovates by giving his male harem lead BOOBS.
For horny fluff it's honestly pretty inoffensive, and even has some funny or compelling chapters occasionally. But that feels like praising Playboy for the articles.
BONE COLLECTION:
Absolute, unrivaled butt trash. So insultingly bad on nearly every level that I would sooner believe it was meant as a vicious satire of shonen manga if it weren't so deeply, foundationally unfunny.
MORIKING:
The joke is there's these bugs, but they look like people. But everyone acts like they're still regular bugs. That's the joke. That's the only joke. This lasted for 35 chapters somehow.
GUARDIAN OF THE WITCH:
Oof. There was a lot of potential here. Easily the most interesting straight-up battle shonen this year in terms of character and setting. But the awkward art and awkward-er storytelling couldn't find their footing.
MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES
I don't know why somebody thought to make a combination shonen battle anime and Harry Potter parody in 2020, but it somehow manages to work more often than not.