This week brings a departing series, an especially obscure show-and-tell from a veteran mangaka, and a discussion about digital manga publication. Plus: more updates on Konami’s increasingly bizarre decisions and the acronym “KACO.”This episode covers issue 28 of Weekly Shonen Jump from 9 June 2025.Manga Show-and-Tell this week is Fragging フラッギング by Saruwatari Tetsuya 猿渡哲也.Full transcripts of the Show-and-Tell can be found at the official Manga Musings Obscure Manga Blog, along with original content dating back over a decade.In the Jump segment, we cover:Kagurabachi #82One Piece #1151Super Psychic Policeman Chojo #65 (End of Serialization)Ichi the Witch #37To support the show and to hear exclusive monthly postgame coverage of Boruto, head to the Manga Musings Patreon.Our theme music is Rainy Day by Souichi Sakagami. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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