Weekly Shonen Jump was launched by Shueshia in 1968 under the Jump line of magazines, publishing and competing against Weekly Shonen Magazine and Weekly Shonen Sunday. Shōnen Jump has been serializing action and comedy series known as shonen manga since then. Shonen manga is a Japanese comic that targets adolescent boys and young men. With over 7.5 billion copies, it’s the best-selling comic/manga magazine ever.
With the digital change, Shonen Jump is now accessible through its mobile application, which was launched in 2019. The weekly chapters for some of the greatest and newest manga are updated. However, some hits from what was considered the Golden Age of Weekly Shonen Jump also exist on the application. With practically flawless manga, this golden age ran from the 1980s to the 1990s. Though they are well beyond their age, there’s no question in anyone’s mind that any fan of shonen manga should be engaged in these series.
5 Jojo Bizzare Adventure Part 4 Diamond is Unbreakable is A Perfect Jojo Arc
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Created by the legendary mangaka Hirohiko Araki, Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure Diamond is Unbreakable was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1992 to 1995. This series follows Josuke Higashikata, the latest protagonist in the Joestar bloodline, who is fated to fight evil. Josuke lived in the small town of Morioh in 1999 and was suddenly faced with strange and dangerous stand users. To protect his city, Josuke fights Dio’s forces and ultimately, Yoshikage Kira, the best villain in Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure series.
He has his own allies, including former protagonist Jotaro Kujo and the ever-loveable Koichi Hirose. Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure Diamond is Unbreakable and will receive its highly regarded anime adaptation by David Productions. But the series is worth reading, as this is where Araki’s art truly forms into something that will soon get him into the Louvre. That’s the power and legacy of Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure.
The series has broken into actual culture thanks to its storytelling, art, and designs, so seeing his art evolve would be a worthwhile experience. Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure Diamond is Unbreakable is praised for its character work, letting characters exist beyond their over-the-top archetypes that held back their previous parts. Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure Diamond is Unbreakable gets more creative and radically unique with each chapter. Reading this manga shows that there’s nothing like Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure.
4 Yu-Gi-Oh! Started A Legendary Trading Card Game
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Yu-Gi-Oh! is a Japanese manga series written by the late and legendary Kazuki Takahashi. It has become one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. The series follows Yugi Mutou, who solves an ancient item called the Millennium Puzzle. In the puzzle, a gambling spirit resolves conflicts with various games, giving him the title King of Games. This is the basis of Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0, a significant departure from the show fans know.
While the series started with multiple games, it shifted mainly to the card game Duel Monsters, which would be the basis of the trading card game. Throughout the series, they discover the secrets of this spirit and the power of the spirit named Yami Yugi. In the initial planning stages of the manga, Takahashi wanted to draw a horror manga. While it eventually became a manga about games, it had many horror elements. He found the context of games far easier to work with. Obviously, the series was an intense success.
It sold over 40 million copies and received the Shonen Jump ICv2 «Comic Product of the Year» award in 2002. Many reviewers praised the dark storylines, which were beyond that of an advertisement for the trading card game. Takashi’s usage of games made the story engaging and unlike anything in the 1990s. Even if someone has experience with the franchise or the anime, the manga is an entirely new type of thing.
3 Rurouni Kenshi is Controversial But Excellent
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Rurouni Kenshin is written by Nobuhiro Watsuki and follows a former assassin of the Bakumatsu, Himura Kenshin. Now a wandering swordsman who protects people without taking their lives, Watsuki wrote the manga to create a story different from other shonen manga written. The series’ central theme was about responsibility. Kenshin wanted to atone for all the people he killed by helping people instead.
Even other characters wanted to find ways of redemption through responsibility. Watsuki mentioned he was influenced by his reading of shojo manga, making him very passionate. Unfortunately, Rurouni Kenshin has been steeped in a controversy that can’t be ignored. It’s hard to discuss the series without discussing Nobuhiro’s crime.
Unfortunately, the industry refuses to make the author face repercussions as he continues to receive support and adoration from key figures in the manga industry. Now, the series is divided among fans, with some saying to separate the art from the artist as it has no effect on Kenshin’s story. While others think that it’s impossible to separate the art from the artist.
