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OTAQUEST contributor Patrick St. Michel runs an email newsletter called Make Believe Mailer, an offshoot of his decade-long blog Make Believe Melodies. Every week, he shares essays and round-ups of new Japanese music, from J-pop to independent releases. For the final time, he offers a sort of best-of from the month, highlighting Japanese songs worth your time and other developments in the world of Japanese music.

OTAQUEST contributor Patrick St. Michel runs an email newsletter called Make Believe Mailer, an offshoot of his decade-long blog Make Believe Melodies. Every week, he shares essays and round-ups of new Japanese music, from J-pop to independent releases. For the final time, he offers a sort of best-of from the month, highlighting Japanese songs worth your time and other developments in the world of Japanese music.

OTAQUEST contributor Patrick St. Michel runs an email newsletter called Make Believe Mailer, an offshoot of his decade-long blog Make Believe Melodies. Every week, he shares essays and round-ups of new Japanese music, from J-pop to independent releases. For the final time, he offers a sort of best-of from the month, highlighting Japanese songs worth your time and other developments in the world of Japanese music.

Contemporary Japanese music — or even the stuff from the not-all-that-distant past! — features many artists creating some of the most exciting songs going, from burgeoning rappers putting their spin on the genre to electronic creators pushing down sonic boundaries. It isn’t always easy to get familiar with them, though, thanks to a combination of label-born internet shyness that cuts them off from potential fans alongside the general noise of daily life on the internet.

Even before The Elusive Samurai volume 1 came out, it was pretty clear that sales of Yusei Matsui’s latest series were going to be pretty good. It got possibly the fastest Weekly Shonen Jump cover ever just fifteen chapters after its debut, while back-to-back releases of the first two volumes in July and August showed that SHUEISHA wanted to capitalize upon this early momentum. That being said, the actual extent of its success is pretty surprising.

After sixteen years in publication, it already felt like something of a fever dream to hear that Zettai Karen Children was ending. Sometimes known as Psychic Squad outside of Japan, Takashi Shiina’s series spawned a mountain of merchandise and several adaptations over the course of its run, more than making its mark on the history of Weekly Shonen Sunday as a result.

How do you separate art from the artist? Is it by erecting an arbitrary wall, or do you simply accept the fact that an author’s own life experiences always shape the kind of stories they create? For that matter, how do you separate fact from fiction when almost every piece of media is influenced by the environment that it finds itself in? Look Back poses all of those questions and more, evoking real-world tragedies along the way.

The beginning of a new week can only mean one thing: time for new Weekly Shonen Jump! This is where Jacob investigates the latest and greatest in the magazine, telling you what’s worth your time and what’s not. You can find coverage of other series under the tag Jump Time. Here’s The Elusive Samurai chapter 25.

The beginning of a new week can only mean one thing: time for new Weekly Shonen Jump! This is where Jacob investigates the latest and greatest in the magazine, telling you what’s worth your time and what’s not. You can find coverage of other series under the tag Jump Time. Here’s Sakamoto Days chapter 32. Where do you go following a tough mission?

The beginning of a new week can only mean one thing: time for new Weekly Shonen Jump! This is where Jacob investigates the latest and greatest in the magazine, telling you what’s worth your time and what’s not. You can find coverage of other series under the tag Jump Time. Here’s My Hero Academia chapter 320. No man is an island. You could say the same thing about superheroes, as My Hero Academia chapter 320 sees Class 1-A intervene to stop Deku from turning into the silent protector of old.