As the years progressed and my tastes diversified, I reconciled with the criticisms of Jump manga: formulaic, contrived, easy plots that were fixated with the Big Three, and yet despite the critics, I could always identify at least one series that challenged their theory: Hunter x Hunter, Assassination Classroom, and now recently, The Promised Neverland. Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Death Note, Shaman King, all carried the Shonen Jump seal. I soon noticed a pattern, that the majority of my favourite series had the same logo on the back page. I quickly joined a small but committed community of pupils that circulated Naruto theories, engaged in Big Three debates, and read weekly scans on OneManga. I was introduced to Jump in secondary school, at the dawn of YouTube, back when Dattebayo's Naruto subs were regularly ripped and uploaded on the site without their permission (leading to their defiant withdrawal from the web). This series, when it appears, will stand as a reminder of why the magazine is so legendary. Every so often Shonen Jump provides us with a rare gem.
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