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I will say that I truly believe the arc you'd be starting with and what's to come gets to the heart of the series, and without getting into spoilers, I feel like the actual stakes of the series' premise become higher. On a much lower scale, some of the recent chapters have left me kind reeling in the same way Attack on Titan would. I do also find that as probably the most critical fan of the series, it's amusing that you're feeling an itch to continue in the manga.

Chapter 84 picks up where the next season should start. Chapter 83 ends exactly where Stone Wars ended.

Sakamoto Days also continues to be a sleeper for me. I always kind of put it down after a few chapters and wonder how much I enjoy it, then when I catch-up on the chapters I missed, I find myself falling more in love over time. It really does a good job of striking the right balance between a gag manga and something a little deeper. Also, some of the more recent chapters have had some wonderfully drawn panels. Anelle, are you still caught up with Dr. Stone?

i tell c is definitely short enough right now that I'd recommend giving it a shot until you're current to make a decision. I still have a chapter or two to catch up on that I may read on this train. Spy x Family may be my favorite manga running right now. The plot is heavily fueled by character development, and the whole thing is endearing as heck. I actually just started reading lately and the catch up was a breeze because I just kept wanting to read more.

Just read it today as well. I dig the art and while the concept is silly, the execution so far is pretty on-point. And they left us on a bit of a cliffhanger for the first chapter, which is usually a good sign in my book. Definitely gonna follow it until it falls flat or I get distracted. I'm still kind of torn on I tell c, but I get the feeling it won't last too long anyway, so I may drop it. Though now that it's starting to dig a bit deeper into the background of the main protagonist, I'm a bit more interested. Also, the new MHA chapters just have me like I also still can not recommend Spy x Family enough. It's great.

I'm already expecting Ma to hate like 90% of it

Oh, yeah, that wasn't meant to be directed at you guys as much as it was kind of a natural reaction to the people blowing it out if proportion. People on r/titanfolk are treating it like the final season of Game of Thrones, and like...no lol

I thought it was a fine ending. I had decided a long time ago that pretty much no ending was going to be satisfactory. Either he gives an ending that's curbs expectations and is dumb because of how shocking/out of character it is, or he goes with something sort of safe and expected and people get disappointed it didn't happen exactly how they imagined.

Who keeps up with modern manga nowadays? Ever since I got the Shonen Jump subscription, I've slowly gotten more into it, and probably read more manga than I watch anime at this point. Though, there are still some big titles I'm missing, and I don't really dive outside Shonen Jump titles other than AoT at this point, though am curious about suggestions. My Weekly/Regular Must-Reads Dr. Stone Dragon Ball Super (The last arc and the current one that just started are really interesting compared to what was happening in the anime) MHA Spy x Family (Wholesome manga with incredible character and plot development that has got me in my feels quite a few times. I can't recommend this one enough) Attack on Titan Kaiju No. 8 (Cool battles, atypical middle-aged shonen protagonist, enjoyable art) Series I Like but Slip Through the Cracks Sometimes Undead Unluck (Fun concept with some cool characters. Feels a bit rushed at times, and I wonder if the mangaka was expecting cancellation before getting greenlit for more) Build King (Incredible art that often leads the eye Dragon Ball/Bleach style, a simple, almost goofy concept that has a surprising amount of depth, but the mangaka was caught for some sketchy pedo shit a good while ago and it's made it a bit harder to purely enjoy this series) Sakamoto Days (Gag manga that's surprisingly serious, like a light-hearted John Wick) Recent Reads of Concluded Series I Really Enjoyed JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Completed Stardust Crusaders a few months ago and started Diamond is Unbreakable, but haven't really touched it since) Chainsaw Man (Holy shit, if you're not turned off by dark shit and you haven't read this, it's so damn good and the upcoming anime has been a hype train for me since before it was announced) Death Note (Loved the anime back in the day, first time going through and reading the manga. The second half is much more enjoyable here in comparison) I've also started The Elusive Samurai, i tell c, and Phantom Seer. The Elusive Samurai doesn't really hold my attention that well and feels just a bit cliche, so I haven't read past the fourth chapter. But I did like how they didn't shy away from decapitation and death for what otherwise feels like a pretty light-hearted series. Might pick it back up if I get bored or hear good things. i tell c is definitely an interesting concept, and I generally like the main character, but I dunno, it doesn't really feel like it has staying power. Haven't got past chapter 3, so maybe it picks up more? Phantom Seer also feels a bit generic, but having only read the first chapter today, I thought the art and monster design was pretty sick. I'll probably give this one a few more chapters before I come to a verdict. There have been a couple other ones that have started both recently and over the last two years that I either gave up on, ended before it could grow(Guardian of the Witch ;_;), or just haven't really grabbed me enough to finish. Of these, I've heard Mashle is one that I've neglectfully overlooked because I wasn't really into the character designs, so maybe I'll commit to jumping into that. How about anyone else? Read any of these series, or anything outside of Shonen Jump that you find worthy of people's attention? I read this a long time ago, but wasn't fully caught up, so wanted to wait before I responded, then it just completely slipped my mind until we started talking about The Final Season. How about now? Are you still fully caught up? 137 and 138 were a fucking wild ride. Very curious to see how things conclude next chapter.

I was anime-only until a couple months ago. I read from the beginning just to refresh myself on the plot and ended up blazing all the way to the current manga. The shit that's gone down is so insane, it's almost like a completely different series.

I ended up getting a subscription to digital Shonen Jump after the scans of MHA I was reading turned into scanlations. The verbiage and terminology was so skewed from what I was used to that I paid just to get the official translations. I do keep up with AOT and Dr. Stone through scanlations, which I get through Manga Rock, but that's because I downloaded the app before they had the big change over. Pretty sure it's a pay service if you download it now. As for where the translations came from? It seems like the recent stuff is all over the place. I used to use the site Manganelo.com, but it's been so long that I don't know if they're still getting proper new scanlations of noteworthy series.

Same. I'm usually more of an anime person, but I've recently got back into trading a couple manga. Mostly keeping up with Dr Stone and then reading random chapters from stuff I've watched before. I was really into this one series called Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service a long time ago. Not sure how far that got.

Dr. Stone is one of those manga where the first few chapters don't well represent what it becomes a few chapters later. It takes on new life after the short first arc, which I'm hoping the anime does a bit of remapping to better tell the beginning.

Not sure if you mean back and forth as far as quality or focus of the story. Because sometimes they get so derailed in making other scientific advancements that they almost gloss over the original task/reason. I think it helps that I read most of it in a bug chunk until the last 15 or so chapters.

Has anyone here been reading Dr. Stone? I usually don't get too deep into manga like I do anime, but this was part of the big 4 new IP's that were meant to bring fresh blood into the Shonen Jump pages (The Promised Neverland was one of those four). It's basically a battle manga where the conflict and escalation is based on scientific advancement as opposed to fighting and power levels. Really cool art style and surprisingly engaging story. Anime comes out in July. Mostly just getting the ball rolling in this forum.