Issue #34 Preview Cover and Lead Color: MAJOR 2nd Lead Color: Paradon Center Color: Akira Failing in Love Rookie Oneshot: Koi ni Fastner by Ririka Uhana

The Sunday diary this week comes from Naoki Mizuguchi, who recalls a time in June when he was wondering about buying another plastic model as his daughter danced and counted down how many he already owns.

Advert for Rumiko Takahashi manga frontspiece stickers from MAO, Ranma, Urusei Yatsura and Inuyasha. These are available on the Sunday premium shop. Anime airing this week: Conan 1207 MAO 15

Advert for Granph x Conan x Yaiba shirts going on sale in Japan July 14th in stores. As mentioned in a previous post, preorders are open online with ship dates starting in August.

July WSS and Webry releases

Adverts for the Conan TCG reveal that a special Hagiwara card will be included in the next issue, and signed Gosho Aoyama cards will be included (at random) in the next booster pack coming out July 25th. There will also be a "TCG summit" in August.

Color pages for "Kamibiki Monarch" reveal that volume one will be out August 8th.

Lead Color page for "Shippo to Gekirin" for series popularity and the upcoming release of volume #1 on July 16th. (2/2)

Lead Color page for "Shippo to Gekirin" for series popularity and the upcoming release of volume #1 on July 16th. (1/2)

Issue #33 TOC: Top 5: Shippo to Gekirin (#14) Detective Conan (#1166) Albus changes the world (#95) Futari Bus (#38) Utsuranain Desu (#106) Bottom 5: Sleepy Princess (#446) Agakimi (#34) Shibuya Near Family (#166) Hokago Vocaken De (#24) MizuPolo (#108)

Short thread for issue #33 of Weekly Shonen Sunday featuring Hikaru Morita from Sakurazaka 46

ICYMI, Japanese clothing brand GRANIPH is doubling down in their Gosho Aoyama support and hosting both a Detective Conan AND Yaiba: Samurai Legend collaboration! Preorders are open now and the items will ship in August. You may need a proxy if you're outside of Japan.

After this week's issue, Detective Conan will be on break until combined issues #42-43 (Releases September 16th) of Weekly Shonen Sunday. This Viz simulpub will be on break until then too. Note that the magazine has a misprint and lists the series as returning in issue #41.

A better look at the Frieren x Vermeer exhibit illustration. The things Fern does for her master… The exhibit runs from Aug 21 – Sep 27, 2026 in the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka ©️Kanehito Yamada/Tsukasa Abe/SHOGAKUKAN

Check out Tsubasa Fukuchi’s commemorative illustration for the start of the “Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life” anime! The series streams on crunchyroll. ©️Tsubasa Fukuchi/Hekiru Hikawa/Kodansha

Check out Minoru Toyoda’s commemorative illustration for the start of the Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life anime! Both series stream on crunchyroll and feature Akira Sekine as the lead heroines! (What a coincidence!) ©️Minoru Toyoda/Hekiru Hikawa/Kodansha/SHOGAKUKAN

Cover for issue #8 of Monthly Shonen Sunday (Gessan) featuring Mitsuru Adachi’s “MIX” This issue also marks the return of Ayumi Ishii’s “Nobunaga Concerto”

Cover for volume #33 of Takuya Mitsuda's Baseball Epic "MAJOR 2nd." Runs biweekly in Weekly Shonen Sunday.

Cover for volume #9 of Ruka Konoshima’s “Utsuranain desu: The Ghost doesn’t show up.” Check out our initial impressions of the series on our site: wsstalkback.blogspot.com/2024/05/new-... Runs in Weekly Shonen Sunday.

Cover for the fifth and final volume of Kazuhiko Shimamoto's "Vampidol Tagiru" Check out our initial impressions on our site: wsstalkback.blogspot.com/2025/07/new-... Ran in Weekly Shonen Sunday.

Cover for volume three of the aizoban release of Chie Shinohara’s “Red River.” These A5 sized books have embossed foil covers and retain many of the color pages from the magazine release.

Cover for the third and final volume of Yutaka Kirishima’s “Amou to Kijima” Welcome to Hell! 🤗 This work is a workplace comedy where an angel and demon with distinctly opposite personalities welcome and escort new souls to the afterlife! Ran on Sunday Webry.

Cover for volume two of Aki ⭐️ Eda’s “Gal shinkan wa lizare ga darui” Runs in Sunday Webry.

Missed your chance to see Conan on the big screen during Anime Expo? No worries, that was only the first of a multi-tour stop for the Million Dollar Pentagram! Next up is Otakon in Washington DC! The con is on from 7/30 to 8/2! Come for the movie, stay for the experience (and we'll be there too!)

Japanese fans stay shoppin' 😎🛒💸 Volume #5 of Tsubasa Fukuchi's "Parashoppers' has been reprinted! Check out our initial thoughts of the series on our site: wsstalkback.blogspot.com/2025/03/new-...

Tsubasa Fukuchi (Law of Ueki/Parashoppers) has drawn a celebratory illustration for the currently airing "Draw This, Then Die!" anime! Check it out streaming now on Crunchyroll, or pick up the manga from Seven Seas! ©Tsubasa Fukuchi/Minoru Toyoda/SHOGAKUKAN

Covers for volume one and two of the aizoban release of Chie Shinohara’s “Red River.” These A5 sized books have embossed foil covers and retain many of the color pages from the magazine release.

Cover for volume #10 of Minoru Toyoda’s “Draw this, then Die. A manga about a girl who lives on an island in Tokyo’s jurisdiction and her journey to create manga of her own. TV Anime currently airing @sevenseasentertainment.com has licensed the manga in English. Runs in Gessan

Cover for volume 5 of Murasaki’s “Tsuruko wa mada yonjugo dakara” The world gives Tsuruko, a 45-year-old single office worker the cold shoulder until one day a handsome man asks her to live with him in a share house! Rather than the end, has life begun for the spry mid forty maiden? A Cycomi manga

Cover for volume four of Odaku Nakamura’s “Sei shojo mokushiroku: death pair” Runs in Big Comic Superior.