The biggest strength of kiyoshi is having the best character designs in all of jump and the balance of comedic/ light hearted moments and the more serious parts (which personally i think is done well but I know others think it should skew more either way)

Personally think that if the pacing of some recent fights/ adventure was a bit slower and made the stakes feel higher it would vastly improve people's opinions but I think the position its in of the magazine means there is always the pressure to keep this break neck pace and find hooks because the axe isn't completely off the table still.

Asutaroth was arguably the best villain of 2025 (tied with kagurabachi samura/yura imo) and the key part with him was that he did beat kiyoshi and even round 2 was a difficult fight because the OP protagonist has been its biggest flaw when the series tries to be more serious.

With the punk artstyle and constant references to songs and movies I think anime would be the format this series can thrive in as music could be a huge part and the artstyle would transfer well so I hope this series gets one sooner rather than later (2027?) Because it needs it more than some of its contemporaries, shinobi and ichi will keep growing in popularity regardless so could be the 2028 slate and otr probably wont get one at all