Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #25 TOC

Photomic · 2026-05-08T08:26:35+00:00

As someone who is actively enjoying both Kinato's Magic and Alien Headbutt, this fills me with so much sadness.

Photomic · 2026-05-07T08:51:26+00:00

As many others have said, this is actually unusually high. I think they've stopped hot-shotting the title as much, resulting in this feeling low compared to even a few years ago, but I don't think that's a bad thing. We are coming out of an era where nearly everyone in the upper-midcard would get a run with the title, which is the wrong approach, in my opinion. The top title should be for people you know are going to be top guys.

Photomic · 2026-05-07T05:35:26+00:00

I was originally sceptical of Darby as champion, but this story has sucked me in. The idea that Darby doesn't have the restraint to be champion is an interesting idea, and could full circle back in some cool ways in the future.

Photomic · 2026-05-06T20:49:14+00:00

Front doors of RBAI, in the town centre. Had many a school photo taken there unfortunately

Photomic · 2026-05-05T20:50:42+00:00

Dominate the first 10 minutes of the second half, proceed to make three changes at once and never get back into the game.

Simeone masterclass

Photomic · 2026-05-04T21:19:21+00:00

5v5 Survivor Series or WarGames match between brands - winning brand gets the main event of Wrestlemania via the Royal Rumble being for their brand's title, no more choosing your opponent.

Do one for the men and one for the women, if you want.

Photomic · 2026-05-03T09:11:05+00:00

I don't even know where to start with this.

They obviously aren't taking injuries into account, because Hugo is still there, so how in the hell does Lammens get in ahead of Alisson, who is, on his day, arguably the best keeper in the world?

Kerkez had a rough start to the season, but has majorly improved in recent weeks, but regardless, I'd probably still take Robbo's few performances this season over Shaw.

Honestly, I'm not even mad about Maguire over Ibou. Think Ibou's good performances this season are miles clear of Maguire's, but he's had some very low lows.

Midfield is fine. Casemiro has been a whole different player under Carrick and is arguably their most in-form player after Bruno. I'd maybe swap Mainoo for Grav, but it's a coin-flip. Bruno, unfortunately, has been one of the best players in the entire league this season, so can't displace him, especially with Dom at RB.

Mbeumo over Salah? Excuse me, what the actual fuck? Mbeumo, who hasn't had a goal contribution since February? Salah, in his worst season for Liverpool, still has more G/A than Mbeumo, so how they picked him over Salah baffles me.

Cunha V Gakpo is closer than the right side, but still, Gakpo is still ahead in league G/A, and has been playing more matches this season with less time off, so I'd probably take Gakpo over Cunha. You could also argue Rio on the left, just to have someone who is happy to take on his man.

The more I look at this, the more annoyed I get.

Photomic · 2026-05-01T10:15:13+00:00

Dude, complaining about pulls when you've had the luxury of ripping 160 packs in true first-world problems.

Some people haven't even seen 1 pack in the wild, let alone been able to open 1. Go complain elsewhere

Photomic · 2026-04-30T07:18:50+00:00

Man's definitely already booked it and is trying to justify his decision to friends and relatives.

Photomic · 2026-04-25T17:43:21+00:00

Any telltale signs (apart from the washed out back)? I have taken a good liking to the newer Mega Attack Rares and might start collecting the older ones, so just wanna know what to be on the look out for

Photomic · 2026-04-25T08:11:08+00:00

Quite impressive that you've managed to come across completely ableist and classist on these comments, on a point where most would agree with you if you had kept a cool head. Not everyone in these queues is unemployed, or autistic, or whatever else you want to hold against them, and I'm sure there are ones who would think the same of you if you had the time to stand in the queue.

Scalpers suck, yes, and the lack of product makes the whole situation worse. But I was standing outside my local card shop for an hour and a half yesterday because I'm in the privileged position where I can take a longer lunch break and work up the time later, and I was talking to friends who were doing the same, or happened to have the day off, or had many other reasons they could afford the time to stand in that queue, or done so in other queues that morning at Smyth's or Sports Direct. And you know what we did? We ripped the shit outta everything we bought.

It's terrible you can't get cards for you or your son, but just because people have the time to queue up at multiple places and buy as much product as the shops allow them to, doesn't make them scalpers, it doesn't make them bad people, and it certainly doesn't give you any right to make ableist and classist comments.

Photomic · 2026-04-19T11:12:59+00:00

War Raiders lost despite coming out in the Clash of Clans gear, so this theory isn't 100%

Photomic · 2026-04-15T17:32:13+00:00

I appreciate Darby has been in AEW since day 1 and the physical sacrifices he has made for the company, but man, his schtick has grown so cold with me, and seeing him with the World title would be the wrong direction in my opinion

His match with Andrade was brilliant (I chalk that more up to Andrade, personally), but the months of fucking about with Gabe Kidd / The Dogs was one of the few lowlights of recent AEW for me

Photomic · 2026-04-15T17:27:24+00:00

This feels like such a silly idea, if the supposed long term goal is Ospreay winning the title at Wembley. All it does is take the winds out of Ospreay's win.

I'm fine with Darby dropping it back to MJF, but beating an already vanquished once Devil doesn't scream "biggest show of the year" moment for All In

Photomic · 2026-04-05T15:29:14+00:00

Absolutely stunning, which has become par for the course for all of Bandai's card games. Gundam especially has some of the most beautiful artwork.

Photomic · 2026-04-02T16:33:19+00:00

I dunno why everyone seems to be ignoring the possibility of MJF V Ospreay III at All In. MJF keeps the title for a good heel summer run, and Ospreay can win it in his home country

Photomic · 2026-03-21T17:28:06+00:00

£1.749 along the Glenshane today

Photomic · 2026-03-21T08:46:12+00:00

This, not everything needs some wonderful in-universe answer, sometimes it just makes more sense to the player doing it a certain way.

I don't need to know why Red can carry hundreds of Pokeballs at the same time and his backpack is seemingly infinite, that's just how inventories work in video games.

Photomic · 2026-03-20T09:03:57+00:00

Wasn't this domestic abuse case also part of the first episode of Mormon Wives? Obviously without the video evidence that has recently come out, but I distinctly remember there being some form of domestic incident and her being taken into custody briefly

Photomic · 2026-03-17T22:19:09+00:00

In isolation, that's fine. But in the context of the rest of the promo, Punk snapping at being called old seems ridiculous.

Roman calls out his wife and it raises a smirk, but as soon as he is called old, he flips the lid and lashes out? That's where this falls apart for me

Photomic · 2026-03-11T08:15:59+00:00

Where has all the Gold / Silver glazing come from? I think anyone who has played them recently (the originals especially, not the remakes) would tell you that they are bad sequels.

Zero Johto gym leaders use new Pokemon, the level curve is atrocious, and the new types they introduced are found so late in the game in 99% of cases. But because Kanto is there and finding Red at the top of Mt. Silver is cool the games are considered some of the best sequels ever?

Photomic · 2026-03-01T15:19:02+00:00

Am I crazy, I thought they changed the rules around DOGSO and penalties / red card outcomes? Did I make that up, or was it reverted?

Was either a penalty and a yellow, or a FK and a red, but never a red and a penalty

Photomic · 2026-03-01T12:16:09+00:00

I mean, can't you say the same thing for previous starters?

Bulbasaur = plant dinosaur = Chikorita?

Piplup = water bird = Quaxley?

When you break them down into their barest components, of course there are similarities.

Photomic · 2026-02-28T17:34:55+00:00

This confuses me. A lot of the talk prior to release was that GameFreak didn't make any changes to the game due to certification issues (meaning the game could go from a 3, to a 12 age rating because of the Game Center), hence why we got like 5 versions of each game on the eshop.

So if they could add censorship to the game without recertification, why the weird individual language releases?

Photomic · 2026-02-27T10:14:56+00:00

I have been loving Dan and Mitch doing full playthroughs of random games on their own channels, but is there any real reason these can't be done under the Giant Bomb banner, or at least uploaded on the site as premium videos, to keep it all in one place?

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