Issue 47:
1.
Nue's Exorcist
This arc is a rebirth of Gakuro as Nue's Exorcist, not just as someone that happened to be passing there and found her, not just as someone following a family's destiny, but as an individual that created a personal bond with her. Nue to him isn't just a goddess or a monster, not just hist savior, but his friend. Following on that, we go back to basics in this chapter. Kasha is back being a boy, Nue and Gakuro are a duo again, but Shiroha is the piece that is going against the past.
At the beginning of the story, Shiroha's situation forced Gakuro to become a hero capable of shouldering the pain from everyone, but now it's time for Shiroha to gain her independece, she's who will save Gakuro this time and reclaim her destiny by bringing down centuries of atrocities done by the Fujino.
2.
Ura
Manga about demi-humans and similar ideas aren't that uncommon nowadays, we have popular ones like Ogami Tsumiki serializing right now, so I'm enjoying Ura's spin is about Kibitsu growing as a person as he understands Ura's situation. Inari isn't Ura, so we know now it's not that he sees Ura as someone special because she's an oni, but because she's Ura. He's understanding fast even someone as otherwordly as a fox goddess may hide her true feelings just like he, a human, does and empathizes with that.
3.
Ruri Dragon
Another manga doing the same thing, conceptually, is Ruri. But here we get the inner thoughts of someone trying to understand herself and her role in society as someone different. Ruri sees herself just as Ruri, but she knows how not everyone can do that. It's an interesting point being made here about how the space around someone may shape even their own perception of self. The ending was pretty interesting as well as we just had a whole talk about personality and change.
4.
Roku
Kabaneji is such a cool friend to have around. We all need a Kabaneji to show us how amazing all the basic things we learn to do are. Excited for the arc that is apparently starting, lots of Sachiko ahead.
5.
Hero Destroyerz:
Happy to see another gag chapter and this was one of the best ones so far. The Black Flames and the Toast plus Narration combo were both peak Sorachi comedy.
As for the others... In general, really good issue, both
Someone Hertz and
Animal Signal managed to be fun and progress their main relationships. And I assume that's
Cannon Master's final boss? Hey, he looks cool at least. Maybe
Hal Formula will survive for a batch after all, doesn't feel like it's wrapping up.
Who are the authors and magazine publishing manga for, if not the readers?
I don't believe Jump should change, they're already more lenient than they were in the past. But I honestly think it's fine for authors to create for themselves and generally that makes more interesting art. Of course, the readers end up deciding if they like it or not and based on that the magazine decides what to keep around. That's all fair, but generally I have a hard time enjoying things that feel they're stuck chasing mass market trends instead of the personal interests and styles of a creative.
Still hate the idea of old series taking space in the magazine unless they're one shots or very short serializations.