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This is the English version of the famous Weekly Shonen Jump in Japan, but it includes manga from Jump SQ and other magazines and online publishing as well. The dialogue, translation, and quality are altogether suburb compared to what you might find on scanlation sites. The magazine also includes Jump Backs (early chapters of older series) and Jump Starts (new chapters of brand-new series in Japan). There are also occasional one-shots and interviews with famous mangaka. Extra features include fan art sections or cosplay. The magazine is easly to work with and flip through the pages, and you can download multiple issues at a time. You can even put in a bookmark if you plan on returning to a specific spot. Readers can even rank series in a weekly survey like they would in Japan.

New readers can test it out by downloading the free Starter Pack. People who only want to read Blue Exorcist and Seraph of the End can only buy the one issue per month, but the weekly series are really worth checking out. Subscription makes each issue much cheaper, especially for those subscribing or resubscribing during a special deal.

The app is easy to use, and the manga quality looks great. The pages are clean and easy to zoom in on without worrying about the image quality becoming pixelated. Anyone new to the magazine can buy up to 3 months of back issues to get into the stories as well. This is a great choice for supporting legal manga.

My main complaint is that not every Jump Start is chosen to continue in the magazine, which upsets people who become fans during those 3 chapters of a new series. It would be great if even more manga series were included, but they can only do so much with the budget restraints. Having more subscribers should increase the amount of content they can include each issue.

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