Why it's worth a look

「グランドジャンプめちゃ」isn't a single ongoing story but a magazine, an anthology compiled by the Grand Jump editorial department that gathers a spread of manga chapters into one issue. For readers curious about what's circulating in Japanese seinen manga right now, an issue like this works less like a novel and more like a sampler plate — a way to taste several different series and creators without committing to a full volume of any one of them.

This particular issue leads with a cover feature titled 「私と相性良い人、いませんか?」 by Haruki, setting a tone of searching for compatibility and connection that seems to run through the collection. The color pages inside are given to a chapter of the ongoing 金魚妻 series by Kurosawa R, continuing its story under the title 「金魚妻13 後編」, alongside a two-part chapter of 「ねがいあい〜ハジメテ同士のはじらい遊戯〜」 by Kuroseimu, which by its title promises a shy, tentative kind of romantic or physical awakening between its characters. Readers drawn to relationship-driven manga, with an emphasis on nerves, timing, and the awkwardness of new intimacy, will find plenty to sit with here.

The issue also carries a chapter of 「来世ではちゃんとします」 by Itsumachan, a title that suggests regret and the wish to do better in another life, hinting at a more reflective or bittersweet tone amid the collection's romantic threads. Balancing that is a standalone one-shot, 「ゴト師〜この世で最も下劣で不要な仕事〜」 by Moriyusaku, which by its description takes a much darker, sharper look at a character defined by an occupation the story itself calls the lowest and most unnecessary in the world. That single entry alone signals that this isn't a magazine built on one mood; it moves from tenderness to something closer to social bite within the same set of pages.

With nine further works rounding out the issue beyond these highlighted ones, this is a volume suited to readers who like discovering new series in short bursts, sampling different art styles and tones before deciding what to follow further. It won't suit someone looking for a single complete arc, but for anyone who enjoys the anthology format itself, or wants a cross-section of what a monthly Grand Jump-affiliated magazine looks like, this issue offers a broad and varied entry point, published by Shueisha as part of a run that already spans eleven available volumes.

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