UNDER DOCTOR - Ch. 1 - The Doctor Named Haiji

[MangaDex]

 

[skywardgem]

pretty solid start, def wanna keep an eye on this one. The initial concept is pretty nice and Haiji seems like a fun lead to follow around (helps that he's got that older Vash the Stampede sort of charm to him lol), big on the art style too

gotta see what later chapters bring but I'm hoping this one can stick around long enough to really find its place in Jump 🙏

 

[Mopopolis]

Solid first chapter, art style and writing gave me Spy x Family vibes

 

[detarameMangadex]

That was a decently promising start! I already like Haiji: his design is solid, he has interesting values, and there is more to his personality than being the main character. He's like a mix of Vash and Sakamoto. I assume we'll meet his correspondent soon, and be introduced to the underworld of this world.

The first bar a Jump action manga has to pass is being cool to some extent, which this chapter has certainly achieved. Haiji is capable of aurafarming, and, even though it is basic, I can't get enough of the classic action setting of assassins + guns + mild sprinkles of superhuman but non-supernatural powers. I hope this manga will start to do its own thing one day, but perhaps playing it safe is better early on.

I know it's a bit early to speculate, but why can Haiji see lights? His father seems to be able to do so as well, so is it inherited? That implies some sort of concrete power system involving actual powers as opposed to the rule of cool "he's just really good at seeing weak points!!" explanation a grounded action manga would typically go for.

Overall, I enjoyed this chapter, and hope that future chapters will keep up in quality. It's fairly strong for a first Jump serialization. Hopefully this will break through the Horikoshi assistant curse and become a long-running series, perhaps even becoming a replacement for Sakamoto Days.

 

[fight2live]

solid first chapter, and the concept is interesting. i hope this can reach at least one year of serialization