“Operation Capture Rochka”
Creative Staff
Story: Kentaro Yabuki
Art: Kentaro Yabuki
Translation: Satsuki Yamashita
Lettering: Mark McMurray
What They Say:
Japan may be brimming with mysterious monsters called ayakashi, but they have a special exorcist ninja force to counter the threat! Young exorcist ninja Matsuri spends his days fighting ayakashi to protect his childhood friend Suzu. But when an ayakashi cat named Shirogane shows up, things get turned upside down! Legendary mangaka Kentaro Yabuki returns to Shonen Jump with this new fantasy series full of ayakashi and romance!
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
Rochka feels like she’s being underestimated. Matsuri isn’t around. Shirogane is lazing about. Suzu is being extremely carefree. Do they not consider her a threat!? She’ll show them! A bit later, Suzu is taking a shower and all she can think about is if Matsuri is watching her. The thought gets her really excited. Such a naughty girl! This isn’t time for lewd thoughts. She needs to be focusing on Rochka. Speaking of the snow spirit, she shows up and starts taunting Suzu in the shower. Suzu responds by calling Rochka cute. It’s super effective! The random compliment momentarily stuns Rochka which allows Matsuri to capture her. Yeah, Matsuri has been in the bathroom with Suzu the whole time using the invisible cloak. He swears he was looking at the wall the whole time! I believe him. He’s not Suzu.
Suzu has no shame standing in front of Matsuri bucked naked though. This causes him to trip and fall into the bath with Rochka. For some reason, Rochka’s clothes start melting!? Apparently, it’s snow ayakashi don’t do well in hot water. That makes sense, I guess. She yells at Matsuri before disappearing. Well, that was something alright. By the way, Matsuri discovers that Suzu’s…assets are all up in his face. Blushing intensifies! Shirogane, who’s also been in the bathroom the whole time disguised as a towel, warns them that there’s another enemy. Before they know it, they’re sucked into a mirror and end up in the mirror world. This is the handiwork of the ayakashi known as Ungaikyo. Rochka plans on teaming up with Ungaikyo to defeat the group with the POWER OF FRIENDSHIP! I’m not joking. She really said that.
In Summary:
It appears that Rochka isn’t the only enemy. The group also has to worry about Ungaikyo and the mirror world. They may be in a bit of a tough spot here. I’m sure they’ll find a way to get out of this though. Of course, that is only if they can defeat THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP. I still can’t get over the fact that Rochka actually said that, haha. Fantastic. And for all of you ecchi fans out there, this chapter will not disappoint you. Suzu was basically naked the entire time. Needless to say, Matsuri had the best seat in the house.
Content Grade: B-
Art Grade: A
Age Rating: T
Released By: Shonen Jump/VIZ Media
Released Date: March 21st, 2021