Mag Talk Weekly Shounen Jump [2009] - Discussion & TOC Talk

[SSJWill4]

Manga anthologies start their fiscal year the first week of December. Psyren debuted in Issue 1 of 2008, released the first Monday of December, 2007.



How so? This issue will be 7 weeks back.

And it's 6 by my count. 21 - 6 = 15. Unless I'm totally wrong about when ranking starts counting. Is it 8 weeks, and is counting inclusive or exclusive?

 

[Maxy Barnard]

Didn't Psyren debut in December of 2007?
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In what way does that ridulous series (I stop short of saying garbage) remind you of near-perfect Yu Yu Hakusho?

oh i'm not letting you call yuyu hakusho a near perfect series. It had CONSTANT tonal shifts, inconsistent characterisation, plots that were either exceedingly generic (tournament), or exceedingly generic and cut off because togashi was done with it (second tournament in demon world)

the series had many cool moments (black chapter), but was one of the least perfect, most schizophrenic series ever.

near perfect. pah.

also beelzebub is pretty much... nothing like it, so i'll agree with you that much

 

[Crude]

They both have delinquents, demons and all-powerful babies though.

 

[DeidaraGrimmjow]

oh i'm not letting you call yuyu hakusho a near perfect series. It had CONSTANT tonal shifts, inconsistent characterisation, plots that were either exceedingly generic (tournament), or exceedingly generic and cut off because togashi was done with it (second tournament in demon world). The series had many cool moments (black chapter), but was one of the least perfect, most schizophrenic series ever.

What makes you say that it had imperfect characterization and constant tonal shifts? And yeah, I'll admit that I'm bias on tournaments. Love em to death. And Yu Yu Hakusho did it better than any series I can think of. Guess for me it's cool fights and powers first, character development second...not to mention it has one of my five top anime villains of all time (Sensui).

 

[Tensai_Sakuragi]

oh i'm not letting you call yuyu hakusho a near perfect series. It had CONSTANT tonal shifts, inconsistent characterisation, plots that were either exceedingly generic (tournament), or exceedingly generic and cut off because togashi was done with it (second tournament in demon world)

the series had many cool moments (black chapter), but was one of the least perfect, most schizophrenic series ever.

near perfect. pah.

also beelzebub is pretty much... nothing like it, so i'll agree with you that much

Well, it´s still one of the best things to ever be serialized in SJ.
I mean, come on. You can call Togashi lazy, wicked or whatever.

But the guy is genius when it comes to shonen. Seriously.
His characters are likeable as hell, his twists and concepts are neat, and Yusuke Urameshi is just godly as a main character(much better than 80% of the wimpy mofos we get nowadays...).

So yeah. It´s no Slam Dunk, Houshin Engi or Dragon Ball, but it´s still classic stuff.

 

[Maxy Barnard]

oh togashi's talented. i love hunter x hunter, and like Level E. but yuyu hakusho changes how it is constantly, and outside of the awesome might of sensui never felt like it had anyone consistent and interesting (which when we're talking about someone with multiple personality disorder is really saying something)

but like dragon ball it's not a critic's sorta thing, it's just amazing fun if ya can look past the flaws

 

[kewl0210]

I meant "it reminds me" as in it seems like it has a lot of t he same concepts. Has the "turning into a demon/demon tatoos" has the "shinigami girl side kick" has the "devil king baby" has the "delinquent guy as the main character" "rival with a pompadour" and a lot of that sorta thing. I could try to fudge a few more similarities but I won't. Not so much in terms of actual plot. Not yet anyway, it's 8 chapters long.

 

[Galactic Tomahawk]

Reminds me more of Gash Bell than YYH.

Less so in the last couple chapters, but that was one of the first comparisons I noticed.

 

[GARusashi]

Yeah I notice the Gash Bell definitely, especially when rivals will show up sooner or later who also have candidates for Demon King

 

[Kaiten]

Episode 1 of Hatsukoi Ltd. was pretty good. Fans of the manga should definitely give it a try!

 

[Sexy Randal 105]

Wow, I think Beezlebub decided to be a battle manga with light comedy elements. I really think it will catch on soon.

 

[[Cross]]

Episode 1 of Hatsukoi Ltd. was pretty good. Fans of the manga should definitely give it a try!

Yeah it was, though the first episode may be deceiving (TLR >=[), but so far it looks solid.

 

[Kaiten]

Yeah it was, though the first episode may be deceiving (TLR >=[), but so far it looks solid.

At least with Hatsukoi the first chapter (thus first episode) was one of my least favorites. I'm looking forward to Yamamoto's introduction in episode 2.

 

[[Cross]]

At least with Hatsukoi the first chapter (thus first episode) was one of my least favorites. I'm looking forward to Yamamoto's introduction in episode 2.

I couldn't agree more, I don't care much for the first episode when considering episode two, bring on Yamamoto!

 

[Kaiten]

lol! I loved her introduction, should be great animated. What I'm really looking forward to is the chocolate bomber arc. Without a doubt it's my favorite part of the series! Bonus points to J.C. Staff for making the ED all fanservice

 

[Maxy Barnard]

hatsukoi limited could end up being my favourite adaptation in.... well, since gintama, or buso renkin. it's solid, and shows just how amazing the source material is in how acceptable the admittedly inferior adaptation is...

 

[Dofla]

#21 (20/04) :
Bakuman (Cp)
Naruto
Toriko
Bleach (C)
Reborn
Inumaru
Belzee
Keppû Gakkyû Kai Miyokawa Masaru - OneShot ( Cp - 47p）
Kuroko no Basket
Gintama
Gray
Kochi Kame
Sket
Neuro (Cp - 23p - End)
Psyren
Nurari
Es21
Bokke
Hoop
ToLove
Jaguar

 

[DeidaraGrimmjow]

I'm so dissappointed to see that Psyren dropped back down...and wasn't Bakuman supposed to get the cover?

 

[Koen]

Kinda strange, a cover of ichigo is posted and this ToC says it's a bakuman cover. Odd...

Anyway psyren just out of the danger zone. Well I think the airport events (they were discussed in the psyren section as an okay chapter where nothing much didn't happen) are now rated and I expect it to get higher later on ^^

and my: with es21 absent next week and neuro ended, I even would expect it in it

 

[Dofla]

Kinda strange, a cover of ichigo is posted and this ToC says it's a bakuman cover. Odd...

They both appear in the cover ^^
But to be honest Ichigo got the most of it so it's a Bleach cover >_>