Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2010] - Discussion and TOC Talk
As far as a Detective series goes, I'd actually love it if the OhbaXObata combo actually serialized Detective Trap from Bakuman after they finish with their current one. The premise reminds me a bit of Gosho Aoyama's Kaitou Kid series with better art.
But since that most likely won't happen in the future, I'd be fine if someone who can be weird/hilarious like Matsui did a detective series. Just as long as it isn't as monotonous as Detective Conan.
The current Jump line up is okay. There are some interesting series. Other than One Piece there isn't any super amazing all time classic series. Hunter x Hunter comes close but all the hiatus are to annoying. There are better anthologies out there.
Agreed on how close HxH could have been and the hiatuses. To the point I've really lost most of the enthusiasm I had for the series. I was actually reading the English releases by Viz first so I had no idea about Togashi being such a lazy ass in regards to it. I probably wouldn't have read it until it finished had I known before hand.
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I agree there are more interesting ones around but this was me being curious how others felt if they were willing to share. That and the other anthologies don't generate as much discussion(sadly) and we can't discuss them in this one lol.
isn't Ane Doki more safe than Medaka? (since Ane vol 1 sells better than MB vol 2)
also, seems like MB vol 1 will/have reached 100K in terms of total sale.
sold 98,639 after 2 months. (based on 2009/11/30～2009/12/06 week)
Have a source I can look at for this? Not that I doubt you but I plan to have a field day with this one. Especially against the MB Hate Brigade.
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Never mind, I found the source. Oh I am loving every bit of this.
Rank never = quality. A series that may seem like a piece of crap to some may end up a huge hit. Likewise, a series that just is so out there and incredible...the Japanese may not get and it could collapse and die. Many times it does mesh but not necessarily.
lol Bleach
If only I had a dollar every time the internet/western readers loved something and the Japanese fanbase was the exact opposite and let it die.
If Hunter x Hunter keeps going without breaks do you think it can topple One Piece in the TOC on average?
Never. Togashi could have if he was consistent from start to finish but being the lazy bum he is, he killed his own momentum and pretty much put limits on a story that really felt limitless to me. Seeing how Yu Yu Hakusho sputtered out in the end too, it really seems like he should just stick to doing shorter stories. Not that he will be working consistenly ever again anyway.
After hearing about all the crap Yabuki put up with yet still managed to put out a chapter every week, I don't really care to hear whatever excuses people may try and make for Togashi. If anything, he definitely hasn't had as many health problems as Hoshino in all of these years.
~ Akiyama