Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2011] - Discussion and TOC Talk

[[Cross]]

While not the most definitive of polls

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-05-10/goo-poll/which-manga-is-why-you-buy-shonen-jump

kochi kame over everything but one piece, woot

 

[SoulEaterFreak]

While not the most definitive of polls

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-05-10/goo-poll/which-manga-is-why-you-buy-shonen-jump

kochi kame over everything but one piece, woot

Wow, quite surprising but if you think about it, so many people read manga in Japan and since Kochikame is the oldest one in the magazine there should be quite a few people who still read there "childhood" manga even if they're 45 years old now xD Maybe it's a bigger surprise that One Piece is over Kochikame than the other way around

 

[saladesu]

Yeah, I saw that list too

Not surprised with One Piece's ranking at all I'm quite surprised by Kochi Kame's ranking, I thought that with Jump's readership (younger teens), that most adults who have been following Kochi Kame since they were young actually bought the volumes rather than read the chapters every week (my boss who is Japanese does that).

I'm happy to see Mago on that list though! I half expected it not to be on the list with how poorly it's been ranking for quite some time now

 

[R4n]

While not the most definitive of polls

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-05-10/goo-poll/which-manga-is-why-you-buy-shonen-jump

kochi kame over everything but one piece, woot

I am extremely happy to see Enigma at 13th place despite its age.
Again, i am curious about age and gender statistics of KHR readers. I got a 'hunch' that its main readership prefers to buy the tanks rather than the mags. But that kind of statistic is almost impossible to gather, isn't it.

and it is funny how HunterxHunter is placed quite high on the list despite not being in the magazine 95% of the time...

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EDIT: but if i think about it, that list might not be accurate. Can I ask how did the portal gather the vote? How did the website make sure that the ones who answered the survey really ARE the ones who bought WSJ? Assuming it is just a random internet poll, i could just have picked Enigma as the 'reason i buy jump' despite me never bought WSJ at all...
If the poll is done through hardcopy postcards in the wsj magazines, it should be much more accurate.
With those factors in mind, i decide not to trust the poll at all.

 

[SoulEaterFreak]

I'm happy to see Mago on that list though! I half expected it not to be on the list with how poorly it's been ranking for quite some time now

happy to see it on the list or to see it in a relatively good position? Just asking because even DOIS SOL and Sengoku ARMORS are there ^_^

And strange that magico's not there.

 

[Zeltrax]

Even though knowing how good gintama is, Im still surprised that its one of the top 5 . Toriko seems to be living up to its name, ranking above the others.

 

[saladesu]

happy to see it on the list or to see it in a relatively good position? Just asking because even DOIS SOL and Sengoku ARMORS are there ^_^

And strange that magico's not there.

Oh, actually, the list I saw was on a Japanese site and only had until #10 (Mago's rank) so I didn't even know DOIS SOL and Sengoku ARMORS even made the list (albeit in "not so good" positions)

So yeah, correction would be "happy to see Mago in a relatively good position" And yeah, I am surprised magico's not on the list at all

Also, cool that HxH is #9 despite being on hiatus so often.

 

[[Cross]]

EDIT: but if i think about it, that list might not be accurate. Can I ask how did the portal gather the vote? How did the website make sure that the ones who answered the survey really ARE the ones who bought WSJ? Assuming it is just a random internet poll, i could just have picked Enigma as the 'reason i buy jump' despite me never bought WSJ at all...
If the poll is done through hardcopy postcards in the wsj magazines, it should be much more accurate.
With those factors in mind, i decide not to trust the poll at all.

I did say it wasn't really a definitive poll. It's a poll in what I'm assuming is a widely used internet search engine/portal, akin to a poll on Yahoo.com, so take that as you will. Though the fact that Magico is not on is a bit weird, did it do so bad that it didn't place? Especially considering that it started one week before Sengoku Armors.

 

[saladesu]

I don't trust the poll at all either, but I think it's still a fairly decent reflection of how popular the various series are, even if it doesn't necessarily show the "series for which they buy Jump". Just take it as another of those "which is your favorite series in Jump" kinda poll...

Like [Cross] said, goo is just a Japanese search engine and is one of the more popular ones and pretty well-known for its rankings, so yes it's like any random poll you might find on Yahoo.com.

 

[SoulEaterFreak]

I did say it wasn't really a definitive poll. It's a poll in what I'm assuming is a widely used internet search engine/portal, akin to a poll on Yahoo.com, so take that as you will. Though the fact that Magico is not on is a bit weird, did it do so bad that it didn't place? Especially considering that it started one week before Sengoku Armors.

Exactly! That's why I thought it's strange and even more because it seems to be so popular with the fans considering the number of color pages and also the places it had on the TOC.

 

[[Cross]]

Exactly! That's why I thought it's strange and even more because it seems to be so popular with the fans considering the number of color pages and also the places it had on the TOC.

Well remember, this poll doesn't reflect the TOC that much, considering that Kochikame is second to One Piece, which is starkly different to the TOC. It could just be that Magico actually did ranked that low.

 

[SoulEaterFreak]

Well remember, this poll doesn't reflect the TOC that much, considering that Kochikame is second to One Piece, which is starkly different to the TOC. It could just be that Magico actually did ranked that low.

that's true...better not to think much about it But thanks anyway^^

 

[meeedoooz]

well the fact that the poll doesn't reflect the TOC is confusing , since both depend on readers opinions... i actually don't understand that , and how did HXH end up there ? i guess it's like what saladesu said...

i just have one question : was that poll for Japanese readers only ?

 

[saladesu]

@meeedoooz: It was for users of goo (Japanese search engine), which is mostly made of Japanese users (since it is in Japanese)

 

[meeedoooz]

so what is the big idea it's well known that one piece is japan's favorite manga and it's shown in the toc every week no matter what the chapters are like

 

[Drmke]

Love the cover!

And it's interesting to see Sengoku tied with Medaka and Shinigami in that poll despite just starting recently. Good news maybe?

 

[Josl]

Was it possible to vote for more than one choice? I mean multiple choice like

 

[k-dom]

so what is the big idea it's well known that one piece is japan's favorite manga and it's shown in the toc every week no matter what the chapters are like

In TOC you votes for a chapter you have just read. This poll looks like a measurement of your expectation of the series. So the TOC is very local and judge the past while this one is more global and your hopes for the future

But even with that mago difference in ranking are indeed a bit surprising

 

[meeedoooz]

well i've come to think after following that thread and the TOC for two months that it's a popularity thing for the top 2 and one piece more than any, no matter what the chapters are like it always gets the first place unless there is a color cover for another manga and that poll is the same... both of them can be called popularity contest and that's the deal with any other poll no matter what it is there is no fair judgment , that goes for naruto most of the times too

 

[[Cross]]

If I recall, issue #12 had Bakuman over One Piece clean right? It was the oddest day in my life.