Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2011] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 1

[Divinenega]

Well it doesn;t come out till' next year so there is SOME hope. Doubt he;d really be writing until then, but I imagine JUMP has managed to get SOME kind of consistent obligation out of him. I mean he did have to give his permission for the new anime to be made, so unless he just generally doesn;t care anymore, the series is either close enough to ending for it not to matter(unlikely) or he'll be writing on a slightly more consistent basis.

Heck even 20 chapters a year or so would be enough.

 

[ZayCon]

Would be awesome to have HxH run weekly for a while now! Looking forward to the next arc (hopefully there will be one). Hunter x Hunter has potential to do a LOT of many good arcs, as there is pretty many loose threads.

 

[Kurofaise]

Well it doesn;t come out till' next year so there is SOME hope. Doubt he;d really be writing until then, but I imagine JUMP has managed to get SOME kind of consistent obligation out of him. I mean he did have to give his permission for the new anime to be made, so unless he just generally doesn;t care anymore, the series is either close enough to ending for it not to matter(unlikely) or he'll be writing on a slightly more consistent basis.

Heck even 20 chapters a year or so would be enough.

The new anime starts on October 2nd I believe, so in less than 2 weeks time. I personally hope he can continue on for at least a year now, it's pretty clear how lazy has been with the art (and now the story) since it came back from hiatus so who knows, hopefully the next arc will actually be better.

 

[Asgaroth]

The new anime starts on October 2nd I believe, so in less than 2 weeks time. I personally hope he can continue on for at least a year now, it's pretty clear how lazy has been with the art (and now the story) since it came back from hiatus so who knows, hopefully the next arc will actually be better.

who said that there will be a arc after that one? gon didn't found his father, but that not a reason to end the series with an open ending. also he wouldn't need to draw anymore and let his fans wait, besides the anime can capture everything...

 

[Schabrak]

I would rather wait for a series on hiatus for a couple of months or even a year with a good ending instead of a crippled one because the author got to tired to work for a couple of weeks every year. With over a hundred series on my reading-list I've got experience with being on hibernation mode on certain series.

 

[kewl0210]

This has been discussed to death, but there are a hundred plot threads still open in HXH. So it doesn't really make sense to end here. Generally a series ends in a big climax settling the whole story and giving closure to all the long-term parts of the story. The end of the Chimera Ant arc has only so far shown to be the climax of that arc. Whether or not HXH.
Also a lot of the delays were caused by the fact that he had two children.
Regardless, the anime is sure to last at least a year. Probably more, given how much content it has to cover.
Also, HXH had the cover tons of times since 2005. I can't remember for sure if it also had the cover every time, but I think so.

 

[Zeromcd]

Also, HXH had the cover tons of times since 2005. I can't remember for sure if it also had the cover every time, but I think so.

I'm not sure about covers, but since Hunter x Hunter began, it has only had 8 Lead CP's.
- 1998 Issue #14 (Serialization Begins)
- 1998 Issue #25
- 1999 Issue #25
- 1999 Issue #46
- 2000 Issue #5-6
- 2000 Issue #45
- 2005 Issue #46
- 2011 Issue #42 (End of the Chimera Ant Arc)

 

[Jaymie]

Dragon Quest X is a MMORPG, too. Hopefully WSJ chains him to his desk or something, otherwise he's going on a looong hiatus.

 

[perroloco]

IMO HXH is gonna end with this batch of chapters or the next one, if not I don't think Shueisha would have accepted the new anime, in fact I think this new anime or OVAs was on hold to wait for HXH to end.
EDIT: Also I am fairly sure HXH has got more than 8 Covers, also 2005 wasn't the year it had its last fron page, at least that was like in 2007/2008 I have an issue which had a Gon/Killua in the cover and color pages IIRC it was the chapter which they go in, should be chapter 260 or so and it was back when ONE PIECE was in Thriller Bark, Naruto in Pain vs Jiraiya, BLEACH when Santa Teresa appeared...

 

[Negative Syndicate]

IMO HXH is gonna end with this batch of chapters or the next one, if not I don't think Shueisha would have accepted the new anime, in fact I think this new anime or OVAs was on hold to wait for HXH to end.

Nah, I don't think it gonna end within next batch of chapters. Remember, main goal for HXH is for Gon to find his father by his own effort. So far it doesn't even come close to find Gon's father, yet Gon is in critical condition. Therefore, I think the next arc going to be about save Gon arc.

 

[perroloco]

IF this manga had a normal release and its manga-ka wasn't knew for ending its other Uber-popular manga at a random moment then yeah, why not, sadly its Togashi and for all we know he could do a bazillion things in a single chapter, it was amazing how in the last 2 or 3 YYH chapters he almost did an entire arc worth of things (What I mean is it could have been stretched, he took the other route, summarize it).

Although there is one thing that is against my theory, back when Prince Of Tennis was gonna end there were rumors like 12 weeks prior to its ending, at the end it didn't end in those 12 weeks, but it did end like 10 weeks after those 12 weeks, so HXH being enormously popular I think rumors would have already surfaced the net, and so far I haven't read any.

Though it being one of the best selling manga of JUMP I would think they could give Togashi permission to whatever the heck he wants to do.. As usual.

 

[Negative Syndicate]

IF this manga had a normal release and its manga-ka wasn't knew for ending its other Uber-popular manga at a random moment then yeah, why not, sadly its Togashi and for all we know he could do a bazillion things in a single chapter, it was amazing how in the last 2 or 3 YYH chapters he almost did an entire arc worth of things (What I mean is it could have been stretched, he took the other route, summarize it).

Well, for YYH's case, I heard that Togashi intended to finish manga after Sensui arc, but the editors decided not to end YYH (it was one of top Jump three mangas in 90s). So Togashi got pissed off, and he concluded YYH like that.

 

[SSJWill4]

I'm not sure about covers, but since Hunter x Hunter began, it has only had 8 Lead CP's.
- 1998 Issue #14 (Serialization Begins)
- 1998 Issue #25
- 1999 Issue #25
- 1999 Issue #46
- 2000 Issue #5-6
- 2000 Issue #45
- 2005 Issue #46
- 2011 Issue #42 (End of the Chimera Ant Arc)

I'm not sure what constitutes a Lead Color Page, but HxH has had Cover & Color for the following issues after 2005:

2006 Issue #45
2008 Issue #14
2008 Issue #45

It also got cover (but no color) in 2008 Issue #21

 

[Animeace]

From jump editor Sasaki's twitter

@SASAKI_Hisashi
SHONENJUMP SASAKI
Typhoon is approaching to Tokyo. It`s raining heavily. It`s about time to go home and read favorite mangas.

Probably wont be be any early spoilers, Toc or manga today since weather is to bad to go out in. Never know tho..

 

[Oberon]

885 名前：ohana ◆IR7jauNn4E ：2011/09/21(水) 17:53:32.48 ID:1Q/QbtrlO
テレビとネット止まった。

巻頭ハンタ
ナルト
ワンピ
黒子
鏡の国
ブリーチＣ
トリコ
クロガネ
銀たまＣ
リボン
斉木
めだか
ばくまん
スケットＣ
べるぜ
ぬらり
いぬまる
こち亀
エニグマ
マジコ
スターズ


43号 黒子巻頭
リボンＣ
こち亀Ｃ
めだかＣ

Jump #42 (26/09):
Hunter x Hunter (Cover & Lead Color Page)
Naruto
One Piece
Kuroko no Basket
Harisugawa in Mirror world
Bleach (Color Page)
Toriko
Kurogane
Gintama (Color Page)
Reborn!
PSI Kusuo Saiki (One-shot)
Medaka Box
Bakuman
Sket Dance (Color Page)
Beelzebub
Nurarihyon no Mago
Inumaru Dashi
Kochikame
Enigma
Magico
ST&RS

#43:
Lead Color: Kuroko no Basket
CP: Reborn, Medaka Box, Kochikame

 

[Samui]

St&rs is dead last, huh. That's surprising

 

[Nayrael]

Pure ranking for Issue #42:

01. Naruto (c548)
02. One Piece (c632)
03. Kuroko no Basket (c126)
04. Harisugawa in Mirror world (c03)
05. Toriko (c150)
06. Reborn! (c345)
07. Medaka Box (c107)
08. Bakuman (c141)
09. Beelzebub (c117)
10. Nurarihyon no Mago (c163)
11. Inumaru Dashi (c140)
12. Enigma (c42)
13. Magico (c20)
14. ST&RS (c04)

6 weeks till ranked: Kurogane

Kochikame, HunterxHunter not considered ranked
Bleach (c457), Gintama (c362), Sket Dance (c194) not ranked due to having a Color Page
PSI Kusuo Saiki is a Oneshoot and thus not ranked

---
- wonder if Kuroko really rose so much or WSJ just plays the "ToC is just based on rankings -_-" game here. Its special place in WSJ's heart is no secret
- and ST&RS is threatened to become another pillow...

 

[SoulEaterFreak]

- wonder if Kuroko really rose so much or WSJ just plays the "ToC is just based on rankings -_-" game here. Its special place in WSJ's heart is no secret

Well, just look at the TOC... Gintama, Sket Dance and Bleach got CP, so I think it's not a big surprise to see Kuroko up there since the others made way for it due to the CP. (Just my opinion though)
I'm more surprised about Bakuman, but I don't know what's going on there atm.

 

[Divinenega]

Wow I was...not expecting Stars to suddenly drop to last. It looked to me like something that could last a while. Of course it;s possible that this is a one time thing, but for it to drop this early isn;t a good sign. Also looks like Magico dropped to dead last so at this rate it really will be getting the axe before Enigma does...

At least Medaka is getting a color page this week. I seriously hope they announce the rumored anime adaption soon. It's next to get an anime no matter how you slice it.

 

[Koen]

I can live with this ToC. I do not care about the last two manga since they haven't been impressive and they are rather bland/boring

Harisugawa has an impressive start but the question will be: will it walk the st&rs and magico path or will it walk the bakuman and beelzebub path?
I hope that it will do better than mx0 but I fear the contrary. Come on Kano, get your revanche back because kagami no kuni no harisugawa =