March Issue:
yeah, I know what you are talking about. Well, this time I guess that the series will have a color page because that volume 4 will go on sale
But its really strange how many color pages this series wins O_O
) , both of which sell about the same number of copies per volume. AnE is an older series though, so total volumes sold favors AnE. The last two copies of HxH also sold over a million copies, more popular than any AnE volume. Prior to 2011 the comparison would have been quite apt.
I'd love to see a similar trend in other shonen magazines; it might be a near impossible feat but I can still hope.
Jump SQ is very strong at female authors; Katou Kazue, Hoshino Katsura, Clamp, Sakura Kenichi, and Furukawa Shiori. Plus, another female author going to join on next month.It's makes me happy that women have the top two selling manga in the magazine.
There going to be an important announcement for To Love-Ru Darkness on upcoming SQ.19
Do you think there's a reason for this such as the editors being more willing to hire women or is it simply a coincidence? No matter what, it's still pretty cool.
I guess everyone was too sad to post here.
D.GRAY-MAN will be absent in the next issue.
In my biased opinion, Hoshino is a queen so she can do whatever she wants. However, I'd be worried if the absence was actually related to her health.
I think it is most likely a coincidence; Katou was submitting her works in Shueisha, Hoshino used to be in Jump, and Sakura and Furukawa used serialized their works in Shueisha. They are from mangakas from Shueisha, so it is not weird for the editors to give them a chance.
Yeah, that makes sense: editors will be more likely to hire someone they're already be familiar with. Here I was hoping this was the start of something new in the industry. >_<
Even if SQ is still male dominant, it's still doing better than other magazines. I still have to give it some credit!