Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2012] - Discussion and TOC Talk

[Nii]

I've also been enjoying Nisekoi lately. In Double Arts it seemed to me that Komi struggled to create a coherent, linear narrative. What sparkled were his characters. The more episodic nature of Nisekoi has allowed him to focus on the characters and their relationships, the real strengths of his writing. It's a really funny, entertaining manga, and I have also been enjoying it recently.

Agreed, even side characters like Raku's friend and Ruri are likeable and fun to watch. So far there's no character who seems useless and Komi found a good mix of episodic chapters and plot development. Not sure as to how long the series can go on but if he maintains that quality I'm pretty sure Komi has finally created a series that has a good chance of bein the next Jump romcom hit.

Btw do you know the last romcom that was (very) successful in Jump? The only two series that come to my mind are To Love-ru and Ichigo 100%

I don't expect any more cancellations until late July or early August, around the time of the next double issue. One series just ended, two more were canceled, so they will probably go about three months without adding any new titles. I would guess that one of the three new series will be the next to end.

True, there won't be any series canceled soon but if Magico or Kurogane continue to stay at the bottom they're in danger too even though it seems very likely that at least one new series will end.

Magico is average in my opinion and I'm kinda bored of it, I would rather want to see a new series getting a chance instead of so-so series barely staying alive. On the one hand there were series which only got good later on so maybe I'm judging it too soon but on the other hand I don't see much potential.

It seems to have been mistyped as a romcon. There is not much comedy to it, after the first chapter or so. It is a fairly serious drama, with a good dose of humor, but definitely not a comedy.

Interesting, is there any series you could compare it with?

 

[Zeromcd]

Sensei no Bulge Color Pages

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Haikyuu Color Page

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Pajama na Kanojo Color Page and Volume 1 Preview

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Bulge looks awesome. I haven't read the chapter yet; I just received the color pages from a friend in Japan.

The genre that Bulge is given on the Jump cover is a sci-fi, fantasy, battle manga.

 

[dagnel]

Zeromcd, I can't see the images. :-/

 

[Zeromcd]

Zeromcd, I can't see the images. :-/

Thanks and sorry about that. As an apology I also put in the Pajama and Haikyuu color pages aswell

I would have put them in the color page archive, but I have no idea how everyone makes them so nice and small.

 

[raDar]

Sci-fi with a medieval setting sounds awesome. Those color pages are great, really looking forward to reading it..

 

[vampire killer]

Nice color page for Sensei no Bulge. Now i realy wont to read this.

 

[Negative Syndicate]

Based on just looking at color page, I think the story will be different from its pilot version.

 

[Kaiten]

I don't find the art as offensive as I thought I would.

 

[Negative Syndicate]

How long was it since Jump had last space opera series? Only space opera series in Jump that I know is Cobra (I'm not sure whether Dragonball considers space opera series).

 

[crimsonlink310]

How long was it since Jump had last space opera series? Only space opera series in Jump that I know is Cobra (I'm not sure whether Dragonball considers space opera series).

No way for Dragonball since it only went to space in Z and that was only for Namek.

 

[[Cross]]

How long was it since Jump had last space opera series? Only space opera series in Jump that I know is Cobra (I'm not sure whether Dragonball considers space opera series).

Just because there are elements of space, it doesn't qualify as a space opera. Space opera in general has become scarce, I think it was a flavor of the time in terms of the demand for it.

 

[Kaiten]

How long was it since Jump had last space opera series? Only space opera series in Jump that I know is Cobra (I'm not sure whether Dragonball considers space opera series).

What about Dragonball would qualify it as a space opera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_opera

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Just because there are elements of space, it doesn't qualify as a space opera. Space opera in general has become scarce, I think it was a flavor of the time in terms of the demand for it.

It's common sense to assume that a new sci-fi manga will be an example of a sub-genre that has not been fashionable in thirty-five years based only on a few color pages, right?

 

[Negative Syndicate]

What about Dragonball would qualify it as a space opera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_opera

However, there is a person who doubt Dragonball being a space opera, like crimsonlink310.

 

[FanOfAniManga]

The cover and the colour page look awesome. I wonder who's going to be translating and scanning it? Whoever will do it has my full gratitude.

 

[Kaiten]

However, there is a person who doubt Dragonball being a space opera, like crimsonlink310.

I don't even know how to respond to this. Did you really wonder if Toriyama Akira's Dragonball could be a space opera? Did you really write a second post about this topic? I can't even think of anything sarcastic to say about this shit. It's to damn silly, even for me. Good day sir, and good night

 

[Silverblade]

I don't find the art as offensive as I thought I would.

I don't see any real reason to call Horikoshi's art offensive even if his character designs are offensively good and his faces are offensively expressive.

Oh I guess I do.

 

[Negative Syndicate]

Just finish reading the first chapter of Balge and I think it is definitely better than its pilot version (well, he changed everything from the one shot). I wonder if Horikoshi got the concept from The Prince and The Pauper.

 

[FanOfAniManga]

Just finish reading the first chapter of Balge and I think it is definitely better than its pilot version (well, he changed everything from the one shot). I wonder if Horikoshi got the concept from The Prince and The Pauper.

I still can't find any scans online. How did you read it already?

 

[Negative Syndicate]

I still can't find any scans online. How did you read it already?

I don't read Edited Manga/translation; I read raw.

 

[FanOfAniManga]

I don't read Edited Manga/translation; I read raw.

So you can buy the magazine?