Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2015-2016] - Discussion and TOC Talk

[SharkBait]

Nothing will be as good or better than One Piece. It's like the Michael Jordan of battle shonen

Stealth Symphony says hi.

 

[CuriousReborn]

Stealth Symphony says hi.

Lol just no.

 

[xAsum0x]

Stealth Symphony says hi.

Lol I had my laugh for the day

 

[tirakai]

Speaking of Stealth Symphony, Love Rush can pretty safely join it and Gakkyuu Hotei in that prestigious category of "Jump series that handled their early cancellation pretty well".

Anyone remember any others? Those are the only three I can think of.

 

[Varus]

Speaking of Stealth Symphony, Love Rush can pretty safely join it and Gakkyuu Hotei in that prestigious category of "Jump series that handled their early cancellation pretty well".

Anyone remember any others? Those are the only three I can think of.

Bleach handled it's early cancelation pretty well

 

[xAsum0x]

Roggy

 

[savethecat]

Was Stealth Symphany bad or good.

Cause I have a friend that claims that Steath Symphany was the best series in Jump, and showed much more promise than MHA and Neverland, but Jump axed it too soon.


But it looks eeeeeh to me

 

[ChocoBar9]

Bleach handled it's early cancelation pretty well

You're going to trigger them.

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Was Stealth Symphany bad or good.

Cause I have a friend that claims that Steath Symphany was the best series in Jump, and showed much more promise than MHA and Neverland, but Jump axed it too soon.


But it looks eeeeeh to me

If SWOT didn't exist Steath Symphany would be the worst thing Jump ever published....well there's still E-Robot and Metallica Metalluca.

 

[Mammo]

a long time will pass before anything manage to pass Sporting Salt as the worst thing Jump put out in recent years

 

[tirakai]

Stealth Symphony was a pretty typical quickly cancelled battle shounen. Premise is alright and it had some good ideas but the intro sucked and it wasn't particularly well constructed overall, not really showing much signs of living up to its potential any time soon. Its popularity is pretty much entirely because of the writer being the Durara/Baccano guy.

The only notable thing about it is the ending.

 

[TyVip]

I love One Piece, but

Looking back at chapter 1-10, what's special about it?
Chapter 1 is a prologue, something not many mangaka've done. But the villains in the first 10 chapters are not a challenge for Luffy and their designs are silly (Alvida, Morgan, and Buggy)

Is that what hook people into it? For me, One piece was pretty meh until Arlong park and the start of Grand line. Grand line was chapter 100, which is close to 2 years old series. Not many battle shounen will get that treatment.

In my opinion, the first 10 chapters of Naruto was better with the introduction of Zabuza (chapter 10), and the concept of Ninja.

I did not read One piece until 3-4 years ago so I'm just curious what the fans think about it.

 

[SharkBait]

Stealth Symphony had one of the best twists in jump and best fantasy sci fi setting. Narita's literary mastery shone in the manga.

 

[Nakura]

Stealth Symphony had one of the best twists in jump and best fantasy sci fi setting. Narita's literary mastery shone in the manga.

The twist would have been good if it was paced correctly. Obviously it's because it was cancelled, but it just came out of nowhere and left a very bitter taste in my mouth.

I'm a huge fan of Durarara... so it's no surprise that I was looking forward to it when I saw Narita's name attached.

 

[Varus]

I love One Piece, but

Looking back at chapter 1-10, what's special about it?
Chapter 1 is a prologue, something not many mangaka've done. But the villains in the first 10 chapters are not a challenge for Luffy and their designs are silly (Alvida, Morgan, and Buggy)

Is that what hook people into it? For me, One piece was pretty meh until Arlong park and the start of Grand line. Grand line was chapter 100, which is close to 2 years old series. Not many battle shounen will get that treatment.

In my opinion, the first 10 chapters of Naruto was better with the introduction of Zabuza (chapter 10), and the concept of Ninja.

I did not read One piece until 3-4 years ago so I'm just curious what the fans think about it.

I loved the entirety of the East Blue saga, it has been years but I got hooked the day Luffy gave it to Alvida. Syrup Village was probably the weakest part for me at the start but other than that is was very solid.

 

[Leoat12]

It will confess to you guys that there is one thing that I miss in Stealth Symphony and it is the cat girl, Laika. You know, no matter how shitty a manga is, cuteness is never blemished.

 

[savethecat]

Has anyone who can read Japanese been skimming Amalgam? how is it right now?

 

[xAsum0x]

Aside from chapter 1 I thought it was decent for the most part. Chapter 1 was great. It took off during Baratie imo

 

[jagman1x3]

Has anyone who can read Japanese been skimming Amalgam? how is it right now?

It's not-bad enough that I haven't dropped it yet, but I'm only following three series in Jump right now so if Demon's Plan is better I might stop caring about it to save time. Next week's chapter should be the first one with MC actually fighting so that'll probably make or break it.
Helps that it's also way, way easier to read than the other two series (WT and Neverland).

 

[savethecat]

It's not-bad enough that I haven't dropped it yet, but I'm only following three series in Jump right now so if Demon's Plan is better I might stop caring about it to save time. Next week's chapter should be the first one with MC actually fighting so that'll probably make or break it.
Helps that it's also way, way easier to read than the other two series (WT and Neverland).

Aside from chapter 1 I thought it was decent for the most part. Chapter 1 was great. It took off during Baratie imo

From the first 3 chapters I read I thought it was pretty similar to Tokyo Ghoul. Has t broke away from that mold?

I kind of want to read it cause I felt the same way. Decent enough to keep reading, but nothing amazing. But no one is translating

 

[Varus]

Demon's Plan is looking good so far