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

[tirakai]

Could just be that they had the comment decided already or something and we'll see a few more next week, Yuragi guy I think done that with Kochikame.

 

[Silverblade]

Shimabu is from a different generation from the newbies who have flooded the magazine nowadays, so he is neither close nor important for most people to congratulate.

:3

 

[James Rye]

Was I generous in my prediction then? That's surprising, I thought you guys would defend World Trigger to your heart's contents. XD

Well, given Vampire Killer, WT should have ended like one-two years ago.^^

Regarding WT, I remember reading in ch2 that its merch is selling pretty well in Japan, shoes, costumes, trinkets, stickers, posters, pillowcases, etc. And I think Toei was smart enough with their anime contract to also have rights or at least sharing of the profits of the merch given their 120 episode boost they gave that manga.

 

[101nemesis]

Shimabu is from a different generation from the newbies who have flooded the magazine nowadays, so he is neither close nor important for most people to congratulate.

I don't think that mattered. Bleach started in 2001 and we had people congratulating him even 2 weeks after it was over.
It is definitely strange to not have other mangaka compliment Toriko or at least thank him for his hard work.

 

[Newkerzy]

I don't think that mattered. Bleach started in 2001 and we had people congratulating him even 2 weeks after it was over.
It is definitely strange to not have other mangaka compliment Toriko or at least thank him for his hard work.

I think it's closer to Bleach having more name recognition than Toriko does. Most of the current line-up grew up with Bleach so it'd make sense for more of them to give congrats to Kubo compared to Toriko which just debuted near the end of the last decade.

 

[savethecat]

A lot of them may not be caught up or that familiar with Toriko or Nisekoi, which may be why they didn't shout them out.
Most of the didn't grow up with those series like they did with Bleach. And most were never in the magazine with the two for very long. Plus Bleach was way bigger than both in it's prime.

With that being said, I still think they should have gave him a shoutout out of respect for a long run in the magazine

 

[Nakura]

That's how I see it too. By the time Toriko started most of the mangaka had already begun their careers. Toriko simply isn't a series they have any sentiments towards. I do wish more had congratulated him, but that's just how it is I guess.

 

[Jaja]

Has anyone posted this already?

Woa, woa... the stairs... maybe the covers will be interconnected?

 

[xAsum0x]

Demon Plans art is really fucking good. The story at least wasn't that bad until it went the Naruto/Sasuke route. Hopefully it'll change in the future chapters. Looking at the CP it looks like they come together again

 

[savethecat]

Demon Plans art is really fucking good. The story at least wasn't that bad until it went the Naruto/Sasuke route. Hopefully it'll change in the future chapters. Looking at the CP it looks like they come together again

It was translated?

 

[xAsum0x]

It was translated?

nah, not yet. I read the raw scans

 

[Varus]

Demon Plans art is really fucking good. The story at least wasn't that bad until it went the Naruto/Sasuke route. Hopefully it'll change in the future chapters. Looking at the CP it looks like they come together again

Reminded me of Owari no Seraph, I don't think the switch was that bad but let us wait for the translation first though.

 

[TyVip]

Reminded me of Owari no Seraph

 

[xAsum0x]

Reminded me of Owari no Seraph, I don't think the switch was that bad but let us wait for the translation first though.

Your actually right now that I think about it. I try to shove Owari no Seraph out of my mind so it never struck me how similar their situation is. At least the plots more interesting...?

 

[savethecat]

Thanks. Looking forward to reading Demon's Plan on Monday, since you guys say it's decent

 

[Varus]

Thanks. Looking forward to reading Demon's Plan on Monday, since you guys say it's decent

I've only looked at the raws I wouldn't call it decent just yet.

--- Double Post Merged, Nov 19, 2016, Original Post Date: Nov 18, 2016 ---

I was looking at this year's rankings for some statistics that I'm preparing for Issue 52 when I noticed something about Clover.
Clover was unranked for 12 issues this year with 9 color pages and 3 covers. The series was inconsistent with it's placements at the start(issue 1 in December) where it would rank somewhere between 6-8 but it would sometimes jump to the top and when that happens One Piece is always absent. This pattern went on until Issue 16 where AssClass ended and Clover was in it's best arc and ever since then the series has been consistently at the top with Issue 10 being the last time it was placed below 5th. It ranked 1st 7 times this year, the only two who got more were One Piece and MHA. One Piece was absent 6 out of the 7 times Clover ranked 1st and it wasn't ranked 10 out of the 11 times Clover placed 2nd. It ranked 3rd 7 times and recently it has been pushed down to 4th and 5th a few times by mostly Hinomaru and once by Ghost Tits and Neverland.

Issue 52 will debut Amalgam of Distortion's first ranking and it will also rank Clover's chapter with the whole light novel fiasco, but most importantly One Piece will be ranked. I don't think Japan will be fond of that chapter or the current arc so this should signal the Clover's fall for now.

 

[Kave]

One Piece was absent 6 out of the 7 times Clover ranked 1st

Really makes you think

 

[Heiji]

#01 (05/12)
One Piece (Cover)

 

[savethecat]

#01 (05/12)
One Piece (Cover)

Gotta start the year with a bang

 

[Halloween]

Really makes you think

Unless MHA was also absent/unranked those weeks, it's not really all that relevant.