Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2018] - Discussion and TOC Talk

[OfficialHxH]

 

[Tamil]

Finally from the Kimetsu spoilers, the fight is coming to a close.

This fight was dragged out too long. I may of appreciated it more if the release schedule for the chapter was more consistent.

 

[iceemperor]

Horikoshi with that shoutout to Devilman Crybaby. He's supposedly on his third watch through.

That Yuuna poster is honestly pushing the limit of what's doable in a shounen magazine. Its almost definitely going to become the subject of a big column in a major newspaper next week similar to how the lead color page was last time.

 

[nonowa]

People in the Jump Survival Thread in 5ch seem to think Act-Age is interesting; their main worry seems to be the art, that it might not the tastes of Jump's readership.

 

[cody]

Horikoshi with that shoutout to Devilman Crybaby. He's supposedly on his third watch through.

That Yuuna poster is honestly pushing the limit of what's doable in a shounen magazine. Its almost definitely going to become the subject of a big column in a major newspaper next week similar to how the lead color page was last time.

Well, I enjoyed watching Crybaby, it was nice seeing Devilman get more attention, since it's such an influential series. I somehow missed looking at the Yuuna poster and all I can say is, HOLY SHIT. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

[nonowa]

Oh, found the Act-Age raw.

https://netabare.city/archives/16212

I know what they mean when they talked about the art. The backgrounds are basically late Kubo-tier in a bad way. Seems reminiscent of Glass Mask otherwise, which is good.

 

[cody]

Oh, found the Act-Age raw.

https://netabare.city/archives/16212

I know what they mean when they talked about the art. The backgrounds are basically late Kubo-tier in a bad way. Seems reminiscent of Glass Mask otherwise, which is good.

Wow the art is really nice. It reminds me of Light Novel art, especially the Monogatari series. There is room for improvement and I'm sure this artist will improve.

Edit: I don't see why Jump readers wouldn't be fine with the art style.

 

[nonowa]

I'd say that the expressions are really good so a manga about acting is a nice fit for her. Her main weakness is the backgrounds, but I believe they could get her an assistant to help her with that later on.

 

[Koi Kage]

Oh, found the Act-Age raw.

https://netabare.city/archives/16212

I know what they mean when they talked about the art. The backgrounds are basically late Kubo-tier in a bad way. Seems reminiscent of Glass Mask otherwise, which is good.

Eh, going off of the flow of the chapters panels I personally don't think that this will stick around for to long after is starts getting ranked. Don't get me wrong it looks like it be a good read, but it comes across more of a Shojo-ish series and I'm not to sure how readers in Japan will feel about the series.

 

[cody]

I'd say that the expressions are really good so a manga about acting is a nice fit for her. Her main weakness is the backgrounds, but I believe they could get her an assistant to help her with that later on.

Exactly, or she might be going for a minimalist look, (but I doubt it? I don't know). You can really see all the attention goes to the characters, their expressions and gestures.

I don't know if this is intentional or not, but because the backgrounds are done in a minimalist fashion, the attention is always drawn to the main character or the characters that are in the panel.

 

[Aipom626]

Oh, found the Act-Age raw.

https://netabare.city/archives/16212

I know what they mean when they talked about the art. The backgrounds are basically late Kubo-tier in a bad way. Seems reminiscent of Glass Mask otherwise, which is good.

I thought the character artwork was really good, but the backgrounds (or lack thereof) need some work. The character artwork reminds me a bit of a less cutesy Tenshi to Akuto!! over in Weekly Shonen Sunday. This is one of my favorite series over there, so I'm probably a bit biased. However, I'd say this one definitely has a significantly greater hurdle to overcome than most new Jump series do. I'll reserve judgement until I can see the dialogue, but hopefully the author will get an assistant that can produce some quality backgrounds to match the good character designs.

 

[Halloween]

Does anyone have a direct link to the Yuuna poster? I want to see what the big deal is about, and that Twitter link absolutely refuses to load for me.

 

[ShenGao]

Does anyone have a direct link to the Yuuna poster? I want to see what the big deal is about, and that Twitter link absolutely refuses to load for me.

Spoiler

 

[Halloween]

Spoiler

I don't even know what to say, wow.

 

[savethecat]

Spoiler

was this in GIGA or WSJ?

 

[Mr.Fujimaster]

was this in GIGA or WSJ?

WSJ

 

[101nemesis]

Spoiler

Wow. I'm lost for words. I was looking at the comments and thinking "nothing can be that extreme" but oh wow.
But the negative attention that the series gets from such stuff is probably what the mangaka and editor are trying to use to their advantage. Which I think is smart. They surely know this is gonna create some sort of buzz in a bad way.

 

[TyVip]

Yuuna Poster is whacked and Act Age is kinda cool. I hate the backstory though.

 

[Aipom626]

Act Age is kinda cool. I hate the backstory though.

Was her backstory basically just

Spoiler: potentially incorrect spoiler guess

that her mother died and now she is taking care of her younger siblings?

 

[cody]

For fuck's sake, Houshin Engi's remake is atrocious, how unfortunate (after looking at episode 2). I hope the Japanese fans don't eat this crap up. I don't get the logic behind this remake. With Jojo and HxH it made sense in one way or another and they both got great re-adaptations and we got the everyone wins type of scenario. With this, even if they made it as a cashgrab for the hardcore fans it doesn't make any sense since this adaptation just disrespects the manga(again) and it will make those hardcore fans angry.