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

[xAsum0x]

Tons of characters are getting good characterization this arc, I don't see your point

 

[TM2]

Tons of characters are getting good characterization this arc, I don't see your point

Would you mind giving some examples of which Princes do you think are compelling? I am not trying to challenge your opinion here. I am genuinely curious because maybe I'm not seeing the same things you are.

 

[jagman1x3]

There's an entire section for HxH discussion, please don't get this thread off-topic.

 

[De La Croissant]

I agree with TM2. I love HxH, but sometimes characters act more like devices for strategies and plot.

--- Double Post Merged, Mar 10, 2018, Original Post Date: Mar 10, 2018 ---

There's an entire section for HxH discussion, please don't get this thread off-topic.

Sorry, it was the last time.

 

[savethecat]

With Infinity War approaching closer and closer, wouldn’t it be awesome to have some type of Inifinity War with Jump characters. Would never happen, but a boy can dream

 

[ShenGao]

With Infinity War approaching closer and closer, wouldn’t it be awesome to have some type of Inifinity War with Jump characters. Would never happen, but a boy can dream

Horikoshi made a poster for the release of the last Star Wars movie. The EiC could ask for a Marvel Infinity War poster from him or somebody else.

 

[TyVip]

Horikoshi made a poster for the release of the last Star Wars movie. The EiC could ask for a Marvel Infinity War poster from him or somebody else.

With Infinity War approaching closer and closer, wouldn’t it be awesome to have some type of Inifinity War with Jump characters. Would never happen, but a boy can dream

Drawing marvel poster is my boy Murata job. Don’t take it away from him.

 

[savethecat]

Horikoshi made a poster for the release of the last Star Wars movie. The EiC could ask for a Marvel Infinity War poster from him or somebody else.

Drawing marvel poster is my boy Murata job. Don’t take it away from him.

Don't mean a poster. I mean some kind of limited series where all the characters collide and team up

 

[shoyoboyo]

Even more of a reason to have Murata do it. Have you seen the posters of all the Jump characters he drew?

 

[Aipom626]

After having caught up a bit from what happened this week, I'm pretty pumped to see Noah's Notes' first chapter. I saw a couple random pages of it on 4chan, and it looked pretty interesting. In a way, the plot does kind of remind me of something similar in the overall premise of Dr. Stone, but only when examined from a very high level. The character designs look sharp, so that's another plus.

Looks like Act-Age had a pretty decent first ranking for something as different as it is. It'll be interesting to see where this one goes in the TOC over the next few weeks. Once the dust settles, I'll be curious to see who of Bozebeats, Jujutsu, and Ziga will remain standing. At least of of these 3 is going to be taken down by the others.

 

[Tamil]

Last HxH post.

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Just kidding.


Anyway, a complex plot does not necessarily mean a good plot, right? Especially if Togashi needs to spend pages and pages with walltexts to explain all this complexity. In fact, the best HxH moments for me are the simplest. That's where the author's storytelling really shines.

They are both walltexts but it's awful if you read the abysmal translations from MS.

Spoiler: MS translation

VS

Spoiler: Viz Translation

The viz is still lengthy but far more easier to digest. I would argue back with you on that on but again don't really wanna push it even further. I just wanted to clarify some misconception people have regarding it's lengthy text. It's not always a bad thing if done right.

 

[Leoat12]

Murata really knows how to put his own style on other artists' characters without making them ugly and weird.

 

[cody]

After having caught up a bit from what happened this week, I'm pretty pumped to see Noah's Notes' first chapter. I saw a couple random pages of it on 4chan, and it looked pretty interesting. In a way, the plot does kind of remind me of something similar in the overall premise of Dr. Stone, but only when examined from a very high level. The character designs look sharp, so that's another plus.

Looks like Act-Age had a pretty decent first ranking for something as different as it is. It'll be interesting to see where this one goes in the TOC over the next few weeks. Once the dust settles, I'll be curious to see who of Bozebeats, Jujutsu, and Ziga will remain standing. At least of of these 3 is going to be taken down by the others.

I think Act-age is safe. Bozebeats is dead and unless Jujutsu does something impressive in its second chapter then that will also probably bite the dust.

 

[AllEyez]

Yeah that's everything happening in the current arc. Shits crazy lol

Seems like HxH does what OP does and have there arcs filled with subplots.

Being that Wano been hyped to being Marineford like I can expect OP to be in the same state when it gets to Wano but twice as more content considering it's a war arc to.

it just got out of this stage in this arc(WCI) but doing it to a smaller extent. And is wrapping up now. Lol

 

[shoyoboyo]

Murata really knows how to put his own style on other artists' characters without making them ugly and weird.

Murata is also great at mimicking others style. His drawing of Goku and Frieza is amazing. Same with the Jotaro one.

 

[De La Croissant]

Last HxH post.

They are both walltexts but it's awful if you read the abysmal translations from MS.

Spoiler: MS translation

VS

Spoiler: Viz Translation

The viz is still lengthy but far more easier to digest. I would argue back with you on that on but again don't really wanna push it even further. I just wanted to clarify some misconception people have regarding it's lengthy text. It's not always a bad thing if done right.

I follow the translation made by Viz. Mangastream is terrible with any manga.

It's time for Murata to make another poster but only with the post-2010 series.

 

[savethecat]

Even more of a reason to have Murata do it. Have you seen the posters of all the Jump characters he drew?

I would love to have murata do it. I’m just saying I’m prosing an entire mini series, not JUST a poster lol

 

[xAsum0x]

I think Act-age is safe. Bozebeats is dead and unless Jujutsu does something impressive in its second chapter then that will also probably bite the dust.

I understand that y'all don't like Bozebeats but being 4 or 5 places above the bottom doesn't automatically mean it's dead. Most of y'all know this too, I'm pretty sure if the placements of Act Age and Bozebeats were switched y'all would be saying the same thing

 

[Aipom626]

I understand that y'all don't like Bozebeats but being 4 or 5 places above the bottom doesn't automatically mean it's dead. Most of y'all know this too, I'm pretty sure if the placements of Act Age and Bozebeats were switched y'all would be saying the same thing

I'd say as long as it doesn't hit rock bottom and stay there like Golem Hearts or Full Drive, it'll have a fighting chance. However, WSJ is competitive for new series and introducing several series of a similar genre at the same time will only make it more challenging for these new series to survive. I don't read that kind of stuff, so it wouldn't bother me of they all got replaced with new things, but I'll give them all a chance to succeed for readers of those genres. I just don't think that all 3 plus Kimetsu will thrive in WSJ at the same time (and Kimetsu is definitely staying).

 

[Leoat12]

The correct answer is that I don't think anything because Act-Age has one ranking and Bozebeats has two. XD
But, yeah, given that Bozebeats only got worse and the rankings are in tandem with it, we cannot expect much from it.