Well, yeah, naturally there are going to be people that won't like TPN, but I don't think that negates the potential reach it has. A lot of people having been wanting shounen manga with a darker, sharper edge to it, and TPN, for the most, fits the bill. Of course, those are the desires of western readership; I can't speak for the Japanese, as I'm not sure what criteria, if any, they go by when deciding what types shonen they like. As far as the "un-Jumplike" bit, I mean, it isn't really the type of series the magazine normally publishes and I'm pretty sure Jump has acknowledged as much. Also, I've never understood the DN comparisons. Outside of the mind games and darker tone, they're not really near the same thing. On the last thing, I can't really refute you on that since I don't have any data to do so with. I'll just go out on a limb and agree my pal Nemesis overhead that TPN will get a pretty sizable boost to make it a solid pillar in the Jump catalog.