I have analyzed the former sports mangas starting 2010 onwards, so WSJ did not have much luck past Haikyuu (and Hinomaru Zumou which will end up as a big success but I feel it lasted longer than it should have based on sales, and thank you Shueisha for that)?
-Shounen Shikku (football) 2010, flopped
-Light Wing (football) 2010, flopped
-Dois Sol (football) 2011, flopped
-Kurogane (kendo) 2011, guess this is a success
-Cross Manage (lacrosse) 2012 not as flop as some other ones but did not even last a full calendar year
-Smoky B.B. (baseball) 2013, flopped
-Tokyo Wonder Boys (football) 2014, flopped
-Judos (judo) 2014, flopped
-Sporting Salt (sport medicine manga) 2014, despite being unique...flopped
-Takujou no Ageha (table tennis) 2014, flopped
-Best Blue (swimming) 2015, flopped
-Mononofu (shogi) 2015, despite a huge push by Jump did not last a full calendar year, similiar case as Cross Manage
-Buddy Strike (baseball) 2015, flopped
-Ole Golazo (football) 2016, flopped
-Robot x Laserbeam (golf) 2017, similiar case as with Kurogane and close to a chapter count as well
-Shuudan (football) 2017, this one lasted more than I thought it would, still a flop
-Full Drive (table tennis) 2017, flopped
-Momiji no Kisetsu (shogi) 2018, flopped
So it is Haikyuu as a true hit and really nothing else (with 2 mangas touching 68-70 chapters being successes and some may even debate that as well). Not really surprised they scaled sport mangas in 2018 (similiar to the 2012-2013 period after the football trio disaster in 2010-11). Wonder if they will launch ANOTHER football manga to boot this year to try.
