Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2019] - Discussion and TOC Talk

[Mammo]

Masahiro Hirakata (Best Blue, Shinmai Fukei Kiruko-san) drew an illustration to celebrate the start of Saigo no Saiyuuki
Daijirou Nonoue was his assistant too

 

[SharkBait]

Hopefully hes hashing away at a rebirthed and retooled BestBLue

 

[supercow297]

Chainsawman's new chapter is a fucking 10/10. Fujimoto Tatsuki blows all our minds once again.

One of the major differences in tastes here is plot/character. I really like meaningful stories where characters and their actions feel grounded in reality, so Chainsawman is really getting good. If you're more about thrills and coolness then I can definitely see why you would like Neo more.

Please let Jimoto Ga Japan end, how can anyone can find it funny? It's at least a nice way to research for trips though.

Last Saiyuki was really emotional. Author really knows how to use a limited number of pages to develop his characters.

 

[TyVip]

NeoLation is interesting and hit close to home. A.I and Machine Learning and many more

 

[Jovan]

I was fine with Saiyuki when I first read it but upon re-reading it I'm not entirely sure about having an 8-9 year old suddenly have the responsibility of having to look after someone a year younger and even stop going to school to do so. Then there's locking him in the storeroom as punishment which was basically to have him sympathize with Koharu and set up her power. The series seems to be going for the long run hook as opposed to grabbing you in the first chapter. I hope the mangaka can have a great hook by chapter 3 though or this series will get axed similar to Ziga which also didn't have its hook until later chapters.

Didn't Ziga had a very effective 1st chapter though? I also loved how bold it was but it took too long to get rolling sadly.

 

[Franz]

Gokutei Higuma definitely will be canceled, is already starting the backstory of the protagonist after only 10 chapters, is a clear sign in my opinion ...

About ne0lation, I do not understand if it's going cancellated, but the chapters are so uninteresting that I would be surprised otherwise.

Regarding Chainsaw man, the last chapter was a little strange and it could also be heading towards the conclusion, but it's hard to say, with the next chapter it will probably be much clearer.

 

[Tarot]

I doubt Chainsawman is heading towards a conclusion. The current chapter is already setting up another arc by name dropping a devil and could possibly be longer since no one has its location.

Besides, it seems Denji has a new goal now lol. I hope the author makes it a running gag

 

[SharkBait]

Chainsawman's new chapter is a fucking 10/10. Fujimoto Tatsuki blows all our minds once again.

I guess I'm unable to see how touching bewbies is mindblowing and 10/10.

 

[Jovan]

Why are people talking about conclusions when in worst case only ne0 might be axed next issue? And ne0 has chances to stay as well for now thanks to Shuiesha opting to not launch more newbies. Chainsaw and Higuma are 100 percent safe until April aka the next axe round imo.

 

[cody]

I think this is a really good sign for Chainsaw Man. Fujimoto posted the first chapter on Twitter and it went viral, right now the start of the Twitter thread has 99k likes and 41k retweets, that's fucking insane.


The thread ends with an encouragement to buy the first volume. Chainsaw Man also seemingly trended/is trending on Japanese Twitter.

 

[SharkBait]

Probably boosted by bots and dupe/fake accounts

 

[ShenGao]

I think this is a really good sign for Chainsaw Man. Fujimoto posted the first chapter on Twitter and it went viral, right now the start of the Twitter thread has 99k likes and 41k retweets, that's fucking insane.


The thread ends with an encouragement to buy the first volume. Chainsaw Man also seemingly trended/is trending on Japanese Twitter.

The hell is going on in that Twitter thread? Every single reply of the 1k+ replies says the same "最高じゃあないっすか…" which according to Google and Microsoft translations means "It's not good / Goodbye". Did someone buy bots to do that?

 

[Tanzo]

^ That's a quote from a manga page in the thread.
All the replies seem to say the same thing, it's weird

 

[cody]

^ That's a quote from a manga page in the thread.
All the replies seem to say the same thing, it's weird

Is this how Japanese memes work? This keeps getting better.

 

[Jovan]

Probably boosted by bots and dupe/fake accounts

Yeah, sure lol.

 

[Scruffy8642]

The hell is going on in that Twitter thread? Every single reply of the 1k+ replies says the same "最高じゃあないっすか…" which according to Google and Microsoft translations means "It's not good / Goodbye". Did someone buy bots to do that?

It's referring to the final bubble of the chapter where Denji accepts the offer to work as a Devil hunter. Viz translated it as "That's a dream come true..."
Seems like it's definitely become a meme of sorts...

Also weirdly the description of the account used to say he was apparently Fujimoto's brother who's only in 3rd grade lol (though pretty sure it said that 2 years ago too). And back before the series started he would tweet saying his brother was looking for assistants and stuff... But the stuff he tweets about is oddly similar to Fujimoto's author comments. Like they're all about 7-11 food lol. Probably just him not wanting to be known or something.

 

[supercow297]

Probably boosted by bots and dupe/fake accounts

Those were indeed my dupes, I wanted to prove to you that Chainsawman was popular but got found out

 

[tirakai]

最高じゃあないっすか in the context literally translates along the lines of "Well isn't this the best".

 

[Reigen]

It's a quote from this panel

 

[SharkBait]

Those were indeed my dupes, I wanted to prove to you that Chainsawman was popular but got found out

It's not like its unpresidented. Was sure even the pv videos have viewcounts that are bot inflated.