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

[RafGL]

--- Double Post Merged, May 9, 2019, Original Post Date: May 9, 2019 ---

Some Samurai 8 pages.

 

[tirakai]

Seeing those, you really get a good feel for how much Kishi caters to English speaking readers. I remember him saying in an interview that he began making speech bubbles wider so they'd fit English translations better and I can definitely see the difference compared to the usual.

 

[Halloween]

Seeing those, you really get a good feel for how much Kishi caters to English speaking readers. I remember him saying in an interview that he began making speech bubbles wider so they'd fit English translations better and I can definitely see the difference compared to the usual.

Which is good, since this series is going to blow up over here.

 

[Serinox]

Seeing those, you really get a good feel for how much Kishi caters to English speaking readers. I remember him saying in an interview that he began making speech bubbles wider so they'd fit English translations better

That was Eiichiro Oda though, iirc. Unless Kishimoto said the same thing somewhere.

 

[SharkBait]

Seeing those, you really get a good feel for how much Kishi caters to English speaking readers. I remember him saying in an interview that he began making speech bubbles wider so they'd fit English translations better and I can definitely see the difference compared to the usual.

But hes not drawing this

 

[Serinox]

But hes not drawing this

Kishimoto is doing the dialogue, sketching and storyboarding though, and speech bubble placement also falls into his responisiblity.

• Kishimoto is responsible for coming up with the panel layouts, the word balloons, and drafting all the rough storyboards, which are then passed on to Akira Okubo to produce the final manuscript.

 

[101nemesis]

Kishimoto is doing the dialogue, sketching and storyboarding though, and speech bubble placement also falls into his responisiblity.

Interesting. Had no idea this was the case.

 

[Halloween]

Yeah, he's doing way more than we initially thought.

 

[Kaizoku_82]

What do you guys like about Saiyuki? Since the first few chapters it's been lackluster for me.

Meanwhile Yui Kamio is very fun. As the previous head chief editor before Nak the Hack said, "A good manga just bad to be interesting." YK is zany, wacky, funny and pleasant on the eyes.

Well, for me it's the amazing art, the immense level of real and human emotions put into the characters and scenes, all delivered very well with said art, the intriguing mystery and premise and overall potential I see in the series for becoming something epic.

Also, I don't think Kamio Yui is bad at all, it has a great protagonist, a nice "rich guy getting involved with delinquents" dinamic, some genuinely funny jokes (although of course, there are some that miss) and the background sets up a lot of space for troublesome and comedic situations, the more chapters I read, the warmer I start to get from the characters.

 

[RafGL]

Seems Kaiu Shirai is in bad health and that's the reason behind The Promised Neverland's break next issue. Hope it doesn't get any worse. I kind of translated it, don't know if may have any errors:

"Thank you for always reading The Promised Neverland. This time, series will be suspended on Issue #25 (5/20) due to the author's, Kaiu Shirai, need for medical treatment due to poor health. Continuation is scheduled for Issue #26 (5/27). Readers who are looking forward to series continuation, we are very sorry for your concern. Thank you for your continued support for The Promised Neverland, we will continue working on the series. Weekly Shonen Jump Editorial Department."

 

[Tamil]

Samurai 8 character designs look great.

Maybe because Shueisha isn't a forum user that thinks a 7 years old manga selling above 200k is "embarrassing" and needs to be quickly cut from the magazine?

Yes ignore the fact that SnS once sold more than double at one point and that it's franchise sales have dropped hard even with it's anime. 200k isnt embarrassing but if you were once doing 500k+ and easily passing 200k pre-anime then yes it is embarrassing. It's in the decline with no way of recovering. Also, with how the story pacing has been rushing it's clear they want it out of here.

 

[Blink22]

Meanwhile, Dr. Stone sales are an absolute embarrassment to Jump. Shambles this is still running.

 

[Xzone]

It looks great? I tought that woman looks terrible , like mixing Kubo and Kishi art and choosing the worst combination.
The animal and robot looks cool, tho.

 

[101nemesis]

I'm loving the colors in those color pages for Samurai 8.
I'll agree tho, the woman looks a bit weird. Her nose seems off.

Yes ignore the fact that SnS once sold more than double at one point and that it's franchise sales have dropped hard even with it's anime. 200k isnt embarrassing but if you were once doing 500k+ and easily passing 200k pre-anime then yes it is embarrassing. It's in the decline with no way of recovering. Also, with how the story pacing has been rushing it's clear they want it out of here.

I agree. It's declining and has gone down to almost pre-anime. It's embarrassing even just considering the word of mouth going around these days about SnS. I remember when everyone just spoke good things about it.

 

[RafGL]

Maybe because Shueisha isn't a forum user that thinks a 7 years old manga selling above 200k is "embarrassing" and needs to be quickly cut from the magazine?

Weeeeeell they have actually been cutting it tho? I mean, it's pretty clear series is not gonna improve. And it's not like Shueisha is trying to keep it or not axing it, they're just giving some chapters to the series to end and that's pretty much all. Maybe more chapters than what we initially expected, but of course Soma's performance has been awful these past months lol.

 

[Arjuna]

My personal take is Soma is gonna end in 1 volume i.e. the next volume.

 

[RafGL]

My personal take is Soma is gonna end in 1 volume i.e. the next volume.

Same here. Extending more the series would just be trying to humiliate it by watching sales flop or an attempt of suicide.

 

[Arjuna]

Same here. Extending more the series would just be trying to humiliate it by watching sales flop or an attempt of suicide.

Agree

I think the next volume will deal with the final battle and then possible marriage.

 

[Tamil]

I didn't even notice the nose of the women lol. It does look a bit off, maybe it's the scan/angle it was drawn in.

Her white outfit with her black skin tone is a nice contrast and what I love the most is that her hair has a blue tint to it from the scan. I forgot that Kishi doesnt shy away from drawing people of color (not including Japanese obv) which I like. By the looks of it I hope she plays some sort of female leader role in the manga, really digging her vibe, these designs are unique. That is assuming Kishi created this design lol

 

[Stivie]

the end of souma can be slam dunk type, shows the souma defeating the asahi and the fight against the erina would be in off.