Not familiar with that bubble, but it says the last one they released was in 2011.
It's pretty obvious that Horikoshi knows what he's doing (even if he's not doing it that well) - plot buildup, character development and sometimes, purposly slow down the manga.
That may be indicative of editorial giving up, I think. Let's face it, when you launch two gag manga with literally zero competition, give them both over six months to grow an audience, give one an anime even, and still fail to generate a profit, the question comes in if gag manga is really worth anything to the current audience. That's how I see it, anyway.
I mean, if you're a writer...that's basically common sense.
"It's pretty obvious that Horikoshi knows what he's doing (even if he's not doing it that well)...he hasn't planned fully how to do it in a satisfactory manner"
Not really? When you're writing, you should generally have an idea of every major turn, but how exactly every beat goes is something which comes with circumstance.
I can see where you're coming from, but Horikoshi's writing is so poor it's like saying, I know I have to get from the U.S. to Korea, I'll do that by crossing all the streets in that direction only when the streetlights turn red. And since he knows the general direction so it's okay.
Well, MHA has never really tried to go out of its way to be grand and epic(which admittedly is kinda weird for the genre). Even All Might vs AfO was more about what it personally meant for them than the actual stakes of the conflict. Same for Endeavor in Pro Hero and now with the LoV. Almost every single arc is more an excuse to develop some character or another. It's always been a very character-driven story. The plot barely exists. It's never really gone beyond ''there are some bad guys plotting nefarious stuff''. There's also no serial escalation. There's no clear power level system to tell us whether any given situation is more dangerous than the last. Instead, every arc gives us its own stakes and explains why they're important and we should be invested(save Bakugo, get a license, save Eri, Eri's smile), even if they aren't so big in the grand scheme of things. An unique structure for sure.
I don't think they've really tried in a long time when it comes to comedy. Probably because they had Kochikame, Gintama, Saiki & Isobee that were all so solid for so long, but all ended within such a short period of each other.
You forgot Seiji Tanaka. Overall, though, there's just been nine/ten in the last five years.
Have Toriyama return with a gag manga.
That joke would be funnier if Jaco didn't exist and provide Toriyama with his formal retirement from manga.
Yeah, both kimetsu and MHA are like that, their arcs is more about the character.
Jujutsu and most Black Clover arcs bar the Elf Invasion feel more character based as well. It's pretty much the norm for battle manga nowadays.
He got banned for misconstruing something I said and going off the deep end.
That was a great and a interesting read. I always follow what ICV2 post about the sales in US (without numbers, free info), manga always on top, especially Viz and Hero Academia.