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

[Rain Spectre]

References?

Sakura mentions watching MHA at one point. No idea where the AA reference is though.

 

[Stivie]

Pacing is all about balance, make sure plot points are properly established and allowed to sink in, without letting the story drag. It can be too fast or too slow, so it's perfectly valid to complain about either extreme.

I know, and I even agree, but there's an air of indecision.

 

[Rain Spectre]

I know, and I even agree, but there's an air of indecision.

Basically, the answer is making the pacing feel sufficiently fast early on while making the developments not too radical as to be confusing.

 

[Serinox]

Taisei is getting complaints because Tai "dying" is a radical shift to the narrative which lacks any grounding, we can't morn the loss of him when we barely know him

Though, to be fair, the "Introduce a person extremely close to the protagonist just to kill them very early in the story as a shock to the audience and the character" is a very common and often highly acclaimed trope in sports manga.

 

[Rain Spectre]

Though, to be fair, the "Introduce a person extremely close to the protagonist just to kill them very early in the story as a shock to the audience and the character" is a very common and often highly acclaimed trope in sports manga.

Last time I checked, the brother in Touch didn't die in the second chapter.

 

[Stivie]

Last time I checked, the brother in Touch didn't die in the second chapter.

jump is not sunday, we know that in jump you have to sell the story in the first few chapters to get attention.

 

[supercow297]

Last time I checked, [I'm not gonna show it]

WTF WHY DID YOU SPOIL THAT

HOLY FUCK!!!

YOU'RE ACTUALLY INSUFFERABLE

 

[Mammo]

Sakura mentions watching MHA at one point. No idea where the AA reference is though.

 

[Rain Spectre]

jump is not sunday, we know that in jump you have to sell the story in the first few chapters to get attention.

Killing off the character who was half the premise in the second chapter still feels too abrupt.

WTF WHY DID YOU SPOIL THAT

HOLY FUCK!!!

YOU'RE ACTUALLY INSUFFERABLE

...Dude, the manga is over 30 years old. Why are you getting so worked up about me giving mentioning the famous twist of one of the most legendary sport manga of all time.

 

[Ottes]

Killing off the character who was half the premise in the second chapter still feels too abrupt.



...Dude, the manga is over 30 years old. Why are you getting so worked up about me giving mentioning the famous twist of one of the most legendary sport manga of all time.

Spoilers do not have any expiration date. You could post the last scene of Ashita no Joe here and it would be spoilery the same way to a lot of people even if is iconic.

 

[Kaizoku_82]

...Dude, the manga is over 30 years old. Why are you getting so worked up about me giving mentioning the famous twist of one of the most legendary sport manga of all time.

It doesn't matter how old or famous a piece of media is, a spoiler is still a spoiler, telling someone who has never seen a Star Wars movie how The Return of the Jedi ends is still a spoiler, they don't have a expiration date, and since i'm sure several people in this thread might have never read Touch, this is still something you should have covered with the spoiler mark

 

[supercow297]

Found this interesting in the BNHA editor interview.

—What are the most notable points when reading “BnHA?”

Monji: I don’t wish for our readers to read the series seriously. It would be much better to have them casually read it and feel that the series is entertaining. But if I really have to pick a point, I would say it’s the design.

 

[Rain Spectre]

Uh...sorry? I assumed it wasn't a big deal...

 

[Kaizoku_82]

Uh...sorry? I assumed it wasn't a big deal...

It's a common mistake, but it's fine as long as you learn the lesson.

 

[OtterBrigade]

Where do you guys find the author comments on MangaPlus?

MangaPlus puts them up Monday (usually see them when tomorrow's stuff goes up so midnight Japan) and under the "featured" tab there's a picture of the magazine cover which has the author comments. Idk why they don't post them at the same time as the chapters.

 

[CuriousReborn]

Oh well Touch was on my backlog

 

[supercow297]

ikr?

 

[SalesNerd69]

When JoJo's was running in WSJ, how did its sales compare to the other big names running alongside it?

 

[MangAniMY]

 

[Nemesis]

Uh...sorry? I assumed it wasn't a big deal...

It's fine, don't worry. Just think better on a next time when talking about something major like that.