Bit surprising that WSM chose Mashima as the ambassador to write the manga when it was logical to chose either Shin Kibayashi(Kindaichi author) or Morikawa (the author of Hajime no ippo) as they are the highest selling authors in WSM and infact in entire Kodansha history.
Cautiously optimistic about the new series,hard working doesn't necessarily equate good quality.Infact many times too many series lowers the quality.I was so hyped about Edens Zero but ultimately i had to drop it.Speaking of Edens Zero I wonder why he included it.This is the weakest link in the entire trio.
Another possibility is he wants to make EZ popular among the FT audience.As with every passing volume EZ sales are declining in Japan he wants to make it more popular among his readers especially among those FT audience who don't read EZ.
Cause Mashima has great reputation within company than just them. You don't understand what it means by popularity and sells as those aren't only one that are selling as good.
Don't think so. FT suffered from not having an long-term planning to it, not because he was doing too much around. FTZ was quality good as well other spin-off and working stories with FT at the time. Idk where you get the idea it hurts everything. Even 100 Year Quest is better compare to the last 2 arcs despite going around with EZ and other stuff. Quality of it has improve as well with EZ if you kept on reading instead of dropping.
Also let's be honest, quality doesn't need to be top tier than anyone else to sell. If so, Dragon Ball wouldn't be up in there despite it's writing. You shouldn't judge a series not making it solely difference of writing and story that means it won't sell.
Also dropped it cause you lack faith and failed to see how it's going. Right now lately it's on it's one of hypest arc and many fans been excited on that from what I seen. Quality never shake neither as you clear difference of it than past works. While it is new series, it's hardly weak or declining at all. It's doing best of sells compare to many other new series. Your focusing on it competing if others that been out for years and have anime already. No new series will automatically overcome that as it need more publicity.
Thus when it gets anime and with helping of this mini series with RM and FT, it help push it. Lets not pretend Kodnasha been good on promoting new works lately. They aren't constant, but happy they are getting back on doing that.
Though yeah, you gotta shallow opinion there, Arjuna. I respect if it's not your taste, but you can't be a fair critic if your judging outside, not inside on things too. Doesn't help your a bit picky and dropped series 'you' think they 'won't add up much' when reality not every series is like that. Just saying to you as a friend.