Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2020] - Discussion and ToC Talk

[Shinuki no Reborn]

MANGAHELPERS "TOC" POLL ISSUE #51 - VOTING!​

The poll for issue #51 is now open, vote for your favorite chapters of the week clicking HERE!

Alongside the release of Sakamoto Days, the extra series this week are:

-Dragon Ball Super 66
-Boruto: Naruto Next Generations 52
-Ghost Reaper Girl 10

Good Votes!

 

[Halloween]

Moderator Notice:
Henceforth, I will be deleting posts that complain about Weekly Shonen Jump having too many/not enough gag/battle/exorcism/sports/etc series.

These posts are not insightful, and do not meaningfully contribute to this thread. Also, this decision is not up for discussion, so posts discussing this decision will also be deleted.~ Halloween

 

[Ryuusei]

Spoiler: 52 TOC & 01 Preview

呪 僕 O マ ブ S C D 破 C B 夜 C 僕 あ 灼 ぼ チ 高 ア 森 A 仄 ぼ 次号カラー ヒロアカ アンデラ 夜桜 約ネバ 道産子 GIGA 岸本先生が描くコラボポスター 爆豪クリアファイル

Spoiler: Issue #52 ToC & Preview

Jujutsu Kaisen (Cover & LCP)
My Hero Academia
One Piece
Mashle
Black Clover
Sakamoto Days (CP)
Dr. Stone
Magu-chan: God of Destruction (CP)
Build King
Mission: Yozakura Family
Me & Roboco
Ayakashi Triangle (CP)
Shakunetsu no Niraikanai
We Never Learn
Chainsaw Man
Koukousei Kazoku
Undead Unluck
Moriking
Agravity Boys
Honomieru Shounen
Bokura no Ketsumei

Issue #1
Cover & LCP: My Hero Academia
CP: Undead Unluck, Mission: Yozakura Family, The Promised Neverland, Dosanko Gyaru wa Namaramenkoi

GIGA Preview
Collab poster by Kishimoto
Bakugou clear file

 

[mocaneca]

I really really enjoyed Chainsaw Man this week, I just love a good antagonist chapter, Dr. Stone was great aswell, seems like we're going to slow down with the action and just enjoy good ass science.

My biggest gripe was with Agravity Boys, while the chapter had a good few gags, I much prefer when all the 4 boys are written into the plot, instead of being sidelined for the Jumbros.

Otherwise, good chapters all around, hyped for whats next for MHA.

 

[BX-02BLODIA]

Get your Act-Age Line stickers here. I don't use the service, but these are pretty cool.

 

[RafGL]

Okay, read Jump this week. From the newbies, Yozakura has been amazing this week, getting a good arc and hoping for a good end of it next week with the color page, I really hope Gondaira takes this chance to improve the series. And then there's MASHLE, I literally can't stop laughing when reading it. I really hope it sticks or at least survives for a while, and even if it doesn't, I'm really glad I picked it up. The only one left to comment for me is ZIPMAN!!, which I don't really understand what is it doing? Shibata seems to be taking some weird routes and I don't think I like them, but anyway, series has been pretty much a disaster for a while. Really good chapters also for Act-Age, One Piece and Bokuben this week, even if I lost, I'll accept it.

 

[Rain Spectre]

All right, time to speak!

Yozakura...yeesh, the mood whiplash is really getting to me. Kudos I guess for being striking?

Mitama is making me upset. Seriously, how can a series with a salmon who's also an aspiring evil overlord fail?

Zipman seriously just seems like Shibata went "fuck it" and rushed the arc ending so that he can do something else before cancellation.

Agravity is reeeeaaaaalllly stretching itself thin at this point. When your cast consists of four guys stuck on a planet with no one else to have a proper conversation with, the story potential ends up being grinded down so hard that nothing really remains.

UxU is good! The pace for Vol 1 is honestly really fast, which makes sense, and we now have yet more genuinely interesting characters. I'm curious to see where this goes.

Mashle is...not good.

Witch Guardian exists. That's the most I can really say.

 

[Kobī-Stan]

I'm really beginning to trust Yozakura enough to follow it full time.

 

[Aipom626]

Mitama is making me upset. Seriously, how can a series with a salmon who's also an aspiring evil overlord fail?

At the very least, Mitama must be getting good support from reader voters since it's getting another CP and has been ranking pretty nicely in the TOC the past few chapters. If it wasn't at least doing well in the voter polls, then the editors would probably have it down in the bottom of the TOC. I'm going to try having faith that the second volume will improve

 

[Nemesis]

Damn don't I love Tatsuya's art.

Tatsuya is the author. Shiro is the artist.

 

[Minsel]

Yozakura is AMAZING now, i really feel like the mood was slowly transitioned and done well, and we got a good arc out of it with some goals in mind. I enjoy Kuroyuri and his backstory.

Mitama is meh, all i can think is, thats a fish, cool. I can't laugh at it at all.

Zipman was decent, we getting a brother recovery arc? Although very linear and cliche, probably the best chapter of the last 5.

UxU is great, this chapter was ok, I do love the artstyle and pacing, and the girl feels very realized. I also like the location and the negator we met.

MASHLE is fine, i was wondering how he'd pull off the broom flying, so that was funny.

Guardian of the Witch is slow as fuck but this chapter was atleast faster than the last. I'm confused if fafner knows that little about the witch, they interact like they just met, yet they're known to other witch n guardian duos as famous? Also character designs, that other witch looks like the witch we know just with black long hair.

 

[RafGL]

Tatsuya is the author. Shiro is the artist.

That was the joke XD.

 

[Mankichi Togawa]

The Act-age stickers are the best Shonen Jump thing to have happened in this 2020 for me.

 

[Ryuusei]

In case anyone's interested.

Best-selling manga in France - 2019

100,000~85,000 copies

#1 Dragon Ball Super 6
#2 One Piece 89

85,000~70,000 copies

#3 Dragon Ball Super 7
#4 Ki&Hi (French comic)
#5 One Piece 90
#6 Dragon Ball Super 8
#7 One Piece 91
#8 My Hero Academia 17
#9 The Promised Neverland 6

70,000~45,000 copies

#10 My Hero Academia 18
#11 One-Punch Man 14
#12 The Promised Neverland 7
#13 One Piece 92
#14 My Hero Academia 1
#15 One-Punch Man 15
#16 My Hero Academia 19
#17 The Promised Neverland 8
#18 Dragon Ball Super 9
#19 Naruto 1
#20 My Hero Academia 20

 

[BRTK]

Man that cover+LCP combo for Act-Age js just beautiful. The chapter itself was also good, really hyped for the next one.

As for the new series - basically nothing changed in my ranking. UU had another good chapter, Mashle was funny, Witch was meh.

Can't find anything positive to say about Zipman, other than the art is nice. It seems to be in a hopeless situation - and for a good reason.

Yozakura surprised me with its decent sales and the new chapter was also pretty good. It's not super interesting but it has its moments. As for Mitama - nice, though I enjoyed the last few chapters more than this one.

Kimetsu had a great chapter. I've seen some people criticizing the current battle but Im enjoying it a lot. Not the best one in the series but each chapter leaves me wanting to read more. WNL was really good too, even though it seems confirmed that my fav girl has lost

Top 5:
1. HQ
2. WNL
3. KnY
4. MHA
5. CSM

 

[Nemesis]

It's certainly interesting how the reactions on reddit and here about those last WNL chapters are. lol

 

[4Eyes]

Something I forgot to say before but Zipman has a very weird pacing right now. Could it be we'll see an early cancellation for a series after a long time without them? Like, cancellation in 16 chapters?

 

[Rain Spectre]

Something I forgot to say before but Zipman has a very weird pacing right now. Could it be we'll see an early cancellation for a series after a long time without them? Like, cancellation in 16 chapters?

It def feels that way to me. The change in storytelling has been very jarring.

 

[TyVip]

The Act-age stickers are the best Shonen Jump thing to have happened in this 2020 for me.

is there more? can you pm me some? ty

 

[Nemesis]

The Act-age stickers are the best Shonen Jump thing to have happened in this 2020 for me.

I wish someone made telegram stickers

 

[Koni]

It's certainly interesting how the reactions on reddit and here about those last WNL chapters are. lol

I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed that. They have a bit of a point, though - it did feel a little rushed and I was hoping for bigger closure. It feels like almost a guarantee that the series will end at 150 at this point.

Still, it’s ironic seeing people compare Nisekoi favorably to this now. XD

 

[Thehoennhippo]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed that. They have a bit of a point, though - it did feel a little rushed and I was hoping for bigger closure. It feels like almost a guarantee that the series will end at 150 at this point.

Still, it’s ironic seeing people compare Nisekoi favorably to this now. XD

I'm a huge Nisekoi fan, but I'd probably say this final arc is better than Nisekoi's, even if I like both.

 

[Rain Spectre]

Harem manga fans are like that. At least this isn't like with Domestic Girlfriend and the fans are sending the author literal fucking death threats.