I'd say MHA is a pillar. But a wobbly one.
That's literally how it is basically every year. Jump is just that important in the industry.
MHA, Neverland, and Haikyuu!! are pillars. Furudate and Horikoshi were the only authors along with Oda that were given the honor to draw a celebratory cover of the ending of Kochikame.
Edited in the quote. I moved MHA and Haikyuu to pillars, and I've placed Jujutsu in Established with Act-age and Chainsawman. For some reason the Established trio still generate less waves than the mainstays that sell the least.
Truth be told, I was having this predicament. I know MHA/TPN/Haikyuu are in a whole different league than all the other mainstays, but I couldn’t think of a good name to really separate OP/KNY from them.
Personally I would put in "In danger of being axed" and put GotW there but that's just me and my opinion but I really can't see it lasting 100+ chapters the way it is going. It is not even generic like BC was, it is just bland and boring.
I think more than sales "fans" and "potential" means more to Jump. Like you can only make so much money from selling mangas, there is a reason why they are so cheap after all. You really make money when you sell a series "rights", when you make merchandise, when you got events and anime and movies and Live Actions and so on. And while sales might imply some fandom it ain't everything as seen with RxL and S8, there were sales but not enough "real hardcore fans you can milk". Jump ain't interested in your average fan who likes to read manga but the kind of fans who buys stickers, figurines and wallpaper of their favorite series and who give out a lot of money to stay invested in the fandom. And RxL and S8 didn't had them whereas other series like Yozakura, UU and Ab might and that's why they will probably survive for a while longer, hopefully past the Corona crisis and the in-coming recession.
You're trying too much to play "vague" towards 2 series that are pretty much safe for now, it would the dumbest decision ever to keep reprinting series just to cancel them next round because "ToC", what was the last new series they kept reprinting just to cancel? Agravity Boys positions are pré sales, now that the manga is going out of stock, being reprinted and having a very good reception you can bet the positions will start to rise soon, the ToC isn't a separated entity, is just a reflection of a bunch of factors including sales.
You're not making much sense, Yozakura just had a note some hours ago about the third reprint for vol 1 and the first for vol 2, if is selling less why is getting reprints? Agravity Boys is receiving great reviews, getting out of stock and now reprints, the manga is popular, you're taking some "pre sales" positions too seriously and also taking the "ToC" too literally as if you actually know what is going on behind those positions, do you really think that Mitama Security is more popular than Agravity Boys just because it's a bit above in the rankings? sales say quite the opposite and i doubt Jump would sacrifice that just because some slightly better toc positions (which is maybe just editors still pushing it)
Yes, but Amalgam was dead at the bottom 2 from the first ranking and never recovered while Spring Weapon managed to rise + combined with some not so bad sales (better than Mitama tho) and probably Jump was pushing for a new gag series too.
Not a single good word about UU from Shinuki, feels bad, man...
