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

 

[Trashbags Lord]

Sure but thanks to that belief her new series ranked #1 for 30 straight weeks. The author is definitely implying something.

I feel as though we are missing the bigger context here.
Aino's ideal manga is a "transparent masterpiece" that everyone would love, even if that means removing herself from the art. While that succeeded, she lost sight of her passion, and collapsed from overwork.
This all goes against what the editor said in an earlier chapter: You should draw the thing only you can draw.
I think the main message the author is trying to convey here is just that: Manga, and art in general, should be about expressing your own unique perspective, even if that means not everyone will love it.

 

[KagamiKuroko]

Bone Collection vol 1. Ranked #132,337
Moriking vol 1. Aug 4th. Ranked #78,298
Mitama Security vol 4. Ranked #66,466
Ghostwriter vol 1. Ranked #64,448
Yozakura Family vol 4. Ranked #55,903
Mashle vol 2. Ranked #10,644


Amazon preorder ranks for August 4th volumes

 

[James Rye]

Do Japanese Readers even use Amazon that often to preorder new Manga volumes? Feels like there might be other sites which they rather and more frequent use than this one. I honestly don't see much point discussions preorder ranks of Amazon on considering what kinda ranks we are talking about. All we get from this is a general tell of Mashle good, rest average, BoneC bad, and we can pretty much get this already from the normal rankings, CP and sales and ofc our own rankings.

 

[Konja9]

Do Japanese Readers even use Amazon that often to preorder new Manga volumes? Feels like there might be other sites which they rather and more frequent use than this one. I honestly don't see much point discussions preorder ranks of Amazon on considering what kinda ranks we are talking about. All we get from this is a general tell of Mashle good, rest average, BoneC bad, and we can pretty much get this already from the normal rankings, CP and sales and ofc our own rankings.

Not our own ranking. That does not serve to measure the popularity of a manga in Japan.

I agree with everything else you said.

 

[ChrissyR5]

 

[James Rye]

Not our own ranking. That does not serve to measure the popularity of a manga in Japan.

I agree with everything else you said.

I meant it more as in "general taste", you tend to see BoneC at the bottom in our poll as well and Mashle higher up there as we did with the Amazon ranking. That is all that is to it.

 

[pamuchi]

They use Rakuten more than Amazon. There's also Tsutaya, Honto, Animate just to name a few.

 

[Ryuusei]

Rakuten is nice because they have daily and weekly rankings that go up to 10000 places, while Honto only goes up to 100, Tsutaya goes up to 20 and Animate doesn't have one.

 

[101nemesis]

Preorder numbers are pretty pointless right now especially when we are ~10-14 days away from the approximate release dates.
That's like looking at music album pre-orders weeks in advance. It'll be very different for when it's actually the week of release or the few days leading upto it.

 

[aneekl]

Fujimoto will be special judge for Jump+ serialized Grand prix

 

[Gilroygladbouy]

I feel as though we are missing the bigger context here.
Aino's ideal manga is a "transparent masterpiece" that everyone would love, even if that means removing herself from the art. While that succeeded, she lost sight of her passion, and collapsed from overwork.
This all goes against what the editor said in an earlier chapter: You should draw the thing only you can draw.
I think the main message the author is trying to convey here is just that: Manga, and art in general, should be about expressing your own unique perspective, even if that means not everyone will love it.

I never actually thought about that. I like your take on the whole Ghostwriter controversy


As for the New MHA light novel, I’m pretty interested to see what it’s about. I know there was a little synopsis about it, but I still don’t really understand what it’s going to add. Either way, I’m excited!

 

[ChrissyR5]

As for the New MHA light novel, I’m pretty interested to see what it’s about. I know there was a little synopsis about it, but I still don’t really understand what it’s going to add. Either way, I’m excited!

Keeping up with the Todorokis: New Year's Edition

 

[Tamil]

Furudate thank you illustration

 

[101nemesis]

I just caught up on the chapters for this week and;

1. Hard Boiled Cop and Dolphin - This chapter was HILARIOUS. It was peak Tamura. Everything I love about his mix and timing for comedy and story. The first 3 chapters were mostly a miss (especially the first chapter) with chapter 3 being best from those three. But this one was THE chapter I wanted from him. I'm finally invested in these characters with this chapter.
2. Chainsaw Man - Fujimoto needs to stop playing with my feelings.
3. Mashle - Solid battle chapter again. I can see Lance end up being the most popular character in this series, even over Mash.
4. Jujutsu - Sukuna is so OP.
5. Magu-chan - Still a series I adore. It's charming, funny and a light read. I WANT this to survive but lets see.
6. MHA - It's nice that Horikoshi is giving other students a chance to shine now. Although I can see people getting annoyed by the focus shifting.
7. Time Paradox Ghost Writer - The artist is exceptional. I'm intrigued by what the chapter showed. That said, there is something off with the series' time skips and general story flow.

Also, I read 7 series now in WSJ. So I can technically take part in the polls now (if I remember to do it)

 

[Jovan]

New Jump+ series started, Gaming Lady.

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<完結済み>日本中のあらゆるお嬢様ゲーマーが憧れる超有名校・聖閣東芸夢学園。その学園の全一にして頂点・祥龍院隆子をはじめとする“eお嬢様”たちの熱き戦いの物語。 [JC全7巻発売中]

shonenjumpplus.com

It also started trending on twitter after Ch.1's release. (#11 and 12,7k+ tweets)

 

[Tamil]

New Jump+ series started, Gaming Lady.

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<完結済み>日本中のあらゆるお嬢様ゲーマーが憧れる超有名校・聖閣東芸夢学園。その学園の全一にして頂点・祥龍院隆子をはじめとする“eお嬢様”たちの熱き戦いの物語。 [JC全7巻発売中]

shonenjumpplus.com

It also started trending on twitter after Ch.1's release. (#11 and 12,7k+ tweets)

There's a Jump+ thread now btw

Mag Talk - Shonen Jump Plus - News and Discussion

Since Shonen Jump Plus has been so huge as of now and has continuously been making hit after hit and has kind of became its own brand rather than the “digital Shonen Jump”. If you don’t know, shonen jump plus is a digital site/app made by shuiesha on September 22nd 2014 with over 30 manga. On...

mangahelpers.com

 

[Jovan]

There's a Jump+ thread now btw

Mag Talk - Shonen Jump Plus - News and Discussion

Since Shonen Jump Plus has been so huge as of now and has continuously been making hit after hit and has kind of became its own brand rather than the “digital Shonen Jump”. If you don’t know, shonen jump plus is a digital site/app made by shuiesha on September 22nd 2014 with over 30 manga. On...

mangahelpers.com

I noticed that just now. Not sure that it's a good move since J+ talk was allowed here, and the thread activity is low as expected. The service isn't really that popular around here beyond just few series on it's own to warrant a separate thread.

 

[Tamil]

I noticed that just now. Not sure that it's a good move since J+ talk was allowed here, and the thread activity is low as expected. The service isn't really that popular around here beyond just few series on it's own to warrant a separate article.

Tbh it does feel a bit early to have a Jump+ thread even if its growing a lot as a platform. I would imagine the thread would get more activity once SxF & Jigo's animes are out and more people check out the other titles that Jump+ has to offer. Speaking of their animes, I hope both get announced this year.

 

[SharkBait]

Tbh it does feel a bit early to have a Jump+ thread even if its growing a lot as a platform. I would imagine the thread would get more activity once SxF & Jigo's animes are out and more people check out the other titles that Jump+ has to offer. Speaking of their animes, I hope both get announced this year.

still waiting for my BLue Flag anime

 

[Roacher]

still waiting for my BLue Flag anime

This is that manga with canon homo? Maybe not anime adaptation but live action adaptation cuz so far as I know there is/was recently popular BL drama in Japan. I think was called Ossan Love.