No and why should the revenue go to Usazaki now? Over a scandal? He still did his part in writing the story. Even if Jump tried changing the agreement I would assume that it would turn into a legal mess and Matsuki would probably fight back.
I think Namaiki Zakari counts? Romance focused with a sports background. It's still ongoing (started in 2013) and is pretty sucessful too, with a circulation of 4 million for 19 volumes (so, We Never Learn level).
Well, the author came from there. He had a 4volumes series in WSM and a bunch of oneshots before jumping ship to Shueisha. So it's not surprising that it gives that vibe, I would say. It's a pretty good thing imo, not a fan of WSJ romcoms.I caught up with CSM. It feels good to be caught up again but at the same time the feels
Ao no Hako was a pretty good one shot. It feels like something out of WSM lol. I'm guessing it's going to get serialized with it's reception.
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I think overall the increased sales for Act-Age right now is probably a combination of a few things:
Out of all the 32 covers Jump has had this year, only 16 (half of them) have been inidividual covers for older series. If we count the upcoming series, it will be 20 shared/debut covers out of 36 issues. They really could move forward like that lol.If Jump keeps starting new rounds of 4 series every 8 issues they don't need to worry about what series to give covers to
I assume it's because the first kanji in the word for adolescence/youth (青春) means blue.
As well as coincidence. Blue Period is named after Picasso's Blue Period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasso's_Blue_Period. Stuff like Blue Flag is 100% a youth thing though.
In Blue Lock case (mini-spam mode: the best spokon manga currently in serialization in the Big 4 shonen magazines for me. If you haven't read it, give it a chance), the Blue is because Japan football team are the Blue Samurais
I put it on hold after the first volume despite enjoying it, however the premise of all these youth being locked away in a secret facility to play soccer seems related as well. Due to the rules of the Japanese language many titles can have rather obvious double meanings.
I personally think best case scenario is MAYBE they allow Shiro to wrap up this current arc quickly.
From what little I've read of AA, I wouldn't want a new writer. Despite his disgusting behavior, he's clearly a talented writer and having anyone else conclude the series would probably mess it up. I know not everyone on this forum is willing to separate the art from the writer (which is fine) but Matsuki must be the one to conclude imo.
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Allowing Matsuki to return sends a message that “being a sex offender is okay in our magazine as long as your series is good and sells well.” and would also be a bad look for them, especially considering they’re no longer in the days of 2002 where Manga wasn’t all that big internationally.From what little I've read of AA, I wouldn't want a new writer. Despite his disgusting behavior, he's clearly a talented writer and having anyone else conclude the series would probably mess it up. I know not everyone on this forum is willing to separate the art from the writer (which is fine) but Matsuki must be the one to conclude imo.
AA doesn't look like it'll survive in WSJ but not all hope is lost since it can very well end in another magazine (assuming Usazaki is fine with it). The same thing happened with Takeshi (it was apparently in it's final arc at time of the scandal). After like 3 years, it was later serialized in Super Jump (seinen mag.) to give a proper conclusion (a whopping 10 chapters) and hell even got the cover for it's serialization
Super Jump #369 - No. 14, 2005 (Issue)
I would hope that Usazaki will move on for now (i.e work on another series) and once some time has passed (at least a couple of years honestly) regarding Matsuki's scandal then they'll conclude in another magazine (ideally a lesser known one for a more lengthy serialization). If they were to hypothetically return as a duo and the demand was high enough then I don't see why they can't give it as close of a natural conclusion as possible. It's a shitty situation but don't give up hope.
I’ve seen many people who at the very least are extremely uncomfortable with how the Watsuki situation was dealt with. And that isn’t as bad as this, so you’re definitely right about that.
For me I wanted to revisit Kenshin before his situation(I only watched the Kenshin anime when I was like 8. But I no longer remember much). But as soon as it happened I refuse to even look through the manga.
I can actually see Jump taking this approach, looking how they handled the other two situations. This would mean AA getting cancelled and Matsuki getting his punishments (whether it's jail or whichever punishment he gets). Then in a few years once the situation isn't a big topic anymore, Matsuki is out of jail (assuming he goes to jail) and when Usazaki isn't currently working on anything else, the series can get concluded in another smaller magazine, so it doesn't get much attention. Especially because it kind of seemed like the arc after the current arc would've been the final arc anyways. So it could be concluded in maybe around 50 more chapters.From what little I've read of AA, I wouldn't want a new writer. Despite his disgusting behavior, he's clearly a talented writer and having anyone else conclude the series would probably mess it up. I know not everyone on this forum is willing to separate the art from the writer (which is fine) but Matsuki must be the one to conclude imo.
AA doesn't look like it'll survive in WSJ but not all hope is lost since it can very well end in another magazine (assuming Usazaki is fine with it). The same thing happened with Takeshi (it was apparently in it's final arc at time of the scandal). After like 3 years, it was later serialized in Super Jump (seinen mag.) to give a proper conclusion (a whopping 10 chapters) and hell even got the cover for it's serialization
Super Jump #369 - No. 14, 2005 (Issue)
I would hope that Usazaki will move on for now (i.e work on another series) and once some time has passed (at least a couple of years honestly) regarding Matsuki's scandal then they'll conclude in another magazine (ideally a lesser known one for a more lengthy serialization). If they were to hypothetically return as a duo and the demand was high enough then I don't see why they can't give it as close of a natural conclusion as possible. It's a shitty situation but don't give up hope.
probably closer to 100 than 50