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from what I've seen, the general consensus in both jp and the west is the series is being carried by the art
if it get axed but Kento Matsuura comesback quickly, would that be such a bad thing?
The art is one thing, but the story is another. Personally, I enjoy the story’s progression so far, and it flows well compared to other mangas I’ve read before in Jump. It’s not as frenetically paced as newer mangas, nor is it too slow or stay around in the same place too long.
Matsuura might not be able to find a better partner than he has right now. I can’t say that for sure either, but I like Matsuura’s situation right now.
It is a bit odd to see Phantom Seer still right at the bottom of the ToC, it's an odd series where the first chapter seemed to get a strong response online with the PV having very high views, and now v1 has sold fairly well too, but I guess nobody cares for it enough to vote for it in the polls or something. I guess that's just what can happen when a series has good art but weak story and characters? People maybe buy the volume to enjoy the art, but don't care about it enough otherwise to vote for it.
It's hard to imagine it sticking around especially long at this point since the series isn't doing anything different which could help it's ToC positions. Maybe it'll outlast Dolphin if that can't grow, but if next round has 3 series I think it'll be gone unless it can somehow manage to grow well in v2.
Any info on if Blood Oath ends this issue or not? It certainly didn't feel like it had just one chapter left last week.
An interesting TOC for sure. Me & Roboco getting a colour page likely for its second volume is expected, but I'm glad! Also Magu-chan at 5th this week is very good, wondering if/when the sales will affect it's position in the magazine.
Sakamoto Days debuting at 6th is pretty decent, meanwhile Build King is already in the bottom 5? I don't think it's very good so on one hand I'm not actually shocked but I'm surprised it's not being pushed even if it didn't have a great first reception like they promised it had... Let's see how it fairs now and especially once the first volume is out. As for Phantom Seer... damn. Despite its sales I don't see it having the best life unless something miraculous happens.
Here's a graph to visualise the TOC rankings so far this year - now that Our Blood Oath is presumably gone the bottom three is very clearly Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin, Phantom Seer, and High School Family. Unless Build King continues to fall those look likely to be next on the chopping block when another serialisation round starts at around #16-18. Since we'll have quite a few non-ranked series for a while now I'm sure we'll see a couple series dip in the bottom five from time to time (Build King, Undead Unlock and Ayakashi Triangle being likely candidates).
An interesting TOC for sure. Me & Roboco getting a colour page likely for its second volume is expected, but I'm glad! Also Magu-chan at 5th this week is very good, wondering if/when the sales will affect it's position in the magazine.
Sakamoto Days debuting at 6th is pretty decent, meanwhile Build King is already in the bottom 5? I don't think it's very good so on one hand I'm not actually shocked but I'm surprised it's not being pushed even if it didn't have a great first reception like they promised it had... Let's see how it fairs now and especially once the first volume is out. As for Phantom Seer... damn. Despite its sales I don't see it having the best life unless something miraculous happens.
Here's a graph to visualise the TOC rankings so far this year - now that Our Blood Oath is presumably gone the bottom three is very clearly Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin, Phantom Seer, and High School Family. Unless Build King continues to fall those look likely to be next on the chopping block when another serialisation round starts at around #16-18. Since we'll have quite a few non-ranked series for a while now I'm sure we'll see a couple series dip in the bottom five from time to time (Build King, Undead Unlock and Ayakashi Triangle being likely candidates).
I remember when Tokyo Shinobi Squad was starting and in the author comments both Act Age duo and iirc Jimoto author praised his art
which I haven't seen anyone do for a newcomer
he can be the next Murata if they could just find him the right writer
I read MHA was absent 8 weeks ago
which means Sakamoto is actually top 5
I remember when Tokyo Shinobi Squad was starting and in the author comments both Act Age duo and iirc Jimoto author praised his art
which I haven't seen anyone do for a newcomer
he can be the next Murata if they could just find him the right writer
We'll have Phantom Seer's 2nd volume sales by the time the next round of serialisations/cancellations comes so we'll have a good idea of its chances by then. If its rankings stay poor and there's only two new series then it might still survive, but things need to improve eventually for it to survive in the long run.
I’m pretty sure the 8 chapter thing doesn’t count for breaks. So if this issue of MHA is #298, then the chapter that would be ranked is #290, regardless of any breaks in between. Which makes perfect sense for it to take the top spot this week since that one out-trended the freaking U.S. Election at one point.
I’m pretty sure the 8 chapter thing doesn’t count for breaks. So if this issue of MHA is #298, then the chapter that would be ranked is #290, regardless of any breaks in between. Which makes perfect sense for it to take the top spot this week since that one out-trended the freaking U.S. Election at one point.
Wouldn't it be #291 that's ranked then? Because when chapter 8 of a series gets released, chapter 1 gets ranked. So there's only a 7 chapter gap. I think it just gets confused sometimes because chapter 8 is the first time a series gets ranked.
The other thing to potentially keep in mind for Phantom Seer is that it probably won't get any benefits for variety, since they still have a bunch of big battle shounen hits ongoing as well as multiple promising upcoming ones already. Unlike something like Magu-chan which could get kept around despite selling less (as long as it still places well), since they don't have a large line-up of hits and promising newcomers among the gag series or slice of life.
I’m pretty sure the 8 chapter thing doesn’t count for breaks. So if this issue of MHA is #298, then the chapter that would be ranked is #290, regardless of any breaks in between.
That doesn't really make any sense because the polls are done for each whole issue of WSJ. It wouldn't make sense to compare Sakamoto Days' performance in the poll for issue #51 to MHA's performance in the poll from #50.
We'll have Phantom Seer's 2nd volume sales by the time the next round of serialisations/cancellations comes so we'll have a good idea of its chances by then. If its rankings stay poor and there's only two new series then it might still survive, but things need to improve eventually for it to survive in the long run.
But we are saying that Phantom seer is "bad", just because of TOC, but we saw last year that TOC does not fully reflect the reality of the series.
And seeing how there were so many complaints about the lack of stock of the 1st volume of phantom seer, I believe that the 2nd volume will have better sales.
The other thing to potentially keep in mind for Phantom Seer is that it probably won't get any benefits for variety, since they still have a bunch of big battle shounen hits ongoing as well as multiple promising upcoming ones already. Unlike something like Magu-chan which could get kept around despite selling less (as long as it still places well), since they don't have a large line-up of hits and promising newcomers among the gag series or slice of life.
If it were an underground magazine you could even use that statement. But WSJ is the best selling magazine in Japan, what matters most is profit, and Phantom seer makes more money than magu chan.
Interesting TOC, but they should really start pushing Phantom Seer. Either way, I don't think PS is in danger as long as it continues to sell well next volume even with a low TOC.
Next probable axes are probably gonna be dolphin, Magu (even with its high toc, sales matter more and stable doesn't cut it but I think they might give it a v3 chance), and HSF if it flops.
If Nak axes PS before any of those, he would be extremely dumb to do so with the great start it had. I don't expect him to axe it, but we will see.
I think the TOC rankings are more indicative of editor meddling than they used to be.
Undead always seems to rank in the bottom half when it always gets great reception and fanfare every week.
World Trigger when it was running was said to have gotten first place in fan letters but editors always placed it around the middle to promote other series.
Hinomaru was probably the first public instance of editor favoritism no matter how good I thought the series was. It was fortunate to last as long as it did with practically no growth in sales from the first volume.
This is why I don’t take the TOC as serious as I used to, but damn does it still hurt to see Phantom always place in the back. If the second volume can show some growth then no reason to cancel it over other under-performers. Show some balls and promote it Nak!
I think the TOC rankings are more indicative of editor meddling than they used to be.
Undead always seems to rank in the bottom half when it always gets great reception and fanfare every week.
World Trigger when it was running was said to have gotten first place in fan letters but editors always placed it around the middle to promote other series.
Hinomaru was probably the first public instance of editor favoritism no matter how good I thought the series was. It was fortunate to last as long as it did with practically no growth in sales from the first volume.
This is why I don’t take the TOC as serious as I used to, but damn does it still hurt to see Phantom always place in the back. If the second volume can show some growth then no reason to cancel it over other under-performers. Show some balls and promote it Nak!
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