Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2021] - Discussion and ToC Talk

[Kylenhangen]

Chainsaw Man Second Popularity Poll Promotinal Page.

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[Mankichi Togawa]

Phantom Seer Volume 2 has received immediate reprints.

The treatment Nakano gives to Phantom Seer truly is too sad.

 

[DreamcastDazia]

The March volumes promotion page in hd

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If you don't count WNL final volume (which is very relegated in the pic), the oldest manga there is JJK. Feels so odd.

THAT's the final volume cover for WNL??? Not a cover that shows all the girls?...

 

[SharkBait]

Phantom Seer Volume 2 has received immediate reprints.

strange since it didn't get a color page for popularity.

 

[OtterBrigade]

THAT's the final volume cover for WNL??? Not a cover that shows all the girls?...

well they can't really give everyone but sensei the cover for their "route"

 

[RafGL]

IDs

Spoiler: IDs

8522 Jujutsu Kaisen
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8869-8873 WITCH WATCH
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8880-8883 ONE PIECE
8884-8888 Kowloons' Ball Parade
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8926-8930 My Hero Academia
8931-8936 ??? (Black Clover)
8937-8941 Dr. STONE
8942-8946 Yozakura Family
8947-8951 Undead Unluck
8952-8956 MASHLE
8957-8961 Ayakashi Triangle
8962-8966 Magu-chan
8967-8971 Shakunetsu no Niraikanai
8972-8976 Me & Roboco
8977-8981 Phantom Seer
8982-8986 High School Family
8987-8991 BUILD KING
8992-8996 SAKAMOTO DAYS
8997-9001 The Elusive Samurai
9002-9006 i tell c

1. Jujutsu has messed up IDs, it will get back in the batch.
2. ONE PIECE also has messed up IDs.
3. Black Clover's break messed up its IDs.
4. WITCH WATCH and Kowloon will get added in the batch after this one.

TL;DR: Nothing. See you in 4 more weeks. Everything will appear on the magazine until Issue #17.

 

[OniluapL]

I'm loving Nine Dragons so far. This set-up was great and made a lot of sense, both emotionally and as a structure for the story. Very excited to see the new characters.

 

[Mankichi Togawa]

Firstly, I LOVED Kowloon's Ball Parade chapter 3. I hope the manga does good, I'm greatly enjoying this. Loving how we are also going the "FIFA manager" route in this manga.

And here is my usual Jump rank.

Jujutsu Kaisen
One Piece
Kowloon's Ball Parade
My Hero Academia
Mission of Yozakura Family
Mashle
Phantom Seer
Witch Watch
Undead Unluck
Dr.Stone
Ayakashi Triangle
Sakamoto Days
Magu-chan
The Elusive Samurai
I Tell C
Build King
Shark and Dolphin
Me and Roboco
HighHaikyuu Family

 

[Koni]

well they can't really give everyone but sensei the cover for their "route"

Except for that time when they didn’t give Uruka a cover for her own route. XD

 

[puppeto4]

I never care that much about spokon, but this chapter of Kowloon really managed to get me excited. The exact opposite route of Beast Children

 

[SharkBait]

all this nine dragons ball parade love today

^_^

looks like it will be the next big thing! 10 year aniversary and long running anime here we come. Hype

 

[Aipom626]

This week's top 5:
1. Magu-chan: God of Destruction - Very curious about what's going to happen with the new character introduced. The subtle hints that something ominous was occurring behind the scenes is finally starting to come to fruition. Can't wait to see the upcoming developments.
2. Mission: Yozakura Family - Shinzo versus the human weapon is an excellent matchup, and his blooming was pretty cool to see. I'm pretty pumped to see the upcoming battle between the guy who kills for fun and a person who doesn't want to harm others.
3. Mashle - Watching Finn show some backbone made this chapter pretty fantastic alone. Given how powerful his brothers all are, I would imagine that he has some more tricks up his sleeve that haven't been revealed yet.
4. I Tell C - I enjoyed this chapter pretty well, especially the parts with the girl. While all of the suspense is taking place, I'm curious about if the older brother is going to talk with the author at all. Maybe that was just a non-important detail, but he's the character I feel has the biggest feeling of mystery surrounding them for now.
5. High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku - Another pretty good chapter, and the message at the ending was actually pretty poignant. Chapters focusing on the father usually wind up being pretty humorous.

The best of the rest:
6. Sakamoto Days - The chapter itself was alright; no more, no less. Pretty quick transition from the end of the one battle to starting up the next action sequence. I do find the wife to be pretty funny though.
7. Undead Unluck - Glad that this battle is finally over and that we're finally moving on. That was a really sweet moment Andy and Fuuko had there in the middle as well.
8. Ayakashi Triangle - Another pretty neutral chapter. The ecchi feels pretty out-of-place a lot of the times it gets inserted into the chapters, but the regular plot surrounding the Ayakashi King is more interesting than the ecchi shenanigans this time around.
9. Me & Roboco - Another chapter that didn't really do much for me, and while this CP was better than the last one, I still didn't really like this one either. Hopefully Roboco will give some more focus back to the side cast again soon.
10. Witch Watch - This chapter was probably the weakest one so far. Not really a big fan of the random developments that took place in the chapter, the jokes didn't really make me laugh, and the interactions felt a bit forced/mechanical. I'm starting to get a little worried about whether or not I'm going to enjoy this in the long-run.
11. Nine Dragons' Ball Parade - Glad it's taking the direction of focusing on assembling the team rather than actually playing the sport for now. That could prove to be more interesting from the get-go.
12. Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin - Another pretty rushed chapter. I'm still trying to remember who all of these new people are exactly lol.

 

[samama10]

When was such a thing announced and what were the options for it?

Yeah I remember it being announced last year or maybe even 2019, I think it was jump+ rather than shonen jump but am not too sure. But I know it was definetly a thing announced

 

[101nemesis]

Pretty good issue this week.

My top 10
1. Jujutsu - Choreography just takes the top spot. Gege just puts so much effort on it and it shows. Tho JJK chapters these days seem to be super short because of the larger panels and choreography. I'm not complaining tho. I love it.
2. Sakamoto - Just so consistently solid and enjoyable all around, every fucking week.
3. Mashle - The setups for fights in this series is just super hype, everytime. Very OPM, in that regard.
4. Kowloon - Growing on me so much
5. Phantom Seer - Generic setups executed really well. The characters are easily the best part of the series aside from the art.
6. Build King - Best BK chapter so far. Might be too little too late tho.
7. Witch Watch - Great chapter. It was more wholesome and light humor than the previous one.
8. Elusive Prince - Really liked the 2nd half of the chapter
9. My Hero Academia - Solid. Made up for the weakass chapter from last week.
10. I tell C - Weakest chapter of the week from series that I read.

Phantom Seer Volume 2 has received immediate reprints.

Loll. I'm not even surprised anymore. PS is showing amazing growth VoV.

 

[SharkBait]

I Dont C a path for survival for I Tell C, compared to everything it just feels weak, Starting to feel that the premise was good for a one shot but for a story, maybe just something of a short one or two volumes length but nothing long running, like could see this as a movie plot at the most.

id have it on my cancel me list with: phantom seer, build king, i tell c, elusive samurai, and roboco or magu chan

 

[4Eyes]

Hated the pacing of this OP chapter.
Mashle was good, even though I think Mash's friends need some training.
Sakamoto and PS were interesting this week
I tell c and Elusive got me kinda bored this week, I don't know if I'll keep reading them.
Witch Watch was intriguing - The new girl seems fishy for some reason. We should keep an eye on her.
Kowloon was very very good. Emotional and uplifting.

 

[FireFantasyVI]

Yozakura was alright, another action chapter, can't say it did too much for me

Undead was great, I'm looking forward to the next arc, and the confrontation at the end has me excited

Mashle was pretty good, straightforward stuff but executed very well

Ayakashi was solid, mostly the usual, but I do like to see Reo being more integrated into the main cast

Magu was good, a little on the less funny side, but that seems more due to the set up for this new character. I wonder if it's just a little arc, or if we may be seeing endgame setup

Dolphin was ok, not as good as the past few chapters but nothing bad. A bit underwhelmed by the Poseidon stuff though

Roboco is back with a pretty good chapter after last week, had a lot of fun with this one

Phantom was pretty good as well, really like the juxtaposition between the Puppetmaster and Oigawa, and the art was in full force

HSF was alright, the gag was funny enough but it did feel a bit repetitive

Build King again shows bits of potential but has felt incredibly slow as of late

I was surprised that Sakamoto revealed his past to his family, and now they're going to solve it, rather than leave it as something that needs to stay hidden. Humor was pretty good too

Elusive was alright, I liked the way they took down the boar and how that transitioned to the bad guys. However despite my enjoyment, something feels off but I can't pinpoint it

I tell c was ok, I like the bits of backstory and it was a bit suspenseful, however the mystery is not very interesting

Witch was good, not much humor but the supporting cast is getting fleshed out pretty naturally here so I don't mind it

As everyone has said Kowloon was great this week, excellent motivation for the main cast, and made me like the female lead a lot more than last chapter

 

[Ike79]

It feels like Witch watch is targeting a female audience almost more so than the usual male one. Niko's perspective seems to be the driving force of the series. I don't mean this in a bad way. I just find an interesting approach. Let's see if it works out.
Also, it is very much not a romcom. That spot is still left empty (I wouldn't count Ayakashi as one either).

Another series that isn't what some of us first thought is i tell c. This isn't a mystery manga (at least not in the Conan, Kindaichi way), it just features detectives. I'm a bit disappointed, but still interested to see where this goes.

Kowloon is fine. Nothing special, but also not boring. The manager character came off a bit overeager to me. I don't know if she will be popular with the audience.

If we didn't know a CP is coming, I would assume Magu was setting up a final arc. It probably isn't, though. Might just be a fake-out, if not a complete change of focus.

 

[ItsSamu]

Such a good week for the battle series. One Piece not only had some much needed development with Sanji, but Robin looks to be finally getting the most spotlight she's had post-timeskip, and Brook is there which I'm always happy about. Thrilled with this week's chapter. Jujutsu Kaisen delivered on the meeting of the two 'main' characters with some stellar fight choreography. Undead Unluck wrapped up the Autumn arc in a way that has me liking every character more than I did before and those final few pages were very, very cool. Likewise, Sakamoto Days was as badass as I've come to expect. This chapter brought things back to reality after last week's action but I'm glad him being a target isn't being hidden from his wife for the long-run. Also, the video store is a creative way of introducing exposition for future events/characters, very nice. Dr. Stone also had another successful action chapter for me which makes me a happy reader.

Nine Dragons' Ball Parade is easily the best of the latest batch - like most here I throughly enjoyed it this week. With this chapter we've pretty much got the initial set-up handled. The pacing feels correct, the character personalities work well with each other, and the premise of finding the rest of the next nine dragons has me looking forward to the rest of the cast being introduced. Meanwhile the other three didn't impress me at all this week: WITCH WATCH feels like it's going to fluctuate week-to-week based purely on the success of its gags and the characters focused on, I just hope more amusing characters get introduced soon; The Elusive Samurai felt like a filler chapter with this boar hunt; and I tell c radiates fodder energy more and more with each new chapter.

Mashle also had a really strong lead colour page spread while Me & Roboco and Ayakashi Triangle weren't so great. I'm glad Magu-chan is introducing a character that finally feels substantial to the overall story (mainly if it indicates it wrapping up in the near-ish future). Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin didn't quite land that big reveal from last week, and then there's Build King which is just... not good right now.

My rankings compared to last week:

1. ( - ) One Piece
2. ( - ) Jujutsu Kaisen
3. ( - ) Undead Unluck
4. (+1) My Hero Academia
5. (-4) Sakamoto Days
6. (+3) Nine Dragons' Ball Parade
7. ( - ) Mashle
8. (-4) Me & Roboco
9. (-1) High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku
10. (+5) Dr. Stone
11. (+1) Phantom Seer
12. (+2) Mission: Yozakura Family
13. (-6) WITCH WATCH
14. (-4) The Elusive Samurai
15. (-4) Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin
16. ( - ) I tell c
17. (+1) Magu-chan: God of Destruction
18. (-1) Ayakashi Triangle
19. ( - ) Build King

 

[tirakai]

I think I tell c and Ball Parade are my favourites of the new batch now, Elusive Samurai story structure is still terrible and Witch Watch is okay but just too plain so far to be particularly interesting. I Tell C while weak from a detective series standpoint is holding my interest well due to the girl's crazy action being fun to follow (though it'll need to step up in other areas soon), and Ball Parade while similarly having very little of the baseball side it is focusing well on the characters and building drama so it's getting me interested.

Overall though I find the batch to be a bit on the weak side, none of the 4 are really grabbing me a ton so far but maybe they're just all the slow build type. I can see Ball Parade potentially getting really good soon, that it seems to be done with the initial set-up.

On the previous batch, Sakamoto's still great but Build King continues to lose me, the characters and plot and dialogue are just so dull. It still has bits of cool architecture and scenery to marvel at but everything else feels lifeless.