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[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[WyldViolet]

It was always worse. Boring and lack of identity is worse than being a meltdown. Gonron had more comments most weeks.

Absolutely.
I always love to say "would rather be weird than boring". Goes for the media I consume and the people I associate with. Boring is worse than bad. At least I can remember the bad stuff. Makes for an interesting story to tell too.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

lol The Mage Next Door final chapter is pretty underwhelming, nothing is solved neither the fight ends they just stop it and leave, there's no ending or climax, it basically just keeps like it's going to have a chapter next week

Shoseki Top 500 (April 3)
5. Akane-banashi 21
7. Nue's Exorcist 14
86. Hero Girl and Demon Lord 1
100. Harukaze Mound 4
212. The Mage Next Door 1

Mage Next Door debuting worse than Gonron....

It's the volume cover, Gonron got a lot of attention online when the volume cover was released which probably did just a little help with the 1st day, not that it changes that The Mage Next Door has one of the worst Shoseki 1st day ever lol

It was always worse. Boring and lack of identity is worse than being a meltdown. Gonron had more comments most weeks.

You guys are mixing quality with cheap entertainment, Gonron being a absolute mess doesn't make it a better writen story just because it was more "entertaining" to watch it burn than The Mage Next Door being "boring".

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Shoseki Top 500 (April 3)
5. Akane-banashi 21
7. Nue's Exorcist 14
86. Hero Girl and Demon Lord 1
100. Harukaze Mound 4
212. The Mage Next Door 1

Mage Next Door debuting worse than Gonron....

Btw, just one day away from Akane anime broadcast and not a single volume appeared yet....doesn't bode that well but of course what matters is the actual day

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The former volumes are ranking nice on Amazon right now, so it will probably appear soon on Shoseki.

 

[Kiaida]

You guys are mixing quality with cheap entertainment, Gonron being a absolute mess doesn't make it a better writen story just because it was more "entertaining" to watch it burn than The Mage Next Door being "boring".

I just think nothing interesting was ever tried in Mage Next Door, it's not saying anything, Gonron you can see some hints of interesting ideas that were poorly used, there's an actual art style and design ethos.

You know how much I dislike bland stuff, so shouldn't surprise you I don't care a bit about Mage. If you're going for something simple in terms of story and structure, I want to feel a ton of passion and fun characters with interesting designs like in Black Clover.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

I didn't read either but I will say: While Mage have been the more "competent" series, I don't think it's crazy people rate Gonron higher. I'd much rather see someone shoot for the stars and absolutely crash to Earth than aim for mediocrity and still end up in the exact same place; failed

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I didn't read either but I will say: While Mage have been the more "competent" series, I don't think it's crazy people rate Gonron higher. I'd much rather see someone shoot for the stars and absolutely crash to Earth than aim for mediocrity and still end up in the exact same place; failed

Gonron Egg didnt shoot to the skies lmao! it was literally just a complete generic battle shounen that we saw a million times on Jump before but with pretty bad art lol

The thing Kiaida and Wyldviolet are commenting is just that Gonron Egg was such a disaster that was at least a "entertaining" one to watch it burn.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

Gonron Egg didnt shoot to the skies lmao! it was literally just a complete generic battle shounen that we saw a million times on Jump before but with pretty bad art lol

The thing Kiaida and Wyldviolet are commenting is just that Gonron Egg was such a disaster that was at least a "entertaining" one to watch it burn.

Like I said, didn't read it. But from the comments it sounded like it actually had like themes, emotions, etc. I'm not a fan of comedy/slice of life but it never seemed like Mage had that. So in that regard, yeah, Gonron seemed more ambitious to me but again, I'm also an outsider looking in

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Not much to discuss rn honestly (not unless you guys wanna hear me complain about Kinato's treatment again )

Curious if anybody thinks GFC will be back. This time last year Jump finished their Shorts Project for 2025 so seems like we might not get a repeat

 

[JBC008]

Gonron Egg didnt shoot to the skies lmao! it was literally just a complete generic battle shounen that we saw a million times on Jump before but with pretty bad art lol

The thing Kiaida and Wyldviolet are commenting is just that Gonron Egg was such a disaster that was at least a "entertaining" one to watch it burn.

I wouldn’t say the art was terrible, it just got progressively worse to the point where it looked unfinished. You could really tell that the assistants were more qualified and dedicated when doing the backgrounds than the characters themselves. Also, I can’t remember who said it here, but the one of the things I remember them saying that was true was that they were not doing the hard work if they weren’t showing it, and I mean story wise.

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Also, if HG/DL is going to end as well, there will be no cushions for the titles that we have seen in or near the bottom in Nue’s Exorcist, Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi, and Hima-Ten!. Although I do worry for Hima-Ten! more so since it rarely gets color pages lately compared to the other 2 and the recent developments that it is showing ending signs with that recent chapter that closed one door. However if it goes into this new direction that does what Blue Box did, then there is hope.

Now going over your previous post Shinuki, I have this strange feeling that you may be right with your concerns. For me, I’m the same, but if we do get 19 series running if HG/DL does get axed, then it will leave 1 space and we have to take into account the possibility of Blue Box and Sakamoto Days reaching their conclusion in possibly the next batch, which I would like to hear your thoughts. And then to see where Alien Headbutt will land.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Like I said, didn't read it. But from the comments it sounded like it actually had like themes, emotions, etc. I'm not a fan of comedy/slice of life but it never seemed like Mage had that. So in that regard, yeah, Gonron seemed more ambitious to me but again, I'm also an outsider looking in

Bruh, look at what you guys are doing to someone who didn't read Gonron Egg, this isn't right

The most votes Gonron Egg ever got in our voting issues was chapter 1 with....6 votes, and that was one of the worst voted 1st chapters ever, so you can see how the members really liked it lol

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Curious if anybody thinks GFC will be back. This time last year Jump finished their Shorts Project for 2025 so seems like we might not get a repeat

They still have like 3/4 winners to debut, GFC is probably done.

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Now going over your previous post Shinuki, I have this strange feeling that you may be right with your concerns. For me, I’m the same, but if we do get 19 series running if HG/DL does get axed, then it will leave 1 space and we have to take into account the possibility of Blue Box and Sakamoto Days reaching their conclusion in possibly the next batch, which I would like to hear your thoughts. And then to see where Alien Headbutt will land.

For next round i simply think it will be 2 new series with probably Alien Headbutt + JK Hero space.

 

[JBC008]

Not gonna lie, i'm starting to get a bit nervous, i want Kinato's Magic & Under Doctor to survive but the cover & color page + Yozakura vibes is already making me interested in Roku, i also have been asking a basketball series for ages and i'm also interested on Sorachi new series and is 100% safe for at least 2 rounds but i also don't want any of the current series besides the oldest ones like Blue Box to end, but i know there's no space for everybody, so yeah, we're fucked

I was responding to this comment.

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For next round i simply think it will be 2 new series with probably Alien Headbutt + JK Hero space.

Could be. We’ll see.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

They still have like 3/4 winners to debut, GFC is probably done.

Fair, at the same time, I'm sure Jump is always "awarding" serialization rights to promising authors behind the scenes. I'm sure JK's one shot got Hatsubina the serialization ability, we know Tate Roll's author was granted one as well

And, years still fresh. Could see them knock 1 or even 2 of them out this year and then it doesn't become too unrealistic. Selfishly, I just like oneshots. Helps between rounds to have some variety and feel like this year has been on the lighter side so far

 

[JBC008]

And, years still fresh. Could see them knock 1 or even 2 of them out this year and then it doesn't become too unrealistic. Selfishly, I just like oneshots. Helps between rounds to have some variety and feel like this year has been on the lighter side so far

How so? We are barely halfway through the year (serialization wise). What makes you feel that way Dippy Fresh?

 

[Dippy Fresh]

How so? We are barely halfway through the year (serialization wise). What makes you feel that way Dippy Fresh?

The number of oneshots up to Issue #19 is definitely on the lower side, not THE lowest but pretty low especially for a state of Jump imo where it feels like it needs either vets to return or some strong newbies

2020 - 6
2021 - 7
2022 - 13
2023 - 9
2024 - 4
2025 - 12
2026 - 6

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(also it's not like one or two Shinobi color pages couldn't go to a promising newbie or something )

 

[Xanji06]

I kinda missed the part about discussing how many hxh chapters will be published in the next batch but ima still share my take
Im like 100% sure its gonna be 20 chapters, 411-420 are literally already finished and delivered to Shonen Jump.
421-427 are inked and have background + dialogue completed
428-429 are inked but background + dialogue are unfinished (as of 15 days ago tho)
no information on 430

 

[JBC008]

The number of oneshots up to Issue #19 is definitely on the lower side, not THE lowest but pretty low especially for a state of Jump imo where it feels like it needs either vets to return or some strong newbies

2020 - 6
2021 - 7
2022 - 13
2023 - 9
2024 - 4
2025 - 12
2026 - 6

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(also it's not like one or two Shinobi color pages couldn't go to a promising newbie or something )

I now understand what you mean. Yeah, I can see we are low on one-shots. However we are lucky that there are a couple of solid stand outs that we need to see serialized. On second thought, I don’t think I recalled anyone here raving about any of them that “need” to be serialized.

 

[nemu asahi]

Somebody here reported about the 99 mangaka who signed an exclusivity contract with Jump? Gege will be their teacher or something like that.
That's at least a pool of 99 mangaka deemed of potentiel by the henshuubu. Surely someone among them can create a hit, no?

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

~Weekly Shonen Jump series last volume estimated from 4 weeks~
10. Nue's Exorcist 13 - 21,138
11. Shinobi Undercover 7 - 18,543
12. Hima-Ten! 8 - 15,758
13. Me and Roboco 25 - 11,867 (Anime)
14. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 7 - 10,281

That's Jump next big hit for you, stuck on 18k after 7 volumes and all the advertisement behind it lol

 

[Stivie]

1st chapter of Roku's House of Oddities, a small summary:

Spoiler

-It's pretty much a comedy series like Agravity Boys, i didn't see any horror per se
-Nakamura art looks pretty good, feels like he improved
-The boy isn't actually called Roku based in the translator but Akari Seiroku, can be wrong tho...
-It's like VIZ preview says, mc goes to investigate the said 5 curses in order to prove they don't exist, he investigates, he seems to to do some ritual but nothing happens, goes back to his house to sleep and gets awaken by the 5 curses because the ritual actually worked and released them lol
-Their names are Sachiko (girl in uniform), the lolita girl seems to be "Altra" and btw she's a doll curse, the wolf i was unable to get, the mask guy seems to be called "Corpse" or the kanji of corpse and the vampire is Johan. Sachiko seems to be fujoshi fan of manga lmao! she's cute tho
-Basically they decided to live in the mc house and the chapter post introductions is them starting to live together already with the mc going nuts over the situation, apparently the mc can free the curses by finding out their regrets or something.

At least based in the visuals and what i translated from the chapter, i liked, it's more refined than Agravity Boys and the cast of characters are charismatic, i could see this easily being popular if Nakamura is able to deliver with the characters dynamic and personalities, hoping for the best

So there's already a problem, after all, the series promised comedy and horror, and only delivered comedy? What about the horror?

 

[RealityChecker]

So there's already a problem, after all, the series promised comedy and horror, and only delivered comedy? What about the horror?

Horror comedy series hardly pan too much on the horror side. The horror aspects are only the fact that the protagonist is dealing with ghosts and stuff. I'm not saying there won't be moments of serious horror, but I doubt it will be that much.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Please guys anything quoting what i put in my summary, discuss inside spoilers

So there's already a problem, after all, the series promised comedy and horror, and only delivered comedy? What about the horror?

The horror so far is more related to the theme and the supernatural curses, it's mainly a comdy so it was never going to be scary or anything but is also just the first chapter introducing everything

 

[Bulju]

After the last discussion about spoilers and everything, i thought about the situation and since we now have 3 new series i decided to finally create our 10th rule which is about the 3 chapters spoiler rule for a new series:

"#10. Regarding rule #9 about spoilers, an exception will be made for when we have new series, in this case, spoilers will be allowed only for the first 3 chapters of a new series for the users who are interested in knowing informations and details about the new series, these spoilers will obviously be kept under tags to protect anyone that doesn't want to be spoiled, so don't worry about it."

This rule will be strictly followed by me since i'm the one getting chapters early and is able to share information about the new series, so don't worry, it will be only for the first 3 chapters and inside tags so no one gets spoiled against their will, maybe not even 3 if i see that there's no point in doing it beyond the 1st or 2nd, i hope with this we solved the discussion about spoilers

I'm sorry, but you updating this rule then posting JK Hero spoilers literally 2 hours later is just hilarious. Improperly tagged ones too. Thanks for telling me that it's gonna end without warning, dude.