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[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[Jay_Senju]

Holy shit I did not expect these type of rankings lol.

 

[Dongus]

You should recreate chapter 1 of Under Doctor in honor of its apparent success

Aight better hope there's a doctor on this plane cause I'm only certified to be a terrorist.

 

[cameronney618]

So funny if Saito gave Kinato the greenlight for the axe and that's why Amemiya pivoted his MC into a deliberate Deku ripoff abruptly.

And it still looks to be selling 10k.

In a way, Saito fuck over his own lineup.

 

[WyldViolet]

So funny if Saito gave Kinato the greenlight for the axe and that's why Amemiya pivoted his MC into a deliberate Deku ripoff.

And it still looks to be selling 10k.

In a way, Saito fuck over his own lineup.

Truly the Short Saito.

 

[Bulju]

...and I heard Saito specifically told Amemiya to stuff it, and then he kicked his dog! I also saw Saito kissing Satan the other day!

This is how some of y'all are sounding right now, in case my sarcasm wasn't clear.

 

[FantasticFootno]

So funny if Saito was the one who gave Kinato the greenlight for the axe and that's why Amemiya pivot his MC into a deliberate Deku ripoff.

And it still looks to be selling 10k.

In a way, Saito fuck over his own lineup.

Nah no way that pivot was because amemiya got an axe notice lol, considering the series is still ongoing. Its clearly just the way amemiya intended to write the character.
(Which is unfortunate, I'm bummed that kinato is potentially living because it got really bad since then, and I don't see any way for it to become good again, the core is just awful now).

 

[cameronney618]

...and I heard Saito specifically told Amemiya to stuff it, and then he kicked his dog! I also saw Saito kissing Satan the other day!

This is how some of y'all are sounding right now, in case my sarcasm wasn't clear.

Well, he stole Ping Pong Peril away from Jump+ serialisation. That much has been confirmed.

I could still be reading PPP in J+ right now.

 

[Jay_Senju]

Kinato might do 10k lmao. Gonna be hilarious if jump axes it.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Okay, but what if Kinato doesn't get axed? If Roku, Drawn To The Flame, and Hero Destroyerz stick around as well. Now imagine if 2/3 of the new batch also end up sticking around.
Even if we take out the soon to be ended series, that'll be 17-18 series seemingly safe, there just isn't a lot of room for a series that still can't cross the 10k barrier after nearly 2 years of serialization.
If I was EiC, it would make sense to get rid of the series that has proven it doesn't have the same potential for growth to make room for the series that do.

I feel like you're getting a bit ahead of things because of 1 good 1st day on Shoseki, even if Kinato doesn't get axed next round is hardly going to outsell Kiyoshi and the rankings are pretty bad even compared to when Kiyoshi was also doing bad-ish, also still hasn't got a new color page which implies the survey results unfortunately aren't good, so why would Jump axe a series with solid survey & volume sales performance for a series like Kinato?

Being very honest, i'm not expecting Drawn to the Flame to survive, got a first good ranking because 1st chapter was pretty good and a control C + V from the already popular one shot but i'm just not confident specially when Roku reception is so overwhelming positive online and Hero Destroyer has at the very least 1/2 rounds secured, 3 series being successful is simply veeery unlikely

And btw, the problem is that some look at these things like if is a race, if someone new appears to sell the "lowest seller" has to go, but that's not really how it works, Jump clearly has no intention of doing anything against Kiyoshi, again, ranks very solid and sales are "low" but very consistent, get constant color pages, it's totally getting the 2nd anniversary cover & lead cp and is starting a new arc, Kiyoshi already has a loyal fanbase that supports the manga and Jump shows no intention of doing anything against it, why they would do anyway lol

 

[FantasticFootno]

I feel like you're getting a bit ahead of things because of 1 good 1st day on Shoseki, even if Kinato doesn't get axed next round is hardly going to outsell Kiyoshi and the rankings are pretty bad even compared to when Kiyoshi was also doing bad-ish, also still hasn't got a new color page which implies the survey results unfortunately aren't good, so why would Jump axe a series with solid survey & volume sales performance for a series like Kinato?

Being very honest, i'm not expecting Drawn to the Flame to survive, got a first good ranking because 1st chapter was pretty good and a control C + V from the already popular one shot but i'm just not confident specially when Roku reception is so overwhelming positive online and Hero Destroyer has at the very least 1/2 rounds secured, 3 series being successful is simply veeery unlikely

And btw, the problem is that some look at these things like if is a race, if someone new appears to sell the "lowest seller" has to go, but that's not really how it works, Jump clearly has no intention of doing anything against Kiyoshi, again, ranks very solid and sales are "low" but very consistent, get constant color pages, it's totally getting the 2nd anniversary cover & lead cp and is starting a new arc, Kiyoshi already has a loyal fanbase that supports the manga and Jump shows no intention of doing anything against it, why they would do anyway lol

I don't think it would be a brutal axe for kiyoshi, but just like, a premature ending. In the way something like Undead Unluck got. Where the final arc moves along much faster than it seemed to be planned for. Basically like Kiyoshi ending at 125ish instead of 150ish. Maybe they'll keep a lot of things if the rest of the magazine goes, and somehow Kiyoshi keeps trucking along, but its not hard to see a world where they cut it in favor of series with more potential to grow.

 

[BelTL]

I do think Kiyoshi will be in trouble once there are 5 newer series do better than it
Either that, or the conspiracy theory is true

 

[cameronney618]

Nah no way that pivot was because amemiya got an axe notice lol, considering the series is still ongoing. Its clearly just the way amemiya intended to write the character.
(Which is unfortunate, I'm bummed that kinato is potentially living because it got really bad since then, and I don't see any way for it to become good again, the core is just awful now).

It was way too abrupt.
I refuse to believe there was no editorial interference telling him that he's on the red.

He fought a dude only slightly stronger and he immediately went full "I GOTTA LIVE UP TO ALL MIGHT'S EXPECTATION!" like deku was against todoroki.

We didn't even get a decent showing from his so called prodigy of a rival.

 

[FantasticFootno]

It was way too abrupt.
I refuse to believe there was no editorial interference telling him that he's on the red.

He fought a dude only slightly stronger and he immediately went full "I GOTTA LIVE UP TO ALL MIGHT'S EXPECTATION!" like deku was against todoroki.

Maybe he rushed it ahead quicker than he wanted to, but like. Amemiya is already familiar with the U19 axe (and how to adapt the story around it), and the direction kinato is going in is clearly the one he intended to from the start. Either way, I think everyone is against him becoming discount deku, and that attitude wouldn't change if he became it in chapter 20 something, or chapter 10. I think I'd hate it more if he changed any later, because its such a letdown for the character.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I do think Kiyoshi will be in trouble once there are 5 newer series do better than it

People have said that for, like, the last 2 years

 

[cameronney618]

2ch is shitting on Himaten, Kiyoshi and Shinobi lmao.

 

[FantasticFootno]

People have said that for. like, the last 2 years

But has that happened yet? Kiyoshi really only started surviving in early 2025, and since then, only Hertz + Modulo were successes. We're now at the point where its a stable 10k seller, going up against series that could potentially outsell it. I could see the argument if they were all looking to sell like 8-13k, but if we're looking at two 15kish sellers, with 2B coming in behind them, and then like who knows how roku or these next 3 will sell, its not hard to see a world where they cut kiyoshi in favor of these newer series.

 

[WyldViolet]

People have said that for. like, the last 2 years

I mean, people have said that for the last 2 years however, it's only now coming to fruition. Prior to now, every new successful series has had more sales & growth potential than Kiyoshi, but that was only Ichi, Shinobi, and Someone Hertz. That's 3 series.
Only now have we gotten to the point of 5. But not just 5, possibly 9 with Under Doctor, Kinato, Roku, Drawn to the Flame, & Hero Destoyerz.
That's not even taking this upcoming round into consideration.

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But has that happened yet? Kiyoshi really only started surviving in early 2025, and since then, only Hertz + Modulo were successes. We're now at the point where its a stable 10k seller, going up against series that could potentially outsell it. I could see the argument if they were all looking to sell like 8-13k, but if we're looking at two 15kish sellers, with 2B coming in behind them, and then like who knows how roku or these next 3 will sell, its not hard to see a world where they cut kiyoshi in favor of these newer series.

Hivemind haha.

 

[BelTL]

People have said that for, like, the last 2 years

yeah somehow the entire 2025 and early half of 2026 failed to get 5 new series that do better than Kiyoshi

 

[Bulju]

Blue Box and Hima-ten are on the cusp of ending, Kinato's not out of the woods yet and 2-B's probably going straight into the toilet (heh), but yeah this time Kiyoshi will get axed for sure, you guys. Totally.

 

[FantasticFootno]

I mean, people have said that for the last 2 years however, it's only now coming to fruition. Prior to now, every new successful series has had more sales & growth potential than Kiyoshi, but that was only Ichi, Shinobi, and Someone Hertz. That's 3 series.
Only now have we gotten to the point of 5. But not just 5, possibly 9 with Under Doctor, Kinato, Roku, Drawn to the Flame, & Hero Destoyerz.
That's not even taking this upcoming round into consideration.

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Hivemind haha.

Unfortunately, I'm still pretty confident in roku having a max potential in matching agravity boys' numbers (especially with the low viewership on J+), and I don't trust DTTF to stay out of the bottom 3 at all. This also is ignoring that the new batch of 3 still haven't gotten any color pages post chapter 2 as well. But like, if roku ranked well but barely sold 7k, would they prioritize it over something like kinato, which ranks poorly but sells >10k? If terasaka or 22i's new series barely sell 10kish as well, will they prioritize kinato? We had a similar situation with Mamayuyu ig, but even then, sales kept dropping year on year.

Blue Box and Hima-ten are on the cusp of ending, Kinato's not out of the woods yet and 2-B's probably going straight into the toilet (heh), but yeah this time Kiyoshi will get axed for sure, you guys. Totally.

Idk I hope that 2B lives, I know I've been seeing its getting hate, but these newer chapters have been much better than the first few, and presumably the veteran bias will push sorachi to chapter 30 or so.