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[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[Newkerzy]

Btw i cannot believe they let Jan get serialized as it is

Wouldn't that cause copyright issues with Tintin? The resemblance is way too close. Unlike that mha character (Mirio? Forgot his name)

I think Mirio barely squeaked by, by making his personality vastly different, and as well as his body build.

 

[monstera11]

I think Mirio barely squeaked by, by making his personality vastly different, and as well as his body build.

Exactly my point. Mirio has different body type and clothes.

Jan is literal copy

This is lawsuits waiting to happen. Especially if it ever got anime and merch (if it does not get axed)

 

[JBC008]

It is no longer "for 10 years at least!!", it is now "for 100 years at least!!!"

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On a serious note, genuinely i cannot see KnY lasting 100 years. It is a story that actually has start and end.

It is not like Doraemon, Chibi Marukochan, or heck, even Detective Conan that can be constantly milked with strings of stand alone stories.

Even naruto has more chance of lasting 100 years due to how vast the world is

Me and a bunch of other people talked about it and said the next thing to adapt will probably be Kimetsu no Academy, followed by the light novels.

 

[echo]

I found the anime on the ugly side but I do adore the manga. I can see them desperate enough to dig up some of their older IPs for anime remakes even if the subject is american footballas unlikely as it is. Even if you got no interest in american football it's still a very entertaining read!

I've been really loving all the nostalgiaing over e21 the past couple of weeks on jp twitter too.
My favorite thread has to be this highlighting all the hiruma×mamo moments.

All the chatter got me reading it again and it's still amazing as always. As far as jump sports go it's this and slam dunk for me. The only weird parts are the racial athleticism they mention with panther in both the early arc with the racist coach and the final arc.

Out of all the matches it's gotta be the one against shinryuu that's my fave

Spoiler

but favorite game moment is hiruma,kurita and musashi being the clincher for the christmas bowl.

The only bummer is half the series are shoddy mag scans for eng translations. The same translations I read either on stoptazmo or mangafox all those years ago lol. Jp has a digital version but viz doesn't. I have no idea how viz physical volumes fare after all these years so please release a official eng digital lol.



Edit:

Spoiler: This is all wrong and outdated and I don't how ypu do that thing where you cross out the text

Oh wow I guess sequels are the way to go
Also holy cow kagurabachi volume 10 did numbers
I think the hxh volume sold less physically than one piece's vol but digital must have more than made up for it.

Edit 2:

WELP THAT WAS ALL WRONG

the list I/he mistook for annual was for boosts

Here are the top volume sales(it factors in digital sales too apparently)

I own and read all of ES21 through the Viz physical books (its like the holy grail of my collection now lol). Its still a fun read outside of the very poorly done racism with the American team.

 

[yeahitstruethough]

Kagurabachi anime has been announced only 6 months ago and Jump Festa will most likely show more stuff. And throughout the year they have been showing character designs and other stuff.

By the time of Jump Festa it will be what? 9 months of nothing?

9 months with at best 1 2 minute trailer is inexcusable in every circumstance and scenario

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I dont know what it is with Kagurabachi but it rots the brains of everyone around it so either you absolutely love it or absolutely hate it and also all corporate entities in charge of it become completely inept and incompetent when it comes to doing their job with it

Genuinely south park joke tier advertising plan

 

[RealityChecker]

By the time of Jump Festa it will be what? 9 months of nothing?

9 months with at best 1 2 minute trailer is inexcusable in every circumstance and scenario

What do you think they should have been doing throughout the 1 year they have between the announcement and the anime airing? Because I really don't understand one thing: Every single fan of the manga wanted the anime to be announced the next day it started. They got it on April this year for April the next year, but they want every single week some news about it? If it were announced by Jump Festa for an April release, they would be complaining, but they got an early announcement and they still complain about "not having anything released until the anime airing", despite having character designs, seiyuus, directors, early episode screening through the world, tours and stuff. What do they want more about it?

 

[Shonenfan]

It is no longer "for 10 years at least!!", it is now "for 100 years at least!!!"

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On a serious note, genuinely i cannot see KnY lasting 100 years. It is a story that actually has start and end.

It is not like Doraemon, Chibi Marukochan, or heck, even Detective Conan that can be constantly milked with strings of stand alone stories.

Even naruto has more chance of lasting 100 years due to how vast the world is

They could easily do it. Premise: Doctor who turned Muzan into a demon had other candidates he transformed and boom, now the hashira have to fight again.

You could also go the Gamaran route and bring the government into the story. Just a lot of ways to go.

 

[yeahitstruethough]

What do you think they should have been doing throughout the 1 year they have between the announcement and the anime airing? Because I really don't understand one thing: Every single fan of the manga wanted the anime to be announced the next day it started. They got it on April this year for April the next year, but they want every single week some news about it? If it were announced by Jump Festa for an April release, they would be complaining, but they got an early announcement and they still complain about "not having anything released until the anime airing", despite having character designs, seiyuus, directors, early episode screening through the world, tours and stuff. What do they want more about it?

No one gives a fuck about character voices or the shitty singular character frames

It is entirely reasonable to expect an actual trailer every ~3 months like every single other thing on planet earth

They have at least 1 hour of animation finished between episode 1 and 2, they can spare 12 minutes of it to show people

 

[Shonenfan]

I own and read all of ES21 through the Viz physical books (its like the holy grail of my collection now lol). Its still a fun read outside of the very poorly done racism with the American team.

You thought it was racist? I thought it was a respectable attempt at dealing with racism albeit a bit cliche and basic. Panther in particular was a fantastic character (they kind of imposed a Jackie Robinson storyline with him). I always loved sakurama, who felt inferior to shin physically/genetically recognize shin had the same inferiority to Panther (who thankfully they portrayed as both a genetic anomaly AND a very hard worker).

 

[RealityChecker]

They have at least 1 hour of animation finished between episode 1 and 2, they can spare 12 minutes of it to show people

Like what they are doing with their pre-screening events of episode 1...?

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It is entirely reasonable to expect an actual trailer every ~3 months like every single other thing on planet earth

I don't think that is how that happens for anime, though. In fact, I don't think it happens for a lot of things.

 

[yeahitstruethough]

Like what they are doing with their pre-screening events of episode 1...?

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I don't think that is how that happens for anime, though. In fact, I don't think it happens for a lot of things.

The pre screening is not advertising, at best its a test screening. If anyone with a functioning brain unironically went to market wifh "nya nya nya nya nya nya, you all can't see it" they'd be fire on the spot

 

[RealityChecker]

The pre screening is not advertising, at best its a test screening. If anyone with a functioning brain unironically went to market wifh "nya nya nya nya nya nya, you all can't see it" they'd be fire on the spot

Last question: What exactly should they do?

 

[yeahitstruethough]

Last question: What exactly should they do?

Idk they shouldve put out literally anything of substance to the general public within a reasonable timeframe of the announcement

 

[RealityChecker]

Idk they shouldve put out literally anything of substance to the general public within a reasonable timeframe of the announcement

So you want the anime to air before it airs. Quite reasonable.

 

[yeahitstruethough]

So you want the anime to air before it airs. Quite reasonable.

Not what I said at all, way to be a "realitychecker"

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The billion dollar publishing company knowing for specifically screwing over Kagurabachi definitely isnt screwing over Kagurabachi by refusing to put anything out for 9 months

Guys a 1 minute trailer is completely unreasonable, they are just a poor indie billion dollar studio pls understand

 

[RealityChecker]

Not what I said at all, way to be a "realitychecker"

That was just a joke, but if you think character stills, seiyuus, directors, pre-screening events an tours throughout the world are, in your words, "No one gives a fuck about character voices or the shitty singular character frames", then only other thing they could do is release the anime.

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Not what I said at all, way to be a "realitychecker"

--- Double Post Merged, Yesterday at 10:48 PM, Original Post Date: Yesterday at 10:46 PM ---

The billion dollar publishing company knowing for specifically screwing over Kagurabachi definitely isnt screwing over Kagurabachi by refusing to put anything out for 9 months

Guys a 1 minute trailer is completely unreasonable, they are just a poor indie billion dollar studio pls understand

They are literally giving it a super stage on Jump Festa and it will likely show the how-many-minutes-it-will-be trailer. Less than 4 months before the anime airs.

 

[yeahitstruethough]

That was just a joke, but if you think character stills, seiyuus, directors, pre-screening events an tours throughout the world are, in your words, "No one gives a fuck about character voices or the shitty singular character frames", then only other thing they could do is release the anime.

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They are literally giving it a super stage on Jump Festa and it will likely show the how-many-minutes-it-will-be trailer. Less than 4 months before the anime airs.

And afrer nearly 9 months of nothing, after the already extremely late announcement which already hurt the series chances

If they actually cared it wouldve been out in winter 2026, they clearly dont

Not to mention them continuing to force Hokazono to draw anime related merch promos when the entire reason for the anime is for them to cover their own stuff

 

[RealityChecker]

which already hurt the series chances

Chances for what?

 

[yeahitstruethough]

Chances for what?

Chances for the anime to be an actual hit

By the time the anime (which is an advertisement for the manga) drops there will be 15 volumes for people to catch up on, which most won't do. Same issues a lot of really late adaptations have.

 

[RealityChecker]

Chances for the anime to be an actual hit

But it already is. To be fair, people should just care if it is a good adaptation. They should really have no more expectations than that. It is somehow pointless.