Recent content by Broseph

Probably has more to do with lack of main character(s) being present. Not even the first time an arc had popular reception online in Western spaces but a lot of Japanese fans wanted the main group back. My Villain Academia was loved by people online (myself included) but a lot of Japanese...

I think WSJ physical circulation is going to start dropping a lot faster now. I have a feeling that Shueisha was doing everything in their power to try and keep it up above a million (because it is good PR) but now that it's dropped under it, there's no real need to print more copies each week...

Jump+ run from 2019 to 2021 was crazy ngl but it especially stands out because of how massive SpyxFam is so anything in comparison is going to seem like a big decline.

Special animation commemorating the "Kazuki Takahashi Original Artwork Exhibition: YU-GI-OH! ART WORKS" [Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the original "Yu-Gi-Oh!" manga] Just a short new animation but cool to see the OG cast again reanimated

Digital has changed the game all around. With backlog, it is possible it does that much per volume. Physical sales alone don't really tell much anymore. This is the case in most mediums now like video games. It's annoying to people who like tracking sales because in the past, you could easily...

Tbh I remember the Oden flashback in general being one of the more popular parts of Wano because of Roger and Whitebeard being prominent characters in it. "He laughed" is still probably one of the most iconic scenes and panels in modern One Piece

It's a term that's overused by people online but the aura farming between Atem and Kaiba at the end of the movie was on another level. Shit got me so hype

Wonder if this is the 4 episodes but they repurposed it into a movie

I just recently binge read Yu-Gi-Oh for the first time ever. I had previously seen the anime as a kid and read some of the manga but I only now read the only thing from start to finish. I loved it. RIP Takahashi, what a great manga And after watching DSoD, which is apparently a direct sequel to...

I get the vibe that outside of a few exceptions like Kagurabachi, Japan isn't that interested in new battle shonen. It's tough for Japanese causal fans to be looking hard for the next big action series when the old guys on the block are still breaking records and sucking up all the attention...

Relax

God Valley movie is fascinating. A lot of people wanted it but I genuinely didn’t think they’d make a One Piece movie without Luffy and the Straw Hats. I think it has potential to do really well internationally but I think it actually has less commercial potential than Film Red did in Japan...

Sure but KNY was also an exception among exceptions. It was doing better numbers than One Piece at its peak. It’s possible to get a big boost from an anime without reaching that level and that’s what I think the late and substandard anime stopped Sakamoto Days from being able to do

Nah OP always gets a short summary leak of the next chapter at least a day before the rest of the magazine

Thats really downplaying it IMO. Both of those were getting serious hate before they ended and settled on ships. It’s not different from recent series, just time has allowed for people to downplay the reaction to the ending and most haters moved on. That will happen to all the modern series with...