Recent content by ginsenjou

ToC is ultimately decided by the main editors and they should focus more on sales and potential rather than rankings that they have control over. There's no reason why a series like Hinomaru survived so many years with its bad sales and no growth without favoritism

RIP phantom seer!! i enjoyed it while it lasted and hope the duo continue working together, preferably in another magazine. i'm definitely bitter but nothing to be done. imo the blue box one shot was overhyped (though still enjoyable) but i hope the serialisation will be better.

If they were gonna axe the series I wish they would give it a few chapters to wrap it up. It's odd this didn't come up during ToC since that usually announces when a series ends

this decision is extremely stupid and unfair and just hope the duo starts going to a different magazine instead

It's very unlikely since it hasn't happened in years but I would be happy to see Phantom Seer move to Jump+ since it's about to hit chapter 30 next month and is still kept at the bottom of TOC and no color pages despite the good sales. Plus more creative freedom for the writer and I'd like to...

Another week with Phantom Seer at the bottom, find it bizarre and unfair that it's still being treated like this.

Seeing act-age rank that high is so bittersweet, I miss it so much. PS is still in the bottom 3 which isn't surprising to me, I never got the impression over the past months that the editor was interested in promoting it. Also I'm not enjoying the new batch, out of the 4 Witch Watch is the...

I like PS because the characters are likeable and the main duo have a great dynamic so I have fun reading it. The plot isn't anything special so far but that's fine since it's still enjoyable and fun. There are still things I wish were different or more developed but it's not bothering me for now

A big jump for PS first day position with vol.1 starting at #76. Hopefully the drop for the rest of the week isn't big

The TOC has been stagnant for weeks, only difference is the placement of new series and Magu-chan sudden drop to the bottom

Not a fan of Elusive Samurai so far, hopefully the upcoming chapters are better but I'm not a fan of historical stories in general. With Phantom Seer, I like the cast and story but it's hard to get really invested when each arc is really short. I get the feeling the writer is too concerned...

Wow JJK's sales are insane! Will likely reach 1m next week since it's still ranking #1 this week Btw, are Mashle and UxU supposed to have their 1st anniversary covers in February since WSJ is debuting new series rn? Also, do we know when will WSJ drop the covers for February volumes?

You're not wrong but considering the first volume sold better than every new 2020 manga except Mashle and Ayakashi, I would expect the editors to want to push it more like giving it a higher placement on ToC. It comes across as if the editors want the series to fail and get rid of it asap...

most excited for Kenta Shinohara's return! sounds like it will be a fantasy based on the title feel bad for phantom seer, doesn't seem like WSJ is interested in promoting it despite the initial good sales. it genuinely annoys me

I see your point but there are tons of well-written manga that never become successful and a lot of badly written manga that become successful so I do believe luck is the most important thing. No one undermines the writer when they say a story's success happened because it was at the right place...