Shounen Beelzebub by Tamura Ryuuhei

Akia999 · Apr 17, 2013

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Kinda wish that I use a much better image of Beelzebub for the "Manga Awards Best manga of 2012 banner".I didn't realize aoi would be that small.
Anyhow,I wonder if Beelzebub stand a chance in winning best manga of 2012 in shounen category?

Teeba · Apr 18, 2013

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Oh did you design the banner, Akia? It looks good, though I agree with you about Aoi.

I don't know if Beelzebub will win. There are so many nominees! In all the categories, actually. The only one I'm really concerned about is Furuichi winning best Male character. I just think 2012 was the best for his character. He got bullied and marginalized, and then he fought back.

Also, for the awards, we've split them into two groups : series that are 4 years and younger, and series of all time. This is the only year Beelzebub will be eligible to win awards for both! So please vote!

Be sure to vote in the Manga Awards 2012!
(And vote Furuichi for Best Male Character 2012 while you're at it. :teehee

)

I know, shameless plug. :derp

Pirulito · Apr 19, 2013

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I'm confused. Why no chapter next week?
There is no info about that in chapter 201 and the current issue of SJ wasn't double.

natsu78 · Apr 19, 2013

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Pirulito said:
I'm confused. Why no chapter next week?
There is no info about that in chapter 201 and the current issue of SJ wasn't double.

I think it's just a mistake.According to the release schedule :Issue# 21(chapter 201) goes on sale 22nd ,Issue#22/23(chapter 202) is set to go on sale the saturday the 27th.It probably means early Toc next week.Next chapter could be expected on Wednesday or Thursday depending on raws/scanalations.
Issue# 24(chapter 203) on 5/13.

lightningsha · Apr 19, 2013

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^ That makes sense.
Golden week is the first week of May. We still have last week of April to go so we should have one more issue before the week break.

Teeba · Apr 19, 2013

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Oops. Why don't I read things properly?!? Thanks for the clarification. :epicfacepalm

Teeba · Jul 20, 2013

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lightningsha said:
I've been meaning to bring this up. I noticed you are an avid TOC watcher and so have a good feel about the fate of manga in WSJ. I also noticed Beelzebub's rankings have been dropping this past year. I remember the previous years its average was about 8.5 and now it's 13-14. Its volume sales are only average and lately Jump is beginning to look really competitive. A bad sign. I'm a bit worried for the future of one of my favorite mangas. In your opinion how do you say the forecast looks for Beelzebub? How high are the chances it will be forced to an early end?

I think Beelzebub is doing just fine. I can't see selling over 150,000 copies per volume a bad thing. It has an anime, light novels, a loyal doujinshi following...its successful. Sure, its not as successful as Kuroko no Basuke, or recently hits like Shokugeki no Soma and Haikyuu!!, but its still popular in its own right. And I think its had an impactful existence. So I'm not really worried about it being cancelled.

In fact, if Tamura decides to end Beelzebub any time soon I wouldn't mind. I really enjoy reading Beelzebub and I seriously love Furuichi, but it would be a shame for the series to need to be extended longer than necessary. As long as its not cancelled...I wouldn't mind when it ended.

While the TOC does play a part in how successful a manga is in Jump, it's not an ironclad rule. During its serialization Death Note had less than stellar TOC rankings and D.Gray-man, when it was still running in Jump, was constantly in the bottom TOC! Both are extremely popular franchises in their own right. I don't think Beelzebub has any chance of being cancelled in comparison. It would have to have a significant drop in sales or at least be in the bottom of the TOC for more than just a few weeks.

Also, do you follow Max Barnard's Shonen Jump podcast, FEV by any chance? He recently answered a question about Beelzebub, and I think its worth a read.

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Friendly reminder that apparently Beelzebub is marketed as a Boys Love manga in Germany. :lmao

masgrande · Jul 24, 2013

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I'm guessing the bromance between Furuichi and Oga was too much for it to be a normal :XD

Black Hawk · Jul 24, 2013

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omg
Which Shop is that. That is a total shame on us, good for me i know it better. But funny anyway, maybe the owner miss understand the relationship between Furichi and Oga or which Boy Love they mean.

So i let this Pic stand at it is, but i tell you not every shop has Beelzebub under Boylove.

But no wonder that you find this Teeba

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Teeba · Jul 24, 2013

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Black Hawk said:
omg
Which Shop is that. That is a total shame on us, good for me i know it better. But funny anyway, maybe the owner miss understand the relationship between Furichi and Oga or which Boy Love they mean.
So i let this Pic stand at it is, but i tell you not every shop has Beelzebub under Boylove. But no wonder that you find this Teeba .

Well I do ship Oga/Furuichi so I find this relevant to my shipping interests. :teehee

But seriously, how can you mistake it for boys love?! :lmao

I think you're right Black Hawk, I think the owner didn't understand what Boys Love mean. Maybe they meant to put it in "Boys Comics"?

I don't know what shop its from, I found it on tumblr. But its still pretty mind boggling.

Black Hawk · Jul 25, 2013

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Teeba said:
Well I do ship Oga/Furuichi so I find this relevant to my shipping interests. But seriously, how can you mistake it for boys love?!

I think you're right Black Hawk, I think the owner didn't understand what Boys Love mean. Maybe they meant to put it in "Boys Comics"?

I don't know what shop its from, I found it on tumblr. But its still pretty mind boggling.

No Teeba, i think more about, he translated Boys Love like in german male bonding. So a deep friendship between two Friends, who fight for another till death.
So in this context he but it in Boys Love. When i remember right, on the Backside of Beelzebub Volumen stand always something like big friendship between Furici and Oga.

But anytime i open this thread see Beelzebub between different other Boylove stories, its only funny.

Chapter out:
http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/beelzebub_2/en/0/214/

reaper2507 · Jul 30, 2013

Beelzebub is more populare than i thought

i just saw on my beloved Chrome "plugin" to read mangas a top Rating...

"All Manga Reader"

Gues which Manga is in the Top 5 !!!

http://screencast.com/t/PwdQ7hidFW

Teeba · Jul 30, 2013

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Wow, over 60,000 Edited Manga readers is impressive! That's really surprising! Although I'm skeptical for the overall rankings. There's nothing after Fairy Tail that has more than Beelzebub has?

I mean, on the other hand I've always thought Beelzebub was a really well-balanced gag manga.

reaper2507 · Jul 31, 2013

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It seems so.. well its only "one" Browser App for Chrome.. But its amazing how high Beelzebub is reaching here..
Love it it's a GREAT manga^^

Roman · Jul 31, 2013

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I'm not surprised. Anyone who likes Shounen has to read this and will definitely have fun reading it. Not to mention the priceless humor it contains that spices up the experience. Glad it's doing so fine, it deserves it.

Athrin · Jul 31, 2013

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Beelzebub is really one of the few mangas I actually laugh at. The scene where everyone founds out that Himekawa's friend was a female and Oga trying to relate was hilarious. Probably my favorite scene in the manga.

Teeba · Sep 15, 2013

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Ok, so this is totally cute and I can't believe I didn't post this here!

This Japanese youtube channel make an apple snack inspired by one of Oga's many "wall-plants". Its very well done! I think they did a series on Jump series, there's a Gintama and Toriko video as well.