That is kind of true. Shidou didn't even get a full chapter worth of development and Kamiya got 10 pages at best, so a whole bunch of chapters solely on Ebana does make him the second most developed character in the series.
Completely agree.
It is the basis of pretty much all sports manga(and most sports movies). Though I can hardly blame authors for that, watching the favorites crush their competition would not make for a very good read....at least I wouldn't think so.
I know what you mean, but I'd rather see them compete against Oogami and the other Hakurei freshmen than Jourai. The dark horse never ends up going anywhere anyway. I mean, look at Fudomine in PoT; they were okay, but they never went anywhere, even though they did make it to the National QFs.It is the basis of pretty much all sports manga(and most sports movies). Though I can hardly blame authors for that, watching the favorites crush their competition would not make for a very good read....at least I wouldn't think so.
BTW The poor mouse in your avatar makes me sad.....
Yeah, I'm not sure in what direction we're going at the moment. I think it's just going to be slice of life, with some mainly realistic sports moments here and there. I mean, apart from that one technique Sayuri used through Kurogane's body against Shidou, everything's been more or less realistic.
There is one exception though in sports manga: Ryoma Echizen. But is it still a sports manga ... most of the players would give a proper spanking to Gon, Luffy, Naruro, Ichigo, Natsu, ...It is the basis of pretty much all sports manga(and most sports movies). Though I can hardly blame authors for that, watching the favorites crush their competition would not make for a very good read....at least I wouldn't think so.
BTW The poor mouse in your avatar makes me sad.....
How did you get that idea?
I was basing it on the fact that the last two chapters haven't been scanned, Negative, plus the groups that were scanning have seemed to come in and out.
I'm not sure it is good to predict a series' fate based on the Edited Manga group stops scanning the series.
Still, it's not doing too bad in the rankings. ST&RS should get the axe first maybe followed by Genson! Kodai Seibutsu-shi Pakky. So maybe Kurogane can turn things around in the meantime.
Jump #19 (09/04) :
Bleach (Lead Color Page)
Toriko
Naruto (Cover)
Bakuman
Pajama na Kanojo
Medaka Box (Color Page, 24 pg.)
Hq!! (First Rank)
Nisekoi
Double Bullet (Color Page, One Shot, 47 pg.)
Reborn!
Sket Dance (Color Page)
Kochikame
Gintama
Inumaru Dashi
Beelzebub
Magico
Kurogane
Kuroko no Basket
Nurarihyon no Mago
Genson! Kodai Seibutsu-shi Pakky
ST&RS
One Piece (Absent)
Hunter x Hunter (Hiatus)
#20:
Lead CP: Kochikame
CP: Nisekoi, Hq!!, Black Katana (One Shot)
The real thing is that Kurogane's been slipping farther and farther down the ToC slowly but sure. That's not a positive. Now that some of the series which had been occupying the bottom will be cancelled, Kurogane's safety net has gotten a lot smaller.
Jammin, but if you take out St&rs and Pakky (assuming they're being cancelled) and Kuroko and Mago (as they live on their volume sales, plus Kuroko did just get an anime), Kurogane is the last placed series.
It is true that Kurogane has been decreasing its ranking, but it is still not in the worst position. If Kurogane does stay in bottom 5 for multiple weeks, then it would be in danger. Plus, there is still possibility that Kuragone's ranking may rebounce like Magico. In current state, it is still too early to determin that it'll cancel.
The purspose is to win a national competition; all of sport series' purpose is to be a number 1 and that's about it.