Kuroko beat Beelzebub in the first week in June and in overall sales in April and June as well. So its not the first time and it has been an interesting trend to watch.
You're right. And for Naruto is the same.
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That, and that Naruto reaches a wider audience. From kids to adults. And Kishi is a genius at storytelling compared to the other Big 3 members (albeit having plotholes from time to time). Sure, Oda may have beat Kishi in bringing up the war & peace theme during Franky arc. But, Kishi took that to a whole new level. In fact, Kishi planned it from the start. Which I doubt Oda did. Anyways, regarding the deep theme of war & peace in both mangas. Kishi beats Oda at that one. Why?? 'cause Kishi bluntly asked the readers "do you think peace is possible??" This is where Kishi has the older audience's attention. Remember, it was said in Bakuman, JUMP's reader average are 17 year olds. The only thing that Oda beats Kishi in is grabbing the attention of the preteen to teen group. Kishi has dominance over the older teen to adult group. (Note: this is just my assumption, though)^ UP
Yes, its rather true <I'm not French, but I see what's going on in Poland for example>, not to mention the American market methinks. Those are fairly well balanced numbers you got there and I wouldn't think its not true <still, considering pl market
And yes, its true, outside of Japan One Piece isn't so "good" as for example Naruto. From my experience it seems OP is more for otaku fans rather than "just" a&m fans <its one of those things why I think Naruto is better than OP, but nevermind me>: Naruto just makes better appeal to those who are .. how to say it.. more "americanized", more "natural", more.. no, less into anime and mnaga, they are less otaku fans.
So yes, to me the sales seems true not only in numbers, but in titles as well <pl market seems the same, but OP isn't even published because the market for that title is SO small as of right now, but Bleach did started being published because the market was way bigger than that> Mathematics it seems. No, money it seems - publisher won't publish the manga which will be sold in small quantities even if its sth like OP <and no, OP does have die hard OP fans, but like I said: they are rather otaku fans and there is still to few to fuel the market <but I read that OP is in the plans>.. xd>
Art wise, it's influenced by Eiichiro Oda (very obvious) and Kishimoto.
I don't think you read the last part of my post carefully. I said it was Kishi's storytelling that won over the international fans. Oda beats Kishi in domestics but in international, Kishi takes the cake.Not really, there was a poll by oricon to determine the most popular manga age 10-50, One Piece is number one in all age group.
OP is very popular outside Jump's main demographic in Japan, the fact that many adults watched the Strong World movie is a proof of this. One Piece is many many more times more phenomenal than Naruto in Japan, it's basically a cultural phenomenon almost in the level of Dragon Ball