I feel the same way... besides the art nothing stand out. The characters are so normal and boring. The world as potencial, but that's about it. You could say OP started slow, but it was funny and enjoyable with luffy being interesting from the start.
You Jump sages are so fucking annoying. Long term success or failure can not be divined from a single TOC ranking, especially one not in the bottom five or the top five. By your idiotic little standards the only series in the last five years that would have survived are Double Arts, Toriko, and Psi. Sket Dance, Psyren, Mago, Bakuman, Nisekoi, Beelzebub, and Kuroko initially ranked in the middle of the TOC, all survived at least three years. So please, GTFO with all of this "New series usually peak with their first ranking" bullshit. Bulge's first ranking gives no indication of future success or failure. All we know is it did not fall straight into the bottom five. Next week it could rise, it could fall, or it could stay in the middle. This week, at least, it is quite safe. Anyone who claims they can determine the future of a series based on one mid-magazine ranking is full of shit.
Actually they gave Kubo a cake made in the image of Bleach 1st volume saying happy 10th anniversary but that was it as far as I know.
Actually your list is not entirely true since only Bakuman and Sket Dance had middle ranks, the others had either color page or quite good rank (Kuroko:5, Nisekoi:6)
Rank Nb serie Nb > 100
2 1 1
4 3 3
5 2 1
6 7 4
7 0 0
8 6 1
9 3 1
10 6 1
11 3 1
12 5 2
13 8 3
14 4 2
15 6 0
16 5 1
17 5 0
18 7 1
19 2 0
20 4 0
21 1 0
22 1 0
CC 9 4
But that's what statistics is about too: finding a "pattern" in things with apparent randomness, like opinions, throws of dice, or, in this case, ranking positions.
Exactly. Bulge ranking in the middle doesn't mean that it's going to be canceled next week or anything, but it means that its initial reception wasn't as positive as, say, Nisekoi's. In the long term it's meaningless, but for right now it's a hurdle that Bulge will have to cross. I'll rephrase my past statement before someone else sets off like fireworks: Sequential chapters of new series historically rank lower than the first chapter did (at least until the series becomes popular or stabilizes, which takes a few weeks), so there is reasonable room for speculation that Bulge's upcoming chapters will rank lower than the first did, and because the first chapter ranked 8th, there is a possibility that the next few chapters will rank below 8th. This is based on historical evidence and is not my own personal death wish against Bulge (which I happen to enjoy and support, which is why I'm worried about its future). And I'll repeat myself to make myself clear, it doesn't mean that Bulge will be canceled next week. It's just an observation, and, for people who actually believe in statistics, a minor cause for concern.
, then I feel bad for the US members since word is, the FBI is going to shut down almost half or a quarter of the US's internet connection because there's apparently a massive malware attacking the US and they're shutting it down on Monday so that there will be less affected computers.
What is the difference for you between random and statiscally verifiable ? Statistic deals with random numbers. The percentages clearly shows that the law is not uniform ( i guess that's what you mean by random ). They don't say that a high rank will ensure you a long serialization they just show that it has a bigger chance. It's still up to the mangaka to show that a good initial idea can continue to be good on the long term, series like double art, enigma, magico, etc shows that it is not that easy.
Yes, it's a DNS changing malware. That explains the recent annoying redirectings from other sites, probably the provider or host is infected with the horse. Also, most Edited Manga groups are in US, so there's a chance in some release confusion along with the post-holiday schedule change on WSJ. Though it wouldn't matter that much.If Edited Mangas are out on Monday at the earliest