Jump Issue #34 Bottom 5
Here's hoping that Bleach or Reborn are not one of those question marks.
What about Pajama? It's always in the bottom five.
i guess 2 "new" series are enough of a cushion at the end of the toc. bleach and reborn in the top of the bottom five aren't that meaningful. i would guess that not that many would change if 5-6 new series would be right after each other in the bottom. they probably wouldn't axe all of them at a time, more likely axe 2-3 each meeting instead of one go. so it isn't importent if there are more new series in the bottom. besides after some volumens they most thing that matters are sells, aren't they?
just wishful thinking... i hate it if the mangaka doesn't have enough time to end their work somehow properly like magico's one.
how many did it sold at its peak and in its decline that it get deserved to be axed? i heard it had a really bad ending and also a second chance to redo it's ending which sounds like pure madness. i mean why giving it a redo of the end if it sold not well enough to grantees a satisfying ending? was the mangaka ill at that time oder something like that?
If it sells millions then I'm sure Shueisha is more than happy if Kubo keeps drawing.
By that 10 years logic, Naruto and One Piece should be ending too. Naruto is likely to end soon but One Piece isn't. As for the interest part, I would have to strongly disagree. Still plenty more I want explained before I'm satisfied enough to want Bleach to reach its end.
Just because it sells "millions" (it does not) now, what makes you think it will continue selling "millions" for years to come? All businesses, no matter what service they provide, make sales projections. Based on sales trends, they project long and short term sales estimates. If long term trends indicate declining sales, coupled with declining customer feedback, then projections will indicate waning popularity. Bleach's sales are down about 30% since Aizen was defeated. In the same time Bleach went from a regular in the top five to a regular in the bottom five. Both would indicate a strong decline in popularity. It should be obvious, but Jump does not tolerate any series spending to many weeks in the bottom five. Obviously a series as old as Bleach will be given more time than Pajama or Kurogane. But there is little chance Kubo can continue Bleach indefinitely. This arc will be the last, as promised, and it will end in a reasonable amount of time. This arc will not last as long as the Arrancar arc. Nor will Kubo be given as much time as Kishi has had to complete Naruto, a much more popular manga.
I don't think that they give Kishi time to complete it, more likely they pressure him to drag it on as long as he is willingly to do it like Toriyama. I also believe that they won't force Kubo down on a year or two as long as he holds this level of popularity, but i guess he needs to finish this arc faster than the arrancar one. who knows what happens after naruto ends. it would be a really "bad year" after bakuman and nura in terms of powerhorses to loose bleach and naruto in the next two years. nisekoi and the others are great, but got any shounen romance one high sells like 500k-1mio?
I never thought that it will continue to sell millions which is why I bolded the "if" part. Yes Bleach does sell millions of copies, not per volume but at the of the year, the 3/4 volumes released add over 4 million copies sold to Shueisha's total manga sold. Still in the top 10 even though a bit at the bottom half.
I think Kubo's estimate was around 5 long years. He should at least try going up again.
The way he is setting up the characters to lose isn't gonna make it any easier for the voters.