Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2017] - Discussion and TOC Talk

[Mammo]

Not sure if my favorites just first 3 I can think of

Pop (Dragon Quest) Kojiro (Captain Tsubasa) L (Death Note)

honorable mentions: everyone in the main cast of Hinomaru Zumo

 

[Tamil]

Bakugou (MHA), Oikawa (Haikyuu) & Starjun (Toriko).

 

[shoyoboyo]

Just finished reading Stealth Symphony and damn am I annoyed that it was axed. I read it from start to finish throughout today and I enjoyed every bit of it. It gave me Kekkai Sensen vibes with the whole futuristic city with all different races living together and super powers. Definitely seemed like something Bones would have adapted. Anyone have any theories as to why it was axed so early? It didn't really feel like a WSJ manga but I have a feeling it could have survived and done well in another more lenient magazine. The art was great and the story was captivating as well. That ending got me good. Thoughts on SS?

Also, I'll probably read ST&RS next, so any heads up about it will be appreciated.

 

[RafaFedKilla]

Just finished reading Stealth Symphony and damn am I annoyed that it was axed. I read it from start to finish throughout today and I enjoyed every bit of it. It gave me Kekkai Sensen vibes with the whole futuristic city with all different races living together and super powers. Definitely seemed like something Bones would have adapted. Anyone have any theories as to why it was axed so early? It didn't really feel like a WSJ manga but I have a feeling it could have survived and done well in another more lenient magazine. The art was great and the story was captivating as well. That ending got me good. Thoughts on SS?

Also, I'll probably read ST&RS next, so any heads up about it will be appreciated.

Paging Sharkbait.....

 

[tirakai]

It was axed because it was boring with nothing interesting happening with the story or characters until the end (which almost certainly only happened because it was getting cancelled).

Having potential in the setting doesn't matter if you do nothing with it, everything in jump has some cool thing to the setting with a lot of potential (if it didn't they wouldn't have put it in the magazine).

 

[Koi Kage]

Bakugo. That's really it. He's such an entertaining character and it's even more satisfying since he changed from being an unlikable asshole in the beginning to the most popular character in the manga.

I actually like Bakugo more when he was still somewhat of a jerk the character that he's turned into reminds me to much of Sasuke. Ever since his character shift he's, to me at least, became way to moody it's as if he lost the fire he once had.

 

[Leoat12]

Just finished reading Stealth Symphony and damn am I annoyed that it was axed. I read it from start to finish throughout today and I enjoyed every bit of it. It gave me Kekkai Sensen vibes with the whole futuristic city with all different races living together and super powers. Definitely seemed like something Bones would have adapted. Anyone have any theories as to why it was axed so early? It didn't really feel like a WSJ manga but I have a feeling it could have survived and done well in another more lenient magazine. The art was great and the story was captivating as well. That ending got me good. Thoughts on SS?

Also, I'll probably read ST&RS next, so any heads up about it will be appreciated.

Many members here have articles published about this manga and all of them seems to agree that it was boring and uninteresting. That's the theory. Glad to help.

 

[Nakura]

Viz are giving Astra Lost in Space a physical release. I did not expect that.

 

[ElJin]

Oikawa (Haikyuu!!), Niizuma Eiji (Bakuman) and Yuno (Black Clover).

I love the way Yuno likes Asta and treats him from equal to equal, and not like "hurr I'm the bestest, you're just a loser", but with respect and admiration.

 

[Tanzo]

Neverland and Astra Lost in Space will be released in digital and physical volumes. Naruto: Chibi Sasuke’s Sharingan Legend from Saikyou Jump is also getting this treatment.

eIDLIVE and The Emperor & I are also getting digital-only volume releases.

 

[Leoat12]

The time has come to decide if I pick english or japanese version of The Promised Neverland. It is a matter of cover design, really. XD

 

[tirakai]

I'm not too surprised at Astra getting a physical english release, it definitely feels like it's the biggest series on their digital site by quite a lot. It gets top billing alongside DB Super and Bort when they advertise the digital site in the main magazine.

 

[Mammo]

also eldlive and emperor getting digital only releases isn't that surprising considering both are full color manga

 

[TyVip]

Astra gets one yet Sket Dance isn't .

Question but what is the JPN name for the penguin manga? Or which magazine is it from? How's the sale in JPN? This is probably the only series I will buy digital .

Pretty alright, ~5000 sales.

edit: Thank you

 

[Halloween]

Digital first with Neverland? So... That's just the digital release date? It doesn't really bother me since I have all the ESJ issues that feature Neverland anyway, but I did want to know the physical release date.

 

[savethecat]

Digital first with Neverland? So... That's just the digital release date? It doesn't really bother me since I have all the ESJ issues that feature Neverland anyway, but I did want to know the physical release date.

Usually they're no more than a month or so apart.

 

[jagman1x3]

Astra gets one yet Sket Dance isn't .

Question but what is the JPN name for the penguin manga? Or which magazine is it from? How's the sale in JPN? This is probably the only series I will buy digital .

Emperor to Issho, in Jump+.

 

[Leoat12]

Usually they're no more than a month or so apart.

It took one year to release Nisekoi as physical edition though. I remember well of those times. XD
I was young and still didn't work, I had to save my allowance to buy the first volume on January 2014 because importing manga is not cheap... Never underestimate my love for Nisekoi. XD

 

[shoyoboyo]

Lol I did not realize you guys viewed it so negatively, suddenly I'm questioning my own tastes
On that note, what did you guys think of Mitsukubi Condor? I've read the chapters that have been released up until now (I think there is only one left), and I've enjoyed it a good amount. I like the premise of thieves and having a sort of early Fairy Tail Natsu and Lucy camaraderie vibe going on. Marshmellow's design is interesting to say the least. Of course, as with most axed Jump manga, if it was in the hands of a better writer it could have been great, but I feel like this one was more _unique_ than other axed manga like, recently, Red Sprite and Demon's Plan.

 

[RafaFedKilla]

Fuck off with digital only releases. They've joined the guild of psychopaths like Kodansha USA