Haikyuu was also on a mainstream timeslot same as Magi so even if its ratings were "great" its disc sales were stellar and of course got a huge boost.
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Maybe though Kuroko's appeal has almost nothing to do with basketball much like Prince of Tennis with tennis.
Sure the timeslot was more mainstream, but Jump seems to be playing the long run game with BC as currently all of the most mainstream timeslots that usually do 2 cours are either taken or gone. Nichigo is gone and Heroaca's current slot has Time Bokan 24 planned for the next 6 months. With TV Tokyo they can get up to 4 cours scheduled. This way, its possible to slowly buildup popularity as seems to be the staff's intent on this adaptation. They mentioned that they want to reach as many people as possible and this long running plan seems to be the best way currently.
While the terms "The Zone" actual exist, it has basically nothing to do with what is presented in Kuroko no Basket. The same happens with the Misdirection and many things in Kuroko no Basket.
I can say that after that moment for All Might, Horikoshi is forgetting what stakes are. That´s just me though. What do you think?
When author kills a character it's always for shock value. Edgy teens want to see characters die with death flags or not they need to remember SHOUNEN IS A DEMOGRAPHY NOT A GENRE. If they want edgy sh*t read seinen manga but that is just as bad. No manga is perfect you just need to accept that and when you do you will be more happier. Also the Shitposters and trolls need to learn to shut the **** up and let the author have freedom to write want he wants.
Just towards that paragraph, if you're beginning to get weary reading shounen manga, especially battle shounen manga, you should probably "graduate" from Jump or Shounen manga as a whole. Rom-coms and SOL series aside, Jump's brand revolves around shounen battle manga. They try to raise the stakes to keep the story interesting but also keep the story simple because that's what readers want to read. Jump mangaka are especially balancing these two aspects. A good amount of people, especially the dragon ball generation want to read another Dragon Ball type of simple shounen manga. One Piece, aside from its world building, is just this. The main plot revolves around each of the crew achieving their dreams and exploring the world. This is balanced with the vast, detailed world of OP. Series like HxH are a rarity in Jump as Togashi has (had) achieved a balance between Dark elements and the more shounen bits of friendship and the like. He is able to properly mix friendship in the story as is the case between Gon and Killua without it being out of place. Recently though, and even as far back as 3/4 of Chimera Ant, HxH reads (read) entirely like a seinen manga. That's why its so lauded in the west.
The 2 one shots to the left look cool.GFC oneshots preview
MHA was previewed on the spin-off which was pushing its own volume. The covers for the rest would be posted with/after the TOC.
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