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

[shoyoboyo]

Suddenly, Senku is a villain.

 

[Heiji]

Dont remember if already said :

Haikyu!! : manga & novel : 28 000 000.

 

[cody]

Well, Haikyu will surely surpass Kuroko in sales.

 

[Avok]

It's gonna be longer, so yeah.
Kuroko is at what? 30 million with 30 volumes?

 

[Tamil]

Haikyuu already surpassed KnB in sales a long time ago. KnB couldn't reach the 900k/1M mark in a given year like HQ did. HQ hit the 900k milestone as early as volume 14.

Although for anime sales, KnB beats out HQ but it's a small difference I believe. Where is that season 4 of HQ at tho?

 

[OfficialHxH]

I don't know how yall can be fans of Haikyuu. I watched 17 episodes and its just unappealing to me.

That Kuroko no Basket tho is where it's at lol

 

[Halloween]

World Trigger is dead, right? I don't think it can afford to pull off HxH-level hiatuses. I don't think it has the fanbase for that.

 

[Tamil]

I don't know how yall can be fans of Haikyuu. I watched 17 episodes and its just unappealing to me.

That Kuroko no Basket tho is where it's at lol

It's just not your cup of tea then. It's a lot of hype and the anime is beautiful.

I'd prefer Slam Dunk over KnB.

World Trigger is dead, right? I don't think it can afford to pull off HxH-level hiatuses. I don't think it has the fanbase for that.

Doesn't look dead to me in the slightest. It still sells well despite the hiatus, seemingly more than BC will ever sell.

●ワールドトリガー
│ 初動. (日)│ ２週計｜ ３週計｜ ４週計｜ ５週計┃　　累計 (日数)┃ 発売日.│タイトル
│**圏外 (4)│------│------│------│------┃*,**,圏外 (**4)┃2013/07｜ワールドトリガー 1 ※初動18,384以下
│*31157 (5)│------│------│------│------┃*,*31,157 (**5)┃2013/09｜ワールドトリガー 2
│*50838 (5)│------│------│------│------┃*,*50,838 (**5)┃2013/12｜ワールドトリガー 3
│*60815 (6)│*76379│------│------│------┃*,*76,379 (*13)┃2014/02｜ワールドトリガー 4
│*48381 (3)│*83676│------│------│------┃*,*83,676 (*10)┃2014/04｜ワールドトリガー 5
│*77173 (5)│100792│------│------│------┃*,100,792 (*12)┃2014/06｜ワールドトリガー 6
│*82179 (4)│113357│******│131829│------┃*,131,829 (*25)┃2014/09｜ワールドトリガー 7
│*69982 (3)│114309│------│------│------┃*,114,309 (*10)┃2014/10｜ワールドトリガー 8
│153824 (7)│185799│******│211593│------┃*,361,399 (322)┃2015/01｜ワールドトリガー 9
│156001 (5)│206563│229063│******│257245┃*,371,416 (264)┃2015/03｜ワールドトリガー 10
│167149 (4)│227858│254340│269102│------┃*,350,637 (172)┃2015/06｜ワールドトリガー 11
│147368 (3)│241891│272018│292349│------┃*,325,690 (*80)┃2015/09｜ワールドトリガー 12
│146833 (3)│243294│273241│292706│------┃*,392,138 (353)┃2015/12｜ワールドトリガー 13
│156433 (3)│257631│289571│******│319631┃*,381,789 (262)┃2016/03｜ワールドトリガー 14
│159437 (3)│264097│295120│313678│------┃*,375,944 (171)┃2016/06｜ワールドトリガー 15
│143333 (3)│250253│282655│304311│------┃*,344,137 (*80)┃2016/09｜ワールドトリガー 16
│133843 (3)│243575│277049│******│310657┃*,357,667 (171)┃2016/12｜ワールドトリガー 17
│137262 (3)│241796│275748│------│------┃*,332,766 (*80)┃2017/03｜ワールドトリガー 18

Vol.18 still sold well despite the hiatus, it has a loyal fanbase which is to be expected since WT is awesome. I expect a magazine change at worst but it won't get axed.

 

[shoyoboyo]

I don't know how yall can be fans of Haikyuu. I watched 17 episodes and its just unappealing to me.

That Kuroko no Basket tho is where it's at lol

Different tastes I suppose. People like to compare the two because they're both sports manga from the same magazine, but they're pretty different. Haikyuu is a lot more grounded in reality, although it does have its exaggerations. On the other hand, Kuroko boils down to "teleports behind you" the sports anime. Or BasketBall Z. Basically a battle manga with a sports label slapped onto it. In my opinion, Kuroko peaked too soon at the Aomine rematch, then dropped hard. Every other match following it paled in comparison. Overall it had some decent highs, but a lot of it was okay at best. A lot of the matches just made me think "really?", and I couldn't really get engrossed in them. I probably would have dropped it if I wasn't watching it with a friend.

If you couldn't tell, I like Haikyuu a lot more. The animation is better, I like way more characters in Haikyuu than Kuroko, and I was actually able to get immersed in the matches and feel for the characters, both the losers and the winners. The final match in the second season is one of the best "battles" I've seen.

Then again, I'm probably biased.

 

[Luca11]

I don't know how yall can be fans of Haikyuu. I watched 17 episodes and its just unappealing to me.

That Kuroko no Basket tho is where it's at lol

To each their own I guess.

HQ has pretty interesting themes and concepts besides the usual "nakama power" and "you can do it if you work hard " rampant in most shonen products. It can go pretty philosophical when it comes to volleyball as well, which shows how much Furudate likes the sport.

I also much prefer HQ soundtrack. Hayashi has produced some amazing tracks.

 

[Scruffy8642]

I personally find Kuroko more enjoyable, it's just more to my style. But Haikyuu is absolutely better written, and the anime better made. It's not even a competition.

But you know what's better than both and is now getting an anime? THAT'S RIGHT KIDS, YOU GUESSED RIGHT!

 

[Aipom626]

But you know what's better than both and is now getting an anime? THAT'S RIGHT KIDS, YOU GUESSED RIGHT!

Spring Weapon?

 

[shoyoboyo]

But you know what's better than both and is now getting an anime? THAT'S RIGHT KIDS, YOU GUESSED RIGHT!

Woah there man, I like Zumou too, but I wouldn't go that far.

 

[ShenGao]

It feels like people mostly praise and talk about the HQ anime than the manga. I tried to look at a few chapters, but the manga's art was very off putting.
Is HQ a case where the anime looks better than the manga?

 

[TyVip]

It feels like people mostly praise and talk about the HQ anime than the manga. I tried to look at a few chapters, but the manga's art was very off putting.
Is HQ a case where the anime looks better than the manga?

you're not alone. It was painful to see what's going on after season 2 ended in manga form.

It gets worse as time go on unfortunately. We talk about this before a while back.

 

[OfficialHxH]

Would you guys know when Japan releases color manga after their original release? Specifically for Hunter x Hunter Vol. 34

 

[Doughboy]

Do you mean in how there's a color page in the weekly release? Cause as far as I know they don't know add color pages in volume format. Also I checked the chapters in that volume and there weren't any color pages.

 

[Tanzo]

I think he's talking about the digital full-color volumes.

Would you guys know when Japan releases color manga after their original release? Specifically for Hunter x Hunter Vol. 34

To answer your question, it's very random when Shueisha releases the full-color volumes. HxH #33 in color released 5 months after the normal version, but that didn't happen for #34. I guess maybe sometime early next year it'll be released.

 

[Luca11]

It feels like people mostly praise and talk about the HQ anime than the manga. I tried to look at a few chapters, but the manga's art was very off putting.
Is HQ a case where the anime looks better than the manga?

I think it's once again the matter of taste, since I love the manga art (to the point that I own HQ manga in two languages in both digital and physical form).

Furudate likes to draw at many extreme angles, which I'm pretty fond of. My only criticisms are that he is widely inconsistent with his characters' body proportions and builds, and that sometimes he prioritises a few panels at the expenses of others (to be fair, this can also partly be the fault of a weekly mangaka' insane schedule).

It was painful to see what's going on after season 2 ended in manga form.

I always think season 3 manga form has great art.

Although I have to say that the art looks much better on paper rather than on screen.

 

[Inumaru]

I really love Furudate's art style, it's my second favorite in the current line up, only behind Horikoshi's. The facial expressions and the movements are so well done. I really like when a sports series has a rough art style, Yowapeda and Ahiru no Sora are also good exemples, it matches so well with the genre.