Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2019] - Discussion and TOC Talk

[redon]

Weekly Shonen Jump #38/2019 cover.

 

[Mankichi Togawa]

@redon do you have a preview pic of the new Jump title debuting in next issue?

And what is that Deku vs Todoroki pic I'm seeing

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Shonen Jump incentivates boys in some curious ways:


Little kids want to be like Tanjirou and join the Demon Slayer Corps. Or be stand users, duelists, shinigamis, or Hunters.

Plus, the big winner of this poll:

 

[ShenGao]

Looks like these boys didn't reach the part where:

Spoiler: KnY spoilers

everyone of the demon slaying corps, except for the main characters, dies a gruesome death in the spider forest.

 

[Aeneas]

Apparently a joke edit.

 

[Mankichi Togawa]

Tbh is funny to me how despite the big push from Neverland by Shueisha (unlike Dr. Stone it works and it sells), Kimetsu with almost no covers or pushing has had a very bigger growth and is a very serious contender to get the Jump year sales 2nd place (we know 1st place is always for One Piece).

Perfect anime adaptation seems to work better than editorial pushing. Kimetsu is now having the effect 5toubun has in Winter-Spring, but even bigger.

Still. Kimetsu wasn't in the top-10 sales in 2019 1st half, so is possible for it to end in top-3 at end of year like some forecasts say? (top-2 would be One Piece and Kingdom, Neverland would be 4th, and 5th place would be between MHA and 5toubun)

 

[Halloween]

So, just out of curiosity, is anyone wanting another ecchi series in Jump?

 

[CrOF]

So, just out of curiosity, is anyone wanting another ecchi series in Jump?

I enjoy ecchi comedy like Yuuna's so sure. Yuuna's on its way out anyways so I'd love David's author to come back take its spot.

 

[savethecat]

I don’t mind harem or ecchi. But I don’t really want ecchi in the main magazine.
And I wish we’d get a straight up romance series than more harem series.

Something where the MC and their love interest start dating each other in the beginning, or early on, rather than it be a guessing game of “who’s he going to end up with in the end”.

It’s a weird series, but recently binged Mysterious Girlfriend X, and I appreciated that the MC and his crush started dating from the very beginning.
And last year we had the anime “Rascal Does Not Dream Of Bunny Senpai” where the two leads basically become a clearly established couple after the first arc.

Would want something similar to those series in Jump in the future in place of Harem series.

 

[El Jacco]

So, just out of curiosity, is anyone wanting another ecchi series in Jump?

I personally don't mind having another ecchi series, they are trashy but are fun to read the majority of times.

 

[Rain Spectre]

Hn, per 5ch, it seems Yozakura is a romcom. Interesting.

 

[revo68]

Tokyo Area Qualifiers OVA production [ Haikyuu!! Land Vs Air ]
Daishou Suguru will be voiced by Okitsu Kazuyuki
Haikyuu!! S4 Jan 2020 Broadcast

 

[Nemesis]

I don’t mind harem or ecchi. But I don’t really want ecchi in the main magazine.
And I wish we’d get a straight up romance series than more harem series.

Something where the MC and their love interest start dating each other in the beginning, or early on, rather than it be a guessing game of “who’s he going to end up with in the end”.

It’s a weird series, but recently binged Mysterious Girlfriend X, and I appreciated that the MC and his crush started dating from the very beginning.
And last year we had the anime “Rascal Does Not Dream Of Bunny Senpai” where the two leads basically become a clearly established couple after the first arc.

Would want something similar to those series in Jump in the future in place of Harem series.

Doubt we'll see something like this considering all romance series on there in history. Jump isn't like Magazine where they have much more variation in romance, which if you look at their current catalogue, you can see it there.

And Aobuta is a light novel, not a manga.

So, just out of curiosity, is anyone wanting another ecchi series in Jump?

Sure, WNL and Yunna are going to end like in next year, so it's about time for a new romcom harem.

 

[savethecat]

Doubt we'll see something like this. Jump isn't like Magazine where they have much more variation in romance, which if you look at their current catalogue, you can see it there.

And Aobuta is a light novel, not a manga.



Sure, WNL and Yunna are going to end like in next year, so it's about time for a new romcom harem.

All it takes is one popular outlier to change a trend.
I’m aware Rascal is a light novel though.

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My problem with harems is

1. They’re so ridiculously unrealistic that I get taken out of them. A male main character who who has anywhere from 5 to 10 beautiful woman who are all obsessed with him and want him.

2. Once you’ve read one in completion, all of them start to feel exactly the same. And more than likely the “winner” is easy to predict.

Watching someone pick the other 9 girls who obviously won’t win is like watching those weird MHA stans who unironically ship Ochako and Bakugo together, when the obligatory “Ochako and Deku Bonus Wedding Chapter” is probably already storyboarded 6 years in advance

 

[Rain Spectre]

I think harem can be handled well, but only if there's a sufficiently logical throughline. Quints, for example, should be held as the modern standard for that very reason among a host of other things. My personal hope is that the series massive explosion in popularity this year does enough to reader tastes to which something along the lines of Jumps....honestly kinda trashy romance is deemed irrelevant, though you're allowed to disagree.

Also, the description of Yozukura:

☆魂撃ち抜く作戦始動！愛と笑いの新連載第2弾 高校生・太陽の幼馴染夜桜六美には秘密が！？

 

[lgrmjauffre]

I'm gearing up for the ending where no one "wins" in We Never Learn, and instead they just go on to focus on their professional lives but stay friends. Am I the only one that wouldn't mind that? Yes? Alright then.

 

[Franz]

Why?

Because the boosts are rarely repeated.

 

[RafGL]

This week's One-Shot won't be published on Manga+. We could say only well-known authors will be translated.

--- Double Post Merged, Aug 16, 2019, Original Post Date: Aug 16, 2019 ---

Daijiro Nonoue: Thank you to everyone who read my series and everyone who helped me out!

 

[Jovan]

So Yozakura will be a rom-com? A twist a didnt see coming based on the name translations around, which made me think it was more gag like. Guess it will be a slight genre switch for the Poro mangaka.

 

[Thores]

This week's One-Shot won't be published on Manga+. We could say only well-known authors will be translated.

Boooo!

I'm sure the idea is that a one-shot from an unknown wouldn't earn Viz enough traffic to justify spending resources on translating it... but I really appreciate one-shots regardless of the author, so I wish they'd at least test the waters on that front.

 

[Rain Spectre]

Legit, I think it be wise if Jump tries to get a new romcom which targets the same kind of audience that Kaguya-sama and/or Quints captured. Both have absolutely crushed WNL in popularity this year, so it's clear it's currently where the money lies.