This is a pretty mean spirited and negative comment that shouldn’t be in a community supposedly filled with people who have a love and appreciation for Jump imo.
Sure, not every mangaka in Jump makes it big. However, regardless of how badly any series in Jump flops, it shouldn’t be overlooked that getting into the biggest manga magazine in the world is an extremely difficult task to begin with. Everyone in the magazine is in there because they at least have some sort of talent or potential.
I could have ignored this comment, but it really annoyed me for some reason.
It's not mean spirited in the slightest, in fact my comment is more in the spirit of how Jumped used to be. We've watched Jump falter under Nakano's leadership and I think is emblematic of his new slogan "attractiveness of character." Such superficiality is disrespectful to the readership and you can see that in the quality of the series launch under Nakano. (And to be fair, this problem started before Nakano).
Jump stories used to be focused on "friendship, effort, and victory." Which is infinitely more Noble than "attractiveness of character." Even if you gave a supreme effort and ended up short of victory, you still had friends to pick you up and guide you. This is the message that should be sent to young boys and Jump's readership. This is what resonated with people across the globe.
Another staple of Jump was the cut throat nature of the biz. Samurai 8 would've been cancelled by now in the Golden age of Jump. There wouldn't have ever been a 20k club. Look, I loved Samon Kun and Dance bu but it should never have lasted over three volumes with those kinds of numbers. "What you do not hate you will tolerate." And this clearly correlate with a drop in quality of the stories Jump tells now.
The Yozakura mangaka might be a nice guy and treats his assistance well, but he clearly does not have what it takes to be a successful mangaka in Jump (in any generation). He gave a good effort, but he came up short of victory, I only hope he experiences the power of friendship to cope with this defeat because attractiveness of character sours with age.
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