Mag Talk Weekly Shounen Jump [2009] - Discussion & TOC Talk

[Maxy Barnard]

Wait, when was it announced that HunterXHunter was coming back? Last I checked there wasn't any set time frame. I thought it was whether Togashi felt like being lazy or not.

Also I don't mind Meister getting the boot. Now that Asklepios is gone as well that would leave 2 spots for new series to come in.

it hasn't been announced. it's a pattern that's formed in his return from wanting to have a life, he returns in march for 10 chapters, and october for 10 chapters, releasing the previous ten as a much improved volume at the same time... the march isn't confirmed but we got october two years in a row, so it's safe to assume for now

Y to M contractor and jumbor (or whatever takei's manga name was) were cancelled after 10 chapters iirc. Fast if you have asked me with the knowledge something like asklepios could have ended back then. We'll see if meister will get a boost (like P2) if not then do they want space/ a free spot?

i look at Contractor M&Y and Jyuki Ningen Jumbor as rare examples, like chagecha, where a series was so unpopular that the authors just went "ya know what... screw it, not worth the struggle for failure" or "huh this isn't gonna work out is it"

 

[eni]

Another question: Is there any source for the rumor about DGM getting back in April? >.>

You really see that date now everywhere, so I wonder if I may have missed an announcement.

 

[Kaiten]

Another question: Is there any source for the rumor about DGM getting back in April? >.>

You really see that date now everywhere, so I wonder if I may have missed an announcement.

Not a reliable one ^^

Glenat, it's Spanish publisher posted something on their website. Until Shueisha says something I won't completely believe it.

 

[Maxy Barnard]

especially considering the conflict of information on what's actually wrong with her (and it is her, we have confirmation now, viz can stop getting it wrong... wait or is it? WHAT'S GOING ON?!)

 

[Sexy Randal 105]

It's kind of sad that Meister didn't catch on rather than Kuroko. Meister has several games and teams planned. Kuroko doesn't have anything. I find it funny a series is getting support when the main character's special power is being uninteresting (Literally).

 

[DeidaraGrimmjow]

Maybe it's just a preference of basketball over soccer in Japan right now... I'm sure alot of series just come in the wrong place at the wrong time. Meister's timing could have been just be ill-placed. Besides, there is no guarentee that Kuroko won't fail. It will probably just last longer than Meister. Or something like that...

 

[Digital_Eon]

especially considering the conflict of information on what's actually wrong with her (and it is her, we have confirmation now, viz can stop getting it wrong... wait or is it? WHAT'S GOING ON?!)

Lots of it seems to be due to mistranslations. I'm also with the others waiting for Shueisha's official confirmation... and seeing how WSJ does things, we probably won't know until the week before or so.

(I guess Viz just didn't want to reveal it before she was ready to?)

 

[GARusashi]

It's kind of sad that Meister didn't catch on rather than Kuroko. Meister has several games and teams planned. Kuroko doesn't have anything. I find it funny a series is getting support when the main character's special power is being uninteresting (Literally).

how is his special ability being uninteresting? It's his lack of presence on the court that makes him an exceptional passer.

And it's because Meister has itself so set up that it's going to fail. I've expressed my feelings on Meister various times, but it's just trying to develop itself too fast. That one chapter introduced about 20 characters at once. Where is the mystery, wheres the intrigue?

Kuroko set itself up with a reasonable story, meanwhile Meister is all about "PLAY AND HAVE FUN", I tried reading chapter 8 and it was just, ugh. Though KnB could fall next issue and I could totally be eating my words.

 

[Sexy Randal 105]

Kuroko's power is being mediocre in every possible aspect so people underestimate him. I personally think that it incredibly lame..

 

[Maxy Barnard]

i have to disagree with ya now randal. kuroko's power is the one element of kuroko i've always found interesting. but then my turn off are those damn crossed eyes

 

[kim09]

how is his special ability being uninteresting? It's his lack of presence on the court that makes him an exceptional passer.

And it's because Meister has itself so set up that it's going to fail. I've expressed my feelings on Meister various times, but it's just trying to develop itself too fast. That one chapter introduced about 20 characters at once. Where is the mystery, wheres the intrigue?

Kuroko set itself up with a reasonable story, meanwhile Meister is all about "PLAY AND HAVE FUN", I tried reading chapter 8 and it was just, ugh. Though KnB could fall next issue and I could totally be eating my words.

In Meister it's not just "PLAY AND HAVE FUN". In chapter 9 for example, when Satomi High concede, they try to maintain the scoreline by just 0-1 with offside trap strategy. It works and they start the attacking not through the middle but down the flank.They still use strategy to attack and defend.

 

[Maxy Barnard]

chapter 9 has made up for some pacing issues with the character introductions that's for sure. fixed it up a helluva lot. but then the whole match has helped with that one niggling flaw. so once again meister jumps above... well nothing, its still in my top 5, just not above sket or jaguar...

 

[fxu]

It's possible that basketball is more popular than soccer right now in Japan... if Meister would've debuted when Japan (& South Korea) held the FIFA World Cup in 2002, I think it could've been big.

Or if the world cup was set to be played in Japan in 06 instead of Germany.

 

[kim09]

LOL what Fukuda said in Bakuman chapter 24 is true

http://www.onemanga.com/Bakuman/24/03/

 

[Rejuvenation]

LOL what Fukuda said in Bakuman chapter 24 is true

http://www.onemanga.com/Bakuman/24/03/

Definitely agree with him there. Plus the nod for To Love Ru made me jump for joy. :P

 

[fxu]

Indeed... I liked this week's Bakuman because it deals exactly about ""popularity"" and how unfair it is for those series that are always at the bottom... considering they never get a chance to become popular since they're not pushed as much as the others.

I didn't like the part about TLR... pfffff. Giving excuse as to why TLR isn't high in the ToC.

 

[Maxy Barnard]

more foreshadowing of events in jump past present and future. its like ohba knows exactly what we want to know...

EDIT: but fuck all that seeing obata renditions of inudash, neuro and jaguar please me more than any useful info. damn that drama based jump business encyclopedia

 

[kim09]

Is inudash is as good as the ranking shows? If so then where can I find the scans? I have 3-months holiday here so I don't know what else to do except for playing PES 2009 and taking my driving license.

 

[StrangerAtaru]

Somehow from what I've seen, Magazine does a lot more shuffling than Jump does. I've been trying to figure out their popularity pattern for a while now and they just seem to draw them out of a hat many weeks (with the only consistant being "Mou, Shimasen Kara", which I assume is the Jaguar of the magazine). Unfortunately I doubt Ohba knows everything there needs to be on rankings considering that we've heard so many stories from so many people. (particularly since Oda said his own thing a while back)

 

[ssjohn]

You know what sucks? Becoming busy and then coming back and finding out series you like are dying -.-.

Meister -- WHY???????????? Okay yea i am a bit behind (the whole being busy part) BUT WHY!!!! T_T

Askelpios-- T_______T I know Japan hated it, or the crazy rumor people, but I really REALLY enjoyed this manga, I don't know why, I read the first chapter and hated it. But after a bit it was one of the few series next to Bakuman that I looked forward to week after week oh well I have gotten used to it by now lol.

Anyways it might be OT and all but hope everyone here is doing great *vanishes back into his corner room on Denial Island where Meister is #1, Askelpios isn't ending its just ending its first part, Hunter X Hunter is back and amazing, and DGM is getting a flipping cover every once in awhile lol*