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

[Sexy Randal 105]

14 (2/3)
Hoop men (Cover)
Naruto
Toriko
Belze (PC)
Bleach
Reborn
Kuroko (PC)
Baku
Gintama
Mago
Kochi
Sket
Inumaru (PC)
Es21
Psyren
Neuro
Bokke
Tolove
Jag
OP (Bye bye)

15 (9/03)
Bleach (Undeserved cover, PC)
Hoop, Gray (PC)

 

[Kaiten]

Wow, Mago's position is beautiful this week! Remove series with color and it's in sixth.

 

[Sexy Randal 105]

Mago is up. I am pleased! It proves it can survive.

 

[Muddy]

Agreed - Mago in sixth is the best news in this week's ToC. Everyone who suspected that it'd jump right back up with the beginning of the battle seems to have been correct (and no surprise!).

 

[Crude]

Glad to see Mago up! Sket also seems to be doing well. Now if only Psyren (and maybe Bokke-san) rise a little...

 

[StrangerAtaru]

Sket should be at least a bit above the bottom 5...but at least it's still got something. Mago's got a good week though.

 

[Mr. Prince]

Randal, I think you've missed the Poké...um Reborn!
It should be between Bleach and Kuroko.


Nevertheless still nice, nice week for Mago! *happy*

 

[Rejuvenation]

*Is happy to see Toriko above Bleach once again* ^__^

Bakuman just barely missed it this time though.

Also is it me or is Reborn not on this list?

 

[Mr. Prince]

Also is it me or is Reborn not on this list?

Yupp, as I said, it's between Bleach and Kuroko.

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Oh yeah, and a first sneak preview for the Cover of One Piece 53:

 

[DeidaraGrimmjow]

The only complaint I have is that Psyren and Bokke are so low and that Toriko beats Bleach yet again...

ps. If To-Love would dissappear, alot of my problems would be solved. It would not be fair to cancel anything else before that.

 

[Maxy Barnard]

1 Naruto
2 Toriko
3 Bleach
4 Reborn
5 Bakuman
6 Gintama
7 Mago
8 Sket
9 Es21
10 Psyren
11 Neuro
12 Bokke
13 Tolove


with only 13 series rated this week it's hard to say that anything above 10 is safe, so rather it's anything above 8 this week (maybe including sket dance)

ps. If To-Love would dissappear, alot of my problems would be solved. It would not be fair to cancel anything else before that.

yeah it wouldn't be fair to cancel ALL THOSE SERIES that sell worse than it before love trouble ends.

and what's wrong with toriko being above bleach? they're both high, toriko's just better. still.

 

[StrangerAtaru]

I think some still think it's unbelievable that anything could knock Bleach off the top 3 pedistal it's been on for a few years now. As it stands, it's more like a "Top 4" for the time being with Toriko unless Bleach starts fading further...or something else among the 3 collapses or ends.

 

[Maxy Barnard]

well most of my hate is focused on reborn doing well at the moment, so i won't whale on bleach, it earned it's status, it's just resting unfairly with it despite being so much worse now.

but reborn...... it earned being pretty cool (6 volumes of hit n miss gags? check! two decent battle arcs? check!) but now it's doing just as well with the lame future arc, which is just horrible... angst angst angst

 

[DeidaraGrimmjow]

yeah it wouldn't be fair to cancel ALL THOSE SERIES that sell worse than it before love trouble ends.

and what's wrong with toriko being above bleach? they're both high, toriko's just better. still.

I may be naive, but I could not care less how well To-Love sales. Money is not everything (I guess Shueisha disagrees). The people purchasing Jump are obviously expressing their distaste for it, and it's taking up space that could be used for something better that sales well AND does not bomb in the TOC every week. Plus, it's a waste of Yabuki-sensei's talents.

I would not care if Toriko was in 4th place constantly. Bleach has been around for years and established itself as one of the top series around and here comes this new manga, barely three volumes long, beating it every week...it ticks me off.

 

[Maxy Barnard]

well ya have to face that it won't always be popular, and something can easily rise up and beat it, like toriko has

and admittedly love trouble doesn't do well in the toc, but then bakuman has explained it really well (sure it seems more speculation but considering everything it's not too surprising a thought). sure it should probably move to another anthology but it gets the exposure there and it's doing the series well even if you feel it's a waste of his talents (post year one is STILL pretty meh), so there really isn't a reason for it to go. but really they should ocnsider a jaguar/kochikame sorta position for it just to make analysing the toc easier

 

[Sexy Randal 105]

I added Reborn. That's the right place right? XD

 

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

So wait before I start reading Toriko, is it just about cooking and food?

 

[Maxy Barnard]

it's about gaining food really. it's an action manga. one of the best in recent memory too!

basically torikos a food hunter dude who wants to make the perfect menu, and stuff goes down as it goes along. it's awesome in every way, though the first few chapters were kinda bleh if you don't look at them as kinda satirical of the 80s overpowered types

 

[Sexy Randal 105]

Wow, Beezlebaby is a classic example of not judging a book by it's cover. It was fucking hilarious. I can't wait to read more.

Toriko is ingenious. There hasn't been a new manga with such a diverse world in such a long time. Every chapter just oozes creativity. Makes me kind of want to read Takeshi.

 

[DeidaraGrimmjow]

Wow, Beezlebaby is a classic example of not judging a book by it's cover. It was fucking hilarious. I can't wait to read more.

It has an interesting plot line, I just hope that it has some action and seriousness to mix in with all the comedy.