Weekly Shounen Jump [2009] - Discussion & TOC Talk v.3
This is a continuation thread, the old thread is [split]48460[/split]
What is this thread about?
This thread started in 2006 as a scan archive for
Weekly Shounen Jump (WSJ) manga. It was essentially a place for all raws from WSJ that didn't have their own R/T/S threads here at MangaHelpers. Over the years, many members (including The Touch, xi0, Kylara, Asakura, Sai_the_Shaman, Waeyen, and Heiji, to name a few) have been helping out in this thread by scanning covers, ToC pages, previews, and sharing the raws they found or scanned.
With MH's upgrade to v2.3, there's no longer a need for a separate scan archive. This
all new 2009 thread will be for you, the fans, to discuss whatever you like about WSJ! Predominantly, discussions will be centered around the
ToC ranking that's posted weekly. You can also post
the magazine covers and preview pages in this thread.
What is the ToC ranking?
ToC stands for Table of Contents. It's found on the last page of every issue of WSJ, but more importantly, the order the series appear in on the ToC is closely related to the popularity of the series. This is determined by polling the readers; there is a polling postcard in every issue of WSJ.
Each week, a certain guy from 2ch writes out TOC for the following week's Jump. TOC order is usually based on polling result of readers, thus you will know how your favorite series are doing based on the order.
Some exceptions etc:
- Pyu to fuku Jaguar is always at the last.
- Kochi Kame is usually at the last, too.
- For the 2nd-8th chapters, TOC is already decided, though it could change depends on readers' ranking.
- The TOC is affected by the popularity of 8 chapter ago.
- Shuei-sha's aiming their main target as elementary and junior high school students, thus, their votes weigh probably more than others (fangirls).
How can I find out what series runs in WSJ?
Click
HERE for a list of all the
current series running in WSJ. Each link will lead you to more details about the manga, and where you can find raws, translations and Edited Mangas for all your favourite series! You can also find past series in WSJ by changing the
Status filters on that page.
Where are the past WSJ threads?
-
Weekly Shounen Jump Scan Dump! [2007]
-
Weekly Shounen Jump (Shounen Mag by Shueisha) [Archive 2008 and older]
Have fun!
Early Magazines F.A.Q.
Who are the people who post spoilers at 2ch?
First of all they are Japanese.
They live in Japan and most of them are normal people.
By normal, i mean Junior highschooler, university students, salary men etc
Are they Jump insiders?
No, would you do that if you were one? Risking to be fired for that? I guess no.
But, from time a time, some of them post "spoilers" concerning Toc's (Rankings, New Series ...) before anyone can get the jump.
But i still can't clearly define "ko-neta" (named like that by Finestela)
He provides information on Sundays but he seems not to have the jump in his hands (i can prove it but it would too long), some hints can be found
Here
How come they can get the jump one week before the release date, for some of them?
They get their copy earlier than they should.
Most of the industries in japan work in "just-in-time distribution" which mean that they immediately ship merchandises after they were produced, to not pay stock taxes.
So they ship the fixes quickly that's how bookstores etc get them on monday/tuesday etc ( i don't how they manage the priority between stores) and are supposed to sell them only the next Monday.
But some of them don't respect that and sell them to people they trust.
See here how one of them had problems by doing so in
this article (Japanese)
But How American/Chinese (Taiwanese) and citizens of others countries get them early too (on Friday)?
Because magazines are sent to foreign stores at the same time it's sent to Japanese but they have shipping delay.
Each time it ranks higher and the volume sales increase.
