Mag Talk Weekly Shounen Sunday (Shogakukan) - Part 2 (2015 - 2021)

[Heiji]

--- Double Post Merged, Jan 19, 2019, Original Post Date: Jan 19, 2019 ---

 

[Maxy Barnard]

Unsurprised about Memesis, but I’ll miss the pretty art.
Switch being on the up is a VERY good sign! I doubt it’ll ever get big but showing growth and having the previous volumes selling is at least a strong start

 

[Serinox]

Memesis art was gorgeous, but the writing style and the way of its fanservice wore out on me quickly tbh. Hope the author will stick around of course.

 

[Torca]

Switch older volumes showing up is actually huge. Sport series tend to overally start slower but they have more consistent growth and this proves that Switch have quality.

Memesis was funny, but yup it kinda strayed too far in some things. Hope for come back too for Yagyu, maybe with a writer?

 

[Sheep1]

first of all, I would like to say that relative position doesn't really matter unless it is by a huge margin...
also in the long run, legs matter more than initial sales, (especially for the lower end of the spectrum)

with that said,


First day

Switch vol. 1 & 2
142 9784091284006 ｓｗｉｔｃｈ １ 小学館 波切敦 2018.11.16
160 9784091285690 ｓｗｉｔｃｈ ２ 小学館 波切敦 2018.11.16

Gofun Vol 2
104 9784091285751 ５分後の世界 ２ 小学館 福田宏 2018.11.16

Gofun Vol. 1
86 9784091283993 ５分後の世界 １ 小学館 福田宏 2018.9.18


estimates for latest volume will come next week (~Tuesday)

I see, still buzzing to see Switch on the up and come. Hopefully, it shows some legs.

 

[Torca]

Switch 3-pack still in shoseki daily ranking and older Tonikawa volumes showed up too. Surprisingly positive week.

 

[Unok]

Shame that Marry Grave ended. I was enjoying the manga in the beginning and it was kinda bringing my nostalgia for the older adventure/fantasy series. I have seen a lot of people saying that Rosarie should have been the main character, that the flashback was the best, etc. But for me that was where the manga went downhill. I was enjoying the manga while it was Riseman's adventure, the flashback felt like entirely different manga, which I overall didn't like. And it was a bit too lengthy for me, there were like ~20+ chapters flashback out of ~40 chapters. After that it added an annoying kid and it was too late to recover. In my point of view I see why it failed, although I see most western fans don't agree with me. Shame, the manga had so much potential, but went in a wrong direction and it was too late to recover after that.

I was feeling that Memesis was cancelled when they rushed to defeat the Demon King, but was surprised it continued after that. But unfortunately it's still getting cancelled.

I'm hoping for Defense Devil/Area D author to return soon, it's been 3 years since Area D ended.

 

[Aipom626]

Major bummer about Marry Grave and now Memesis. Daiku claims yet another victim. As for the newest batch of series, I think the imouto one might be my favorite, with Fire Rabbit and possibly Undine as runner-ups.

 

[Serinox]

Issue #8/2019 ToC:

Maiko-san
Anonatsu 1959
Maoujou de Oyasumi
Souboutei
Undine of the Desert World
Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time
Amano Megumi
Tonikaku Cawaii
Be Blues!
Fire Rabbit!!
After the Five Minutes
Detective Xeno
RYOKO
Imouto Rireki
Komi-san
Aozakura
Touken Ranbu The Movie (Special manga chapter 3 of 3)
Kimi wa 008
Memesis
Hatsukoi Zombie
Lies of Sheriff Evans
Chrono Magia
Ariadne
Zettai Karen Children
Switch
Youkai Giga
Tokaichi Hitoribocchi

--- Double Post Merged, Jan 20, 2019, Original Post Date: Jan 20, 2019 ---

Major bummer about Marry Grave and now Memesis.

Yeah, one might even say that Marry Grave was the was the first Major bummer, and then Memesis was the Major 2nd bummer...
I'll see myself out now

 

[kengai]

Just when I wanted to look up a few volumes on book-rank.

推定販売数について
推定販売数のみ再公開できるよう準備中です。現在集計している複数書店のランキングを新たに活用して数値を出せるよう調整中です。公開時期未定。
通常のランキング集計、書籍登録もかなり遅れているため時間がかかる可能性があります。
推定販売数表示のメニューは先に復活してますが、全て圏外、もしくは推定販売数非表示になっています。

問い合わせが多いのでもう一度告知致しますが、POSランキングについては全て削除いたしました。再度掲載することはありません。申し訳ございません。

Went to the shoseki ranking blog and Marry Grave really only ranked for a single day, I thought I had missed its ranking for the following days. Ouch.

--- Double Post Merged, Jan 22, 2019, Original Post Date: Jan 22, 2019 ---

Ōgaki created a pixiv fanbox page. Never heard about that service before, but it appears to be like a Japanese version of patreon. If you always wanted to buy him a bento you can do so now.

 

[Serinox]

Kenjiro Hata has also created a Pixiv Fanbox page:
https://www.pixiv.net/fanbox/creator/15184753

 

[Bomber D Rufi]

Issue #8 features.

Only one more features section after this one, and then you'll have to check out the twitter account for news and stuff. I will say this about the new serialization round --I didn't expect to like much other than RYOKO honestly, but it's all been a ton of fun, and Ano Natsu/Undine might even get me reading genres I generally dislike which is saying a lot.

 

[TanisKa]

Shoseki, 14-20 January:

19. Tonikaku Kawaii #04
67. Zettai Karen Children #53
160. Eiga Touken Ranbu
258. Karakuri Circus Deluxe Edition #09
265. Karakuri Circus Deluxe Edition #10
272. switch #03
317. Gofun Go no Sekai #03

30位19200/50位15800/100位8800/200位4350/300位2900/400位2300/500位2000

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I thought that Tantei Xeno was actually doing way better, vol 4 didn't even charted in 3 days? this makes Switch looks very good.

 

[Serinox]

Rumiko Takahashi Wins Angoulême Grand Prix 2019 Prize

The 46th Angoulême International Comics Festival announced on Wednesday that manga creator Rumiko Takahashi (Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma ½, Inuyasha, RIN-NE) received the Grand Prix d'Angoulême. The award honors the author's lifetime body of work. The award entitles Takahashi to be the marshal for the 2020 awards.

Chris Ware and Emmanuel Guibert were also nominated for the award.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ne...-wins-angouleme-grand-prix-2019-prize/.142469

 

[Bomber D Rufi]

Forgot to link this here but it feels good to be back.

RYOKO chapter 23.

 

[Serinox]

Issue #9/2019 Cover

 

[Bomber D Rufi]

Issue #8 editorial

As a reminder, after issue 9 the "features" section will no longer be on the blog and you'll have to check out the twitter for that news.

Speaking of the twitter:


I'm seriously considering cover all Shounen Sunday magazines on twitter, but I'd have to take donations (trust me I'd rather not if I could.) both to cover the costs of buying three magazines (Super, Gessan and Weekly) and to gauge interest. I'm not at all sure how I'd go about this so any help is appreciated! Plus, y'know if you are interested in me doing this I'd like to hear that too.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Jesus, i don't remember a manga getting SO MANY color pages in Sunday like Tonikaku Kawaii, and they're not even regular ones, is always like a lead cp, Sunday is going hard with this manga.

 

[Bomber D Rufi]