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Manga News/Discussion |OTL| Not a lick of constructive conversation here

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Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
grandjedi6 said:
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October-December 2012:
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Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha)          2,827,693  (-17,307)
Weekly Shonen Magazine (Kodansha)      1,404,834  (-67,250)
Monthly Shonen Magazine (Kodansha)     724,667    (-30,333)
Coro Coro Comic (Shogakukan)           630,000    (-103,334)
Weekly Shonen Sunday (Shogakukan)      520,334    (-45,250)
Jump Square (Shueisha)                 345,000    (-5,000)
Bessatsu Coro Coro Comic (Shogakukan)  145,000    (+-0)
Ultra Jump (Shueisha)                  66,667     (+3,667)
Gessan (Shogakukan)                    65,000     (+21,333)
agazine Special (Kodansha)             60,667     (-3,333)
Shonen Ace (Kadokawa Shoten)           52,667     (-15,000)
Monthly Shonen Rival (Kodansha)        49,125     (-2,875)
Shonen Sunday Super (Shogakukan)       32,334     (+18,667)
Dragon Age (Fujimi Shobo)              23,000     (-6,334)
Sunday GX (Shogakukan)                 19,000     (-1,667)
Monthly Shonen Sirius (Kodansha)       11,167     (-833)

They've been flat lining for over a decade now (after a large, then steady, decline). I imagine they're terrified of what will happen when they lose One Piece and Naruto (or if they start failing to get new young audiences).
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I can't say I feel bad for them; it isn't like they're running all sorts of super awesome shit that nobody is buying. They're running mediocre to Nisekoi level shit.
 
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Kusagari

Member
remz said:
the little author's note at the start of HxH kind of implies he had some sort of trouble with hiatus during his previous work, but I haven't been reading manga long enough to really know !
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Wikipedia, lol, says he had immense stress that caused him to get no sleep and chest pain during YYH's run.

I could see him telling Jump straight up he would only do another manga if he did it on his terms.
 
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Passive Assassin

Member
bigkrev said:
Domina no Do 33

I feel like the series is running out of steam. It's been too many chapters since we last had a girl coveting the MC urine, The MC using his penis to seal a dark void in a girls vagina, or the underage girl thrusting her vagina in the MCs face. The Hikkomori sister getting a magical butt plug that lets her transform just isn't enough for me anymore. Should I stick out the last 10 chapters or so?
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I stopped after the second chapter.

Qvoth said:
saw someone mentioned arms peddler, what happened with it? seems like it's been a while since i read the last chapter
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Scans are caught up and Vol 6 is ongoing right now.
 
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wonzo

Banned
moonspeak said:
Domino no Do! Ch. 14

Ahahaha holy shit.

Yeah I'm sold on this manga now.
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Yep, this is where the real fun begins
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bigkrev said:
Domina no Do 33

I feel like the series is running out of steam. It's been too many chapters since we last had a girl coveting the MC urine, The MC using his penis to seal a dark void in a girls vagina, or the underage girl thrusting her vagina in the MCs face. The Hikkomori sister getting a magical butt plug that lets her transform just isn't enough for me anymore. Should I stick out the last 10 chapters or so?
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It's pretty rushed towards the end but it still has it's moments so they're at the very least worth flicking through.
 
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Infinite Justice

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grandjedi6 said:
Yep. Almost entirely in fact.

Dragonball ended in 95, Slam Dunk ended in 96. They were the two titans of Shonen Jump and without them the magazine tanked. In fact, Shonen Jump went through a 11 year decline until One Piece's Enies Lobby arc helped the magazine have its first circulation increase in years.
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damn that's pretty crazy


bigkrev said:
Domina no Do 33

I feel like the series is running out of steam. It's been too many chapters since we last had a girl coveting the MC urine, The MC using his penis to seal a dark void in a girls vagina, or the underage girl thrusting her vagina in the MCs face. The Hikkomori sister getting a magical butt plug that lets her transform just isn't enough for me anymore. Should I stick out the last 10 chapters or so?
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You're almost done so I say go for it.
 
Laughing Banana

Laughing Banana

Weeping Pickle
Phoenician_Viking said:
Which ones do you read?
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Don't remember their titles, sorry. I never specifically try to read a title, just reading them by chance. The one that I can remember now is that one story about a person with a gay room-mate, that sucked.

Maybe you can recommend me some that you consider good?

Speaking of Naruto, I am rather miffed that Sasuke did practically nothing for the war and yet he was rewarded with arguably a backup that could turn the tide of battle towards the good guys, if not outright winning them the war. While Naruto? Gezzzzzzzzzzz.
 
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Phoenician_Viking

Banned
Laughing Banana said:
Don't remember their titles, sorry. I never specifically try to read a title, just reading them by chance. The one that I can remember now is that one story about a person with a gay room-mate, that sucked.

Maybe you can recommend me some that you consider good?
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Tower of God is pretty good very plot oriented and character fleshing webtoon. It´s very nice plot with great twists.
Noblesse is the Shonen battle manga, which i enjoy. It has an interesting premise good characters, and great fights.
Girls of the Wild´s is about a boxing school which girls are very powerful. It´s fun to read, and it has Dal Dal, which is a great and funny female character.
Speaking of Naruto, I am rather miffed that Sasuke did practically nothing for the war and yet he was rewarded with arguably a backup that could turn the tide of battle towards the good guys, if not outright winning them the war. While Naruto? Gezzzzzzzzzzz.
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You can say that the Sauce is an army by himself :p

No Naruto for you this week.
 
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Crimsonlink

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Sauce with his own EMS might as well be immortal. Next thing you know he activates the Rinnegan out of the love his brother passed onto him lol.
 
Laughing Banana

Laughing Banana

Weeping Pickle
Mr. Fix said:
Shocking news!
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It's annoying :\\\

Phoenician_Viking said:
Tower of God is pretty good very plot oriented and character fleshing webtoon. It´s very nice plot with great twists.
Noblesse is the Shonen battle manga, which i enjoy. It has an interesting premise good characters, and great fights.
Girls of the Wild´s is about a boxing school which girls are very powerful. It´s fun to read, and it has Dal Dal, which is a great and funny female character.

You can say that the Sauce is an army by himself :p

No Naruto for you this week.
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Noblesse is that vampire thingy stuff, yeah? IIRC, the protagonist is one of those super-handsome-ultra-perfect-broody-mysterious kind of character? I tend to run away from mangas with that kind of character as the main guy/girl.
 
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Wiseblade

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No do you guys understand why Shueisha's been pushing Toriko so much? One Piece's volume sales are already slightly larger than Jump's circulation; Shueisha need a reason to keep people buying Jump once Naruto ends instead of getting One Piece volumes or their new properies will struggle to find an audience. Nisekoi, AssClass and Haikyu are all too fresh to be a compelling reason to buy the magazine right now. Maybe in a year, once they've settled...
 
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Phoenician_Viking

Banned
Laughing Banana said:
It's annoying :\\\



Noblesse is that vampire thingy stuff, yeah? IIRC, the protagonist is one of those super-handsome-ultra-perfect-broody-mysterious kind of character? I tend to run away from mangas with that kind of character as the main guy/girl.
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Yeah, but it has good characters, and interesting premise. Don´t mention the vampire thing to them because that will piss them off :p

You should really read Tower Of God though. It´s very plot oriented with great unpredictable twists.
 
Laughing Banana

Laughing Banana

Weeping Pickle
Phoenician_Viking said:
Yeah, but it has good characters, and interesting premise. Don´t mention the vampire thing to them because that will piss them off :p

You should really read Tower Of God though. It´s very plot oriented with great unpredictable twists.
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I will read Tower of God, seems interesting, but since I have little to zero tolerance to the 'super-perfect-guy/girl-as-main-character' trope I think I am gonna pass on Noblesse, sorry :)
 
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upandaway

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Wiseblade said:
No do you guys understand why Shueisha's been pushing Toriko so much? One Piece's volume sales are already slightly larger than Jump's circulation; Shueisha need a reason to keep people buying Jump once Naruto ends instead of getting One Piece volumes or their new properies will struggle to find an audience. Nisekoi, AssClass and Haikyu are all too fresh to be a compelling reason to buy the magazine right now. Maybe in a year, once they've settled...
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I don't think any mangaka will create something as popular as OP/Naruto/HxH as long as they exist (they wanna create things they wanna read, and there's no point if those things already exist.. which is why the new hotness is the variety series we've been getting). A year or two after one of them ends, sparks will probably start happening.
 
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Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
brotkasten said:
And when manga dies, so dies WednesdayGAF. I hope you're happy now.
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Ecstatic.

Once all the shounen mags of the world keel over, I will be able to turn this thread into a utopia of horror, guro, borderline-porn, and slice of life stories starring teenagers suffering from severe cases of ennui.

What a wonderful world it would be.
 
Laughing Banana

Laughing Banana

Weeping Pickle
Haly said:
Ecstatic.

Once all the shounen mags of the world keel over, I will be able to turn this thread into a utopia of horror, guro, borderline-porn, and slice of life stories starring teenagers suffering from severe cases of ennui.

What a wonderful world it would be.
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And you would be alone, while the rest of the world flee to mars!
 
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brotkasten

Member
Haly said:
Ecstatic.

Once all the shounen mags of the world keel over, I will be able to turn this thread into a utopia of horror, guro, borderline-porn, and slice of life stories starring teenagers suffering from severe cases of ennui.

What a wonderful world it would be.
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Before that happens, I'll put my 7 Seeds armor on and fight you and beat you into submission, Haly.
 
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Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
You're 1000 years too early to question my rule.

Kukukukuku...
 
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curlyfriski

Banned
Haly said:
Ecstatic.

Once all the shounen mags of the world keel over, I will be able to turn this thread into a utopia of horror, guro, borderline-porn, and slice of life stories starring teenagers suffering from severe cases of ennui.

What a wonderful world it would be.
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Borderline?! You've sold out man.
 
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Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
Kagari sez I can't post porn.

Plinths are okay though. And possibly urns.
 
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Wiseblade

Member
Fortunately, WednesdayGAF is eternal. Even if we were struck down, we would only become stronger than you could possibly imagine.

Guro power levels, Slice of lifes ruled by the power of friendship and ADVENTURE horror.
 
Laughing Banana

Laughing Banana

Weeping Pickle
LeleSocho said:
Am i the only fool that reads Kenichi? Aside the disgusting amount of fanservice it has better fighting than the 4 Jump kings.
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Nahh I read it too. The fights are awesome. The masters >>>>>>>>>>> Kenichi himself though.

To see a style originated in my country, Silat, is used by one of the strongest enemies there is a hoot.
 
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LeleSocho

Banned
Laughing Banana said:
Nahh I read it too. The fights are awesome. The masters >>>>>>>>>>> Kenichi himself though.

To see a style originated in my country, Silat, is used by one of the strongest enemies there is a hoot.
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I like that we have yet to see a serious battle of the elder, usually you see him only do training.
 
Laughing Banana

Laughing Banana

Weeping Pickle
LeleSocho said:
I like that we have yet to see a serious battle of the elder, usually you see him only do training.
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It's clear that in terms of fighting, the author of Kenichi has done his fair amount of research, unlike the big 3, or 4, if you add Toriko in; that's what I like about it.

And he's being consistent with the underdog theme for Kenichi too, even after all this long; unlike Kishi with Naruto.
 
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Crimsonlink

Member
Haly said:
You're 1000 years too early to question my rule.

Kukukukuku...
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This pisses me off for some reason. Who the hell laughs in a "kukukuku" style. I mean you have the mwhahaha evil laugh or the normal hahahaha but kukukuku? Just NO!

Am i the only fool that reads Kenichi? Aside the disgusting amount of fanservice it has better fighting than the 4 Jump kings.
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Nope I comment on it every week. You simple haven't noticed.

Also the fanservice is part of what makes it awesome besides the Masters torturing Kenichi.
 
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Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
4 kings are just a gear check.

Power Within + Magic Weapon = ezmode
Crimsonlink said:
This pisses me off for some reason. Who the hell laughs in a "kukukuku" style. I mean you have the mwhahaha evil laugh or the normal hahahaha but kukukuku? Just NO!
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Kukukuku, my keikaku to demoralize you and your nakamas one by one is already working!
 
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LeleSocho

Banned
Laughing Banana said:
It's clear that in terms of fighting, the author of Kenichi has done his fair amount of research, unlike the big 3, or 4, if you add Toriko in; that's what I like about it.

And he's being consistent with the underdog theme for Kenichi too, even after all this long; unlike Kishi with Naruto.
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Aside from the fact that they are based on real techniques the battle have just a better rhythm and yes it's really good that after 500+ chapters kenichi is still a novice.

Crimsonlink said:
Nope I comment on it every week. You simple haven't noticed.

Also the fanservice is part of what makes it awesome besides the Masters torturing Kenichi.
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It's not that i haven't noticed it, it's that is the first time i enter this thread :lol

I love me some fanservice but i don't like when it is on of the principal themes and it's so massive

remz said:
4 Kings also works as a Toriko reference, no?
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of course.
 
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