Currently Running Manga Discussion

[LumRanmaYasha]

Thanks, guys. 

As far as those DB scenes go, as a huge DB nerd myself I did remember them, but in the case of the scene in the Baba arc I felt that was a bit anomalous for the series at that point (and it's not quite as remembered a scene, for whatever reason), and I wouldn't get to write about that chapter whereas I will with Master Roshi's debut, so I decided not to mention it, while the mention about learning Goku's age was just part of the point that Toriyama gave a lot of exposition and information about his characters in a very natural, casual way, and the fact the actual age would be established as different later on doesn't detract from that.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I know. By my own admission those points that I brought up were pointless, and didn't diminish anything that you wrote on your article about it.

I only brought them up because I'm a hopeless fanboy and feel compelled to talk about the series at any chance that I get. Have you seen how nerdy I get in my weekly YYH write-ups?

[LumRanmaYasha]

Here are the rankings for the July 20th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump:

Assassination Classroom (Cover, Lead CP, 3rd Anniversary)
1- Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma
2- One Piece
Best Blue (Center Color, 25 p.)
3- My Hero Academia
4- Haikyu!!
Shojo Fukkyu Recovery Q (One-Shot, Center Color, 41 p., Participant in the 2015 Gold Future Cup)
5- Straighten Up! Welcome to Shika High's Competitive Dance Club
6- Gintama
7- Nisekoi
8- Hinomaru Sumo
Black Clover (Center Color)
9- Toriko
10- The Mishaps of Kusuo Saiki
11- Kagamigami
12- Lady Justice
13- World Trigger
14- Devily Man
15- Kochikame
16- Bleach
The Story of Isobe Isobee

[Spark Of Spirit]

World Trigger needs to get back on track. It can't afford any more breaks.

[LumRanmaYasha]

The anime is apparently doing well, and the manga was in the top 20 for the first half of this year, so it's safe for now. But yeah, it needs to stop taking breaks. They're killing it's momentum.

Straighten Up! seems to be doing very well in the rankings. I wonder if Viz will add it to their Jump after all. Maybe after they'll finally put it in after Best Blue finishes it's trial run.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Fruits Basket is getting a sequel manga.

Reminds me that I should finish it sometime.

[LumRanmaYasha]

So after over two years, a new chapter of D. Gray Man has come out. It is literally the gayest chaper of any manga I've ever read. And I've read actual BL manga.

[VLordGTZ]

Spoiler

Yeah.....D.GM continues to become more and more nonsensical.

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Speaking of Jump SQ. Crown manga, Ultimo is ending in the fall issue.  It would be nice if it got an anime soon afterwards, but considering that Hiroyuki Takei's non-Shaman King related series are not very popular, I doubt it will happen.

[LumRanmaYasha]

The World Trigger anime is getting a second season. Color me surprised, I thought Toei only made it in the first place to fill a slot for a year. I guess the anime turned out to be successful after all. Well, so long as the anime keeps going and the volumes continue to sell well, this means WT is safe in Jump for at least another year, and that's a relief at least.

[Spark Of Spirit]

That's good to hear. I've been enjoying what I've been seeing.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Here are the rankings for the July 27th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump:

My Hero Academia (Cover, Lead CP, 1st Anniversary)
1- Assassination Classroom
2- Straighten Up! Welcome to Shika High's Competitive Dance Club
Deadman Killer (One-Shot, Center Color, 47 p., Participant in the 2015 Gold Future Cup)
3- The Mishaps of Kusuo Saiki
4- Black Clover
5- Hinomaru Sumo
6- Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma
Haikyu!! (Center Color)
7- Gintama
Best Blue (23 p., not ranked)
8- Nisekoi
9- Toriko
World Trigger (Not ranked. Was absent in issue #28)
10- Kagamigami
11- Kochikame
12- Lady Justice
13- Bleach
14- Devily Man
The Story of Isobe Isobee

Wow, Straighten Up! seems to be promisingly popular. I really liked what I read of it, so I'm crossing my fingers that it gets added to Viz's Jump when August starts.

[LumRanmaYasha]

It's a little late, but I finally finished my review of the latest WSJ! In this week's issue, Sabo talks about better days (in the series), Bleach kills off more characters it didn't know what to do with, and, gasp, the status-quo changes in Nisekoi!?! Whudda thunk it? All this and more, After the Jump!

[Spark Of Spirit]

I'm quite glad you do these. They're always very entertaining reads. I also like how much better Jump has become in recent years (weak links like Bleach aside) with a lot more variety and higher quality than it has had in such a long while.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying them. 

Jump really is very strong right now, which is a big reason why I wanted to start writing these. The only real blemish in the lineup right now is Bleach; everything else is pretty well-done and well-written, with distinct tones and styles to set them apart from each other, and just a lot of fun to keep up with. Some might be more inconsistent than others, but they are all worth talking about and have more than enough merit to justify their popularity. IMO, we've pretty much entered the Silver Age of Jump.

As far as Viz's version goes, the only thing that could make it even better for me is if they added in Assassination Classroom. That would really complete the service, in my opinion, and would be a smart move for Viz since the volumes sales are doing extremely well over here. Running a sports manga again would be a huge plus too, so I'm hoping that the Best Blue push works out, potentially paving the way for others to join it down the line.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Here are the rankings for the August 3rd issue of Weekly Shonen Jump:

Black Clover (Cover, Lead CP)
One Piece (Not ranked. Was absent in issue #29)
1- Assassination Classroom
2- Hinomaru Sumo
3- Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma
Galaxy Gangs (One-Shot, Center Color, 47 p., Participant in the 2015 Gold Future Cup)
4- Haikyu!!
5- My Hero Academia
6- Straighten Up! Welcome to Shika High's Competitive Dance Club
7- Gintama
Nisekoi (Center Color)
Best Blue (Not ranked)
8- Toriko
9- The Mishaps of Kusuo Saiki
10- Kagamigami
11- Devily Man
12- World Trigger
13- Kochikame
14- Lady Justice
15- Bleach
The Story of Isobe Isobee