Currently Running Manga Discussion

[Spark Of Spirit]

Ohba and Obata's next series, Platinum End, will debut in Jump Square on November 4th. This is almost sure to be run in the english Shonen Jump as well. It's been a while since Ohba and Obata have worked on a manga together, so I'm very keen on seeing what they've got up next. The premise and key visual sort of gives me a Reversi vibe. Hmm....

Reminds me of the opposite of the relationship between Light and Ryuk. I can't gauge the tone, though, since both Death Note and Bakuman had vastly different tones to them. This really could be anything.

But of course I'm interested.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Princess Jellyfish is heading towards it's conclusion.

Man, this means that now both of my top two most favorite currently running manga are going to be ending within the next year. And Princess Jellyfish is my absolute most favorite currently running manga, so seeing it conclude is going to be especially bittersweet. But I just know Higashimura is going to give it a phenomenal conclusion, and I'm looking forward to it. I just hope that someone picks up her newer series and scanlates them, or better yet, they're given official simulpubs. And now that the series has been confirmed to be ending soon, I hope that Kodansha decides to print the series in it's entirety when the volumes start coming out over here in February, as well license Kakukaku Shikajika.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Ohba and Obata collaborating once again is always welcome. I can't wait to see what they come up with.

[VLordGTZ]

The Seven Deadly Sins has been green-lit for a second season. 
While I had some problems with the adaption choices of the first season, it was still pretty enjoyable.  That said, I'm look forward to seeing the Ten Commandments Arc animated.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Reminds me that I need to catch up with SDS again (along with almost every other non-WSJ manga).

The current arc seems a ways off from ending, though, and the first season adapted around 100 chapters, so I have to wonder just how long this new season will be, and whether it'll have to veer off in it's own direction or add some filler to the proceedings.   

[Spark Of Spirit]

At least Yuto Tsukuda is watching Ushio & Tora and thinks it deserves its classic status. If I didn't already know he had taste from his writing choices in Food Wars!, this would confirm it.

Actually, this week's issue was pretty slow. MHA, Food Wars, and Psyren, were great but everything else is currently in a transition so not a lot happened. Also missing World Trigger this week was a real shame. Bakuman and Nisekoi were good reads, though.

My rankings were pretty predictable for this week.

1. My Hero Academia
2. Food Wars!
3. Psyren
4. Bakuman

[Spark Of Spirit]

Ohba and Obata collaborating once again is always welcome. I can't wait to see what they come up with.

From ANN:

Ohba and Obata also revealed some details on the manga's story. It will be a story of "a human and an angel," which will center around Mirai Kakehashi, a boy who "does not seek out hope in order to live."

Also, there will be a preview in Jump:

The manga is formally launching in the December issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine on November 4. However, the 45th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump will preview the first eight pages of the story on October 5.

Obviously, they're expecting a lot out of this. Both of their first two series were huge after all.



Looks like it might be the opposite sort of story of Death Note. Where that was the descent of a rather decent person, this might be focused on redemption instead. Of course, this is merely going off themes they followed in both Death Note and Bakuman, so they could instead throw a curve-ball. Who knows at this point?

Either way, they wrote two of my favorite manga, so I'm definitely going to be keeping up with this when NA Jump picks it up. As if there's any doubt they won't.

[VLordGTZ]

Magi: Adventure of Sinbad is getting a TV anime in April 2016.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

That's interesting. Didn't it already have an ongoing OVA series adapting it? Are they just going to disregard that version?

[Spark Of Spirit]

I've seen people hoping it does because apparently the OVA skips a lot of character stuff. It looks like it's carrying the same cast and staff though, so who knows.

It isn't like they'll be putting out a third season of Magi any time soon.

[VLordGTZ]

Since the staff is the same as the OVAs, it's possible that they might have the OVAs be the first 5 eps of the TV series.  Each of them was about 23 minutes long.  If that's the case though, the show will probably only be around 13 episodes.

I'm still hoping that there will be a Magi Season 3 announcement sometime soon.  The Alma Torran and Kou Empire arcs together would last about 25 episodes.  Plus, the Magi and Adventure of Sinbad anime have completely different staffs, so there shouldn't be any conflict in that regard. 

[LumRanmaYasha]

Here are the rankings for the October 5th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump.

One Piece (Cover, Lead CP)
1- My Hero Academia
2- Assassination Classroom
3- Hinomaru Sumo
Nisekoi (Center Color)
4- Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma
Samon the Summoner (23 p., not ranked)
5- Haikyu!!
Black Clover (Center Color)
Mononofu (Not ranked)
6- Straighten Up! Welcome to Shika High's Competitive Dance Club
7- Bleach
8- Toriko
9- The Mishaps of Kusuo Saiki
10- World Trigger
11- Kochikame
One-Shot (17 p.)
12- Best Blue
13- Kagamigami
The Story of Isobe Isobee

Bleach in the single digits? My, how long has that been? Though I'd guess it's mostly because people troll-voted for that chapter for it's novelty value rather than it's actual merit (it was the one where Pernida was revealed to be a giant hand, after all).

[Spark Of Spirit]

That has to be the reason. Because it was some pretty awful writing followed by a pretty awful fight.

[gunswordfist]

....I assumed these were CX's rankings

[LumRanmaYasha]

No Platinum End preview, no Nisekoi Marika special chapter, running Naruto as a Jump Back AGAIN (when Bakuman was such an obvious choice after the prequel chapters and with PE coming up), and to top it all off...



...they're expecting us to pay the same amount for a single chapter of a manga that it costs for a single issue (comprising an average of ten chapters or more) of Weekly Shonen Jump, which even costs less per issue if you buy a yearly subscription, and in spite of the fact that the Boys Over Flowers Season 2 simulpub, which is bi-weekly compared to PE which will only be monthly, is free?

Holy shit, way to drop the ball this week, Viz.