Currently Running Manga Discussion

[LumRanmaYasha]

I do wonder what their plans are after they catch up, though. Perhaps they will just drop the series after finishing the Ketil Farm arc, which would still be a shame but at least makes for a good cut-off point.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Well Spark, you wanted to know, and here it is. The rankings for the March 30th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump are out, featuring the first ranking of Kagamigami!

Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma (Cover, Lead CP)
One Piece (Not ranked. Was absent in issue #11)
1- My Hero Academia
Black Clover (Not ranked)
2- Assassination Classroom
3- Toriko
4- Kagamigami (First ranking)
Nisekoi (Center Color)
Ultra Battle Satellite (Not ranked)
5- Haikyu!!
Gintama (Center Color)
6- The Mishaps of Kusuo Saiki
7- Hinomaru Sumo
8- World Trigger
Cyborg Roggy (Not ranked)
Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign (Special Chapter, Center Color)
9- Bleach
10- Kochikame
11- Takujo no Ageha: The Table Tennis of Ageha
12- Gakkyu Hotei: School Judgment
The Story of Isobe Isobee

A #4 debut is pretty good, so I think it'll do fine for the forseeable future. The fact that the unranked BC is placed above it in the magazine, though, tells me that series is probably going to have an even better first ranking next week.

I weep for Gakkyu Hotei. It's probably going to get axed in a couple weeks. Damn shame, since it's such an incredibly fun and entertaining series. Seeing it go so early when it has so much potential really blows. 

[Spark Of Spirit]

Wow Bleach is low.

Glad to see that it did fairly well. Hopefully it'll have a long an prosperous run.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Wow Bleach is low.

Actually, I'm surprised to even see it in the single digits. It has been lower than that numerous times before.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Bleach has routinely ranked in the bottom 5 for the past 5 years. Very rarely is there a week where it gets any higher. It's still in the bottom 5 this week. It's ranking might be #9...but there's a ton of series that weren't ranked this week and put ahead of it in the magazine, so that doesn't mean much.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Man, every time a new Silver Spoon chapter comes out I get all excited and joyous. Then I finish the chapter and have to deal with the fact I have to wait an uncertain amount of time until the next one finally comes out. The fact that the latest one was the first to come out in over four months makes it all the more frustrating.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Well, at least you don't have to wait a year for each new release, like a certain other manga that I happen to follow.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Sure, but Silver Spoon's chapters are always great, so it hurts me much much harder. 

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I've never read a bad chapter of REAL.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Well, I wasn't saying there weren't other manga that also have a consistently great output that I have to wait a long time for. Though, with Silver Spoon it's more painful for me because I have no idea when the next chapter will possibly come out, while with REAL I can always count on Viz to release a new volume on time every fall (ditto for the scantalaters every spring). 

That reminds me that the new set of chapters of REAL should get translated any day sometime in the next two months. I can't wait to read 'em!

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

So, I guess that what you're trying to say that we can REALly count on REAL to be released within REAListically reasonable periods of time thanks to REALly devoted fans and translators of REAL, both unofficial ones as well as REAL employees of Viz.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Yup. That's a REALly good way of describing it.

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So, I guess that what you're trying to say that we can REALly count on REAL to be released within REAListically reasonable periods of time thanks to REALly devoted fans and translators of REAL, both unofficial ones as well as REAL employees of Viz.

A+ post

[Markness]

Drifters is getting an anime.

Reminds me I need to catch up on that series sometime. Every time I've tried I read up to the end of the first volume and get distracted by other stuff instead of reading more. 

Right on! Blood Blockade Battlefront is getting one as well! Both are excellent successors to Hellsing and Trigun respectively. Kouta Hirano and Yasuhiro Nightow should also do a collaboration.

[Markness]

I've always felt Toriko was a cross of One Piece-esque adventure and world and JoJo's-esque stylization and action. All in all, it feels both modern and old-school when it comes to battle-shonen, which is part of what makes it stand out compared to most of it's other contemporaries, imo.

Yeah, that's a good way to put it. Manly characters going around and fucking shit up.

Nanatsu no Taizai is like Dragon Ball[/] type action mixed with Berserk[/] but in a lighter tone than that manga. I just read the Escanor gaiden and it was quite a blast. Not only did we learn about Escanor and the nature of his power, we also got some big revelations about the story's background.