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[Stat Flow]

Is it worth it to jump into the Fairy Tail Hype train?

NO.

 

[survivor]

Is it worth it to jump into the Fairy Tail Hype train?

You mean train wreck? Outside of DTL, no one hypes Fairy Tail, but I will still recommend you read it. One more person bitching about it weekly is more fun.

 

[Infinite Justice]

..and that's why Togashi is a Jump untouchable. Japanese HxH fans are super loyal and super crazy.

Indeed.

Once again he can do whatever the fuck he wants.

Is it worth it to jump into the Fairy Tail Hype train?

What hype train?

 

[gundamkyoukai]

While bleach sales low it still going to sell maybe another 350k to 400k in the upcoming weeks so no bid deal .
371,715 for Glass Mask after 35 years man she really needs to end it .
I watch the drama series and both anime for it .
Wish the second anime had a ending .

Good sales for HxH but it's not like it cost much to buy manga in Japan so most fans going to buy the vols .

OP sales are huge like usual jump better fine the next big hit soon or they are fuck OP has been selling more that Jump.
Still things change i remember reading that jump is more like advertising for weekly series or new series .
Plus there many more ways to read the weekly chapter if that's all you want , while most fans just buy the vols.

 

[Tribes of Trusty]

Anyways, we're probably not getting any new chapters of anything this week right? I should use that time to catch up with or start something. How's Sket Dance?

READ IT

*cough* I mean, it's pretty awesome, you should totally read it.

In a nutshell, it's like Gintama (awesome), a trio (2 guys one girl) in a less anachronic setting (japanese high school) taking requests from students (they're members of the Sket-dan, hence the name). It's not as awesome as Gintama, but it is fun, with a lot of funny moments and some serious ones (mainly the character's backstories, which can be quite tearjerkers).
(also, its similarities with Gintama have been pointed out several times, to the point it is lampshaded in the Sket/Gintama crossover).

Is it worth it to jump into the Fairy Tail Hype train?

I really like this series, and you will, if you can forgive the numerous asspulls and deus ex machina

 

[TacticalFox88]

Damn, guys. o.o I ignored everyone's comments on it, so it's bad huh? Like Moon Eye Plan bad or just regular bad?

 

[Tribes of Trusty]

It's not bad, it's just that there are better series out there.

 

[Droplet]

Wow. I wouldn't buy SHIT from Togashi. Not after the way he operates. I mean, I read the shit online so I can't complain about any hiatuses, but if I was buying shit when it came out? I'd be pissed.

One Piece sales :bow:

LOL BLEACH. 400k unlike a boss

I think he redraws all of his scribbles for volume releases though. So, I dunno that seems like a good reason to fork over like $3.

 

[SolarKnight]

In a nutshell, it's like Gintama

That is all the convincing I need.

 

[survivor]

Damn, guys. o.o I ignored everyone's comments on it, so it's bad huh? Like Moon Eye Plan bad or just regular bad?

It's just average and disappointing. You won't get bored reading or frustrated, but you just won't feel any hype or excitement. I'd still say give it a shot at least for the first 20-30 chapters.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Damn, guys. o.o I ignored everyone's comments on it, so it's bad huh? Like Moon Eye Plan bad or just regular bad?

I won't say FT bad really just that it super predictable it really don't really have much plot twist that makes not sense since you know what coming .
It's Shonen manga doing the same thing every arc without any twist and main char get BS power up ever arc to win .

That is all the convincing I need.

I would say it like Gintama but only when it comes to making jokes off of thing like anime , manga etc etc .
It has none of the cool chars gintama has , no awesome action or super serious arc IMO which is what make gintama so awesome along with the jokes.

 

[SolarKnight]

Damn, guys. o.o I ignored everyone's comments on it, so it's bad huh? Like Moon Eye Plan bad or just regular bad?

It's not that it's BAD, it's just not good good. I'd say it's amusing at least.

 

[Infinite Justice]

That is all the convincing I need.

Yea the author who does Sket Dance was an assistant for the author who does Gintama at one point.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Damn, guys. o.o I ignored everyone's comments on it, so it's bad huh? Like Moon Eye Plan bad or just regular bad?

Fairy Tail isn't bad so much as it is just mediocre. It's rather uninspired, but you can certainly do worse. It just feels like a series that isn't really worth investing much emotion into.

 

[Stat Flow]

I think he redraws all of his scribbles for volume releases though. So, I dunno that seems like a good reason to fork over like $3.

Not really about price. Just the principle of supporting a dude who comes back after a year of hiatus to do 10 chapters?

I mean, I could understand if you complete an arc (and you're popular) or do something like 75+ chapters straight and take a long break to collect yourself (HxH is pretty intricate). But seriously, 10 chapters? Why do that at all? Why even come back?

I'm not underestimating the challenge that keeping up with a weekly series poses - I'm sure it's very exhausting, but as far as I know everyone else in Jump does it. And if you have health issues, don't come back until you're sure you can do more than ten chapters worth.

It's not really the hiatus that dumbfounds me, it's the 10 chapters thing ._.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

It's not really the hiatus that dumbfounds me, it's the 10 chapters thing ._.

I think it takes that much for a Vol to be made .
So do 10 chapters takes a break and then sell a Vol for mad cash while you relax.

 

[Tribes of Trusty]

Isn't Togashi like, really sick ? It could explain the schedule (I think I've read something a long time ago saying it was a blood disease). If it's the case, I find it hard to resent the guy...

 

[Erigu]

Not really about price. Just the principle of supporting a dude who comes back after a year of hiatus to do 10 chapters?

So what?

I mean, I could understand if you complete an arc (and you're popular) or do something like 75+ chapters straight and take a long break to collect yourself (HxH is pretty intricate). But seriously, 10 chapters? Why do that at all? Why even come back?

If he can't work faster than that, how long would it take him to come up with 75+ episodes?

I'm not underestimating the challenge that keeping up with a weekly series poses - I'm sure it's very exhausting, but as far as I know everyone else in Jump does it.

That's flawed logic: as a rule (and Togashi is a pretty big exception), if you can't do that, you can't be in Jump anyway.
I don't see why there wouldn't be room for authors who don't work at the same rhythm as everybody else.

 

[Crash Station]

Blood Lad

All caught up. This is fun so far. Really excited for Staz' first real battle with his reawakened vampire powers.

 

[Stat Flow]

I don't resent him. I don't even know him. I just think it's a bit rude to take such long breaks and come back to give just 10 chapters.

So what?

My point is that if you're going to take long breaks, come back and give your fans a nice chunk of story. Take a longer break if that means giving me more story at a time. If I don't mind 1 year why the hell would I mind 2 if that means heaps more content (<- Logical Assumption here)

I'd rather have an author take off 2 years and give me thirty chapters than 1 year and give me 10. To be honest, after the third month or so of a hiatus, I'd probably just forget about the shit.

If he can't work faster than that, how long would it take him to come up with 75+ episodes?

I don't know how he works or how he does things. So I couldn't answer that.

That's flawed logic: as a rule (and Togashi is a pretty big exception), if you can't do that, you can't be in Jump anyway.

If you can't do what? Work at a weekly schedule? That's what I was saying, we're agreeing there. By "as far as I know everyone else in Jump does it." I meant keeping up with the weekly schedule.

 

[Lonely1]

No Naruto this week?

 

[gundamkyoukai]

No Naruto this week?

No nothing this week everything on break .

 

[Lonely1]

No nothing this week everything on break .

Well, I only read Naruto on weekly basis.

 

[Dresden]

Sorry Dresden, gonna steal your job

Imma cut you bro

Man, vol.6 of March Comes in Like a Lion is at half a million now. Noitamina where?

 

[Quixzlizx]

KNIM, GE, and UxU are competing for the gold in the trainwreck Olympics.

 

[Erigu]

I'd rather have an author take off 2 years and give me thirty chapters than 1 year and give me 10.

You're assuming he could work 50% faster, here...

If you can't do what? Work at a weekly schedule? That's what I was saying, we're agreeing there. By "as far as I know everyone else in Jump does it." I meant keeping up with the weekly schedule.

My point was that the fact "everybody else in Jump does it" means very little.
"If they can do it, why can't he?!"
Because they're freaks. They're stamina monsters. Togashi tried to keep that rhythm years ago, and simply couldn't.
People are different, that's all. And the guy is way too talented for me to understand why his slower rhythm is enough for some to go "why should we even support him?!" (especially people who've read all his stuff illegally, for free *cough*).

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Sorry Dresden, gonna steal your job



lol Bleach. Bakuman is catching up to you now.

Huh, even though with all the law ranking, Bleach is still the 4th most selling manga. Now that Rukia is back the sales will go up. Besides this volume will reach 600-700k, in the upcoming weeks.

Is bastard worth reading?

 

[Stat Flow]

You're assuming he could work 50% faster, here...

Nope, I'm not assuming that: The amount one may be able to output from having 2 years of a break will be only double that of a 1 year break, even if in terms of actual time it is double.

I'm sure that there are plenty of reasons for what he does besides the time, that's why I say I don't know. Which is also why I brought up the factor of time and having fans wait. I personally would assume that with the extra year you could think up a bit more than just twenty chapters, considering how the manga works.

My point was that the fact "everybody else in Jump does it" means very little.
"If they can do it, why can't he?!"
Because they're freaks. They're stamina monsters. Togashi tried to keep that rhythm years ago, and simply couldn't.

But I just said that. I said I understand that he takes breaks, I don't underestimate what it takes to keep it up. The people are obviously doing hard work. My point is that putting your fans on a break that they don't even know the length of, and then bringing them 10 chapters of content and going back on another break...that just seems rude to me. Personally, I'd rather have a longer wait with more content, once the wait hits 6 months plus it doesn't really even matter if it's 1 or 2 years, for example.

People are different, that's all. And the guy is way too talented for me to understand why his slower rhythm is enough for some to go "why should we even support him?!"

Again, I have no problem with the slower rhythm at which he releases his content. The problem I have is with the amount of content released. Don't you find it a little fucked up that you could go on a break for a year (and at the present time, people didn't even know how long it would be) and then come back to give 10 chapters? If not, that's cool, I'm just saying if I'm willing to give money out of my pocket I'd expect a little more back.

(especially people who've read all his stuff illegally, for free *cough*).

Unnecessary, unless you didn't read what I said here: "I mean, I read the shit online so I can't complain about any hiatuses, but if I was buying shit when it came out? I'd be pissed."

In other words, this is just a discussion, I am not complaining for real, I'm not gonna go try to pen some letters to folks in Japan and say "HEY, STOP SUPPORTING THIS GUY".

 

[Erigu]

Nope, I'm not assuming that

You said "2 years for 30 episodes or 1 year for 10 episodes". For the former, the guy has to work 50% faster than for the latter.

My point is that putting your fans on a break that they don't even know the length of, and then bringing them 10 chapters of content and going back on another break...that just seems rude to me.

If that's all he can do in that amount of time, I don't see how that's rude.

Personally, I'd rather have a longer wait with more content

Not everybody's like that though. The longer the title disappears from Jump, the higher the risk some readers will give up on it.

Don't you find it a little fucked up that you could go on a break for a year (and at the present time, people didn't even know how long it would be) and then come back to give 10 chapters?

Not at all. If that's the guy's rhythm, that's the guy's rhythm.
Although I can imagine other mangaka being annoyed that he could afford to take long breaks like that, but even then, it's not like he'd be in that position if his work was boring or unpopular. I don't know that I'd call that unfair.

I'm just saying if I'm willing to give money out of my pocket I'd expect a little more back.

You get less, but also pay less. The price is the same.

this is just a discussion, I am not complaining for real, I'm not gonna go try to pen some letters to folks in Japan and say "HEY, STOP SUPPORTING THIS GUY".

Sure, but you're still saying it here.

 

[survivor]

Mathematical Girls vol 1

I felt like real hot smart shit when I solved that oscillation sequence. And then I read Milka's derivation and felt like a dumbass. Who the hell goes up drawing circles on a complex plane and derives from that? Smart bastard.

Also poor Tetra And she was trying so hard to catch up.

 

[flintstryker]

Huh, even though with all the law ranking, Bleach is still the 4th most selling manga. Now that Rukia is back the sales will go up. Besides this volume will reach 600-700k, in the upcoming weeks.

Is bastard worth reading?

yes

 

[Lain]

Uchuu Kyoudai 1

Nice I've been waiting for someone to translate this after seeing all the awards it's been nominated for. The first chapter was a charming stuff. It's about about a guy who was fired from his job and is now aiming to be an astronaut.

Uchuu Kyoudai is good stuff. I'm on volume 7 and it gets better with each passing chapter.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

yes

Thank you.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Damn, guys. o.o I ignored everyone's comments on it, so it's bad huh? Like Moon Eye Plan bad or just regular bad?

Every single arc ends with Natsu asspulling a last second powerup based on the Power of Friendship.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Fairy Tail

Every single arc ends with Natsu asspulling a last second powerup based on the Power of Friendship.

Borrowing tomorrow´s powers is the worst ass pull ever.

 

[Droplet]

Not really about price. Just the principle of supporting a dude who comes back after a year of hiatus to do 10 chapters?

I mean, I could understand if you complete an arc (and you're popular) or do something like 75+ chapters straight and take a long break to collect yourself (HxH is pretty intricate). But seriously, 10 chapters? Why do that at all? Why even come back?

I'm not underestimating the challenge that keeping up with a weekly series poses - I'm sure it's very exhausting, but as far as I know everyone else in Jump does it. And if you have health issues, don't come back until you're sure you can do more than ten chapters worth.

It's not really the hiatus that dumbfounds me, it's the 10 chapters thing ._.

Ah yeah I pulled out as soon as I got to the chimera ant arc so I think it's just a lot less personal for me than it would be for somebody who's actually following what's going on. At the same time I don't think that the volume sales correspond to his followers in the actual magazine, and I highly doubt these people are even thinking about principle.

I'm pretty sure the D. Gray-man hiatuses are even worse though. It's a monthly series now and even then she's got a hiatus every other month. I mean, she never went for practically 2 years but still, at least when Togashi gets back he knows exactly what he was writing about before.

 

[picklecannon]

Ah yeah I pulled out as soon as I got to the chimera ant arc so I think it's just a lot less personal for me than it would be for somebody who's actually following what's going on. At the same time I don't think that the volume sales correspond to his followers in the actual magazine, and I highly doubt these people are even thinking about principle.

I'm pretty sure the D. Gray-man hiatuses are even worse though. It's a monthly series now and even then she's got a hiatus every other month. I mean, she never went for practically 2 years but still, at least when Togashi gets back he knows exactly what he was writing about before.

Are the monthly issues of D. Gray-man at least 40 pages like FMA was? I could kinda live with a 40 page update every month as long there isn't tons of filler pages like bleach has.

 

[upandaway]

What's GAF opinion on Majin Tantei N&#333;gami Neuro ?

Best shonen detective manga.

Isn't Togashi like, really sick ? It could explain the schedule (I think I've read something a long time ago saying it was a blood disease). If it's the case, I find it hard to resent the guy...

Sick with a DQ obsession!

 

[survivor]

Best shonen detective manga.


Sick with a DQ obsession!

Dragon Quest Collection and Dragon Quest Heroes Rocket Slime 3 are both coming out this year. Sad times ahead of HxH fans.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Dragon Quest Collection and Dragon Quest Heroes Rocket Slime 3 are both coming out this year. Sad times ahead of HxH fans.

and possibly Dragon Quest X :O

 

[Stat Flow]

Sick with a DQ obsession!

Tell me this is just a cruel joke.

 

[Trevelyon]

No, Idolmaster would be a cruel joke.

 

[Neoriceisgood]

Just came back from a 3 week vacation, did I miss anything good in Manga world?

 

[thetechkid]

Just came back from a 3 week vacation, did I miss anything good in Manga world?

Azien 3 Aziening Ichigo with help from Azien 2.

 

[Scum]

DAMN. is it really that bad?

For me, the manga presents many a reason why you shouldn't be fucking about with your ex girlfriend, esp. when you she shits on you from above. But then, Seo fucks the whole thing up by giving the protagonist and his mates even more fucking stupid reasons to do what they do.

You just spend your time thinking, "What the fuck is wrong with you, Haruto?" whilst you read. It's just plain frustrating. Not worth the hassle.

 

[Neoriceisgood]

Azien 3 Aziening Ichigo with help from Azien 2.

Yeah I just read that, little surprise for me there, there's a reason they were called Aizen 3 and Aizen 2 by almost all of manga gaf.

 

[Averon]

KNIM, GE, and UxU are competing for the gold in the trainwreck Olympics.

I'm wondering what the hell happened to UxU. That clusterfuck was so random and out the blue that I can't help but think either the author is sabotaging his own series, or it's some editorial mandate.

 

[neoanarch]

Trust me, it has nothing to do with speed reading. There was barely anything to read the whole time.

That's typical Nihei. Very little dialogue, in all of his work.

if his art work wasn't so amazing it wouldn't be very good actually.

 

[brotkasten]

Kimi no Iru Machi 102

It's actually not bad if it's not about Yuzuki, but all the confessions are getting ridiculous. Haruto can't be with a girl for more than five minutes, or she'll fall in love with him. Yeah, right ...

 

[Lain]

Kimi no Iru Machi 102

It's actually not bad if it's not about Yuzuki, but all the confessions are getting ridiculous. Haruto can't be with a girl for more than five minutes, or she'll fall in love with him. Yeah, right ...

Pffft, Eba is the only redeeming quality of the whole thing! Troll after troll after troll. Without her it's just assholes being assholes.