The Current State of Shonen Jump 2021

Demon Slayer, One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero Acadamia, all the warriors are here for our yearly look at weekly Shonen Jump.
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[@Atang44]

chainsaw man started and ended without any new hunter x hunter chapter getting released

[@kenken0175]

Cries in back pain

[@Horatio787]

Game of Thrones started, a novel came out two months later, and ended without a new A Song of Ice And Fire novel.

[@MrElliott04]

@@Horatio787 dont remind me

[@4xdblack]

Chainsawman part 1* ended

[@Horatio787]

@@MrElliott04 On the plus side, Biomutant is finally releasing May 25.

[@jimbus6587]

Damn. The battle for shonen jump is a shonen in itself

[@JMB_Smash]

May I introduce you to Bakuman. One of the best manga/anime I have ever seen, which is exactly about the battle of shounen jump.

[@MrHarshverdhan]

@@JMB_Smash I love bakuman makes u think about authors journey

[@saltyfox1321]

@@JMB_Smash bro bakuman is my fav

[@gianpierebanegas8295]

Shonen Jump is literally a tournament arc

[@filmore4537]

@@MrHarshverdhan one editor said it is exaggerated for the sake of story. But still.. yeah you can feel their hardship

[@sengiko]

Demon Slayer >Barges into shonen jump >Changes the whole shonen paradigm >Refuses to elaborate further >Leaves

[@aryannaik8990]

Basically kubo with the new bleach one shot

[@misterbk1791]

@@aryannaik8990 no it’s the reverse bleach one shot is like demon slayer

[@leonardocamargo7605]

What a Chad.

[@TheBeastBandit]

Demon Slayer “Here, have this character development.” “Have this animation.” “Have this BLOCKBUSTER FILM.” “Bye.”

[@user-gf9zx4sl6d]

And now "here, have this season 2"

[@Anon-qp3kt]

Demon Slayer ended nicely

[@JohnnySukuna]

@@Anon-qp3kt ended? Bruh it's still going on unless you are talking about the manga

[@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034]

@@JohnnySukuna the manga

[@dogodonma9205]

@@Anon-qp3kt i disagree. The manga ending is rather disappointing imo

[@kiledamgaardasmussen5222]

"What's your super power?" "Plagiarism."

[@rjofusetsudzin8011]

Every Uchiha ever.

[@matthewmuir8884]

@@rjofusetsudzin8011 Though only Kakashi (a non-Uchiha) used that particular ability to it fullest.

[@supersage7793]

@@matthewmuir8884 Kakashi- the first and most likely only man to ever plagiarize plagiarism

[@nutmaster9541]

West Taiwan be like

[@s_baby5076]

I felt like the story could’ve had some valuable lessons in that tho with some serious character development for the mc

[@thebeanqueen1669]

When one piece Is finished Oda will announce that he will give all the money he made from one piece to the next best pirate manga. And that’s how the great pirate era of shonen jump will start.

[@zangbang9886]

Terribly, embarassingly underrated comment.

[@venielbretana8240]

Oda: You want my Money !? You can have it ! go Make the next best Pirate Manga and Surpass me !

[@rotschadel3574]

I can here the music, omg

[@MrMarinus18]

I do think that when One Piece ends Oda will semi-retire from manga. He's in his mid 40's but he's been writing One Piece throughout his childhood and teenage years. So this is his life's work which is why he's been able to make it every week for over 2 decades without suffering burnout. But once it's over I don't think he'll make anything major. Financially he's set for life and his name is already immortal as one of the greatest mangaka's of all time. I think he will do occasional one-shots or short stories from time to time when inspiration hits him. But nothing more.

[@BeansLacking]

absolutely the best comment ever

[@AntiVectorTV]

"Nearly 40 years ago in 1982." That hit harder than it should have.

[@Kaytenorg]

I feel you man/girl, I feel you.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

And a hibari silent shout-out

[@tasibsharar7357]

I feel old my son was born in 2010

[@RogersBase]

Demon Slayer SLAYED in 2020. It really was unprecedented in terms of yearly sales.

[@Fluskar]

hi roger

[@OuterOcean6]

Shonen jump magazine thumb art colors looks like a way to give eye cancer.

[@cibosan2414]

Hi rog your a man child and I love it

[@TheFourthWinchester]

@@OuterOcean6 That's cuz nothing inside is in colour.

[@biazacha]

Demon Slayer is the embodiement of "exception to the rule"; people keep comparing JJK and CSM to it but truth being told we probably will not see such a meteoric rise like this in the whole 2020s.

[@mascotwithadinosaur9353]

Honestly, One Piece will likely still be generally seen as king bc tbh, running consistently for 20+ years with pretty consistent quality is absolutely no easy task.

[@DieJG]

Yeah, its like watching the Lord of the Rings being published week by week. It's amazing and i will fucking cry when It ends.

[@jerrberrrr]

From a sales perspective it’s hard to see it being topped overall. It lost the battle of 2019/2020 but is winning the war. It will most likely amass 500m soon

[@gellister]

I respect One Piece... But I will never read nor watch it. Even Naruto was too long for my tastes so I can't imagine doing that several times over with OP. Good others get so much out of it though.

[@daltonslade1405]

@@gellister I mean, I said that for years and finally decided to try it out to have something to read during quarantine. That was easily to best decision I've made in years, cause I'm now caught up and enjoyed all 1002 chapters it took to get there. Some of the best character and story writing ever put to page. It is definitely a commitment that isn't for everyone, but once you get into it, you'll actually be happy at the insane length just so you can get more time with these characters in this world.

[@jerrberrrr]

@@gellister I’ve heard this too many times from those who eventually succumb to the monster that is OP. Maybe you’ll escape the madness.

[@haroldcarver1837]

Sobbing* “I wanna know what Hisoka is doing” I felt that shit

[@luludraws2732]

Felt that in my core of being

[@rjofusetsudzin8011]

Hiatus x Hiatus attacks once again.

[@kyrohowe3156]

It's best to wait for Togashi to heal up and make his announcement

[@theviniso]

We're never leaving that ship, guys.

[@RetepAdam]

Literally just finished HxH tonight.

[@BlargleWargle]

Getting pretty tired of stories where the premise is "Jimmy lives in a world of wizards/heroes/also wizards/ninjas/etc. but he can't do the same things as them so instead he becomes better than them at everything". Glad to hear there are stories actually ENDING however. Feels like for a while Japanese authors and publishers had no idea how to bring series to a close so they just dragged on and on.

[@totallynotayush492]

yeah, I can see how that trope can become annoying, but you should try reading Mashle, it's basically the same thing but instead of two boys shouting at each other and having 20 flashbacks in 4 seconds, it's more of a comedy. try reading it, you might like it!

[@bluestar5812]

I call this the "Naruto Effect", mas many young authors have been influenced by Naruto growing up. The main issues are many new authors lack the talent to write compelling narratives and characters. Other issue is the lack of patience. Naruto was a long running series, and although it had its issues, i think it benefited from this, as Kishimoto had the time setup the story arcs and develop everything, so the emotional bits would pay off. In this fast paced and super competitive era, the new shounes seens to be on mach speed, rushing every arc and character development just to ensure viewers wouldn't get bored. Its hard to care about anything when the story doesn't itselft doesn't slow down to show things. Naruto became a template for a new generation of mangas, and after many copycats, it became so twisted it became a parody of itself - to the point every new shounen became predictable and characters would often get compared to Naruto and Sasuke. This phenomenon ia not different from the Hokuto no Ken clones from the 80's, even JoJo started as one.

[@Dell-ol6hb]

Yea thank fuck I was always tired of never ending shonen like one piece, Naruto, dbz, etc. it’s like dear god just finish please

[@HurricaneDDragon]

@BlargleWargle A story is more than just its base premise. ...Well, except for Black Clover of course.

[@gabrielwainio-theberge6969]

it's kind of like the Shonen Jump version of the Pixar formula

[@StormSnake0618]

Demon Slayer ending at its peak is the best way for it to go out. It cemented its legacy, told its story, and then walked away.

[@p4nther521]

Rushed as hell tho

[@neardarkroad1347]

@@p4nther521 but it end the main arc, which is good enough for a relatively short series ( compared to other jump main players)

[@myth86715]

didn't feel rushed to me. if anything, it might've began to drag had it gone on for much longer. I think we're just so used to shonen manga being long, that a normal-sized story feels rushed

[@simounobrien9096]

@@p4nther521 I never felt it was rushed in the least. Perfect timing to end. A Beginning, Middle and End. Done, Dusted. No Buts and No Whats

[@surfersunknown]

@@simounobrien9096 yupe same the only thing i felt after reading DS was 'satisfaction'.

[@JDSigma]

who is Shonen and why is he jumping?

[@imafraidjumitebeinagang]

And why is he weekly?

[@eehhee7675]

Some guy he rejected told shounen to keep moving forward.

[@vitamind5710]

Why is he killing his children for not performing well?

[@SerAbiotico]

30:33 and why is he reevaluating himself?

[@Zack-wc5mv]

damn shounen living tough life

[@Thunderbull]

Chainsaw Man has admittedly been a fresh breath of air in the Shonen Jump landscape. It's one of the more "adult-taste" Shonen Jump titles in recent memory and didn't seem to shy away at all from making bold decisions in terms of both narrative and art.

[@Ethan-rl5kv]

I dont even considered it SHONEN, it's a Seinen its incredibly good

[@isaaclim9559]

Yeah what kind of shonen has lesbian orgies with explicit scissoring action. How fujimoto got away with that colour spread remains a mystery.

[@rahimabdul916]

@@Ethan-rl5kv If it's published in Shonen Jump then it's a Shonen. Shonen and Seinen as well as Kodomo and Shojo are just targets of population in which the manga is directed, granted everyone can read anything and this is often the case. Just because a particular series is dark and gritty or reaches "adult themes" it doesn't automatically become a Seinen, like damn Devilman got published in the 80 with extreme gore and it's a Shonen. Sorry for mistakes, english is not my first languagr

[@Jfoltz39]

Chainsaw Man is my favorite manga of like the last 10 years

[@ReddTurtl]

Eh. Just cause theres gore and whatnot I wouldnt exactly consider it "adult taste". If anything, Denji as a protagonist is more relatable to 13 year olds than any that came before him lol.

[@C0LDM1LK]

"the last time jump had this many new entries was 40 year ago" Me: "oh so in 1960s" "in 1982..." 🗿

[@a_headless_chicken]

How old we have gotten over time huh

[@amuroray9115]

Wait how old are you guys? I’m only 24. As a 6 year old kid, 40 years ago would have been 60.....

[@dkmbstudio]

fuck, cant believe i'm almost 30

[@ee6753]

the real one piece will just be directions to find the real treasure: two piece

[@artofstorytelling9406]

The real one piece will be the friends we made along the way

[@DaveB432]

After two piece, we get three piece and a soda!

[@sungodnika4613]

Buffy: Luffy next generation

[@quinzeyftw]

@@sungodnika4613 oh god😂

[@theinimitablejora522]

@@artofstorytelling9406 I mean, funny, but Oda’s already confirmed that that isn’t it. Oden confirmed that in his diary, too.

[@Vakodraws]

i swear to god man, the "current state of shonen jump " series are the absolute best. I love these so much and i actually yelled out "YES" when i saw this uploaded

[@Aleph-Noll]

yeah im not super in depth with the industry so learning more about whats good and popular really helps finding new things

[@zangbang9886]

SAME. I love this format so much, I hope he will consider pushing one out every six months instead of yearly, maybe going more in depth even with the smaller series.

[@Aleph-Noll]

@@zangbang9886 that would be pretty cool

[@MrPresident1878]

Sakamoto Days' MC sounds like John Wick if they don't kill his dog.

[@sebastiantafoya3609]

And his wife hadn't died

[@Gemnist98]

I was thinking A History of Violence with less drama more comedy.

[@spraghoot3598]

he’s literally the main character in the film Nobody

[@beyondthemilkyway21]

Jujutsu Kaisen has reached 30 million copies in circulation !!! 2020.Oct.2 8.5M (TV anime started) 2020.Oct.29 10M 2020.Dec.16 15M 2021.Jan.13 20M 2021.Jan.26 25M 2021.Feb.9 30M

[@alvarodeuxame146]

Yes this year the top i predict something like this JJK: over 20 million KNY: over 20 million Kingdom: 8-10 million One Piece: 7-8 million BNHA/SPYxFAMILY/SNK: 5-6 million Crazy selling for JJK, i think surpass backlog of KNY

[@spraghoot3598]

@@alvarodeuxame146 assuming jjk gets its next season fall like last year, i wouldn’t be surprised for its sales to do something closer to 30-40 million. the latest arc was insane and it was just a setup

[@alvarodeuxame146]

​@@spraghoot3598 Yes i think can sales over 30 million. But over 40, it's most dificult. Think it, this year has only sell 15 million, for reach 40 million or more it need 6-9 more month selling the same has actually are. It's possible, but difficultd

[@WhispyMoon]

I think Chainsaw Man will sell 6-10 million this year, seeing as its gaining popularity more and more, despite ending last December

[@alvarodeuxame146]

@@WhispyMoon 6M maybe. specially if anime out in october. But 10?? Nah Actually CSM has sell ~3.8 M and don´t rank in the recent two week. And need sell over 200mil peer week in the rest of the year to reach 10M

[@lastlegion123]

From now on I'm calling Spy x Family - "Spy multiplied by Family" Thank you Josh

[@jacobwo4133]

Would hunter x hunter be hunter squared?

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

@@jacobwo4133 no. Hunter multiplied by hunter.

[@Lucien_M]

"Spy of Family"

[@coobk373]

@@SergioLeonardoCornejo so (hunter)²

[@nutmaster9541]

@@coobk373 damn right einstein

[@normalusernameiguess1516]

And Hunter x Hunter is still on hiatus suprising absolutley no one.

[@aldomeylano9278]

Entirety of CSM Part. 1 happen when HxH is on hiatus. Let that sink in for a second...

[@Ad-zu8bt]

Only if the author wasn't so stubborn and let someone else draw the hxh manga lol

[@General_Li_Shin]

@@Ad-zu8bt honestly it really doesnt matter to me, as long as he can maintain the quality of writing the hiatus doesnt matter to me but that's just me and I understand the frustration

[@AV-yk3ng]

@@Ad-zu8bt To be fair, he doesn't owe us anything; if he wants to draw for his own manga we have no say in the matter.

[@3x0ticContent]

@Max Kathirgamanathan berserk gets a chapter about every 2-3 months. Its not like the author takes a 2+ years hiatus. Yes berserk takes frequent hiatus but its no where near on the scale of hunterxhunter.

[@googleit1131]

I like how Demon Slayer ended the way the author wanted it to end, before the hype train got a little too out of control. Look at the big three. Two of them ran far longer than they should have, leaving a weak ending or weak middle. Demon Slayer isn't going to run forever. It won't burn out its author. It won't run until it's a shell of itself. It told a story, and a good story at that. Dragging a story out forever means you run the risk of making the overall story seem weak. You have to constantly introduce new obstacles for characters to overcome. Instead of having a conclusion, you prolong the characters struggles until sales start to fall.

[@turtleanton6539]

Yes😊😊😊

[@RookSha]

finding out about what happened with ACT-AGE was hard. It was my new favourite manga since Berserk and HunterxHunter, and to find out the writer that wrote such an empathetic, emotional story was such a horrible person was heartbreaking

[@Santi-to5kq]

Damn I loved Act-Age and my heart was broken when I heard of it's cancellation

[@partyboy1426]

MHA isn't ending soon The author was talking about the arc at time, people just misinterpreted because it was worded poorly.

[@Bleeperblopper497]

Ooooooh, well when they literally had the largest gathering of villains against all the heroes along with Shigaraki inheriting All for One it really tricked my expectations

[@user-mu1os7me8s]

It's possible there will be a timeskip soon given how the current chapters are looking

[@frenchtoast6389]

@@user-mu1os7me8s there’s no way a time skip is happening, the students are about to enter their second years and Shinso’s about to join the hero course. They’re not about to just skip past that

[@getoutofmyface]

With the way the story is currently, there is no way that Horikoshi can wrap the story up well in less than a year anyway. I can't lie, the war arc has made me really fall in love with the series and I can't wait to see him tackle to the brutal aftermath from here on out.

[@flarmin22]

I'm pretty sure Horikoshi has said that he wanted the manga to be as long as one piece. Which makes sense considering we're 300 chapters in and they're only 1/3rd of the way through school

[@ChibiMalzahar]

It's hard to describe just how SPECIAL of an ending Haikyuu had. It's the kind of thing every writer wishes they could pull off or have the balls to even attempt. It's so satisfying w/o feeling wishywashy, but it's so bold that it pushes the rest of series into even spiritual territory. Not to mention Furudate's art seemed to only get BETTER as time went on? They definitely have ice in their veins

[@sungh00nzz]

YES. I totally agree

[@vertsang5424]

comments like that make me want to try haikyuu :-)

[@lightbrand_]

@@vertsang5424 Me too but I can only follow so many series... since I limit myself to the volumes I can buy I have to be picky

[@UnacceptedBySocietyArtist]

@@vertsang5424 you can watch the 4 season anime and jump into manga from there, the latest match ended at chap. 290 i think? So yea...

[@clappedcheeks3504]

Maaan the ending arc as a whole was beautiful. All of it made so much sense and it was soooo enjoyable reading each page of this era in the characters life.

[@Flippopotamus]

My comments: I think manga story-telling has outgrown the weekly format and needs to change just based on writer's health or time needed to write a more engaging/ground breaking story. I think Ghost Writer getting canned gave the impression of "don't look behind the curtain or at how awful living is in this profession". A story like that would prolly have done well in anything else but Jump IMO. Build King not doing well doesn't shock me because I always felt Shimabukuro had neat ideas in manga but follow-through was always weak... Toriko is a good example of "neat idea but bad execution". I feel writers ending their stories on their own terms (like Demon Slayer) needs to happen more. I hope Yusei's new series does well and while I like Yabuki's art style and paneling I'm strongly not a fan of his slow shift into more ecchi titles afer Black Cat's run. Love your work and getting a moment to hear someone talk an language on manga I understand is always welcomed into my life.

[@danielrodrigues4903]

The world of anime and manga is going to be utterly transformed in a few years anyway. Most people do not see it coming at all, because of how niche the technology is right now. But there's a new field where computers and neuroscience is being combined, to create brain computer interfaces. (Kernel Flux and Flow are the state of the art right now). Soon artists will be able to transfer their art to a computer merely by wearing a helmet and thinking about what they want to draw. What do you think will happen when it is possible to produce an entire anime episode and multiple manga chapters within a single day? It's gonna be chaos!

[@TheClearSummer]

@@danielrodrigues4903 Kernel Flux monitors real time brain activity rather than reading and being able to act on what that information means. Think it will still be a while before technology will be able to represent very specific details such as what an artist is visualising in their mind, and even longer still for that to be widespread.

[@danielrodrigues4903]

@@TheClearSummer Oh hey, someone who's heard of Kernel! Didn't expect to see that here! :D And of course, Kernel Flux/Flow will just be the medium, they will only monitor and display brain activity. They won't be the ones transforming your thoughts to pictures. But that's why we have machine learning/deep learning. AI has come really far in generating media (StyleGan2 being the best example). Once we start receiving high quality brain data from these BCIs, it's only a matter of time until all those rich datasets are fed to algorithms that will be trained to interpret them. A professor in a futurist forum gave his thoughts about Kernel Flow last year, and mentioned that perhaps generating pictures that someone was thinking could be possible. (link removed) The CEO of Kernel himself responded in that thread, providing further affirmative remarks, saying that most people were underestimating Flow. (link removed) Considering that Flux is even more powerful, I think it's possible that Thought-To-Image at the very least will be here by around 2025 to 2030. P.S.: KZbin isn't allowing me to post this comment with the links in, so I took them out. If you want to see the post, google "kernel flow futuretimeline" it is the very first result on the page.

[@TheClearSummer]

@@danielrodrigues4903 Interesting stuff, for sure! I'm actually a psychology student (although admittedly I don't particularly specialise in neuroscience), so to some degree I've always been a little skeptical because of how complex the brain is and how very little we still understand of it (a lot of that is technological limitations though, for sure). And while we can already use machines to understand motor movement as well, I am a little skeptical as to how well this technology can understand abstract thought, and how hyperspecific neuron activations get to represent those thoughts, and how an algorithm can interpret it. I think you're absolutely right and doubtless a combination of real time renditions of literally every neuron firing ever combined with algorithms to monitor the patterns behind activations will speed up our understanding hugely, it's just that I have a sneaking suspicion that it will be much harder for humans to interpret the high quality brain data we have in order to set up the initial foundation of understanding that algorithms can operate on. Just because we have good data doesn't mean we have the capacity to use or understand it. Of course, I might be just a bit too skeptical - but the way I see it our current scientific methods and approaches which try to understand variables in isolation is VERY much unsuited to understanding complex, interacting, changing networks like the brain, which is always processing, interpreting, thinking, and actually changing, with the environment through multiple modes and interfaces. Even if we can capture what is physically happening, I think trying to understand, empirically prove and establish the relationship between certain areas and its activation to XYZ, and then to map this into our understanding of the brain as an entire structure, is a huge feat not to be underestimated. Not to mention the fact that relationships between the brain and behaviour are never straight forward. I actually feel like the brain is something which can perhaps only be understood by a computer, ironically, and not another brain. But then we enter into a bit of a deadlock, since the computer will rely on the human to kick start its learning process, but it's the human who will most probably get stuck. That said, I'm probably also underestimating how many people are working on the subject and furthering the field and our understanding all the time. But I do think it's worth recognising just how monumental a task it is even to begin trying to understand the brain. A neuroscience professor at my university who went on to the BBC had his interview cut when he tried to say that we currently only understand 1% of the brain, haha. But like I said, I'm not a particularly neurosciency person, so there are probably lots of people out there who are a lot more informed about the brain than me and who think otherwise. Thanks for sharing the links though! This has been pretty interesting!

[@fufufuaru]

that manga with the whole family enrolling in the same school sounds like it'd be a hella funny series

[@notzaney6951]

It's just sad to think about how big of a void One Piece will leave in the Shonen industry after it's finally completed....

[@HapPawhere]

They need big manga to go up again

[@Dumbassfeature]

A new seat will be empty though

[@epicalglory5099]

Dude you dont need to think about it. Im pretty sure onepiece will never end, maybe a joke but maybe its true

[@davidbujna8480]

@@epicalglory5099 Nah, you can tell by just reading each chapter lately, that this manga has approx five years left before the end. Luffy is taking on two Emperors. Personally, I think Wano Arc will end during summer or at the end of it.

[@yigitcanozmen9531]

@@epicalglory5099 no im a huge fan and i always hoped it never ends but its coming we are in the endgame now but when it ends you can be sure millions of people will cry lol it will break the internet

[@MrColinWeaver86]

I have 0 idea how anyone can read My Hero Academia and believe its "ending soon". It would be like saying One Piece is ending after reading Marineford.

[@FlaminFaux]

Yeah, my thought was that it would transition from MHA to a continuation on the series like Naruto Shippuden did. So maybe the “Academy” portion will end soon but the whole will continue in a new name or form.

[@zangbang9886]

@@FlaminFaux exactly. I feel like a timeskip is coming, but since the students are in the second year and the school has only three grades it doesn't make sense to happen and the series still be called Academia.

[@akihayakawa4475]

author himself told mha will end soon... war arc is over now and I think there are 100 chapters left for mha

[@jackwithahat8601]

Lmao imagine if Hody killed Luffy in fishmen island. That would be the singular greatest shitstorm in manga history for sure.

[@dylanlee45alien]

@@FlaminFaux I don’t know about that tho because academia is in the name of the anime. I doubt that it will run for that long after into the characters adult lives

[@gamelover120]

Wizards: You can't even use magic why are you even here? Mash: I cast fist

[@Omnipotentmonkey]

judging by the 2021 mid-point manga industry sales you're going to have an interesting time... 1. Demon Slayer is still riding high with 26m units sold between November 2020 and May 2021, unlikely to match its ABSURD figures from the previous year, but still selling at an absurd rate. 2. Jujutsu Kaisen is chasing it with an impressive 24m units sold in the same period. having more than doubled its total sales figure since the stellar anime adaptation debuted. 3. in a VERY distant 3rd place is Tokyo Revengers with around 5m units, having also been boosted by the arrival of its anime adaptation 4. Attack on Titan capitalised on Season 4 and Manga ending hype to sell a solid 4.5m 5. Chainsaw Man remains on the rise with an impressive 4m units sold. 6. 7. and 8. consist of Promised Neverland, My Hero Academia and Haikyuu, in that order. all hovering around the 3m mark. which is pretty solid and consistent with the figures they've been setting, they're staying steady. and 9th place is... Kingdom. with 2.6m units sold.... Notice something missing? No? 10th place is ONE PIECE... with 2.5m units sold.... It was weird enough not seeing One Piece as the top-seller for a year... now it's TENTH?

[@ImaBawss22]

Thats pretty wild considering wano is already one of the best arcs.

[@shafwandito4724]

Is digital sales Included? One Punch Man and One Piece has been slowly moving to digital manga where you can pay to download every volume.

[@vladouki4066]

One piece has only released a single volume this year. When volumes 100&101 will come out the sales will skyrocket. One piece will easily end up in the top 5 by the end of the year with at least 7-8 million sales.

[@superfactorial5717]

its kinda misleading tho. I think john also pointed it out in the vid. Its the collective volume sales of the whole series, not just per volume. for example, Oricon's mid year rankings this year (released late May) placed One Piece vol 98 in 5th, with about 1.9 million copies sold. it is followed by Jujutsu Kaisen 15, 14, Kimetsu no Yaiba Gaiden, and finally Kimetsu no Yaiba 23, with about 5 million copies sold. currently One Piece has release 2 volumes this year, vol 98 and 99. volume 100 will be released on sept 3.

[@grainderekyjmmanglicmot2317]

One piece might not have won the battle but it won the war (other comment I coppied) but to this day tokyo revengers broke Aot's record for most manga sold in a year? Month? I think I forgot which

[@OK-mv4ih]

Shoutout to Gintama for being the best anime ever that no one talks about

[@kirbyjoe7484]

Amen, I won't say it's the best anime ever, but it is one of the top of the class when it comes to long running shounen yet it never gets the attention it deserves.

[@OK-mv4ih]

@@kirbyjoe7484 Definitely deserves ten times more recognition than most series nowadays. Btw What do you think is the best

[@dinogt8477]

Legend of the galactic heroes is better

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

@@OK-mv4ih Gintama is a series that you can't just easily sell to people, because most say "it doesn't get good till 60 episodes in". It's a hard sell by nature

[@nithinnk1980]

@@OK-mv4ih the comedy is subjective and a lot of people found the comedy cringy and the story telling could come out as boring. So yeah. Gintama isn't for everyone.

[@lrgogo1517]

Eyepatch Wolf "can only describe" Mashle as "Rock Lee vs. the Wizards," but personally, I prefer the phrase "Mob Himbo 100."

[@Miraihi]

Lol, yeah, this is much more obvious comparison.

[@oldmanramblingatclouds]

Welp, I'm sold!

[@MewGirlZ]

You know what, that's exactly what I was thinking while looking at those illustrations. I think I'm going to look into this one, it looks great.

[@t.thomas8919]

Both work and I'm sold! XD

[@rikowolfin4984]

It's the What If universe where Mob didn't have Psychic powers so he took working out more seriously at a younger age.

[@YueyRika]

Demon slayer really said: LMAO, lemme reach number 1 then dip.

[@siddhant07wc6]

It got adreline boost

[@chestbumphero]

Well to help with those numbers publishers like Viz were releasing volumes every month during the pandemic. That one move I’m pretty sure did so much to the sales

[@CalmClamFam]

I’m honestly surprised that Jump didn’t force the author to keep milking the shit out of the manga since it was doing so well and they were making a lot of money.

[@YueyRika]

@@CalmClamFam jumpforce sucks.

[@astrodeath1322]

@@YueyRika brother read again what he said very carefully

[@inakakiwiana]

I think demon slayers success also comes down to how popular it is with elementary school students. They absolutely love it here in Japan

[@justsomeguyontheinternet.4398]

I don't think that's the case, all elementary schoolers read other shonens too, they can't push something to 82 million copies sold.

[@eigenrauflinog9069]

@@justsomeguyontheinternet.4398 believe me. Demon slayer is massively popular in Japan. Not just for kids but also middle aged and old people regardless of gender. Asians especially Japanese people love it.

[@justsomeguyontheinternet.4398]

@@eigenrauflinog9069 I said the same thing, I said that only elementary schoolers CAN'T make a series soo popular.

[@starandeath4735]

@@justsomeguyontheinternet.4398 shonen literally means young men. Elementary schoolers are the audience

[@pn7600]

people say demon slayer gets carried by animation but imo season 1 had a really good story for the first half cus it felt kinda like everything was at stake the entire time but then when tanjiro gets friends it just becomes fun which isnt a bad thing so id say animation is 50% of contribution and story is 50%

[@Shane_Stoic]

Cmon where's this years video at?? Shonen Jumps getting so turbulent these days its crazyy

[@kaida0enya0kohana]

Demon Slayer was a dark horse. It came almost out of no where and defeated everyone and everything in sales (manga volume sales and Japanese box office sales)

[@danielyarsky6128]

In all fairness, it was dope

[@divinetenra3313]

After reading twitter I expected it to be pretty bad but after watching it. It honestly is one of the best shit ive seen.

[@pirate6616]

@Yahya Patwa I don’t think aot is in shounen jump

[@nessleepk]

@Yahya Patwa Oricon's official numbers is 4.3 million sales last year, whoever told you those numbers lied. It was still the 10th best selling manga last year

[@Sebasco7]

I can't understand nowdays how people compared 23 volumes sales (Whole manga), with 1 to 3 volumes of the rest mangas. I can't understand that from Oricon. One piece has almost 600 million copies sold, and KnY only 82. Can we really compare that?. KnY sold only 6 million copies on that year volumes. And I read all the manga. No big deal really.

[@jacek107ify]

I have a friend in Japan that told me that seeing people reading Kimetsu Yaiba volumes in trains or in waiting rooms is a pretty common thing to them.

[@antimatter3084]

Jujitsu Kaisen is easily my favorite new series especially with how fire the Shibuya Incident Arc was.

[@rubyoise796]

Yeah I feel like this guy lowkey hated it or like underates it. He never talks about it

[@jentai6816]

i think once shibuya arc gets animated, which still won’t be for awhile, that jujutsu kaisen will easily break the internet. i love jjk so much and i’m glad it’s getting its recognition

[@ajdarknight507]

@@jentai6816 respecc to MAPPA

[@musabs5848]

It’s overrated in my opinion

[@jentai6816]

@@ajdarknight507 yes i’m so thankful for mappa. they’re for sure making 2021 the year for anime, with aot, jjk, and chainsaw man coming soon, i’m so excited

[@Vale-fd4pk]

I'm so happy for Demon Slayer, I loved it's run. It was such a beautiful story, both visually (i loved the manga art so much, not only the anime was interesting visually in my opinion) and as much as I would have preferred the last "future" chapter never to exist, the whole run made me so existed, I remember smiling while reading it and cring too. So I'm thankful for the experience. .... at the same time, I love Act Age too.... and god... the whole story behind it makes me sick...such a waste of potential, I hope the artist gets to work with someone better, her art is stunning and full of life.

[@chowpol7995]

One Piece really is The Undertaker of Shonen Jump

[@drakegeer-timmins1430]

Demon slayer is brock lesnar

[@isabelrodriguezsjolund9701]

@@drakegeer-timmins1430 Man that's pretty spot on.

[@AL-jg4pr]

Who would JoJo be then? Lol

[@justanotheranimelover8189]

@@AL-jg4pr Ric flaire

[@FirmlyGrasp_IT]

Goku would be John Cena. I also kinda get Shawn Michaels vibes from HxH for some reason.

[@strpth414]

Spy x Family is definitely one of my favourite mangas that haven't received an anime adaptation. I absolutely love it.

[@straykidzfansworldwide3322]

still low chapters

[@straykidzfansworldwide3322]

40+ maybe it'll get

[@CalmClamFam]

It’s too early to get an anime. A studio could easily burn through its chapters and the anime would catch up to the manga too soon especially since SpyxFamily only releases chapters monthly.

[@strpth414]

@@CalmClamFam No, I mean amongst manga that haven't gotten an anime yet, Spy x Family is top of the list, not that I'm thirsty for an adaptation.

[@deamy5186]

@@CalmClamFam I thought it releases bi-weekly. But sometimes the author takes rest and was only released 1 chapter in one month... But usually it's only take 2 weeks per chapter

[@rarusvitae835]

The 2022 Edition is going to be fucking crazy, One Piece only came 6TH in world sales, with JJK (30.9 mil), KNY (29.5 mil), Tokyo Revengers (24.9 mil), AOT (7.3 mil), (and what particularly shocks me) MHA (7 mil)(by a mere 18K sales) thus making One Piece only the 4th largest series in WSJ. (5th and 6th being Chainsaw Man and Haikyu respectively (Not sure what the last 4 series in the top 10, though one of them has to be a newer series)) Thus the King of Manga has been unequivocally been torn from it's throne. On a side note a lot of those newer series have been cancelled, although the two that SEW really enjoyed (Mashle and Sakamoto Days) have both remained, which I think is quite interesting.

[@teclinsoro4523]

honestly i’m really happy that jump’s long runners are finally ending. those mangaka really deserve a break, and it’s a good opportunity for new series to take the stage

[@dandan3045]

The Demon Slayer phenomenon in Japan is something amazing. My Japanese wife lost interest in manga years ago. The last manga she read was slam dunk when she was in high school and she fell in love demon slayer. The amount of demon slayer goods she bought kind of worries me.

[@MaxIronsThird]

If at least it wasn't as bad at it is.

[@charlieamorris04]

@@MaxIronsThird honestly, it was good, but the ending was so unsatisfying, I was quite disappointed after such an amazing series, but at least it didn’t drag out like bleach

[@zangbang9886]

Can you please, unorincally ask her why? Or did she just start it because it was so popular in the first place? (there's no shame in that, of course.) I'm desperately tring to find out why such a mediocre manga got so popular (it can't have been ONLY the very good anime adaptation, Attack on Titan had an exceptional anime which got viral as well, but this is truly something else)

[@HapPawhere]

@@zangbang9886 I got rumor that they will bully people that don't watch kny. idk if that was true

[@SKULLKR3W]

@@zangbang9886 its the smae reason justin beiber was popular cheap easily digestible media is what becomes the most popular its like the marvel movies all making a billion dollars when they come out lol

[@ffffffffROTHY]

The Demon Slayer movie saved Japan's economy.

[@isabelrodriguezsjolund9701]

Saved all us box office fans too.

[@rjofusetsudzin8011]

They made most profitable movie in japan history during freaking Covid-19 pandemic. What a legend. Say what you want about Demon Slayer it maybe not a king of shounen, but it sure as hell carved its name into the history of manga and anime forever.

[@glorioustigereye]

I know a Vtuber who’s grandma saw it twice and never watched the anime or read the manga.

[@dirckthedork-knight1201]

@God Slayer No its the characters and the way the series plays with some claissic tropes while also subverting them

[@mrstinger3755]

@@dirckthedork-knight1201 no it's definitely the animation

[@mal8359]

Kaiju No. 8 and Spy x Family are seriously changing the industry in the best way

[@perry-1572]

Hearing a lot of these new manga, particularly Sakamoto, SpyxFamily, Mashle and Kaiju no 8, are doing so well makes me both relieved and happy. I was super worried that the frequent breaks taken from SxF and Kn8 were results of physical health and company issues, so seeing that this is actually the exact opposite makes me super excited to see them thrive.

[@NoonDragoon]

And one year later, both SxF and Kaiju no. 8 are doing fantastic still! Was actually super surprised to hear both were getting an anime relatively soon after their initial release.

[@turtleanton6539]

​@@NoonDragoonhoping for sakomoto days😊

[@kaisagerr]

PS to anyone wondering abt the mha ending part. Horikoshi specifically said that a PART of the story was ending so a timeskip is likely to happend soon.

[@RWAsur]

Yeah I've been putting money on it being a "Shippuden" situation for a while. The story works with that premise, it doesn't really work if we never move forward somewhat in time.

[@jj-pm7wm]

@@RWAsur i mean, it would work, but it would then enter a one piece scenario, and even One Piece had a timeskip. I think we'll be seing a timeskip in the next few chapters

[@sayandeepbiswas902]

I haven't caught up to the latest chapter but I have heard about the war and stuff. I'd say having a 2 year or 3 year time jump would be optimal. 1-A could reach the third year or even after their graduation. Would allow Deku and others to get a lot stronger and even let's Shigaraki do his stuff.

[@paybacksuper3670]

my guess is MHA will be end in 2-3 year so buckle up.

[@koatam]

My Hero Academia ending just as he's finishing his 1st year of school would be weird.

[@machina188]

"Last time, Demon Slayer pushed One Piece like no enemy ever had before, and One Piece didn't give a shit."

[@skellez]

That wording is weird cuz DS outsold One Piece last year thanks to the late anime boost Does Shueisha report different numbers that had OP on top?

[@machina188]

@@skellez What does that have to do with Oda not caring if he's #1 or not?

[@skellez]

@@machina188 it's the wording, which kinda implies that despite it's best efforts, it wasn't enough to touch One Pience

[@machina188]

@@skellez No it doesn't. Demon Slayers sold over double what One Piece sold. Literally nobody is going to argue One Piece wasn't passed up last year. "One piece doesn't care" doesn't imply it wasn't passed up, it implies it doesn't care lol

[@machina188]

@@nmr7203 Yeah but what else can we expect from KZbin anime comments? Lol

[@AdachiCabbage]

Despite how Demon slayer was officially 'done' it still makes money.

[@Byakuya89]

I'm fucking obsessed with your voice and the way you narrate things. Fucking. Obssesed. I watch your Gantz video way too much and always re-read the manga after that. I wish i could marry your narration.

[@eiighta5094]

“Yeah, I’m pretty informed about the manga industry” *watches Supereyepatchwolf’s annual shounen jump updates*

[@bocodamondo]

im really impressed how fast mashle art quality is improving over each chapter in such a short period of time

[@haimoo7757]

Ikr I was so surprise on some panel

[@dougjoestar1792]

Facts man. Mashle reminds me of one punch man in the art quality as well it's just so fucking good looking

[@samedwards3186]

Mashle is incredibly stupid but I love it

[@Me-lu4ue]

That's what a manga of nonsensical action is all about...

[@zilldraws]

Exactly jesus I love that series I knew it would be good, damn worth being so free to the point of reading anything, also Elusive Samurai seems good too

[@miguelbat27]

SpyxFamily is to this day my favourite manga, and it makes me happy that it comes from a more enabling and healthy enviorment for the artist

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

Demon Slayer as a series is such a gem. Comes in, encapsulates everything great in Shonen with genuinely great emotional storytelling, then has the decency to end without going too long.

[@nicholas209]

Mashle is literally just "What ho Muscle Wizard, might you cast us a spell?" "Ho ho ho ho, of course young adventurer!" "I CAST FIST"

[@1101150]

this is the perfect description of Mashle

[@savioalmeida1103]

Also dont forget about cream puffs.

[@theviniso]

That dude is just Saitama with Mob's haircut.

[@trueautumn7606]

aka creampuff magic man

[@Runaetus]

Hamstring magic

[@lognacho]

Chainsawman is so absurdly good, I really hope the anime series gets it to new heights, it deserves so much praise

[@yousdagoose3908]

I heard a lot of freelance animators want to work on it so hopefully it will be amazing.

[@stephenosei5311]

It could really blow up like jujutsu kaisen

[@alexanderbaldwin1298]

If it's anything like JJK's adaptation it should be pretty amazing.

[@pao5563]

@@yousdagoose3908 dang, if it is gonna happen. It can probably get the OPM s1 treatment, or is that hoping too much.

[@dx5gaming715]

Reading chainsaw man my initial thought of which studio fits to make an anime adaptation....it has to be MAPPA, it’s something about it(mainly the grimy art) that really screams MAPPA... And MAPPA is working on the series and I REALLY am excited for this show to be animated it’s gonna be a blast

[@demilung]

I don't care whether Chainsaw Man could get the top spot, I'm just happy the crazy creator behind Fire Punch and Chainsaw Man got some recognition.

[@elkazzanova1]

Man I can't truly begin to tell you how much I love watching these series once a year, thank you so much!

[@postalexism]

“rock lee vs wizards” that’s all i need to hear

[@raine777.]

*I FUCKIN LOVE MASHLE MMMMMMMM HYPED TOO SEE IT ON HERE*

[@biazacha]

I usually explain it as "Hogwarts but the protagonist is Saitama" lol

[@et.anthem]

@@biazacha It's literally the spitting image of Hogwarts. Even got a wannabe chamber of secrets. Hyped for the Goblet of Fire arc

[@nevergonnagiveupuntilibeco5690]

@@biazacha or MOB

[@nobodycares743]

It's nothing like that, it's more like Mob without powers inside facist hogwarts

[@Jamesulchip]

"The heart of Jump has always been screaming boys punching each other." Brilliant.

[@edakra369]

Yo, just wanted to say how much appreciate what you do. Having you drone on and on about Anime and Manga has helped me get through having to do layers of Torghast in World of Warcraft. Cheers, mate.

[@philipscdi2029]

12:14 ...or you could just say it's One Punch Man mixed with Harry Potter

[@a_headless_chicken]

That's what I thought as well xD

[@canonogic]

I CANNOT wait for the Chainsaw Man anime, i just hope Studio Mappa isnt overloaded with their current workset

[@ben.is.better]

The amount of work they manage, still to have as high of quality they do, is insanely impressive

[@imafraidjumitebeinagang]

I just hope it's not gonna be animated fully in CGI...

[@4xdblack]

My only hope is that they hire animators who love the series as much as the fans do. The talent the CSM fanbase has is absolutely insane. If MAPPA doesn't hurry, they'll animate CSM themselves

[@canonogic]

I trust MAPPA tho, theyve been absolutely killing it recently. Just hope they have time set aside to animate it so they aren't forced to cut corners

[@CalmClamFam]

MAPPA released 8 anime last year in the middle of a pandemic. If they can pull off releasing 8 anime within a year, then they can pull off making Chainsaw Man

[@KoiPuff]

So Jump seems to desperately be looking for something for Shiro Usazaki (Act-AGE Artist) to do. She hasn't expressed an interest in writing her own series and seems content to just be the artist. She's young (Like 23) and her art is too beautiful to go to waste. I really hope they pair her with a story worthy of her talents. She did the art for a one shot but sadly the art was the only good thing about it. Act-Age was my favourite SJ title and it really sucks the author was a garbage human. Shiro Usazaki deserved better.

[@vulnerablerummy]

what's the title of the oneshot?

[@fortu392]

i think we will see her again soon, she is too talented to be left unemployed

[@raouldmono4219]

@@vulnerablerummy Flame-Eyed Cyclops

[@KoiPuff]

@@fortu392 She did some Art for Playboy and it’s 👌👌👌

[@sphxx7995]

i feel so bad for her she deserved/deserves better :/

[@pablomonsalve3911]

Timestamps: Canceled manga: Samurai 8 2:03, Mitama security 2:30, Yuna and the hanunted hot springs 2:46, timeparadox Ghost writer 3:29 . Promising potential: Burn the witch 5:14 Magu chan god of destruction 6:09, Moriking 6:38, High school family 6:49 . Battle manga: Undead unluck 7:49, ayakashi triangle 8:39, Pahmtom seer 10:29 . 11:20 hard boiled cop dolphin, Mashle 12:18, Sakamoto days 13:20 . 14:54 HunterxHunter ltest news . top ten best selling: 15:26 Black clover, 15:45 Act-age ,16:10 Dr Stone, 16:36 chain saw man, 17:10 my hero academia, 17:55 promised neverland, 18:24 Jujutsu Kaisen, 19:18 haikyuu, 20:00 one piece, 21:13 Demon Slayer . 23:47 Jump plus: 20:50 Spy X family, 27:59 Kaiju N.8

[@ddg_snipa0187]

So Mashle is basically what would’ve happened if Midoriya didn’t eat All Mights hair and he stayed quirkless

[@moonflowerpalace3872]

I honestly thought he looked a bit like Mob.

[@et.anthem]

More like if Saitama went to Hogwarts

[@mini-spooder101]

Yes, with a pinch of one punch man.

[@sosman747]

You really need to read JJK, Hidden Inventory arc and Shibuya arc are going to be youtube goldmines when the anime catches up

[@stealthmonkeydc2869]

Cant wait to see Toji in action.

[@dsrsk8354]

Shibuya arc left me in shambles and I’m so excited to go through hay emotional rollercoaster again in anime form

[@hussamf3976]

@@dsrsk8354 last chapter though...

[@sosman747]

@@stealthmonkeydc2869 I’ll spazz out when the anime only’s get to see his greatness

[@joanjalupangestu5123]

Hell's Paradise is one of the hidden gem IMO not many people talked about it (read it, it's good and ended nicely)

[@helloitshelloitshello]

not to mention it's getting an anime adaptation!

[@joanjalupangestu5123]

@@helloitshelloitshello yeah ikr!

[@isaaclim9559]

The ending was so sweet and wholesome. Stark contrast from its heavy themes, brutal gory fights and Bochu Jutsu...

[@iz_pz8910]

It was really nice.

[@makima2883]

it's my favorite recent jump manga

[@cellophane05]

They canceled phantom seer ಥ‿ಥ

[@nlnrose]

I have been seeing so many of these series on the app an passing them by now I'm super excited to catch up on them. you gave some great pitches. Thanks for this series it's amazing.

[@mavmav8345]

HEY EVERYONE! Here's my new story! It's about a world with people with "X" and the protagonist is a teenager who is the only one in the world who doesnt have "X" !!! Original and fun!

[@yato329]

Thats the formula...

[@pesciisthebestcharacter5100]

That's exactly what I thought when I saw an ad for Black Clover.

[@Kyle-ho4lj]

u big mad

[@juniperrodley9843]

It's a pretty versatile formula. You can use it for a lot of different stories.

[@ACE-do7np]

@Yahya Patwa aot is published by kodansha not shounen jump

[@MultiLetz]

Honestly, if we see the battle for shonen jump as a shonen story, you can imagine Demon Slayer as the legendary warrior that arrived out of nowhere, got to the top, and then disappeared, having sent a message and shocking everthing to it's core

[@surajkarki3511]

Agreed it single handedly restore the Japan economy this year lol

[@judehaylesa]

The message being "No matter how mediocre the source material, getting a really good adaption will bring success"

[@madari5584]

@@judehaylesa you fr got zero brain cells hate to see it

[@judehaylesa]

@@madari5584 Awwww, is someone mad that someone has a different opinion from them on the internet? how sad :(

[@madari5584]

@@judehaylesa I don't care if you don't like demon slayer lmao but it's shitty to act like the only reason it did that well was because of the animation

[@jksanrio]

This video is absolutely incredible! As a daily manga reader, your analysis is perfectly on point and all the information were presented really clearly. Honestly, this video really inspired me to love manga as a medium even more!

[@caquito]

Sakamoto Days is awesome, I loved the characters and their interactions. I hope this one can stick around. Also, Monster Nr 8 is awesome too, I love that the character is 33 years old and not an 18 year old teen

[@YggStudio]

Thanks for giving us the term "gropey humor" also will def check out Kaiju No. 8 and I agree that Spy X Family is going to be HUUUUUGE

[@omali1105]

Fr man the series has soo much potential. You should check out Undead unluck too man it's really good and it doesn't rely on gropey humor as eyepatch suggests.

[@greatgp4962]

Didn't expect to see you here

[@viniciusjdasilva8555]

kaijuu 8 has a lot of potential and so far so good

[@evolvedhuman783]

Kaiju no 8 is very good but I don't think it's going to be a long series

[@shockshplock3480]

@Shaman X wtf

[@HiImAiden]

I think Gigguk put it best when he said "The sales gap could part the red sea." in reference to Demon Slayer

[@yuvalgabay1023]

Dud its could part the fucking Pacific Ocean

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Man. I'd say "The current state of Shounen Jump," could be "Every single manga tied to it right now is outselling Marvel and DC.

[@sungh00nzz]

Yup

[@cameronnearey8784]

Shonnen 2020: wow our series are doing great we even got one to beat one piece 2021 will be so great (3/4 of their top ten mangas end) Shonnen2021: at least we still got one piece

[@MichaelPhillips-jw4bj]

. KINGDOM also beat one piece and its been running for years. Been in the top 2-5 for many years, It doesn't even have a true english release nor a quality anime (or anime released during its run). . if it had one like one piece or demon slayer it'd be lights out. Definitely deserved its number 2 spot and its of one the best manga ever written. I love one piece and kingdom.. I just want more people to give it a serious try . I avoided it cause im not into the concept very much. I finally tried it and it was super good. you start meeting characters that are bad asses like whitebeard, crazy battles, epic 1 vs 1 etc

[@user-nd3wy5bv9e]

@@MichaelPhillips-jw4bj only few recognizes Kingdom :< it's a great manga too

[@poomipatlurkudom3883]

@@MichaelPhillips-jw4bj Kingdom and One piece my two favourite manga

[@cstark16]

Absolutely LOVE sakamoto days - so so glad you gave it attention! Never really see it in conversation...but i'm Really hoping it sticks around. I'm itching for Chainsaw man pt 2 and anime release!!

[@estebanhughell709]

As a 30 year old who just became a wildfire firefighter out of the blue. After spending years working in a boring company job. That kaiju story really speaks to me.

[@henriquesoares7893]

Now you only gotta get the power to turn into fire and use it to put out fires... Wait, no, someone already did the Fireman with Fire Powers idea, damn

[@estebanhughell709]

@@henriquesoares7893 prescribed burns are a thing doing them right now.

[@Onlytoview1]

@@estebanhughell709 we brought u jokes. I brought us facts. Thank you good sir.

[@enzie8786]

All I can say is congrats and I'm happy for you

[@PointCrow]

I love watching this series every year. Keep it up. Absolutely fantastic :)

[@Idk-fo6ih]

It's great

[@tiny3138]

@pointcrow favorite anime this year?

[@lusterTJ]

Which we had more videos about jump more frequently

[@sitali1134]

poinTCROW WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE

[@siegemaster67]

Agreed

[@ssRAY-]

Man your videos feel like movies on their own... truly inspires me always amazing quality

[@emperorlelouch5696]

Wow that was amazing. Thank you for this awesome educational video and I hope you continue to make awesome videos like this.

[@prismal418]

Shonen Jump uses Tournaments arcs when they need to boost sales, bring attention to the series and make sick fights. It's a decades institution. SpyxFamily did a tournament arc just to build a single gag at the end of it...AND IT WAS GLORIOUS.

[@adamismail2883]

Was it the Tennis tournament?

[@prismal418]

@@adamismail2883 Yes! All of that one Yor Moment.

[@adamismail2883]

@@prismal418 The fact that Yor just destroyed the tennis ball in one swing is just hilarious

[@LightningRaven42]

I freaking love this kind of high effort gags. Recently, my favorite book series completed a "gag" set up 10 books before (roughly 15 years in between) and it was freaking amazing, better yet because the author introduced a small plotline for this set up. That's commitment.

[@madatz]

@@LightningRaven42 What series is this?

[@StarDragonJP]

It's unfortunate when a series ends at the peak of it's hype, but it can be better for a series to end when it's story is completed rather than trying to force it to keep going and drag the quality of it down in an attempt to run as long as possible.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Just think of dragon ball, fist of the north star and the like and it won't be so unfortunate

[@StarDragonJP]

Maybe the Buu Saga wasn't as great as the Android Saga but it still ended while it was good. Don't know about Fist of the North Star though since I haven't read that yet.

[@Soybean13]

Just like naruto, the series really went downhill after pain arc and really hit the bottom on the 4th ninja war arc....

[@amuroray9115]

@@StarDragonJP DBZ should have ended after Frieza saga. Buu saga was pretty bad

[@janaekelis]

@@StarDragonJP aw man FOTN had a good run,but then it didnt. i remember they stopped dubbing the anime after awhile (stopped at 64 episodes i think when the series ran for longer) i think it was bc of its death to the Japanese audiences at the time. its up there with the sort of underground cult classics. it became underground because of how fucking HARD it crashed. there are still a few fans, some games and appearances and the meme that was super popular years ago that brought ut back into mainstream for a while

[@RomanceDusk]

Fantastic Video as always! I really enjoy your now yearly Analysis of the Weekly Shonen Jump! It is fascinating to see how Manga will evolve in the future and how the internet will give rise to more series that otherwise would have been canceled or never published, because there are is only a limited number of pages in each magazine of the Weekly Shonen Jump. Btw. I love your editing on your videos! Great to see how Manga / Anime Content can be presented on KZbin!

[@TheWholeVein]

I love the analysis and data context behind the sales. Keep it up !

[@StriderHoang]

I still remember Jump Plus being initially pitched and sold, it was like, “It’ll cost literally almost nothing, please support Jump Plus.” Now it’s responsible for some impressive titles like Spy x Family, it’s crazy this online shift didn’t happen earlier

[@dandan3045]

That’s Japan in a nutshell. Old businesses here really like physical media. CDs and dvds still sell here with many HMV store in operation.

[@CalmClamFam]

Spy Family is awesome and I’m glad the creator gets to give themselves a break every now and then. It’s good to take care of your health or even do extra planning for future chapters

[@heythere9475]

And with chainsaw man part 2 coming to jump plus and monster 8 doing pretty well currently, jump plus looking real stacked atm.

[@heythere9475]

If it's not for jjk, jump plus series migh actually be selling more than current wsj series considering csm and SxF doing way better than mha and black clover in term of copies printed and sold

[@jsplit9716]

@God Slayer No , it is. Japan still focuses on physical media in NEW things. Heck they aren't even aware of the huge and growing anime and manga communities outside of japan. Japan approaches business very different then western companies they almost always use the method that worked in the past instead of trying something new.

[@mothersbasement]

I felt the "Why do people get so mad about that" DEEP

[@chellejohnson9789]

I think Yahtzee's tactic of just doubling down on saying something the "wrong" way is probably the way to go Edit: HunterksHunter is a personal favorite of mine

[@blakechildress944]

Hunter (multiply by) Hunter. I've never interpreted the x as a multiply sign until John said it.

[@AmritSingh-zc8hz]

Yo Jared

[@pauolo3839]

I think it's supposed to be pronunced as "cross", as in "crossover", but most people I know just pronunce it like the letter "x". And yes indeed, no need to obsess over it, as long as people still understand which series they are talking about. 😁

[@migamaos3953]

Your channel gay

[@rerollerorerollero3684]

Undead Unluck is so much fun, you should keep an eye on it

[@kchorro2012]

That bit about HXH was pure gold! I wasn't even aware of some of these series, I'll get to check them out 👌 The assassin one and the spy one sound really interesting and wholesome.

[@pierre-louislamaze8802]

Its such a shame you havent continued Undead Unluck, I too wasnt convinced by the first few chapters. BUT it turned out to be one of the most creative world i had seen in years ! at around chapter +10 you get a massive plot twist that turn the whole manga on its head, and allows the author to unravel his baffling creativity! The lack of compeling character writing is only present in the first chaprters and we are currently experiencing one of the most interesting arcs to date in the manga ! Its a breath of fresh air, and i couldnt recoment it enough

[@greatsquare6028]

Undead Unluck isn't a manga that's a masterpiece in it's first chapters, but damn it becomes amazing in later chapters

[@theinimitablejora522]

After I finish Chainsaw Man and Death Note, I wanna have something new to read with my ViZ account in between One Piece releases. I dropped Naruto because I don’t like it, and I read as much Bleach as I felt I needed to because of some personal motivating factors. What should come next? Any suggestions? Dr Stone, probably, but what else?

[@kami_vega]

@@greatsquare6028 damn imma keep reading then cos i dropped it at like chapter 3 really wondering whether it was that good but i'll continue

[@ZabZabZabie]

Same, i had no hopes for that series in the beginning, it was slowly paced, had uninteresting charachter designs (and art overall) but it got insanely better.

[@user-ee7nc8bi4n]

The power system of UU is the most creative one i have seen so far . It's a really good title

[@MyUnoriginalLife]

jujutsu kaisen has rapidly become one of my favorite shows im constantly impressed with it

[@djdanese]

MAN I THINK EVERYBODY IS SO HYPED FOR THE 2022 VIDEO

[@DD-ko1nn]

Your my favorite anime KZbinr. Thanks again for all the hard work you put into these.

[@Soupgirlpeasant]

Jujustu Kaisen is going to be the next big big shounen, the most recent arc was one of the best new gen shounen arcs I’ve ever seen

[@oscarcg5727]

Idk man, as long as Demon Slayer is around that’s gonna be a tough one. Not to mention Mha and the likes of Black Clover

[@barshaai3368]

@@oscarcg5727 well it has already outsold black clover so early in the series and is catching upto mha and it had the most sales this jan 2021 but yeah demon slayer would be tough to beat

[@stevenyates8231]

@@barshaai3368 I think if JJK keeps up with the high quality anime adaption it has the best chance to surpass Demon slayer. If the following arcs after Shibuya continue with the same quality it will be hard to stop. Demon slayer is going to be great with the upcoming arcs to though. Although i have mixed feelings about the ending

[@KinglyRed]

I think Chainsaw Man has a chance to reach that point too

[@LOL-tm7ek]

@@oscarcg5727 well demon slayer isn’t around

[@user-rc3cm1zv4j]

I would love to see you talk about shonen jump's rival Weekly Shonen Magazine. It has some really interesting titles and a bit more down to earth approach

[@hosseinfaridnasr2778]

could you name a few?

[@aaryan4323]

@@hosseinfaridnasr2778 Ace of diamond, Bakemonogatari, Fire force, Eden's Zero, Tokyo Revengers, Rent a girlfriend and a few more titles.

[@superboy9431]

@@hosseinfaridnasr2778 cough cough HAJIME NO IPPO.... you know... the manga that's been running longer than one piece....

[@user-rc3cm1zv4j]

@@hosseinfaridnasr2778 silent voice , Again , yamada and the seven witches, as God wills, great teacher Onizuka and its prequel, kindaichi, get backers, samurai deeper kyo, bloody Monday, Devilman and more

[@isaaclim9559]

@@hosseinfaridnasr2778 blue period! Really mature, nuanced, and compelling story telling about a boy discovering the world of art and trying to enter the most competitive art college in japan. It's getting an anime adaptation. Also, Yoasobi made a song based on it, 群青.

[@Red-Ahmed]

I love these yearly videos! Looking forward to seeing what series rises in Jump! Also at this point, Togashi should just find an artist for HxH and focus only on the story. Maybe then we can finally get a new chapter this year.

[@darriusbethea2373]

Can’t wait for video this year as few series that ended couple years ago Demon Slayer Chainsaw Man and Haikyuu was in top 10 series of not just WSJ but manga period.