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NEWS: Viz's Shonen Jump, Shojo Beat Shake Up Manga Lineup

Unfortunately, my "motherly" instincts and "cute baby!" senses weren't activated on that series >_>;;

I don't know, I sort of would like to be finished sometime in my lifetime.

She's another idiot hero? I have no patience for the usual shojo heroine. Like Nana.

SB will have a higher turn-around, maybe because here gals are a major force in manga purchases. I remember the Comic-Con panels one yr--guys kept asking about this or that title & several panels said, sorry, the gal audience were buying lots of manga & everyone in the industry wanted a piece of it so the companies were looking for a share of titles to draw the gals in.

Now with Naruto, I'm almost suspecting a "srtike while the iron's hot" mentality. It's hot now, but will it fade in a year or 2 like YuGiOh is a fading title?

Will a 12 yr old buying Naruto today still want to buy it in 5 yrs, or will he be saving up for a car/girlfriend/other interests?

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I don't know, I sort of would like to be finished sometime in my lifetime.

Then pester Oda, not Viz. /quote]

I knew you'd say that, But if we're 10 yrs behind because of Viz's release schedule, even if he ends it in 5 yrs, we'll just be finishing up Alabaster..

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Quote: SB will have a higher turn-around, maybe because here gals are a major force in manga purchases. I remember the Comic-Con panels one yr--guys kept asking about this or that title & several panels said, sorry, the gal audience were buying lots of manga & everyone in the industry wanted a piece of it so the companies were looking for a share of titles to draw the gals in. Other than Honey and Clover, I don't see the other SB titles appealing much to girls. At last not the ones who have grown up on their stuff.

But...isn't Shojo Beat aimed at girls? Aren't all the titles in Shojo beat shojo titles?

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Now with Naruto, I'm almost suspecting a "srtike while the iron's hot" mentality. It's hot now, but will it fade in a year or 2 like YuGiOh is a fading title?

Yu Gi Oh died out, because of that crap movie from 4Kids. But it still makes money for them, which is why they're publishing GX. Three Naruto books a month might kill interest, though especially if, as other people claim, it stops focusing on Naruto's team and shifts to some older kids. They're taking an awful risk on that one, because Narutards might just end up reading Jump, and then only buy one or two of the TPBS they like most, rather than all of them.
And the book chains might not be too happy having to carry that many copies, either. (Although they seem to have multiple copies of older and current volumes which out-number the copies for everything else...)

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Will a 12 yr old buying Naruto today still want to buy it in 5 yrs, or will he be saving up for a car/girlfriend/other interests?

I've known some old-school Toriyama fans who were still buying his manga as adults. But that's because Toriyama doesn't publish as much stuff as he used to, so it ain't expensive. Will Kishimoto even have anything left after Naruto...?

As for YuGiOh, I think you're also missing out on the whole generation thing. Kids grow up & mature out of stuff & YuGiOh just didn't have the lasting power other titles have. Pokemon is hanging in there, though greatly reduced from it's glory days also.

Rumiko Takahashi knows her stuff & knows how to drag out a title like InuYasha.

Toriyama apparently also was less than thrilled at having to drag out Dragonball.

Is Nana leaving because of it's growing mature content or because it's ongoing at 16+ volumes? I'm wondering about that.

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Is Nana leaving because of it's growing mature content or because it's ongoing at 16+ volumes? I'm wondering about that.

I think both could be a factor, sure it has gotten more mature.. But, I think they are trying to keep up with the Japanese releases. We are only up to volume 6 and Japan is at 17, so lots of catching up.

And somewhere on this site is the perfect description of Bobobo's style of humor - "It's like being savagely beaten by a clown"

And who DOESN'T like being savagely beaten by a clown?

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Of course, Bobobo really pisses me off as it is unfunny and unenjoyable

Yeah, why can't the characters in Bo^7 expand their heads and blurt out stupid comments like in OP?

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I'm sorry, but I really disliked that series, it literally put me to sleep almost every time I read it and the art made my eyes water.

Maybe you should try a less "challenging" title like Yu Gi Oh GX.