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NEWS: Kishimoto: Naruto Manga to Continue Longer Than 1.5 Years

KENZICHI wrote:

I've been waiting TOO long!

"Always leave them wanting more" - Writing 101

manga market in jp will go down once naruto and bleach is done after couple more years. They still have nothing to replace those sale numbers yet.

The following chart covers sales from November 21, 2011 to May 20, 2012:

1 One Piece Eiichiro Oda 13,833,116
2 Naruto Masashi Kishimoto 3,081,822
3 Hunter X Hunter Yoshihiro Togashi 2,721,003
4 Uchū Kyōdai (Space Brothers) Chūya Koyama 2,684,223
5 Kimi ni Todoke Karuho Shiina 2,316,005
6 Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima 2,271,497
7 Bakuman. Story: Tsugumi Ohba, Art: Takeshi Obata 1,986,502
8 Kuroko no Basuke (Kuroko's Basketball) Tadatoshi Fujimaki 1,969,727
9 We Were There (Bokura ga Ita) Yuuki Obata 1,725,725
10 Attack on Titan Hajime Isayama 1,715,410

RGaspar wrote:

It worries me a little. Because the manga is definitely heading towards a conclusion now, I can see this finishing in 40-50 more chapters but more than that?? Mmm. I wonder what kind of filler-ish stories Kishimoto is going to come up with...

Events in the manga develop incredibly slow. Especially with Kishimoto's insistence on many tactical aspects. So even conclusion of this current war arc can easily take 1.5 years.

Spotlesseden wrote:

manga market in jp will go down once naruto and bleach is done after couple more years. They still have nothing to replace those sale numbers yet.

Seriously?

Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2012 (First Half) wrote:

The following chart covers sales from November 21, 2011 to May 20, 2012: 1 One Piece Eiichiro Oda 13,833,116 2 Naruto Masashi Kishimoto 3,081,822 3 Hunter X Hunter Yoshihiro Togashi 2,721,003 4 Uchū Kyōdai (Space Brothers) Chūya Koyama 2,684,223 5 Kimi ni Todoke Karuho Shiina 2,316,005 6 Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima 2,271,497 7 Bakuman. Story: Tsugumi Ohba, Art: Takeshi Obata 1,986,502 8 Kuroko no Basuke (Kuroko's Basketball) Tadatoshi Fujimaki 1,969,727 9 We Were There (Bokura ga Ita) Yuuki Obata 1,725,725 10 Attack on Titan Hajime Isayama 1,715,410

With One Piece... Naruto and Bleach sales won't be missed. Heck... Bleach isn't even among the best sellers as of late. Sure, it was a gold mine a few years ago, but Bleach has lost its fanbase lately.

It can be argued that Naruto sales would indeed be missed. And they WILL be missed. But nothing to replace them? Maybe in fandom and shonen like matter but... Hunter x Hunter is less than 300k volumes away... and Uchu no Kyoudai 400k. Kimi no todoke and Fairy Tail are a bit a away, but have great sales as well.

Naruto sales can easily be replaced by a hit. But with One Piece still going for another ten years, I don't see Shounen Jump panicking because Naruto will end in 2 years.

I know I'm late in the discussion. But I just wanted to know why people keep on insisting that Toriko will replace Bleach. I mean its such a rip off from One Piece. And Bleach still sells more. The reason bleach wasn't in the top 10 of the 1st half of the year was cause Vol 55 released 3 days after that. Bleach was 15th on the list and had sold 1.49 million. Volume 55 sold approx around 610k. So technically it would have sold around 2 million and would have been 7th on the list or maybe even 6th.

Top 11-30 Best Selling Manga Series on Upper 2012

11, *1,655,367 Toriko
12, *1,617,572 Gintama
13, *1,561,339 Gin no Saji
14, *1,506,087 Inu x Boku SS
15, *1,499,322 Bleach
16, *1,493,600 SKET Dance
17, *1,475,848 Chihayafuru
18, *1,380,729 Thermae Romae
19, *1,197,198 Detective Conan
20, *1,186,572 Nurarihyon no Mago
21, *1,169,750 Ao no Exorcist
22, *1,084,554 Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu
23, **,998,116 Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
24, **,906,049 Natsume Yuujinchou
25, **,873,575 Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
26, **,868,783 Ace of Diamond
27, **,865,600 Ao Haru Ride
28, **,847,868 Beelzebub
29, **,828,231 Gantz
30, **,821,173 Giant Killing

One of the major problems Bleach faces is the fact that Kubo takes alot of breaks.

101nemesis wrote:

I know I'm late in the discussion. But I just wanted to know why people keep on insisting that Toriko will replace Bleach. I mean its such a rip off from One Piece. And Bleach still sells more. The reason bleach wasn't in the top 10 of the 1st half of the year was cause Vol 55 released 3 days after that. Bleach was 15th on the list and had sold 1.49 million. Volume 55 sold approx around 610k. So technically it would have sold around 2 million and would have been 7th on the list or maybe even 6th. Top 11-30 Best Selling Manga Series on Upper 2012 11, *1,655,367 Toriko 12, *1,617,572 Gintama 13, *1,561,339 Gin no Saji 14, *1,506,087 Inu x Boku SS 15, *1,499,322 Bleach 16, *1,493,600 SKET Dance 17, *1,475,848 Chihayafuru 18, *1,380,729 Thermae Romae 19, *1,197,198 Detective Conan 20, *1,186,572 Nurarihyon no Mago 21, *1,169,750 Ao no Exorcist 22, *1,084,554 Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu 23, **,998,116 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! 24, **,906,049 Natsume Yuujinchou 25, **,873,575 Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou 26, **,868,783 Ace of Diamond 27, **,865,600 Ao Haru Ride 28, **,847,868 Beelzebub 29, **,828,231 Gantz 30, **,821,173 Giant Killing One of the major problems Bleach faces is the fact that Kubo takes alot of breaks.

Okay lets for a second say Toriko is a rip off of One Piece. That rip off is still a better product than what Kubo has been putting out. And it's not even just the sales. Look at the weekly shonen jump rankings. Toriko is consistently ahead of Bleach.

oblivious247 wrote:

101nemesis wrote: I know I'm late in the discussion. But I just wanted to know why people keep on insisting that Toriko will replace Bleach. I mean its such a rip off from One Piece. And Bleach still sells more. The reason bleach wasn't in the top 10 of the 1st half of the year was cause Vol 55 released 3 days after that. Bleach was 15th on the list and had sold 1.49 million. Volume 55 sold approx around 610k. So technically it would have sold around 2 million and would have been 7th on the list or maybe even 6th. Top 11-30 Best Selling Manga Series on Upper 2012 11, *1,655,367 Toriko 12, *1,617,572 Gintama 13, *1,561,339 Gin no Saji 14, *1,506,087 Inu x Boku SS 15, *1,499,322 Bleach 16, *1,493,600 SKET Dance 17, *1,475,848 Chihayafuru 18, *1,380,729 Thermae Romae 19, *1,197,198 Detective Conan 20, *1,186,572 Nurarihyon no Mago 21, *1,169,750 Ao no Exorcist 22, *1,084,554 Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu 23, **,998,116 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! 24, **,906,049 Natsume Yuujinchou 25, **,873,575 Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou 26, **,868,783 Ace of Diamond 27, **,865,600 Ao Haru Ride 28, **,847,868 Beelzebub 29, **,828,231 Gantz 30, **,821,173 Giant Killing One of the major problems Bleach faces is the fact that Kubo takes alot of breaks. Okay lets for a second say Toriko is a rip off of One Piece. That rip off is still a better product than what Kubo has been putting out. And it's not even just the sales. Look at the weekly shonen jump rankings. Toriko is consistently ahead of Bleach.

The previous arc of Bleach was disappointing. Till the end of Aizen Arc, bleach was amazing. Fullbring arc was just like a filler arc in the anime. But with the new arc, the sales are picking up again and ONE bad year in 10 doesn't mean a series will lose its grip.

And I didn't mean Toriko was a straight rip off. But It's similarities to One Piece are so out there. And with WSJ promoting the manga so widely since Naruto and Bleach are ending, this "Toriko has replaced Bleach" is only gonna get bigger. Plus its only been out for sometime. It'd be interesting to see if it could survive in the top 5 like how the previous 3 did for over 10 years.

Fairytail is bland. I actually liked it but as time went I got so fed up over it as there was no constant story arc. It's just a bunch of small adventures. If they don't introduce an ACTUAL story, people will get tired of it.

101nemesis wrote:

oblivious247 wrote: 101nemesis wrote: I know I'm late in the discussion. But I just wanted to know why people keep on insisting that Toriko will replace Bleach. I mean its such a rip off from One Piece. And Bleach still sells more. The reason bleach wasn't in the top 10 of the 1st half of the year was cause Vol 55 released 3 days after that. Bleach was 15th on the list and had sold 1.49 million. Volume 55 sold approx around 610k. So technically it would have sold around 2 million and would have been 7th on the list or maybe even 6th. Top 11-30 Best Selling Manga Series on Upper 2012 11, *1,655,367 Toriko 12, *1,617,572 Gintama 13, *1,561,339 Gin no Saji 14, *1,506,087 Inu x Boku SS 15, *1,499,322 Bleach 16, *1,493,600 SKET Dance 17, *1,475,848 Chihayafuru 18, *1,380,729 Thermae Romae 19, *1,197,198 Detective Conan 20, *1,186,572 Nurarihyon no Mago 21, *1,169,750 Ao no Exorcist 22, *1,084,554 Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu 23, **,998,116 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! 24, **,906,049 Natsume Yuujinchou 25, **,873,575 Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou 26, **,868,783 Ace of Diamond 27, **,865,600 Ao Haru Ride 28, **,847,868 Beelzebub 29, **,828,231 Gantz 30, **,821,173 Giant Killing One of the major problems Bleach faces is the fact that Kubo takes alot of breaks. Okay lets for a second say Toriko is a rip off of One Piece. That rip off is still a better product than what Kubo has been putting out. And it's not even just the sales. Look at the weekly shonen jump rankings. Toriko is consistently ahead of Bleach. The previous arc of Bleach was disappointing. Till the end of Aizen Arc, bleach was amazing. Fullbring arc was just like a filler arc in the anime. But with the new arc, the sales are picking up again and ONE bad year in 10 doesn't mean a series will lose its grip. And I didn't mean Toriko was a straight rip off. But It's similarities to One Piece are so out there. And with WSJ promoting the manga so widely since Naruto and Bleach are ending, this "Toriko has replaced Bleach" is only gonna get bigger. Plus its only been out for sometime. It'd be interesting to see if it could survive in the top 5 like how the previous 3 did for over 10 years. Fairytail is bland. I actually liked it but as time went I got so fed up over it as there was no constant story arc. It's just a bunch of small adventures. If they don't introduce an ACTUAL story, people will get tired of it.

Bleach was already slipping by the end of the Aizen arc. Bleach started going downhill quality wise early into the Hueco Mundo arc when everything became extremely formulaic and drawn out. Bleach has become predictable, poorly paced drivel. Every once in a while Kubo puts out a really good chapter, but those weeks are few and far between.

I could care for Toriko, but to call it a rip-off from One Piece is like calling Bleach a rip-off of Yu Yu Hakusho: the argument sounds good at first, but is always put to rest.