Forum - View topicNEWS: Amalgam of Distortion, Demon's Plan Manga End in Shonen Jump on Monday
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1dbad
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Never had a chance to read Amalgam of Distortion, but Demon's Plan's Jump Start began in the very first issue of my subscription. I thought it had potential based on the first three chapters, so I hate to see it end before it had time to do much.
At least we're getting some new series to fill the void. We Can't Learn and U19 seem to have potential. I'm curious to see if they'll manage to last, and where they'll go from here.
It's been ranking pretty low on the Weekly Rankings (usually in the Bottom 2/3), so I'm afraid it might be heading for a similar fate. |
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leafy sea dragon
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Hmm, bummer. I like Ole Golazo, but that's because I like stories of talented people who have to learn to use their talents for something else. I've subscribed to Viz's Shonen Jump ever since the third printed issue. Though it didn't happen until recently, of the new series that get published but quickly canceled, something I keep seeing is the author having an interesting premise, but it's a bare hook without any meat. It either soon turns into something less appealing (Hi-Fi Cluster), it plays itself painfully straight as a shonen (Gun Blaze West) or it ultimately goes nowhere with no progression in the characters or their motivations (Takama-ga-hara--episodic comedy series are exempt from this). It comes across to me as a self-fulfilling prophecy: Authors write Weekly Shonen Jump series with the expectation that they will be quickly axed, and so they write these stories under the idea they'll be getting a ten-week notice. But because they write these expecting to fail, they will likely fail. When you have a series like Barrage or Red Sprite that WERE written as if they'd be long, sprawling journeys, and they're suddenly put to an end, it is quite jarring to read. |
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1dbad
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I liked what I read of Ole too. But if there's one thing Demon's Plan taught me, it's that I'm not following any series past their Jump Start unless they're doing well in the rankings.
I've noticed that as well. You can't give everything you have away in the first chapter, but you can't expect the luxury of a long run either. You need a story that is flexible and can be stretched or retracted when asked. Honestly, seeing how fickle the shonen industry is gives me a greater respect for the series that manage to thrive in spite of these conditions. You have to have a strong start, be able to at least maintain that level of quality, and have something exciting enough happen each week to keep your ranking out of the danger zone. |
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