Shonen Jump ToC Rankings

Interesting. I guess this is because the batting average for which new series to feature in the US version has been below .500, so at least now we might see what we're missing.

So Kuroko no Basuket is confirmed to be ending soon. Next issue, apparently.

edited 27th Aug '14 10:47:26 AM by brainblow

From what I've been reading, it's that or drag it out, which would be quite the controversial decision but in-line with standard Jump policy.

Still a bit surprising that Jump would let something like that just end.

Maybe they were annoyed by all the controversy, even if that wasn't the manga's fault. But it's always nice to see a manga going out while it's still popular.

Seems "Sporting Salt" is getting a full release now. Neat timing now that Kuroko is ending.

Issue 40:

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma (Cover, Lead Colour)
1. Naruto
2. Hinomaru Zumō
Brain Breaker (Center Colour, Golden Future Cup 2014)
3. One Piece
4. Assassination Classroom
My Hero Academia (Chapter 7)
5. Toriko
Haikyuu!! (Center Colour)
6. Isobe Isobee Monogatari
7. World Trigger
8. PSI Kusuo Saiki
Kuroko's Basketball (Center Colour, Final Chapter)
9. Nisekoi: False Love
10. Gin Tama
11. Kochikame
Yoakemono (Chapter 5)
12. Bleach
Mitsukubi Condor (Chapter 6)
13. Illegal Rare
14. Isobe Isobee Monogatari
Hunter × Hunter (Absent)

Food Wars! has sold 4 million.

Average rankings up to issue 39:

1. One Piece (2.1)
2. Assassination Classroom (3.2)
3. Naruto (5.1)
4. Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma (6.1)
5. Hinomaru Zumō (7.0)
6. PSI Kusuo Saiki (7.4)
7. Kuroko's Basketball (7.8)
8. Haikyuu!! (7.8)
9. Toriko (9.6)
10. Isobe Isobee Monogatari (11.1)
11. Nisekoi: False Love (12.0)
12. World Trigger (14.2)
13. Gin Tama (14.6)
14. Bleach (15.4)
15. Hunter × Hunter (17.3)
16. Kochikame (17.4)
17. Illegal Rare (18.4)

Issue 41:
Cover, Lead Colour: Jūdōzu (New Series)^note An "unprecedented judo manga".
Center Colour: Hinomaru Zumō
First Ranking: My Hero Academia
Absent: Hunter × Hunter (extended for one week)

Issue 42:
Cover, Lead Colour: Hi-Fi Cluster (New Series)

Issue 43:
Cover, Lead Colour: Sporting Salt (New Series)

English Issue 39:
One-Punch Man (Cover, Lead Colour, Two Chapters)
Toriko
Naruto
One Piece
Nisekoi: False Love
Bleach
World Trigger
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL

An anime adaptation of Seraph was announced.

This week's Nihongo Lesson is "Mazui". There's also a pop quiz (in jest).

This week's comments.◊

edited 30th Aug '14 9:36:01 AM by burnpsy

Apparently, the Hunter x Hunter guy is having a flareup of his back problems again.

Oh, for Christ's-

Can't someone move it to a Monthly magazine or something? So that it goes easier on him?

Like they did with D Gray Man

Issue 41:

Judos (Cover, Lead Colour, New Series)
1. Assassination Classroom
2. One Piece
Hinomaru Zumō (Center Colour)
3. Toriko
4. Haikyuu!!
5. World Trigger
6. Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
7. Nisekoi: False Love
My Hero Academia (Center Colour)
8. PSI Kusuo Saiki
9. Naruto
10. Isobe Isobee Monogatari
11. Gin Tama
12. Kochikame
Yoakemono (Chapter 6)
13. Bleach
Shōnen Nandendeyanen (One-Shot)
Mitsukubi Condor (Chapter 7)
Illegal Rare (Final Chapter)
Hunter × Hunter (Hiatus)

We do not know the ranking for chapter 1 of My Hero Academia due to it receiving a colour page for chapter 8.

The Kuroko threat guy has filed for appeal. Many speculate this is due to the manga ending.

Hunter × Hunter is henceforth on indefinite hiatus.

Issue 42:
Cover, Lead Colour: Hi-Fi Cluster (New Series)
Center Colour: Hinomaru Zumō, Isobe Isobee Monogatari
First Ranking: Mitsukubi Condor

English Issue 40:
Nisekoi: False Love (Cover, Bonus Mini-Chapter)
One Piece
Naruto
World Trigger
Bleach
Toriko
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1 (Special Preview, Two Chapters, One in Full Colour)

They're previewing the first three chapters of each new series, not just the first, starting with Judos next issue.

This week's Nihongo Lesson is "Shouri".

This week's comments.◊

"Hunter × Hunter is henceforth on indefinite hiatus."

...why did I get my hopes up?

Medical science advances every day!

So Illegal Rare has finally kicked the bucket, eh? Surprised it even managed to last this long. It looks like Zumo's still doing well; hopefully it can make a name for itself so Jump can have something come out of this year.

And seriously, Togashi needs to, like, hire an art team or something. Make a script or something and have other people get that script onto the page. I feel really bad - health problems aren't a light matter - but the constant hiatuses is getting ridiculous.

Yeah, Illegal Rare was piggybacking off of luck, but that's run out. Jump is completely out of fodder series unless one of the new ones opens in last or something. If it weren't for the New Era Project, I'd think Naruto's on track to end this round, which would make the last necessary slot to fit these three series.

And yeah. Togashi clearly doesn't need the money, and the series sells enough that most would jump at the chance to take over the art.

edited 6th Sep '14 6:37:44 PM by burnpsy

Judos—Pretty much discards any actual judo in the first chapter. Hope there's a better female character in the main storyline.

Naruto—Farewells a-plenty; I admit it, I teared up a bit.

Man am I late. This one actually came out early, but I spent most of the week fairly pre-occupied. Didn't even have time to properly read the English issue (and still haven't). Sorry.

Issue 42:

Hi-Fi CLUSTER (Cover, Lead Colour, New Series)
1. Assassination Classroom
2. One Piece
Judos (Center Colour)
3. My Hero Academia (Second Ranking)
4. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
Isobe Isobee Monogatari (Center Colour)
5. Haikyuu!!
6. Naruto
7. PSI Kusuo Saiki
Hinomaru Zumō (Center Colour)
8. Toriko
9. Nisekoi: False Love
10. World Trigger
11. Gin Tama
12. Bleach
13. Kochikame
14. Mitsukubi Condor (First Ranking)
Unmei no Hito (One-Shot)
Yoakemono (Chapter 7)

One new success, one failure.

I don't know if I noted this anywhere, but an unspecified new project named Shonen Jump+ is being advertised in Japan.

The popularity poll results for Assassination Classroom were revealed in this issue. Turnout was low. Korosensei was in 3rd, Karma was in first. I am not typing out those full results. (I only bothered with World Trigger because someone else typed out most of it.)

Issue 43:
Cover, Lead Colour: Sporting Salt (New Series)
Center Colour: Hi-Fi CLUSTER, Haikyuu!!, PSI Kusuo Saiki
Absent: Naruto

English Issue 41:
Judos (Cover, Lead Colour, Jump Start, New Series)
Naruto
Blue Exorcist
One Piece
Nisekoi: False Love
Bleach
Toriko
World Trigger
One-Punch Man
Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign (Center Colour)

This week's Nihongo Lesson is on "Ao", "Aka" and "Kiiro".

This week's comments.

Bravo to Academia for the good start. I have to commend Horikoshi for trying so much to get something to stick after Oumazoo and Barrage. Hopefully for him Academia can actually last.

Curious, reading the comments, what else has the mangaka for Judos done? He talks like a "returning star" but I have no clue who he is.

Judos' premise looks awfully limited...maybe six volumes worth tops.

Hi-Fi Cluster could be good—it's another of those "people with special powers battle each other" series, but an interesting justification which allows normal people to at least have some influence.

Medical Salt—that preview image had darn better well be symbolic.

Can't find anything on him.

The syringe looks about the same size as Compa's. It's most likely completely accurate.

Issue 43:

Sporting Salt (Cover, Lead Colour, New Series)
1. My Hero Academia
2. One Piece
Hi-Fi CLUSTER (Center Colour, Chapter 2)
3. Assassination Classroom
4. Toriko
Haikyuu!! (Center Colour)
Judos (Chapter 3)
5. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
PSI Kusuo Saiki (Center Colour)
6. Hinomaru Zumō
7. Bleach
8. Nisekoi: False Love
9. Gin Tama
10. Yoakemono (First Ranking)
11. Isobe Isobee Monogatari
Hontoni wa Nakattashi Betsuni Kowaku mo nai Hanashi (One-Shot)
12. Kochikame
13. Mitsukubi Condor
Naruto (Absent)
World Trigger (Absent)

World Trigger was absent due to neck pain.

Issue 44:
Cover: World Trigger
Center Colour: Sporting Salt, Nisekoi: False Love, Terra Formars
One-Shot: Gentle-kun by Koyama Yujiro

English Issue 42:
Hi-Fi CLUSTER (Cover, Lead Colour, Jump Start, New Series)
One Piece
Judos (Center Colour, Jump Start)
Naruto
World Trigger
Toriko
Nisekoi: False Love
Bleach
Rurouni Kenshin: Master of Flame (Final Chapter)

This week's Nihongo Lesson is on animals: "Uma", "Ookami", "Karasu" and "Hebi".

This week's comments.◊

edited 21st Sep '14 11:47:56 AM by burnpsy

My Hero Academia is ranked first? Neat. I love the artist, and I really want to see him be able to work on a successful series.

It might have been interesting to make Hi Fi Cluster a look at dealing with learning disabilities by metaphor; but I am pretty sure it's just going to be a special abilities fighting manga.

Issue 44:

World Trigger (Cover, Lead Colour Page)
1. Naruto
2. Haikyuu!!
Sporting Salt (Center Colour, Chapter 2)
3. Assassination Classroom
4. My Hero Academia
5. Hinomaru Zumō
Hi-Fi CLUSTER (Chapter 3)
6. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
Nisekoi: False Love (Center Colour)
7. PSI Kusuo Saiki
Judos (Chapter 4)
8. Isobe Isobee Monogatari
9. Gin Tama
10. Toriko
11. Bleach
Terra Formars (Center Colour, from Weekly Young Jump)
12. Kochikame
Gentle-kun (One-Shot)
13. Mitsukubi Condor
14. Yoakemono
One Piece (Absent)

Shonen Jump+ has been announced, releasing simultaneous digital issues of Jump, as well as some sister magazines. iShojo is being made available this way too.

Issue 45:
Cover, Lead Colour: Kochikame
Center Colour: Gin Tama, Nisekoi: False Love, Saikyo Jump 4 Pack

The "Saikyo Jump 4 Pack" is Gekikara! Karē ōji, Uchiha Sasuke no utsushi wa me-den, Nante fuddai! Farao-kun and Jisshoku! Usakichi-kun.

English Issue 43:
Sporting Salt (Cover, Lead Colour, Jump Start)
Bleach
One Piece
Hi-Fi CLUSTER (Center Colour, Jump Start)
Toriko
Judos (Jump Start)
Nisekoi: False Love
One-Punch Man
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL

élDLIVE by Akira Amano will run via Jump Start.

This week's Nihongo Lesson is on ordering food: "o kudasai", "ni shimasu" and "zenbu kudasai".

This week's comments.◊

Ouch, Yoakemono fell fast.

It's nice to see My Hero Academia and Hinomaru Zumo still hold tightly to the upper half of the rankings even if they're not in first. As I've noted before, 2014 hasn't really had anything long-lasting, let alone instant hits, so it's nice to see some fresh blood coursing through.

Shonen Jump+ sounds like a damn generous offer, especially for Jump's first real push into digital. The selection's pretty interesting too. Biggest jaw-dropper for me is the Hetalia spin-off. Never would've expected that to make it's way to jump.

Speaking of lasting manga and Jump+, I'm still amazed iShojo's managed to hold on as well as it has. Like, I don't know if I was just expecting too much out of Illegal Rare and Stealth Symphony, but I did not expect iShojo to be the last one standing among them.

Curious, any feedback on how Hi-Fi Cluster and Sporting Salt are doing? Both seem pretty interesting, but they can still tank regardless.