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2021 starting off with a bang. The translator for Jujutsu Kaisen was arrested for child porn.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-02/jujutsu-kaisen-manga-translator-arrested-for-possession-distribution-of-child-pornography/.168070

At least this isn't Japan where they'll gonna get off light with a slap on the wrist and a wag of the finger.

Edit: Debated on posting this in the actual Jujutsu forum but since they also worked on other WSJ series, and since we don't have a general WSJ forum for whatever reason, this was the best place to put this.

Edited by Silentedge89 on Jan 2nd 2021 at 6:09:47 AM

Said translator (Stefan Koza) was arrested almost a month ago, and translations are submitted quite close to the release date, so he's already been replaced for Jujutsu Kaisen (by John Werry) and Ghost Reaper Girl (by Amanda Haley). Although We Never Learn only ended last issue, Camellia Nieh had long since taken over translating that one.

…One of the few times a series’ translator is mentioned in the news, it has to be for this. We really do a thankless job.

Oh yeah. I didn't expect this would impact the series translations one bit.

You really do. The unsung heroes really.

so uh. Aggravity Boys ended up on what is essentially parody of axe endings? Or at least shonen manga endings

A’ight, it’s been a while.

Front color: One Piece (1000 chapters holy sh−)
Center color: Black Clover, We Were Born (TPN special), Shokugeki no Sanji (by the authors of Food Wars)
Random: Build King (extra pages), Sakamoto Days (chapter 6)
End: Agravity Boys

1. Boku no Hero Academia
2. Jujutsu Kaisen
3. Dr. Stone
4. Boku to Roboco
5. Mashle
6. Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen
7. Hakaishin Magu-chan
8. Undead Unluck
9. Ayakashi Triangle
10. Shakunetsu no Niraikanai
11. Koukousei Kazoku
12. Honomieru Shounen
13. Bokura no Ketsumei
14. Shinrin Ouja Moriking

Edited by Lyendith on Jan 3rd 2021 at 7:16:47 PM

Moriking wrapped up its main plotline and just had a time skip, so I expect it will finish next issue.

I quite enjoyed Moriking, nothing special, but pretty much every chapter made me chuckle at least a bit.

Going with before, there has been something weird wth Shark from the start.

50 chapters is actually a fairly decent run for Agravity.

It actually lasted longer than Samurai 8.

Sakamoto in Sakamoto Days is basically in a John Wick situation now.

The last two chapters of Roboco are literally just the author fanboying over other Jump series.

Edited by Druplesnubb on Jan 4th 2021 at 1:31:04 PM

Please, no one kill Sakamoto's dog.

Agravity isn't complete until the promise of Chris's nipples is fulfilled.

Every Roboco chapter is about fanboying over other Jump series.

Not the Twitter one.

And Platinum End has ended. Looks like there won't be a sequel.

Platinum End was still going on?

Yup. It even had an anime announced recently, so I suppose it was at least moderately successful in Japan.

It sold almost 300k copies on average per volume. So yeah, its a success, though not as much as bakuman or death note, obviously.

Edited by jun_kagami on Jan 11th 2021 at 7:37:20 PM

Well credit to the author’s for finding decent success on their, what 3rd series?

Third for Ohba, fourth for Obata, who had already found success with Hikaru no Go which was a collaboration with Yumi Otta.

Edited by jun_kagami on Jan 11th 2021 at 7:37:42 PM

I had bailed after the third collected volume due to skeeviness, but started reading Platinum End again once it was on the Shonen Jump website. At some point I guess I will have to go back and fill in the blanks.

Maybe the anime version will make lessen the boredom enough it'll be tolerable.