Weekly Shonen Jump - Discussion

[solegama]

What is this thread about ?
This thread is for WSJ fans to discuss whatever the like or dislike about WSJ.The discussions most likely will be centered around the ToC ranking that's posted weekly. You can also post the magazine covers and preview pages in this thread.


What is ToC ranking ?
ToC stands for Table of Contents. It's found on the last page of every issue of WSJ, but more importantly, the order the series appear in on the ToC is closely related to the popularity of the series. This is determined by polling the readers; there is a polling postcard in every issue of WSJ.

Each week, a certain guy from 2ch writes out TOC for the following week's Jump. TOC order is usually based on polling result of readers, thus you will know how your favorite series are doing based on the order.

Some exceptions etc:
- For the 2nd-8th chapters, TOC is already decided, though it could change depends on readers' ranking.
- The TOC is affected by the popularity of 8 chapter ago.
- Shuei-sha's aiming their main target as elementary and junior high school students, thus, their votes weigh probably more than others (fangirls).

How can I find what series runs in WSJ ?
Just click HERE


MAGAZINE F.A.Q.

Spoiler

Who are the people who post spoilers at 2ch?

First of all they are Japanese.
They live in Japan and most of them are normal people.
By normal, i mean Junior highschooler, university students, salary men etc


Are they Jump insiders?

No, would you do that if you were one? Risking to be fired for that? I guess no.
But, from time a time, some of them post "spoilers" concerning Toc's (Rankings, New Series ...) before anyone can get the jump.


How come they can get the jump one week before the release date, for some of them?

They get their copy earlier than they should.
Most of the industries in japan work in "just-in-time distribution" which mean that they immediately ship merchandises after they were produced, to not pay stock taxes.
So they ship the fixes quickly that's how bookstores etc get them on monday/tuesday etc ( i don't how they manage the priority between stores) and are supposed to sell them only the next Monday.
But some of them don't respect that and sell them to people they trust.

[solegama]

the ranking of this week is up
just to mention something - usually on sundays we get a part of the rankings,to be exact the bottom 5/last 5 , and (usually) on wendsdays we get the whole thing


2009-Issue 50

Neko Wappo (New series,Cover, Lead CP)
Naruto
One Piece
Kuroko no Basket (CP)
Gintama (Confirmed not to have CP this issue)
Bleach
Inumaru
Mago
Psyren
Reborn
Kochi Kame
Bakuman
Shinigami
Beelz
Wajimania
Medaka
Sket Dance
Lili-Dog
Ane-Doki
Kagijin (The End)
Jaguar

RED - new series
BLUE - color page
Green - end of series

[pistachio20]

awwww kagijin ended? I thought it was pretty good and now they're replacing it with some cat manga >.> It better not be one of those wimpy ecchi ones

[joeboi112]

kagijin hasnt ended i read chapter 16 today? :S

[solegama]

kagijin will end on chapter 17 I think,it was even announced on the last page of chapter 16 :O

I saw the raw one-shot of the cat manga,the art looked nice but to see cats talk and fight looked weird
and it isnt ecchi,atleast the one-shot wasnt :/

[undead slave]

I wish we could get it in America (in english) even a week or two later would be fine.

[CaptainRukiaKuchiki]

I really hope Medaka Box isn't up for cancellation. That would be sad for me at least. :/

[solegama]

if theres going to be a 3rd cancellation (last week Akaboshi,this week Kagijin) wich is very unlikely, then for sure its going to be Medaka :/
Medaka had really poor rankings the last few weeks and was almost always in the bottom 5

[solegama]

here are the cover pages for the volumes that are going to released this month

shonenjump.com THE WORLDWIDE PORTAL OF MANGA FROM SHONENJUMP

[Karyuudan]

Originally Posted by CaptainRukiaKuchiki

I really hope Medaka Box isn't up for cancellation. That would be sad for me at least. :/

And me! Medaka rocks

Originally Posted by solegama

if theres going to be a 3rd cancellation (last week Akaboshi,this week Kagijin) wich is very unlikely, then for sure its going to be Medaka :/
Medaka had really poor rankings the last few weeks and was almost always in the bottom 5

Kisama! Tell me its a joke please! T.T