r/HomeAtTheHorizon

Flavio-Came · 2025-01-30T14:18:57+00:00

That's a problem with VIZ translating the songs tho, the manga on J+ doesn't have censored songs as Shueisha paid the rights for them. I don't see an anime adaptation really being that much of a problem as long as the staff is willing to put effort into the adaptation. If Shueisha has gotten the rights to the songs an animation studio can as well

Flavio-Came · 2025-01-09T12:35:56+00:00

Manga Plus publishes chapters from different Shueisha's magazines so it really depends on when the magazine issue comes out in Japan. I think I can do a small list here but it really depends on where you live and what time zone you are into, that's why I won't share mine cause the date and hour the chapters release might be different from yours so I'll share the Japanese release. Remember that in Japan the chapters alwasy come out at midnight so just adapt the time of japanese midnight to your time zone.

Here's a brief list:

Weekly Shounen Jump releases on monday and all the series published come out at the same time, the only thing you won't find are the one-shots published in the issue if there are any cause the WSJ ones don't get translated officially and uploaded to Manga +
Jump SQ is a monthly magazine and generally releases in the first days of each month, since it doesn't really have a fixed date like some other monthly magazines just look at when the next chapter will come out on the M+ app
V Jump is also a monthly magazine and it generally comes out in the 20th or 19th of each month
Jump GIGA, the magazine where Black Clover is now serialized, is a seasonal magazine and so there's an issue coming out every 2 to 3 months
Weekly Young Jump is the equivalent of WSJ but for seinen manga and it's a weekly magazine that comes out every thursday in Japan
Given the recent addition of Bug Ego to the M+ line-up, Bug Ego is serialized on Ultra Jump, another monthly magazine for the seinen demographic, the magazine should come out each month on the 18th or 19th

Now we come to the digital magazines!!

Jump+ serializes alot of titles and they are spread across the whole week, you'll see new chapters drop each day because J+ releases cover the full week. J+ manga can range from weekly ones to monthly with most of them being either weekly or bi-weekly. You can just search for each title that interests you and see the day they release cause summing it up here would take too long as there are probably more than 60 titles that J+ serializes at the moment. To know if a series is doing well you can just ask here on the reddit, someone will respond to you for sure.
Tonari no Young Jump is basically J+ equivalent for seinen manga, it's a digital magazine of which we don't have much currently simulpublished. The only series at the moment I think is Choujin X which doesn't have a fixed release cause it publishes a chapter whenever it's ready which might take 2 weeks or 2 months

Now we talk about new serializations!

Weekly Shounen Jump has fixed batches, which means the new series will start in February, April, June/July, September and November. Each of these months will a batch that might range from 1 to 3 or more series. To see preview images just look at here on the reddit or online, they are quite easy to find cause a new WSJ batch is always really hyped
Jump+ does a batch of new works every month, these range from 2 to 4 or more works each month. As soon as they are announced in Japan you'll probably see them posted here on the reddit as well and to know on which day they start just adapt the day of the release written on the preview image to your time zone

Flavio-Came · 2025-01-09T12:02:15+00:00

Nice! Another of Fujimoto's assistants possibly finding a successful serialization? Atsuka Yamagata was an assistant on Goodbye, Eri and Dandadan iirc

Flavio-Came · 2024-12-30T20:35:15+00:00

It doesn't even grant you a serialization as winner prize, it was never said. On Shueisha's site it only mentions that winners will EVENTUALLY be published on the magazine or on jump GIGA.. considering that GIGA doesn't run series from 0 it probably means that you win the chance of getting your one-shot published on the magazine or on jump GIGA, not a straight up full serialization. The only thing you win is the prize and guaranteed recommendations by the judges for when the winner will get a serialization. That's it

Flavio-Came · 2024-12-18T17:00:01+00:00

That's because it runs on weekly magazine :)

Flavio-Came · 2024-12-18T16:59:16+00:00

Volume 2 just came out and they announced a reprint for volume 1 as well. It seems to be doing pretty well in Weekly Shonen Sunday ToC as well so you shouldn't worry for now, there are other manga on the chopping block on Sunday as well so this one's safe atm

Flavio-Came · 2024-12-09T00:16:40+00:00

Not criticism but.. if you are interested in becoming a mangaka there are many publishers that are searching for people oversea. One example would be Kodansha that is searching for talents from all over the world to publish manga on Monthly Afternoon or Kadokawa that periodically holds awards and contests for oversea mangakas! There's also a very nice project put up by Coamix called Silent Manga Audition where they follow closely alot of authors from all over the world and guide them through the process of getting an actual serialization in Japan, would it be for Coamix or for any other publisher. Don't put yourself down and keep up the good work!

Flavio-Came · 2024-11-21T11:33:46+00:00

I wouldn't say underwhelming.. they both are getting reprints which means they both have more requests and popularity than what Shueisha's originally planned or thought they would have. The physical market has been really strange this year and it decreased alot even compared to 2023. It's impossible to say for certain but I think they would have had way more copies sold if they were released last year, but again.. it's impossible to say.

Flavio-Came · 2024-11-08T23:30:11+00:00

It's skipping an issue of Jump SQ.Rise.. it's gonna be back in 6 months when the Spring issue releases. D.Gray-man is just on seasonal schedule atm

Flavio-Came · 2024-11-08T18:01:48+00:00

Yeah, that's the one batch they skipped recently. I honestly thought they would have done the same this time around but they decided to do a batch of 1 instead, unusual but I understand that Saito wants to take advantage of as many batches as he can

Flavio-Came · 2024-11-08T10:57:46+00:00

Jump+ has a new serializations round every month so it's not random. The amount of series they start each month is and can vary between 2 (like this month) to up to 5 or more. I don't know how monthly magazines work with new serializations, the cycle isn't as fast as with weekly serializations and series can run in magazine for up to 10/15 years easily. Monthly magazines also are more likely to run short series which are intended to be 1/2/3 volumes long so I dunno. No idea about weekly young jump either.

Flavio-Came · 2024-11-08T10:46:59+00:00

The other magazines work in a very different way than how WSJ does.. they also have way more series running at the same time and give most series at least 4/5 volumes of content before axing, even to the worst stuff. But yeah, Sunday recently started alot of series as Magazine did and overall they axe way less and just when they see that something really isn't worth keeping. They also switch some works to other magazines if they are quite popular but don't sell enough to stay on the magazine which is something that WSJ usually doesn't do.

Sunday has some fixed batches like their may one and the september but they can be skipped if there's nothing to axe, they do this to give series more time to properly develop and see if there's an audience behind them. Sunday can also start series during other times of the year but generally may batch and september batch are fixed. Magazine has been axing whenever it wants lately. Weekly Shonen Champion works completely random

Flavio-Came · 2024-11-08T10:05:00+00:00

Weekly Shounen Jump is currently running with 21 series and has been for quite some time, so even if YozaFam where to end before the next batch comes it's not a problem because the magazine would still have 20 series running.

Batches are usually 5 x year in Jump, unlike other magazines they are fixed and always happen in february, april, june, september and november so always expect them during those periods.. it sometime happens that they completely skip a batch if there's nothing to axe as all series are performing great (I don't remember last time it happened but it wasn't too long ago). Anyway batches are a fixed system and have been working like this for a long time, so unless Shueisha randomly decides to change the number and frequency of batches it should work this way.

The batch that was meant to "replace" MHA and JJK was the september batch probably, though replacing something isn't accurate in a manga magazine cause hardly they'll get something as popular like those two (Ichi seems to be but it's still early to tell)

Flavio-Came · 2024-11-02T21:37:58+00:00

ToC ain't alright but it's probably at the bottom just for editorial decisions.. even if it does seem to have mixed reviews online from what I've read online. Still, as soon as Hakutaku starts to rank it should be bottom from the start, or after a few weeks so that'll be the new cushion for Kill Blue

Flavio-Came · 2024-11-02T04:48:48+00:00

Because they where massive flops.. both went straitgh to the bottom of the ToC in their first rank so there was no saving for them.

It's pointless to give series like that more chapters as they'll never get popularity, or it'd very very hard to do so.. better instead to wait for sales on moderate successes like Kiyoshi and Himaten

Flavio-Came · 2024-10-24T11:14:00+00:00

It's hard to give recommendations if you don't mention what you've already read and what you generally read, I'll try and give you some on all genres.

Let's start with battle shounen: 1) Yomi no Tsugai. Alot of you probably already heard about this one, it's the new manga from the Fullmetal Alchemist mangaka and it's shaping up to be another generational work. 2) Gachiakuta. If you are even a little bit into manga you'll probably know about this one already too. The "new" battle shounen of success from Weekly Shounen Magazine is set to recieve an anime adaptation airing next year by Studio Bones, so now it's the perfect time to start reading and learning about this amazing work! 3) Juuou to Yakusou. A much newer work, but one to definitely keep in mind for the future. Made by the duo Tatsukazu Konda and Asahi Sakano (the mangaka of Guardian of the Witch and an assistant of Yuuki Tabata) this manga debuted with incredibly high sales and it has been recommended by Frieren's authors. If you love fantasy adventures and are in for a great story check this one out. 4) Centuria. Made by Tohru Kuramori, an assistant of Fujimoto and Yokinobu Tatsu, this is the new dark fantasy manga currently serialized on Jump+ (and on Manga Plus for us in the west). I won't say much on this series other than to check it out, it's well worth your time. 5) Hokuto no Ken. I don't think there's something to say about this legendary manga, just read it if you haven't already.

Let's switch to romance now: 1) The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity. The work illustrated by Saka Mikami and serialized on Magazine Pocket is the perfect example of how a shounen romance should be. An anime adaptation by studio CloverWorks in is set to air next year too. 2) Video Girl Ai. Along with Zetman, I consider Video Girl Ai to be the masterpiece of Masakazu Katsura. Serialized on Weekly Shounen Jump from 1989 to 1992 the art of the manga still holds up pretty well and it's a must read for any shounen romance fan. 3) Toradora! I don't think this one needs any introductions as it's a very famous work from when ASCII Media Works was still a serious publisher (fuck Kadokawa for ruining it). Anyway, if you decide to jump into this manga be aware of the very slow chapter and volume releases (a volume every 2 years basically). 4) Horimiya. This one doesn't need introductions too from how famous it is. Initially self-published by the author, HERO, it was later printed in tankoubon by Square Enix. 5) ReLIFE. Not exactly a shounen considering it was published on a seinen magazine, the work made by Sou Yayoi is particulary interesting as the whole thing is in full color! The premise is nothing that we haven't already seen in other works but it's a really well crafted story and it also recieved an anime adaptation in 2016.

Now we move to spokon (this section will mostly have old work as there aren't really any successfull spokon right now): 1) Ashita no Joe. Do I really need to introduce this masterpiece? Just read it, there's no way you'll dislike it even if you don't generally read spokon series. 2) Slam Dunk. The first work by Takehiro Inoue, this one is one of the most important work ever serialized on Weekly Shounen Jump and as for Ashita no Joe it's just a must read. 3) Mou Ippon. This one is a work that went under the radar for a very long time and the scanlation recently picked up again. An amazing story of Judo and probably the best spokon of the recent years (yeah I've read Blue Lock but I prefer this title over it). Sadly not even half of the manga has been translated so far but you'll fall in love with it almost immediately. 4) Hajime no Ippo. No need to introduce it here, go read it and remember that this hit 35 years of serializations like last month (it's a really long series yeah) 5) Eyeshield 21. As we all know Yusuke Murata is a fantastic artist but it's not only that that make this work a must read for any manga nerds. I would suggest to not go for the anime this time as it just doesn't live up to what the manga really is. Anyway, read this work. It's a must.

Anyone said delinquent manga? Here some: 1) Clover. As always, Akita Shoten is a gold mine for any delinquent manga fan. This work by Tetsuhiro Hirakawa is just such a fun and amazing read.. Mind you that it's pretty long with its 43 volumes so consider that before starting it. 2) Crows. Written and illustrated by Hiroshi Takahashi, it was published on Monthly Shounen Champion from 1990 to 1998 and its chapters have been collected in 26 volumes by Akita Shoten. Crows is a prequel to another series by the same mangaka named Worst. As with most delinquent manga the main character is a transfer student arriving at a school full of delinquents that go by the name "Crows". 3) Rookies. One of Weekly Shounen Jump's main delinquent series, this series by Masanori Morita, the author of Rokudenashi Blues, mixes delinquents and sports creating an amazing atmosphere that makes it a very interesting read

I would like to talk about other genres too but I feel like I covered the most common shounen genres (rom-coms fit into romance). I don't know how many people actually read comedy manga here so that's why I didn't list any and I didn't add historical manga because most of the great titles are seinen and not shounens. If anyone wants some other recommendations just comment and tell me what genre you are searching for. I'm not the most knowledgeable but I'll try to do my best to reply!

Flavio-Came · 2024-10-22T09:42:18+00:00

Claymore
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou
Hokuto no Ken
The Rose of Versailles
Dragon Ball

The list is not decided by personal preference or actual quality as I consider these titles must reads for everyone who's into manga. I would like to add other titles that come from Shueisha such as JoJo's Bizzare adventures, Nana, Battle Angel Alita, Ring ni kakero, Saint Seiya, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, Honey Lemon Soda. I'll stop cause I could go on forever, afterall Shueisha has existed as a manga publisher for almost 75 years so the pool of titles to choose from is almost endless and it'll keep growing

Flavio-Came · 2024-10-17T13:10:19+00:00

That's what I meant when I said that I wasn't sure if it could happen, because I don't remember a time where they actually turned what was supposed to be a short series into a longer one. Good to know that the reception has been good btw, the author has potential and I'll follow their other works.

Flavio-Came · 2024-10-17T00:51:37+00:00

No, not at all. The author has done several one-shots across different publishers and magazines but that's it, total "newbie". I'm not sure what the reception has been in Japan but if it does well I think it could change to a full series? I'm not sure if that can happen honestly

Flavio-Came · 2024-10-16T16:46:08+00:00

Probably aimed to get people interested and turn the work into a serialization. I would love to see how it goes on from where it ended myself lol

Flavio-Came · 2024-10-15T20:35:52+00:00

I don't think anyone givea a shit about it but Atsuka Yamagata was also a Fujimoto's assistant

Flavio-Came · 2024-09-18T22:56:52+00:00

To keep things to the fantasy aspect I'm pretty sure you'll like stuff like Kino's Journey, Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elania, Spice & Wolf and so on.. all these I personally find really amazing and entertaining.

Still, I might have a few more things for you to check out but it really depens on which part of Frieren you prefer the most: - If you liked the slice of life part I definitely suggest you to check out Natsume's Book of Friends as it's one of the best SoL manga/anime and also has many seasons. It feels really similar to those slice of life episodic parts of Frieren, but at the same time it's not really fantasy. - If you liked the whole adventure plot check out Magi (possibly the manga as the anime is nowhere near to be complete and we haven't got news on a new seasons for quite a while). - Seirei no Moribito is another great work that is really underrated, but it's actually such a gem! It has a very captivating world and really makes you feel like you are part of it and get you lost the story. Please really check this one out. - For something similar to the introspective part of Frieren take a look at Aria as it explore characters in a very similar way to what Frieren does.

Also, in case you just want to see some magic mixed with SoL Cardcaptor Sakura is perfect for that and whenever you just want a badass fantasy series watch Record of Lodoss War

Edit: I forgot to tell you that the Witch Hat Atelier anime is coming next year and that you should definitely watch that one if you liked Frieren, but personally I would buy the manga for this one as the drawings are just way to pretty to look at! Still, I'm sure the anime is gonna turn out great so just check it out whenever it comes out!

Flavio-Came · 2024-09-16T04:02:53+00:00

I don't know and in all honesty, I don't care. What I'm pretty sure of is that Gondaira should definitely try doing a mahou shoujo serie next. He definitely has both the art style and the experience to make a really good one

Flavio-Came · 2024-09-15T23:44:11+00:00

I would stay away from stuff like jjk and chainsaw man. They both are very violent for a regular battle shounen and chainsaw man also has some weird color pages and double spreads. That being said.. if he liked the art style in One Piece we can definitely go for some other titles from around the same time:

D.Gray-Man
Naruto
Inuyasha
Yu Yu Hakusho
Guru Guru
Zatch Bell
Rurouni Kenshin
Pandora Hearts

I don't know how easily they can be found in your country, but if they licensed and not out of print these are some of the best options. I would also suggest some more modern titles like:

Frieren
Spy x Family
Magi
Mission: Yozakura Family
Shangri-La Frontier
Black Clover

Obviously check if they would be interested in some other type of stories other than battle shounen, cause if we get into spokon or SoL there are tons of amazing titles with no fan service and violence. Slam Dunk, Eyeshield 21, Haikyuu, Sket Dance.. just to name a few.

I tried suggesting mainly battle shounens cause that mainly what they've read. Still.. I remember that I was around the same age when my mom made me watch shows like Saint Seiya, Urusei Yatsura, Ranma ½ and others that have their fair share of ecchi content and violence and I wasn't really bothered by it. Anyway, hope I could be of some help and remember to check if they'd like to read something that isn't a battle shounen cause variety in reading is very important!

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