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Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump (2025) - News and Discussion!

Your Favorite Chapters of Issue #29 of 2025 (5 Choices At Most)

  • Me & Roboco 237

  • Sakamoto Days 217

  • The Elusive Samurai 207

  • Witch Watch 205

  • Blue Box 199

  • Akane-banashi 162

  • Kill Blue 105

  • Nue's Exorcist 102

  • Ultmate Exorcist Kiyoshi 48

  • Hima-ten! 46

  • Ichi the Witch 38

  • Shinobi Undercover 37

  • Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery 28 - Final Chapter!

  • Embers 19

  • Star of Beethoven 18

  • Nice Prison 8

  • Otr of the Flame 6

  • Harukaze Mound 1 - New Series!


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Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #29 (2025)
Harukaze Mound (Cover and Lead Color Pages; New Series by Gotou Togou (Story) & Matsuura Kento (Art); 54p)
Ichi the Witch
SAKAMOTO DAYS
Akane-banashi (Color Page)
WITCH WATCH
Me & Roboco
Nue's Exorcist
Blue box
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
Otr of the Flame
Hima-Ten!
Shinobi Undercover
Kill Blue (Color Page)
The Elusive Samurai
NICE PRISON (First Ranking)
EMBERS
Star of Beethoven
Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery (End of Serialization)
Absent: ONE PIECE; Kagurabachi

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #30 (Preview)
Cover & LCP: Kaedegami (New series by Harukawa Jun)
CP: Blue Box (200 Chapters); Nue's Exorcist; Harukaze Mound (2nd Chapter)

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #31 (Preview)
Cover & LCP: Ekiden Bros (New series by Nono Daiki)

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #32 (Preview)
Cover & LCP: Ping Pong (New series by Kataoka Yoshiharu)
 
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I want to ask them, who are these people, what is their home life like, what is their connection, was there a great or tragic moment that brought these people together. Do they hate each other? I would also ask if they had any relevant or past experiences with people they had to help act as an inspiration to their current characters. Or I would ask if there was a certain character they liked from another series and implement some of those traits in there to help flesh them out.
Bolded is the one question I want to ask Horikoshi about on Endeavor. There is just something personal about his story. I can feel it.
 

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It was 2nd place in our GFC poll
Oh good, it makes sense. I’m reading the one-shot for the first time. From that contest, I haven’t read anything else other than Signal All Red, and that was before it was announced as the winner. I just felt that everything else didn’t have that pull that made me want to read them.
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Bolded is the one question I want to ask Horikoshi about on Endeavor. There is just something personal about his story. I can feel it.
I think that is a fair question.
 

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Weekly Shonen Jump magazine physical circulation from January to March of 2025: 1,078,333 million copies per issue!



The former circulation updates for 2024:

April to June: 1,093,333
July to September: 1,098,231
October to December: 1,075,000

Both My Hero Academia & Jujutsu Kaisen ended on August & September, as we can see neither of them caused any relevant drop in the physical circulation.
 
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Weekly Shonen Jump magazine physical circulation from January to March of 2025: 1,078,000 million copies per issue!



The former circulation updates for 2024:

April to June: 1,093,333
July to September: 1,098,231
October to December: 1,075,000

Both My Hero Academia & Jujutsu Kaisen ended on August & September, as we can see neither of them caused any relevant drop in the physical circulation.
You think it has to do with the new series coming in?
 

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You think it has to do with the new series coming in?
No, just that the circulation of the magazine isn't exactly dependent of big series, despite Yaiba becoming that phenomenon and reaching 5 million copies per volume it never improved the magazine circulation, meanwhile the only series to ever cause a issue of Jump to need reprint was the end of Kochikame, despite not selling nearly close to the other big hits Kochikame on Shonen Jump was just that iconic to japanese readers.

I think the only series which will truly hurt Shonen Jump will be the end of One Piece.
 
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No, just that the circulation of the magazine isn't exactly dependent of big series, despite Yaiba becoming that phenomenon and reaching 5 million copies per volume it never improved the magazine circulation, meanwhile the only series to ever cause a issue of Jump to need reprint was the end of Kochikame, despite not selling nearly close to the other big hits Kochikame on Shonen Jump was just that iconic to japanese readers.

I think the only series which will truly hurt Shonen Jump will be the end of One Piece.
Oh yeah, I’m not denying that.
 

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No, just that the circulation of the magazine isn't exactly dependent of big series, despite Yaiba becoming that phenomenon and reaching 5 million copies per volume it never improved the magazine circulation, meanwhile the only series to ever cause a issue of Jump to need reprint was the end of Kochikame, despite not selling nearly close to the other big hits Kochikame on Shonen Jump was just that iconic to japanese readers.

I think the only series which will truly hurt Shonen Jump will be the end of One Piece.
this is just straight up not true tho, I remember they actually had to reprint the magazine once or twice for the end of KnY
 

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this is just straight up not true tho, I remember they actually had to reprint the magazine once or twice for the end of KnY
No, what i said is that Kimetsu no Yaiba never increased Shonen Jump print circulation, which is a fact since we have the circulation data for the magazine at the time and it never increased during the series explosion of popularity and mentioned Kochikame that caused the magazine to have its first reprint in history at that point despite not selling anything close to the bigger hits that ended as a argument about the magazine circulation not being dependent of big series, so yes, the final chapter of Yaiba caused the issue to be reprint, but the series popularity never increased the magazine weekly circulation 👍
 
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So we have been halfway through the year so far, which series do people like from this year?

Also, I’ve been looking back at my post earlier in the year regarding anniversaries from the x5 and x0 series celebrating their milestones through their anime adaptations. And with 2026, 2027, and 2028 coming in, which series are people excited for me to play when it is that time?
 

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Shit, is it really halfway through the year? Feels like nothing has happened Jump wise other than Yoza and UU ending.
 

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Shit, is it really halfway through the year? Feels like nothing has happened Jump wise other than Yoza and UU ending.
Yozakura and UU ending, 4 series coming along, 6 remaining series from 2024, and 9 one-shots as possibilities for the 2025 Future Project.
 

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Yozakura and UU ending, 4 series coming along, 6 remaining series from 2024, and 9 one-shots as possibilities for the 2025 Future Project.
None of which have made a splash except for Ichi to really talk about. Future Project won't pay dividends for probably a whole year so not much to talk about there, though I'll admit I haven't read any of the one shots because I was waiting for them all to be translated lol.
 

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None of which have made a splash except for Ichi to really talk about. Future Project won't pay dividends for probably a whole year so not much to talk about there, though I'll admit I haven't read any of the one shots because I was waiting for them all to be translated lol.
Glad that 7 of the 9 are translated. So far, I’m rooting for 4.
 

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1. Akane-banashi
2. Ichi the Witch
3. Blue Box
4. Chojo
5. Shinobi Undercover

The last volume cover of Akane is amazing. I can't wait until it's translated and published here.
 

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Big sorry for posting this so late, it was already late but like said i got problems with my internet so it got even later but the important is to post!

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #25 (2025)

Magazine Cover: Sakamoto Days


ToC Page


Color Pages

Sakamoto Days


Otr of the Flame


Blue Box


Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi


Media Advertising

Sakamoto Days Volume 25 Alternative Cover



Jump New World Manga Award #96 Results (Kenta Shinohara as the judge)



Anime & Movie


Games & Cards


Others


Hito mo Shikoro by Hamada Shiki - One Shot Raw



WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #26 (2025) - PREVIEW
 
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There's no mystery about RxL getting axed, it ranked bad most of it's first year despite the good sales which was obviously due to Kuroko no Basket still being a active franchise (Last Game movie was released together with RxL serialization) and it still dropped every new volume, meanwhile Kill Blue had a great 1st year in the ToC and despite obviously selling way less the sales dropped less compared to the 1st volume than RxL.

The ToC rankings of both for comparison (Color pages & one shots not counted but unranked series counted):

Robot x Laserbeam

Ch1: Cover & Lead Color Pages
Ch2: Color Pages

Ch3: 4th (Not Ranked)

Ch4: 4th (Not Ranked)
Ch5: 3rd (Not Ranked)
Ch6: 3rd (Not Ranked)

Ch7: 8th (Not Ranked)
Ch8: Color Page
Ch9: 9th
Ch10: 3rd
Ch11: 10th
Ch12: Color Page
Ch13: 13rd (Bottom 4)

Ch14: 14th (Bottom 3)
Ch15: 11th (Bottom 5)

Ch16: 15th (Bottom 3)
Ch17: Color Page
Ch18: 4th
Ch19: 14th (Bottom 3)
Ch20: 8th
Ch21: 5th
Ch22: Color Page
Ch23: 1st
Ch24: Cover & Lead Color Pages
Ch25: 3rd
Ch26: 8th
Ch27: 7th
Ch28: 12th (Bottom 5)
Ch29: 11th
Ch30: 11th
Ch31: 15th (Bottom 3)
Ch32: 12th
Ch33: 12th
Ch34: 12th
Ch35: Color Page
Ch36: 12th (Bottom 5)
Ch37: Color Page
Ch38: 12th
Ch39: 11th
Ch40: 12th
Ch41: 13th (Bottom 5)

Ch42: 14th (Bottom 4)
Ch43: 15th (Bottom 4)
Ch44: 15th (Bottom 4)
Ch45: 15th (Bottom 4)
Ch46: 15th (Bottom 2)
Ch47: 14th (Bottom 2)
Ch48: 14th (Bottom 2)
Ch49: 13th (Bottom 3)

Ch50: 15th (Bottom 3)
Ch51: Color Page (1st Anniversary)
Ch52: 13th (Bottom 3)

Ch53: 13th (Bottom 4)
Ch54: 14th (Bottom 2)
Ch55: 13th (Bottom 4)
Ch56: 13th (Bottom 3)
Ch57: 14th (Bottom 4)
Ch58: 15th (Bottom 2)
Ch59: 16th (Bottom 2)
Ch60: 17th (Bottom 2)
Ch61: 15th (Bottom 2)

Ch62: 15th (Bottom 1) - Final Chapter!

Kill Blue

Ch1: Cover & Lead Color Pages
Ch2: Color Page

Ch3: 5th (Not Ranked)

Ch4: 4th (Not Ranked)
Ch5: 7th (Not Ranked)
Ch6: 5th (Not Ranked)

Ch7: 4th (Not Ranked)
Ch8: Color Page
Ch9: 7th
Ch10: 5th
Ch11: 3rd
Ch12: 9th
Ch13: Color Page
Ch14: 5th
Ch15: 5th
Ch16: 7th
Ch17: 3rd
Ch18: Cover & Lead Color Pages
Ch19: 6th
Ch20: 6th
Ch21: 6th
Ch22: 8th
Ch23: 9th
Ch24: 6th
Ch25: 3rd
Ch26: 7th
Ch27: Color Page
Ch28: 1st
Ch29: 7th
Ch30: 8th
Ch31: Color Page
Ch32: 7th
Ch33: 5th
Ch34: Color Page
Ch35: 5th
Ch36: 5th
Ch37: Color Page
Ch38: 8th
Ch39: Color Page
Ch40: 3rd
Ch41: 12th Place (Bottom 5)
Ch42: 11th
Ch43: 1st
Ch44: 9th
Ch45: Color Page
Ch46: 10th
Ch47: 7th
Ch48: 5th
Ch49: 9th
Ch50: 7th
Ch51: 11th
Ch52: Color Page
Ch53: Cover & Lead Color Pages (1st Anniversary)

Ch54: 12th (Bottom 4)
Ch55: 10th
Ch56: 12th (Bottom 5)

Ch57: 11th (Bottom 4)
Ch58: 13th (Bottom 2)
Ch59: 10th
Ch60: Color Page
Ch61: 12th (Bottom 5)
Ch62: 13th (Bottom 5)

Ch63: 12th
Ch64: 15th (Bottom 4)
Ch65: 13th (Bottom 5)

Ch66: 7th
Ch67: 13th (Bottom 4)
Ch68: Color Page
Ch69: 14th (Bottom 3)

Ch70: 13th (Bottom 5)
Ch71: 13th (Bottom 4)
Ch72: 16th (Bottom 2)
Ch73: 15th (Bottom 4)
Ch74: 16th (Bottom 3)
Ch75: 16th (Bottom 2)

Ch76: 15th (Bottom 2)
Ch77: Color Page
Ch78: 13th (Bottom 4)

Ch79: 15th (Bottom 1)
Ch80: 16th (Bottom 2)
Ch81: 16th (Bottom 2)
Ch82: 14th (Bottom 3)

Ch83: 15th (Bottom 4)
Ch84: 8th
Ch85: 10th
Ch86: 10th
Ch87: 10th
Ch88: 10th
Ch89: 15th (Bottom 1)

Ch90: 15th (Bottom 2)
Ch91: 15th (Bottom 2)
Ch92: 15th (Bottom 2)

Ch93: 11th (Bottom 5)
Ch94: 10th
Ch95: Color Page
Ch96: 11th
Ch97: 8th
Ch98: Color Page (2nd Anniversary)
Ch99: 11th
Ch100: 9th
Ch101: 12th (Bottom 4)
Ch102: Color Page


I didn't liked many things about Nakano but he isn't really to be "blamed" for the cancelation of Robot, it would have been axed in the hands of every former Editor in Chief with this overall bad ToC performance, also Nakano isn't responsible for the natural decline in physical volume sales, it's something the entire industry has suffered in the last 5 years, it would happen with or without him as EiC.
I'm not blaming Nakano for RxL's axe at all. What I mean is that KB's survival is an obvious example of how the magazine's standards dropped to ridiculously low levels during Nakano's time as an EiC.

KB's awful ch54-83 ToC stretch and mediocre, declining sales would have definitely gotten it axed even 2 years ago, but Nakano's time as EiC was so rough for the magazine that an objectively bad performer like KB is allowed to survive in Jump.

In percentage, KB's sales drop is actually the same as RxL's, with a vol1-7 drop from 33k to 19.5k, so a 41% drop. Meanwhile, RxL dropped from about 100k to 60k from vol 1 to vol 7, so a 40 % drop too.

It just saddens me how much the magazine's standards have dropped these last few years, it's a symbol of the whole print manga market's decline in Japan.
 
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I'm not blaming Nakano for RxL's axe at all. What I mean is that KB's survival is an obvious example of how the magazine's standards dropped to ridiculously low levels during Nakano's time as an EiC.

KB's awful ch54-83 ToC stretch and mediocre, declining sales would have definitely gotten it axed even 2 years ago, but Nakano's time as EiC was so rough for the magazine that an objectively bad performer like KB is allowed to survive in Jump.

In percentage, KB's sales drop is actually the same as RxL's, with a vol1-7 drop from 33k to 19.5k, so a 41% drop. Meanwhile, RxL dropped from about 100k to 60k from vol 1 to vol 7, so a 40 % drop too.

It just saddens me how much the magazine's standards have dropped these last few years, it's a symbol of the whole print manga market's decline in Japan.
Just a correction, Nakano officially stepped down as EiC in the issue #29 of 2024 (and obviously the transition were done even earlier), that was chapter 57 of Kill Blue, which means the whole 1st year where the manga ranked very well and sales were at the 25k level (monthly) was under Nakano, so Nakano didn't allowed a "objectively bad performer" to survive in the magazine, it survived because it was doing well, the lowest time in the rankings happened under Saito.

Percentage might be the same but going from 33k to 19.5k in 7 volumes, less than 15k in drop, doesn't have the same impact as dropping from over 100k to 60k, it's a much bigger gap and visually drastic loss of copies, also RxL came fresh from Kuroko success while Kill Blue came after RxL flopping, so expectations were naturally way bigger for RxL.

Well, just like you said, it's the whole print manga market that took a big hit in the last 5 years, so i don't think there's much thing that Nakano could do to prevent Jump from being hit too.
 
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Just a correction, Nakano officially stepped down as EiC in the issue #29 of 2024 (and obviously the transition were done even earlier), that was chapter 57 of Kill Blue, which means the whole 1st year where the manga ranked very well and sales were at the 25k level (monthly) was under Nakano, so Nakano didn't allowed a "objectively bad performer" to survive in the magazine, it survived because it was doing well, the lowest time in the rankings happened under Saito.

Percentage might be the same but going from 33k to 19.5k in 7 volumes, less than 15k in drop, doesn't have the same impact as dropping from over 100k to 60k, it's a much bigger gap and visually drastic loss of copies, also RxL came fresh from Kuroko success while Kill Blue came after RxL flopping, so expectations were naturally way bigger for RxL.

Well, just like you said, it's the whole print manga market that took a big hit in the last 5 years, so i don't think there's much thing that Nakano could do to prevent Jump from being hit too.
I know Nakano is not the EiC who allowed Kill Blue to survive despite its awful ToC stretch and mediocre, declining sales. What I'm saying is that WSJ's decline in lineup popularity during Nakano's tenure is what allows Kill Blue to survive today despite its terrible performance.

Comparing WSJ's lineup in july of 2017 (I picked issue #29 of 2017), when Nakano started as EiC, and in the issue #29 of 2024 when he stepped down highlights how rough the 7 years under Nakano were :

2017 established series :
- Black Clover
- One Piece
- Gintama
- Haikyuu!!
- MHA
- Neverland
- Yuuna-san
- KNY, which wasn't super popular back then but would eventually become Jump's biggest manga OAT in Japan
- Saiki Kusuo
- Hinomaru-Zumo
- Shokugeki no Soma
- Isobee Isobee Monogatari

And we can add Dr Stone and WNL as series that would eventually become popular.

2024 established series :
- Roboco
- One Piece
- Akane
- BB
- SD
- Yozakura
- Witch Watch
- Nue
- EluSam
- Kagurabachi
- Kill Blue
- UU
- JJK
- MHA

And we can add Ruri as a series which is not present in the print version and in hiatus at the time (I think ?), but is quite popular despite its publishing schedule.

Objectively speaking, 2017's lineup was far stronger than 2024's popularity wise (I would argue quality wise too, but this part is subjective).

Looking at the successful series launched during Nakano's tenure is not very flattering either :
- 2017 : No success while Nakano was EiC
- 2018 : Act-age, JJK : two successes which would have probably been huge without the Act-age incident, so a year with quality over quantity
- 2019 : CSM, YozaFam : CSM, which was very early in the year, was a great success, but Yozakura has mainly survived because of a lack of competition in the mag
- 2020 : UU, Mashle, AyaTri, Roboco, BTW, SD (Magu and HSF can be argued, but I consider them late axes) : the opposite of 2018, with a decent number of successes, none of which becoming a huge success
- 2021 : EluSam, WW, BB (P6 can be argued, but it's more of a late axe) : No huge success, but not a lot of small successes either, a mediocre year
- 2022 : Akane, Ruri : A dreadful year if we only consider the print magazine which becomes a bad one if we include Ruri (only two successes which is not enough to have a sustainable amount of veterans)
- 2023 : KB, Nue, KGB : Two sub-30k sellers and a great success with huge potential, so I think it's an mediocre to average year for the mag depending on how KGB's future success reflects its potential
- 2024 (during Nakano's tenure) : Chojo, Kiyoshi, Hima-Ten : Three 10-15k sellers, no real success, but it's only half of a year so it's hard to judge.

Overall, I would not say any year has been really great under Nakano's tenure as EiC. I would say that the magazine improved a little between 2020 and today, but it is only because 2020 was a very low point for Jump with a lot of departures and not enough new series to replace them (due to a low number of successes from mid-2017 to 2019).

I think it's clear that the magazine was in a better position in 2017 than it is now, be it in Japan or especially overseas. The poor management of potential hits such as Sakamoto Days also really hindered Jump's relevance in the last few years.

Overall, this less competitive environment which is a direct consequence of Nakano's job as an EiC is what allows Kill Blue to survive while RxL failed.
 
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I know Nakano is not the EiC who allowed Kill Blue to survive despite its awful ToC stretch and mediocre, declining sales. What I'm saying is that WSJ's decline in lineup popularity during Nakano's tenure is what allows Kill Blue to survive today despite its terrible performance.

Comparing WSJ's lineup in july of 2017 (I picked issue #29 of 2017), when Nakano started as EiC, and in the issue #29 of 2024 when he stepped down highilights how rough the 7 years under Nakano were :

2017 established series :
- Black Clover
- One Piece
- Gintama
- Haikyuu!!
- MHA
- Neverland
- Yuuna-san
- KNY, which wasn't super popular back then but would eventually become Jump's biggest manga OAT in Japan
- Saiki Kusuo
- Hinomaru-Zumo
- Shokugeki no Soma
- Isobee Isobee Monogatari

And we can add Dr Stone and WNL as series that would eventually become popular.

2024 established series :
- Roboco
- One Piece
- Akane
- BB
- SD
- Yozakura
- Witch Watch
- Nue
- EluSam
- Kagurabachi
- Kill Blue
- UU
- JJK
- MHA

And we can add Ruri as a series which is not present in the print version and in hiatus at the time (I think ?), but is quite popular despite its publishing schedule.

Objectively speaking, 2017's lineup was far stronger than 2024's popularity wise (I would argue quality wise too, but this part is subjective).

Looking at the successful series launched during Nakano's tenure is not very flattering either :
- 2017 : No success while Nakano was EiC
- 2018 : Act-age, JJK : two successes which would have probably been huge without the Act-age incident, so a year with quality over quantity
- 2019 : CSM, YozaFam : CSM, which was very early in the year, was a great success, but Yozakura has mainly survived because of a lack of competition in the mag
- 2020 : UU, Mashle, AyaTri, Roboco, BTW, SD (Magu and HSF can be argued, but I consider them late axes) : the opposite of 2018, with a decent number of successes, none of which becoming a huge success
- 2021 : EluSam, WW, BB (P6 can be argued, but it's more of a late axe) : No huge success, but not a lot of small successes either, a mediocre year
- 2022 : Akane, Ruri : A dreadful year if we only consider the print magazine which becomes a bad one if we include Ruri (only two successes which is not enough to have a sustainable amount of veterans)
- 2023 : KB, Nue, KGB : Two sub-30k sellers and a great success with huge potential, so I think it's an mediocre to average year for the mag depending on how KGB's future success reflects its potential
- 2024 (during Nakano's tenure) : Chojo, Kiyoshi, Hima-Ten : Three 10-15k sellers, no real success, but it's only half of a year so it's hard to judge.

Overall, I would not say any year has been really great under Nakano's tenure as EiC. I would say that the magazine improved a little between 2020 and today, but it is only because 2020 was a very low point for Jump with a lot of departures and not enough new series to replace them (due to a low number of successes from mid-2017 to 2019).

I think it's clear that the magazine was in a better position in 2017 than it is now, be it in Japan or especially overseas. The poor management of potential hits such as Sakamoto Days also really hindered Jump's relevance in the last few years.
"I think it's clear that the magazine was in a better position in 2017 than it is now"

You mean 8 years ago when the average printed manga volume was selling way higher than today and a lot of their older big hits still running? I guess so, but i'm not seeing where this is just Nakano's fault, it's almost like implying that if the former EiC Heishi went through another 7 years Shonen Jump would still be right now full of series selling at the least 100k in a couple of weeks, the Editor in Chief isn't a magician that can snap its fingers and find a couple of major hits like nothing, if it was so easy to find big hits every magazine would be full of them, like you said by yourself, the printed market has decreased a lot in the last years (and digital growing), so Nakano can't operate miracles and i don't see either the former ones being able to do, the sales "standards" of Jump was simply bound to happen and as we can see so far with Saito, is something that isn't going to change with a different EiC.
 
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