The Current State of Shonen Jump 2020
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A review of Weekly Shonen Jump's 2020 manga lineup, evaluating which series are thriving, which were cancelled, and which new titles are poised to become hits.
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Answers: What is the state of Weekly Shonen Jump in 2020?
- Weekly Shonen Jump 2020 manga lineup
- manga sales and rankings
- analysis of cancelled manga series
- prospects of new manga titles
What it concludes
- Weekly Shonen Jump's cutthroat culture means underperforming series face swift cancellation, but this makes space for successful new titles.
- Hinomaru Sumo and Shokugeki no Souma concluded their long runs after hundreds of chapters.
- Series like Alice and Taiyo, Teenage Renaissance David, and Samurai 8 suffered from low sales and early cancellations.
- Mission: Yozakura Family and SpyxFamily both explore pretend-family espionage themes with different artistic approaches.
- Mitama Security: Spirit Busters relies on comedy and subverting scenarios rather than standard action tropes.
- Act-Age, We Never Learn, and Jujutsu Kaisen show steady growth in popularity and strong sales in the magazine's top 10 rankings.
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