Tiens, je me demandais (encore une fois) si vu le peu d'activité pour le Jump square (en tout pour ses séries fréquentes telles que les oubliés "Ao no exorcist" ou encore le génialissime oublié (ironie) "Platinum End" ou encore le pestiféré "Kenshin-2ème partie"), ce ne serait pas plus simple de rajouter "Jump +" ou encore les autres mensuels, etc. (de différents éditeurs) à ce topic. Bon je ne garantis pas que ce soit plus actif, mais sait-on jamais...
OK, en tout cas parlant de Jump + et de sa série buzz au niveau des récompenses de fin d'année dernière/du début d'année (alors que la série était finie déjà depuis 2017)
"Kanada no Astra", j'ai vu ce truc intéressant sur twitter/MHelpers à propos de comment la série s'est retrouvée sur le Jump+ (interview complète pour les japonisants ici
https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/16954003/). Pour rappel, la série est signée par l'auteur de "Sket Dance" (Kenta Shinohara), série qui avait quand même compté 32 tomes et était donc dans le Shonen Jump (2007-2013).
(Résumé de "Ruggia" qui traduit entre autre des séries comme "Runway de warrate"):
- He made his decision to wrap up Sket Dance after the "Switch On" arc (vol. 27-28), and informed the Editor in Chief.
After Sket Dance, he wanted to try something different, so tried brainstorming a Battle manga, but scrapped it after one year.
- Astra was originally meant for WSJ serialization, but the project was rejected during serialization meeting with no room for renegotiation.
- Proposed to his editor for a volume-only release, but was denied. As an alternative, he asked to serialize on Jump+ instead and was accepted.
La raison pour laquelle ça a avait été rejeté par le Jump principal:
Says they didn't like his initial protagonist who was an introvert unlike usual Jump heroes who are positive and optimistic. He also only provided storyboards for first three chapters, so while it contained all the hooks and setups, it didn't have the eventual plot-wist or the reveals.
But he do specify that it was a "Project Reject", meaning he's been asked to scrap the project entirely as it shows no promise.
He did eventually come up with a completely different protagonist for the series, who is also the namesake for the title.
- Didn't really consider the audience difference between WSJ and Jump+. His attention is generally more on kids than adults.
- His main focus was volume release at the time, so the series was paced by volume rather than adapting to a web platform.
- Restructured the story around Jump+ serialization. (WSJ version was meant for a longer serialization)
Less planets, cut down slice-of-life and gag chapters, etc. (added as bonus 4koma in volumes)
Went from a cast of 15 to 9. One of which was an alien.
- Originally thought 3 volumes would be enough, but settled on 5. It was a pretty smooth production since everything was planned out in advance.
- Initial reception was pretty weak. First volume didn't meet his expectation at all. The sales weren't terrible per se, but it was no where close to WSJ standards. Felt bad, because he felt responsible for forcing on the Jump+ serialization.
- It was only in Ch.33 (vol.4) when the series went viral on Twitter that he realized his series was being read by people.
- Series gained more traction towards the end, but it wasn't until the final volume (vol.5) that it started becoming more popular. Usually series don't sell if the first volume bombs.
- Believe it's because the early parts weren't very good, but also because the series was setup as a mystery, so people put it on hold until the series was done and the mystery was revealed.
- Thinking of going back to his gag roots for his next work, but it is hard to come up with stuff that wasn't done in Sket Dance.
Toujours à propos de cet auteur et de Shueisha/Jump, il a eu récemment sur twitter un échange intéressant avec le scénariste de "Eyeshield 21"/"Dr. Stone" (Trad toujours de "Ruggia")
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ça ne m'étonnerait pas que ce soit cela qui ait même fait stopper les scans par Mangastream en catimini... 
