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NEWS: Arakawa's Silver Spoon Prints 1 Million More After Award Win




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Darkmagick
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:08 pm Reply with quote
Wait wait wait...The article says that as of March 23, the sales were around 1.5 million.

And now its sales are 2.5 million.

You're telling me it sold 1 million volumes in one month!? What does it think it is, One Piece?

Are you sure it's not that it just got another million volumes printed, which will be sold eventually?
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Sakurazuka_Reika



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:39 pm Reply with quote
Please, please, release this in English. Pretty please?
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IkariGendo



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:53 pm Reply with quote
Pics of the LE:

http://natalie.mu/comic/news/68019

Latest magazine it's published also had a color page and an insert, here's a crop



Maybe this clarifies it?
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Maidenoftheredhand



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:57 pm Reply with quote
Sakurazuka_Reika wrote:
Please, please, release this in English. Pretty please?



Yeah seconded!

I want to read this but I just can't enjoy reading manga Online anymore. And right now there isn't a lot of manga coming out I want to buy so it seems like a perfect time for another Arakawa title to be released. Well maybe after the anime comes out.
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Teriyaki Terrier



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:28 pm Reply with quote
Not surprising, this is a pretty great manga. The characters are fairly interesting Arakawa's excellent ability with facial expressions makes this manga even better.
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Sacred Blood



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:52 pm Reply with quote
I am a huge fan of fma and i haven't read this yet but i think kouta hirano's drifters should have won that award. from what i ve heard this is pretty average.
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Araki



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:03 pm Reply with quote
Darkmagick wrote:
You're telling me it sold 1 million volumes in one month!? What does it think it is, One Piece?


More like..Naruto? Since One piece usually sells almost 2 million in one single week..
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ParaChomp



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:15 pm Reply with quote
Arakawa does it again!
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population_tire



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:50 pm Reply with quote
I'm always amazed when a manga by an author like this isn't licensed instantly.
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st_owly



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:20 am Reply with quote
population_tire wrote:
I'm always amazed when a manga by an author like this isn't licensed instantly.


I know. Especially with this being a Shonen Sunday title, you'd have thought Viz would be all over it instantly.
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Darkmagick
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:59 am Reply with quote
st_owly wrote:
population_tire wrote:
I'm always amazed when a manga by an author like this isn't licensed instantly.


I know. Especially with this being a Shonen Sunday title, you'd have thought Viz would be all over it instantly.


I generally agree, but maybe they're worried that an agricultural focus wouldn't sell well?

Though even if that was the case, you'd think that it would get enough sales just on Arakawa's name to merit a license...
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st_owly



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:03 am Reply with quote
Exactly. Slap "From the creator of Fullmetal Alchemist" on, and bingo. They seem to do that with Yun Kouga and Loveless.
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