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NEWS: Jump Square to Replace Monthly Shōnen Jump in November

I'm curious as to what Watsuki will have up his sleeve. We've seen his art and its quality on a weekly title now I'm curious as to how much of an improvement in quality we will see since the bar is usually set higher for monthly series, generally speaking.

LightYagami wrote:

I'm curious as to what Watsuki will have up his sleeve. We've seen his art and its quality on a weekly title now I'm curious as to how much of an improvement in quality we will see since the bar is usually set higher for monthly series, generally speaking.

Watsuki's series for this is supposed to be 'Embalming' which he has already done two one-shot stories for, one is in the last volume of Busou Renkin and the other was part of teh JUMP the Revolution mag. I've liked what I've seen of it so far and can't wait to see it serialized.

Seca wrote:

LightYagami wrote: I'm curious as to what Watsuki will have up his sleeve. We've seen his art and its quality on a weekly title now I'm curious as to how much of an improvement in quality we will see since the bar is usually set higher for monthly series, generally speaking. Watsuki's series for this is supposed to be 'Embalming' which he has already done two one-shot stories for, one is in the last volume of Busou Renkin and the other was part of teh JUMP the Revolution mag. I've liked what I've seen of it so far and can't wait to see it serialized.

Seca whats your source on this?

LightYagami wrote:

Seca wrote: LightYagami wrote: I'm curious as to what Watsuki will have up his sleeve. We've seen his art and its quality on a weekly title now I'm curious as to how much of an improvement in quality we will see since the bar is usually set higher for monthly series, generally speaking. Watsuki's series for this is supposed to be 'Embalming' which he has already done two one-shot stories for, one is in the last volume of Busou Renkin and the other was part of teh JUMP the Revolution mag. I've liked what I've seen of it so far and can't wait to see it serialized. Seca whats your source on this?

The Weekly Jump LJ com in this post: http://community.livejournal.com/weeklyjump/46481.html

They're usually dead on in their information for anything regarding JUMP.

Did Busou Renkin end already?

There are already a couple of issues with that livejournal post. The Morita-Obata work will be a one shot, not a running manga. The official website lists Kaido, Kazu, and Fujiko as working separately, not together. Shueisha has already said that Katakura's Kurohime will not run in the magazine itself, but on a related website. Another Katakura manga will run in Jump Square instead. Denba teki na Kanojo is an old Katayama and Yamamoto novel published three years ago. The magazine might publish a sequel, but not the original Denba teki na Kanojo.

However, it is quite safe to assume that Watsuki's series will indeed be Embalming. The oneshots strongly give the impression that Watsuki is not done with the characters and their story yet. There would certainly be material for a continuation, and considering that he seems to enjoy the story and has spent a lot of time on it, and the second oneshot especially was very well-received by the readers... it's the likeliest scenarip, having Emba serialized.

Also, the second Embalming oneshot was published on September 29 last year. I doubt Watsuki could prepare another story for serialization in only about a year. I doubt he would take the risk - he knows better than this, having had one series fail because the planning stage was cut short.