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Old 2010-02-16, 22:18   Link #2054
Rejuvenation
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Originally Posted by DJ Trouble View Post

This isn't a debut manga by a new mangaka, it's a first effort by an experienced and established author. Light novels are different than manga, yes, but writing is writing, and he'll get the hang of it eventually.

When you compare it to Ane Doki, a story written by an author that is known to have crappy stories, and eventually mess things up more often than not, it's not hard to see why Ane Doki was cut over Medaka Box.

You also can't mention Medaka's author as if Ane Doki doesn't have one. They both have authors, but one's name has clout and the other doesn't. That isn't dumb luck, you know. It's because one has shown skill in their craft, and the other hasn't. One was in a position to be given a chance, and the other has not only had many chances, but doesn't rise to the occasion when given those chances.
Kawashita gets massively overrated by people for Ichigo 100% which in hindsight, isn't even that great of a series even though it is also her best one from a success standpoint. Hatsukoi got animated mainly off of her name alone and everything else she has churned out isn't even worth mentioning.

It is hard to say this is an author's name protecting this series. If WSJ fully recognized just what Nishio's name as an author meant, they would have done a better job of trying to pimp this in 2009. Hell, people would have been screaming "editor love!" like they did with Toriko a couple years back and like what they currently do with Beelzebub and Kuroko. There are several factors that got it to this point.

I'd say it won out over the likes of most other canceled series fairly by actually succeeding where it counts, which is sales. That and lasting long enough to be measured by its sales. Even if something is made by an author, if people really don't like that particular story they aren't going to be spending their money on it unless it appeals to them in some way. They could just as easily pirate it just like the overseas community does. Hell, the sales are increasing as opposed to Ane-Doki's which are practically stagnant. That says something as well.

Not to mention this series really has the devil's luck. It came in a year where several older hits(DGM, Eyeshield, Neuro, To Love Ru) either moved or were ending which freed up room for it. If people can't see the kind of circumstances that separate this series from both Hatsukoi and Ane-doki(which people love comparing this to), then they are blind.
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