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^ Umm, The official Kami Nomi anticipation ranking (not 2ch version) was even better than Ika Musume initially. Kami Nomi is still popular; the abnormal success of Kanon live song event was solely coming from the original fans of manga. Just looking at sales figure doesn't really tell much; its fanbase is still very, very solid. Plus, from Wakaki's (original author's) point of view, publishing of this manga basically changed his 'life'.

However, there is sort of stereotype that the most of Japanese otakus have tha Manglobe is one of the worst studios, and that worked as a great minus.