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Old 2008-07-31, 14:28   Link #231
Irenicus
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 34
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Originally Posted by cloak_and_dagger View Post
Actually come to think of I don't know the average longevity of a manga XO Do you know?

From your statement here I am guessing 20-5?
There's probably a statistical value somewhere, but I won't guess and it's probably a waste of time.

Simply put, there are just too many kinds of manga. Successful Shonen Jump ones run forever, or, well, at least more than a few years; so are a few shoujo classics (some legendary ones last something like more than three decades and ongoing! ). Others run on more reasonable lengths, and there are always one-shots. Every story has its length after all.

To use an example from one manga-ka, Ken Akamatsu, his first long-running series A.I. Love You is 8 volumes, his big hit Love Hina 14, and his latest one Negima! have long since crossed 20 and is ongoing with no end in sight.

Rave Master is not short though. Rave Master is 35 volumes.
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