MHA stagnated for like five years, but finally clawed its way back to the position it actually deserves.CSM, on the other hand, only temporarily blew up because one movie happened to go viral (and even then, considering how low the expectations were, calling it a “hit” is generous, its actual numbers weren’t that impressive). It hasn’t built the kind of lasting popularity needed to qualify for this club.A “Big Three” member with only 30 million worldwide manga sales is laughable.Global manga sales pass 100 million is the bare minimum requirement for getting the big 3(or big 4)membership card.
>>284138564>new big 3All three of these manga have already ended.
>>284138564No
>>284138564As a CSM fan, I agree.I love this series, but calling it something as grand as a Big Three just feels wrong.
The current Big 3 are Frieren, Apothecary Diaries and Chainsaw Man
>>284138564Honestly, it feels like these three are going to be the last true superstars of shōnen manga.There just aren’t any IPs in the current generation that look capable of following in their footsteps.Kagurabachi and Ichi both lack that charismatic aura.
the big three was a once-off phenomenon wherein three wsj manga that each took a lot of inspiration from dragon ball z were together more popular in the anglosphere than every other anime combined, with an oversaturation of memes, banners, signatures, and fancontent being found everywherethis has never happened before and will never happen again
>>284138564The big three is One Piece, Dragonball, and Demon Slayer
>>284138564current big 3 are SpyxFamily, Frieren, Chainsaw Man
>>284140034Frieren and Spy x Family were nothing more than short-lived fads that blew up for a moment in 2022–23.Even Chainsaw Man has more staying power than those two.
>>284140166Frieren has no "staying power" in the same way Avatar by James Cameron has no "staying power" yet keeps topping the charts with new records every time
>>284140205I mean it also has no staying power because the writer is a diseased mummy like Togashi
