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04/27/26(Mon)09:27:49 No.287738530
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Anonymous 04/27/26(Mon)09:27:49 No.287738530 Archived
Why do some manga never become popular in the West while they are bestsellers in Japan?

>Kochikame
>Gintama
>Kingdom
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Anonymous
04/27/26(Mon)09:42:56 No.287738817
Anonymous 04/27/26(Mon)09:42:56 No.287738817
Kingdom is the single best selling manga in France at the moment.
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Anonymous
04/27/26(Mon)09:44:05 No.287738841
Anonymous 04/27/26(Mon)09:44:05 No.287738841
>>287738530
>kochikame
very long, episodic comedy, never aired on tv
>gintama
very long, japanese references, character development
>kingdom
very long, character development, more complex than your average manga

If the manga is long is probably slow/episodic. If its slow is not going to be popular. The big three are very easy to read, quite basic and anyone can enjoy them. Also they are products of their time
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Anonymous
04/27/26(Mon)09:44:06 No.287738843
Anonymous 04/27/26(Mon)09:44:06 No.287738843
>Kochikame
"The West" includes more countries than the US, I watched it on TV as a kid all the time.
>Gintama
Gintama is popular in the West. Aren't like half of the top 10 entries in MAL Gintama?
>Kingdom
The manga only got licensed in English relatively recently. It's well known in the rest of the West as the other anon pointed out.
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Anonymous
04/27/26(Mon)09:46:00 No.287738884
Anonymous 04/27/26(Mon)09:46:00 No.287738884
>>287738843
>mal
the main reason they are highly rated is because only the fanbase rated them. ~100k users arent a lot in mal. also the fanbase is unfamous for being braindead (as every battle shonen fanbase)
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Anonymous
04/27/26(Mon)09:46:15 No.287738887
Anonymous 04/27/26(Mon)09:46:15 No.287738887
>>287738530
Because they're shit. Seriously anything that's only popular in Japan and not in the West is always shit. And anything that's popular in the West but not so much in Japan is usually great. Nips have dogshit taste.
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Anonymous
04/27/26(Mon)09:46:42 No.287738897
Anonymous 04/27/26(Mon)09:46:42 No.287738897
>>287738884
>100k users arent a lot
social media has truly ruined people's perspective on popularity huh
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Anonymous
04/27/26(Mon)10:07:16 No.287739309
Anonymous 04/27/26(Mon)10:07:16 No.287739309
>>287738887
kaiji is not popular in the west.
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Anonymous
04/27/26(Mon)10:09:44 No.287739366
Anonymous 04/27/26(Mon)10:09:44 No.287739366
>>287738530
You need an anime to get popular in the west for people to read a manga. KochiKame is an old Japanese comedy that’s too long. Gintama is simply too Japanese, half jokes are based around cultural references or wordplay. Kingdom is too long, historical fiction, and the anime isn’t that great. S1 killed a lot of momentum in the west. Honestly the less western fans the better unless you want annoying blacks going on and on about muh aura. Anyway, western sales don’t matter, 90% of a series’ success is dependent on Japan
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Anonymous
04/27/26(Mon)11:12:41 No.287740630
Anonymous 04/27/26(Mon)11:12:41 No.287740630
kingdom IS popular
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Anonymous
04/27/26(Mon)11:16:44 No.287740727
Anonymous 04/27/26(Mon)11:16:44 No.287740727
>saying 'the west' when you just mean usa, which isn't isn't even a part of asia so isn't part of the eaat/west dichotomy
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Anonymous
04/27/26(Mon)11:20:34 No.287740817
Anonymous 04/27/26(Mon)11:20:34 No.287740817
>>287740630
No one is buying the Viz releases
Sales numbers are low af
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Anonymous
04/27/26(Mon)11:23:00 No.287740879
Anonymous 04/27/26(Mon)11:23:00 No.287740879
>>287740817
when the box sets drop everyone will be reading kingdom. Around vol 20 is when it goes full throttle.
The germans have also started releasing kingdom and volume 1 and 2 have been selling well
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Anonymous
04/27/26(Mon)12:23:02 No.287742253
Anonymous 04/27/26(Mon)12:23:02 No.287742253
>>287738887
this but vice versa.
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Anonymous
04/27/26(Mon)12:24:09 No.287742278
Anonymous 04/27/26(Mon)12:24:09 No.287742278
>>287738530
cause burgers are casuals that don't touch manga unless it has a popular anime adaptation available.
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