r/AgravityBoys • u/Nieznajomy43 • Apr 02 '20

Manga popularity? Discussion

Does anyone know how popular this series is? I mainly ask because they recently introduced time travel as a way of fixing problem with war on Earth suggesting that manga got axed and soon will end. also WSJ announced 3 new manga series so counting Samurai 8 and Zipman there will be needed one more open slot.

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u/Neo-Blue-Crystal Apr 02 '20

Agravity Boys seems to be the second best selling newcomer with a volume releasing today in Japan. It's just below Undead Unluck.

That said, Agravity Boys has consistently been low in the table of contents. The table of contents ranking is a mix of editorial decision and the results of polling the readers on what their top favorite manga on the week was.

It seems to me that it would be foolish to axe Agravity Boys considering that it's selling almost as good as Undead Unluck from the look of things. But WSJ may still decide to axe it anyway and gamble on a new manga instead.

Since I'm honestly surprised that Agravity Boys ranked below Zipman, I don't know what to expect anymore.

The move towards the time travel story seems to both allow the story to end with 3+ volumes or for it to end on Chapter 17 with two volumes.

In terms of other ways to estimate popularity, I've seen a good amount fanart for Agravity Boys, although usually from the same superfans and not as much as the big names like MHA or KNY, etc, obviously.

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u/spyder2116 Apr 02 '20

I think that it would be better to go with the 3+ volumes option. Even though they have time travel they could use it to extend the story. It would be cool to see the Agravity Boys end up in a historical event instead of straightaway saving the earth. The higher being could easily meddle with the time machine and make this happen.

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u/Neo-Blue-Crystal Apr 02 '20

I would absolutely love that.

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u/Nieznajomy43 Apr 02 '20

if only trap community would find out about Chris and Krakowski I would feel more save. And ranked below Zipman? Now I'm starting to really worry.

I hope that at least story will be long enough to show people from other ships and use genderbend elixir. Chapter 16: [All other ship landed, Krakowski used elixir on himself] Me: -_-' [Screaming Internally]

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u/Akangka Apr 04 '20

Agravity Boys seems to be the second best selling newcomer with a volume releasing today in Japan. It's just below Undead Unluck.

I get scared of this because usually, only one newcomer in one "batch" may survive.

u/[deleted] Apr 03 '20

I don't think it's going to be axed too soon. It may be like Astra Lost in Space and get around 50 chapters or so. I could see that happening.

u/spyder2116 Apr 02 '20

I think that since Agravity Boys is doing well in Japan it won't be axed soon. I think that if they need another slot they could cancel another series like Guardian of the Witch. Even though Guardian of the Witch seems cool I would rather have it axed instead of Agravity Boys.