If you had the opportunity, would you pitch your comic to Shonen Jump?

[Chocolate]

I want to but I have a feeling they won’t accept it due to language barriers and I’m slow asf lmaoooooo

[thepenmonster]

The shit work schedule and high pressure to ape the most popular comics they have? Fuck no.

[Kirara312]

Maybe if they change the pressure and hectic schedule for their artists. But now no way.

[BlairFujin]

After reading Bakuman and hearing some horror stories about overworked artists who barely have time to take care of their basic human needs... no, thank you.
Plus I'm not interested in creating for middle school boys demographic

[DasIstWunderblyat]

Yes as a joke
The punchline is when it (miraculously in a 0.001%) got accepted, then jokes on me. . .

[abigaillmartin]

imagine a very buff Elsie, Rosemary 2x as buff, Ernest buff and Roy buff. And then Martin is buff buff

[NickRowler]

I don't think I could keep up with the schedule. I heard some of the mangakas hire a bunch of assistants but I would feel bad forcing other people to keep the the strict deadline.

It's also the 2020s, less people are reading print. If you are from outside of Japan, it's not really worth trying to get into the magazine. I think otakus might see it as a way of getting clout but not all series make is big in Japan, let alone the rest of the world. I found Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar on some manga scan sites and loved it. Never got an international release. It got a movie but no anime (except for those weird Flash animated DVD extras). It has mostly just popped up as a cameo for the Jump line up.

[julias_art_universe]

Not this comic because well it's a rom com. However, I have an action comic I'm planning that I would absolutely pitch just to see if I get any opportunities from it. Whether or not I would sign with them depends on what they offer me

[MelancholicOtaku]

Young me would have loved the opportunity to be in the same magazine as some of my favorite titles. The long hours,the stress of trying not to get axed yeah I’m good..

[WorldBreakerNovels]

Absolutely not lmao. While I'd love to see some of my characters in the collective with other popular characters of Jump, and I'd love to see my characters make it into a Jumpforce style game, the hassle of deadlines and lack of freedom would really hinder me more than it'd help.

I'd have to pass.

[AmysGames]

My comic is probably too shoujo for that LOL

[abigaillmartin]

Beefed up Wellington joins the battle

[Caro]

Probably not shonen jump as it wouldn’t be a good fit. But I have friends who have worked or currently work in the manga industry and from what I’ve gathered a lot of manga magazines don’t operate the same way shonen jump does and are much more relaxed. There are a few monthly magazines I would love to work with though (if we’re only being limited to manga magazines).

[thepenmonster]

There are a few monthly magazines I would love to work with though.

It's a pity Garo stopped running a long time ago. Being part of that team would have been great... Maybe.

And yes, your username did remind me of it.

[Aeneas1]

Quite simply put, no. I would not want my comic made into an animation with terrible VAs without my consent. I would prefer rather to pitch my comic to 2000 AD, and preferably receive an audio adaptation with classically trained actors.

[faisalhussein394]

Consider the working condition is a guaranteed health killer, HUGE NO!

I may go for monthly but that's just me. I think I could go faster without the need for coloring if it's going to be just black, white, and grey but I'm going to need a partner to pace up the backgrounds after sketching them.

[GumshoeComix]

no even if my comic was shounen the way they work at shounen jump would actually kill me

[Caro]

I agree! I actually have a pretty large Garo collection! And a tshirt, and a tattoo of some art by a Garo artist, and a lot of the English translations. I’ve been obsessed with Garo for a really long time!

[larrylampard]

Not shonen jump, but something like image or dark horse, hell yeah