Summary
Shonen Jump’s cancellation policy prevents it from having another series like One Piece, as demonstrated by Ginka & Glüna’s cancellation earlier this year. Ginka & Glüna shares many similarities with One Piece, including the slow reveal of the world and future reveals, but it also suffers the same fate due to the magazine’s current environment. The cancellation of Ginka & Glüna deprived readers of the ability to slowly build mysteries and plots masterfully, suggesting that Shonen Jump’s policies hinder the development of technically sound series. tell stories slowly.
In spite of A piece was one Jump Shonenwas the magazine’s most iconic series in over 25 years, a recent cancellation of the series proved that the magazine would never have another series like it. This is a shame, given how great One Piece is, but with Shonen Jump’s current cancellation policy, the magazine cannot support a series like Eiichiro Oda’s pirate saga. Unless something changes soon, it will never happen.
Ginka & Glüna tragically proved this when Shinpei Watanabe’s charming manga was canceled earlier this year. The series follows a young magician named Glüna and her magical talking snowman mentor Ginka as they travel the world, gain a solid group of friends, and collect the missing pieces of Ginka. The series shares many aspects of One Piece from the Luffy-style main character to the spirit of adventure conveyed in almost every panel. However, its biggest similarities come from the narrative structure, which seems to gradually establish the world of the manga and plant the seeds for important revelations later on.
Ginka & Glüna could be the next One Piece
This reflects how One Piece structures its story. Mangak Eiichiro Oda is a meticulous planner who plants the seeds for future reveals, sometimes hundreds of chapters before they happen. This can mean that the true brilliance of the series often takes a while to reveal itself to new readers, many of whom find the original story in East Blue too simple. In Shonen Jump’s current climate, this slow-burn approach to storytelling would likely see One Piece canceled before it had a chance to really get going. Ginka & Glüna’s cancellation is a strong testament to that theory, given how many revelations it has set up for its future.
The ending of Ginka & Glüna quickly reveals many intriguing details. These revelations were foreshadowed before, such as Ginka’s original body being used by the manga’s final villain Magaraka. Unfortunately, it also leaves many plot threads unresolved, such as details about the ancient and mysterious Verokian Kingdom that fell long before the events of the manga. This is like if One Piece had to reveal Silence and the secrets of the Void Century right after the Syrup Village arc, this would take away the ability for fans to slowly build up these threats and secrets to a great extent.
Shonen Jump’s cancellation policy prevents new One Piece from being available
The quick cancellation of any series that fails to attract readers immediately, thus preventing new comics from being able to establish slow-burning mysteries like this to avoid being shared Ginka & Glunafate of. This prevents any series that shares the excellent narrative techniques of One Piece from having a chance to flourish in Shonen Jump. If the magazine continues with this type of business model Jump Shonen There will never be another story like it A piece and above all will prevent many other good stories.