http://murasaki-mary.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] murasaki-mary.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] dgray_man2009-07-08 12:21 pm
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D.Gray-Man to Publish 50 Pages in Akamaru! Confirmed!

D.Gray-Man is going to appear in the summer issue of Akamaru Jump! It is confirmed! =) Akamaru is scheduled to be released on August the 17th. So, we'll probably get spoilers 3 to 4 days ahead. Some confirmed pictures and spoilers are below:

Click here to see a scan of the announcement from Shounen Jump about DGM being in the next issue of Akamaru Jump.

Spoilers

Translated Spoiler Summary
Source: 2ch
Credit: 産業
Verification: Confirmed
- The Noahs, lead by the Earl, is gathering.
- What are the power of the 3rd Exorcists?!
- Getting closer to Kanda's origin!!

Credit to akiranowe at MangaHelpers.com for the spoiler. It seems like this big chapter will be a countinuation of the latest chapters' plot developments. =D

Furthermore, Akamaru Jump is a seasonal magazine that is usually released around Japanese holidays. It only publishes one-shots by ametures, yonkoma (4 panel comics) by already popular series, and one-shots by professional mangaka to promote their upcoming series that will be in a different serial magazine. Akamaru Jump DOES NOT publish consecutive chapters for serials. Shounen Jump publishes serials and Shonen Jump uses Akamaru Jump to publish a lot of their one-shots from submissions by ametures. Considering that DGM has been on hiatus since the end of April, Hoshino is probably using Akamaru's next release to promote DGM's return with a huge chapter, a color page, and the cover of this issue of Akamaru Jump to retrive some of her readership and gain new fans in turn. Sounds like good advertisement to me!

DGM will probably not be serialized in Akamaru Jump, and even though it seems like DGM is promoting itself as if to end it's current haitus, her return to Shounen Jump still hasn't been mentioned. So she may return to Jump soon or not. It just depends on whether or not the haitus continues after this chapter is published. Some people have also been speculating that she may switch over to a monthly magazine like Jump Square, and personally, if she can't countinue to keep up a weekly publication pace after this hiatus is over, then I think she would fit quite nicely in Jump Square. ;)Square's website is pretty, don't you think? Can't you just see D.gray-man in their website's lineup already?


Sources:

MangaHelper's Post #358 and Onwards
Also Posted at Exorcists Order

I hope this post was informative and helped to clear up a lot of everyone's questions. :)