User blog comment:Godisme/Mute Your Breathe Friendship/@comment-1351982-20110622201733/@comment-1351982-20110622202925

Yea basically that is what Toriyama is saying don't make the same mistakes I did. Even though the popularity rankings of chapters in Shonen Jump are somewhat rigged (Come' on Toriko beating One Piece!!! HAHA...no) Bleach is down in rankings (which are actually "finalized" by editors) Bleach can't be canceled due to the fact that each new volume sells nearly one million copies in Japan alone. Internationally it does better, in the US the entire series so far has sold around two million copies. I believe volume 27 is the best selling one so far it was the #1 graphic novel on the New York Times best seller list, and being the #1 selling manga on the New York Times Best Seller list for 5 weeks. So Kubo has the upper hand in the situation so to speak.