User blog comment:Udarsha45/Bleach Volume 60 Volume Sales!!!/@comment-1351982-20130808135620/@comment-1351982-20130811155454

I'm not saying Toriko is bad (in general shonen jump series aren't great Tolstoy levels of work, but I digress),but IT SHOULD NEVER BE CONSIDERED ON THE SAME LEVEL AS ONE PIECE AND DRAGONBALL! Look I know the author of Toriko has had a past, and I'm all for second chances, but when you are pushing less popular and smaller manga titles, who have worked just as hard if not harder and longer for a chance in the spotlight into cancelation, that I have a problem with. Potenitally great series like Hungry Joker are being cut off too soon. I think a lot of it has to do with Oda and Toriko's mangaka being friends and basically Oda's small gesture of kindness has grown out of control. The "big 3" (honestly the term hasn't be relevant since 2005 when they were all truely competing against each other) mangaka didn't have huge success over night, it took several years to get to that point, I don't think in less than 5 years you should be that successful compared to other authors. As for Bleach, dont feel bad for Kubo, feel bad for the smaller series being canceled.