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. Also, if I am not mistaken, that number is about the same here around 600,000 copies for an average volume. I believe volume 27 is the highest selling volume thus far by selling almost 400,000 copies in one week, dethroning watchmen as the best selling 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.