B³

I'm tired of being normal. I've decided to become more unhinged.

[Miilato @litteralyme0]

How I walk around knowing I have a disgusting amount of hours on a game that has served no real world value except feeding my rampant autism

[Jamesetta Williams 💕 @jamesetta_w]

I hope that DC journalists understand this is how their publications look.

When I open Twitter these days, I’m more likely to see a Washington journalist giddy that Trump picked up their phone call to lie to them than breaking any news.

[John Bistline @JEBistline]

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

[demi adejuyigbe @electrolemon]

@DanielGorman20 "let people dislike things" is far different from "it's fine to call someone 'the most worthless director in recent years' because you don't like their small body of work." the internet has cushioned you to a casual acceptance of cruelty. unbelievable way to talk about people

[straw hat fuly @fulyanime]

Happy international trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

[Bring Back Banjo @BringBackBanjoK]

This is an actual steamed ham

[Boichi @Boichi_Bo1]

When we look at people around the world who dream of building a manga industry, their goal is often Weekly Shōnen Jump.
As someone who is part of Shōnen Jump, I am very grateful for that.

However, if your goal is Shōnen Jump itself, you cannot build a strong and vibrant manga industry.
That is because Shōnen Jump is not the cause of a manga industry—it is the result of one.

The true strength of manga does not lie in a few massive hit titles, but in its diversity and richness.
Only by understanding this can a country build a manga industry and a true ecosystem—and use it to powerfully develop its cultural sector.

The comics industry, including manga, can produce about 2,000 serialized titles per $100 million in advanced markets.
In developing countries, it can produce up to 5,000 serialized titles per $100 million.
If a market reaches $1 billion, it can generate around 50,000 new IPs every year—an astonishing number.

But for this to be truly meaningful, MANGA(漫画) must be diverse.
If all the works being produced resemble those from Shōnen Jump—in art style, characters, themes, storytelling, or ideas—then what is the value of producing 10,000 or even 50,000 such works every year?
That would be nothing less than a disaster.

Well, Films can afford to be somewhat similar to each other.
This is because fewer films are produced, their budgets are high, and the risks are significant.
In fact, films tend to be more similar to each other than manga.
Unlike manga, films do not have characters ranging from two-head-tall figures to fifteen-head-tall figures, right?
From a mangaka’s perspective, films often appear quite similar—the outlines of subjects are alike, and the frames are standardized, such as 16:9 or 2.35:1.

When I talk about the manga industry with others, there is one manga I always show and mention.
It is a manga work I deeply love—a manga about raising cows.
The mangaka is someone who actually raises and loves cows.

More than any manga I have drawn, this work is a living example of the true power and potential of manga.

Manga allows for endless possibilities:
a story about cows, created by someone who raises them; a simple yet refined rural food story, told by someone who has lived in the countryside; the story of a poor robot living alone in human society; narratives about great philosophers, religious figures, or social activists; and even works drawn from personal experiences with illness, such as kidney stones.

That is why mangakas serve as IP creators.
A rural food manga was later adapted into a remarkably well-crafted and emotionally rich film.
Such a challenge is only possible because there exists a powerful original manga that resonates with many people.
And it is precisely this diversity—in style, subject matter, thought, and life experience—
along with the countless acts of pure human creativity,
that ultimately give rise to Shōnen Jump and its hit titles.

Shōnen Jump is the result.

If you truly want manga to exist in your country, don’t aim for Shōnen Jump—aim for diversity in manga.

[Neb | 🏳️‍🌈 @NebsGoodTakes]

this may sound extreme but I am fundamentally superior to those who watch this

[Mecha Girl Of The Day* @MechaGirlOTD]

It's so short, but it's so damn sweet. And it's done by all new staff. Let this lead into something exciting. You (Bandai) know what the people (ME) want. More G Gundam ❤

[Sam Santala @SamSantala]

I had an interview about this and during it I coalesced around why this might have hit a nerve.

A lot of game devs were probably sold the dream of working in a studio, having some stability and working on what you love, but we've learned there is no such thing as stability 1/3

[Suzanne @tendermiasma]

The government is asking for public comments on whether banks should be able to deny you from buying legal goods at their own whim (i.e. how they're cracking down on art, subscribestar, itchio)

TELL THEM you don't want to be told how to spend your money

https://t.co/OfWHBg3dDP

[Valaska 🔞 - Price For Freedom @TDD_Valaska]

If you are in America and fed up with the crap Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Paypal and other payment processors are pushing on Subscribestar, Itch, and Patreon, comment here.

https://t.co/8EJRAyiqZh

Be respectful, be informative, point out legal content is being attacked.

[شرق‌زده sharghzadeh @sharghzadeh]

Pleasantly surprised to see this etymology creator speaking up

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

this little event caused more outrage than israel committing genocide.

[Big Timi @OrevaZSN]

“No one is forcing you to work at that job you hate.”

I think you’ll find the threat of starvation and homelessness is fairly coercive.

[Bark @barkmeta]

Realizing American citizens paid $175 billion in illegal tariffs and it’s being refunded to companies instead of back to us.

[sui @birdabo]

discord’s age verification vendor Persona just got hacked.

openAI + US government + persona have been running identity surveillance since nov 2023

anyone who verified age on discord is now traceable.

nothing is private anymore.

https://t.co/OHTR7QuYqa

[Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz]

Discord is not the only company pre-complying! Meta, Google, YouTube and other platforms are also doing it. This is not a Discord problem, this is a US govt problem. Go to https://t.co/Qz4WSZd8pS right now and get involved in fighting them!!

[B³ @doomnbloom]

@00_Homura Happy birthday!