First, thanks for this. I was looking for this chart and I couldn't find it.Skar wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 1:26 pmDoes this have to do with something specific to the DBS manga or due to the nature of V-Jump and the kind of stories it's intended for? It wasn't moved to a different magazine due to declining sales and it began on one that doesn't sell that well. I recall it's one of the best selling or the best selling manga on V-Jump though. I'm not sure if any completed manga series had a spin-off or sequel by a different artist that sold more. On this list, the DBS manga is ranked #38 and I'm pretty sure the ones that outsold it were original stories.HeroR wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 10:48 amFrom my understanding, it's more that the Super manga isn't that popular (this isn't to say that it isn't popular, but it doesn't break records either). Most Dragon Ball fans in Japan sees it as Toyo's Dragon Ball. Also not helping that the manga gets almost next to no exposure so a lot of fans even in Japan actually don't even know that manga version of Super exists.
As for specifics, it's a little bit of both I believe. As you can see, Dragon Ball Super is more popular than Boruto, but I'm not sure how much that says since I've heard mixed things about Boruto's popularity. However, Dragon Ball Super never sold gangbusters because it's seen as Toyo's take on Dragon Ball, it's in V-Jump that sell way less than Shonan Jump so it's missing a lot of exposer, older Dragon Ball fans in Japan aren't the biggest fans of anything past Namek, and the lack of exposer keeps a lot of new readers from finding it. Which is why the Dragon Ball Super anime caused Dragon Ball to have a newbie boom, while the manga was seen as a companion project.
Also, spin-offs or sequels of a successful manga are actually extremely rare in Japan. Like Boruto and Fist of the Blue Sky (done by the original author, but is prequel to Fist of the North Star) are not common and Dragon Ball Super is done decades after the original manga run. So there is no perfect comparison. I will say for being in a smaller magazine and a spinoff it does very well, but it has declined from its peak and the lack of advisement it gets doesn't helps.