HOUSTON! WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!
Volume 43 has been set to come out on July 10th for months!! Based on the previous release schedule, if we all came out and bought like we did for volume 39, 40, and 41 we had a good chance of it appearing on the NY Times Bestseller manga list.
But now, a certain shojo title from Kodansha’s release date has been moved from the 3rd to the 10th making it increasingly difficult for Case Closed to compete.
We were already set to compete against Naruto volume 57 that week, but another popular manga will push down the chance of Case Closed making the top 10 list.
So my plea, Case Closed, Detective Conan fans, is that we all buy volume 43 the first week it comes out.
We need to continually show VIZ there is a high interest in the series.
Gosho Aoyama, just earlier this week, declared that it is highly likely Detective Conan will go past the 100 volume mark.
We won’t see them if it is not profitable for VIZ to release them.
So please guys, buy Case Closed Volume 43 between July 10th and 14th.
Rightstuf.com has this for $7.49 + shipping/handling (economy is only $3), just FYI.