2017 in Numbers

2017 has been a most interesting year for Weekly Shonen Champion, with a change in head editor and the return of successful veterans.

So let's summarise the year in categories.

New Series - 10
Ended Series - 11
Short Series - 7
Special Short Series - 2
One-shots - 39
Special Chapters - 4

A significant rise of over 100% in the numbers of one-shot from last year.

1 short series was granted official serialisation status. There were many one-shots of which many were by returning authors and only a couple were by newbie authors.

An year with 1 standout success in Mairimashita! Iruma-kun but BEASTARS and Atsumare! Fushigi Kenkyuubu both established themselves this year after proving to be successes last year. Himawari and Rororro! and Mahou Shoujo Site are set for success but whether they will establish themselves will be for us to see in 2018. 

2018 promises to be a year of much change with series like Samejima, Saigo no Juugonichi, Shuujin Riku and Dokaben Dream Tournament all heading towards a finale, 2018 will also set up for the 50th anniversary of WSC in 2019.