Kagurabachi becomes the \u201cnew GOAT of manga\u201d thanks to the power of memes zactun\/SHUEISHAKagurabachi seemingly came out of nowhere to become one of the most popular manga in the world with its debut chapter, and a huge part of that popularity has come from fans meme-ing the manga on Twitter and other social media. Though the market for anime and manga has grown exponentially over the past few decades, standing out as a mangaka is truly a tall order in the modern age. Even for series good enough to get a trial run in Shonen Jump, their fate is not guaranteed. A spot in the seminal manga magazine doesn\u2019t always come with a long life cycle. However, it\u2019s rare that a manga\u2019s debut evokes such a strong community response like Kagurabachi\u2019s has. Its popularity soared over most other manga all the way to the number 5 spot on Manga Plus, and it\u2019s mostly due to the power of memes surrounding the series. Viral manga memes its way to a \u201cKagurabachillion\u201d readers As much as it\u2019s fun to try and predict viral trends and what makes things popular on the internet, there are times when it\u2019s absolutely impossible to predict why or how something becomes a hit. Kagurabachi is one such case. The manga\u2019s debut made it a slam dunk hit and one of the most popular manga in the world based on its first chapter alone, but much of that isn\u2019t because of the quality of the manga itself; rather, people are invested in the memes. It\u2019s hard to tell whether or not people think the manga is good or not due to just how inflated its ratings have been as a result of the meme movement. The crux of the joke is that it\u2019s the \u201cnew GOAT of manga\u201d and that it\u2019s the absolute peak of Shonen despite\u2026 well, not being the peak of Shonen. Not to discredit the series, it\u2019s more a matter of Kaguarabachi only being on Chapter 2. Despite this, the series has really taken off on its way to selling a \u201cKagurabachillion\u201d copies. It’s about to make kagurabachillion dollars \u203c\ufe0f\u203c\ufe0f\u203c\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/rQO3HaM4U6 \u2014 \ud83e\uddedManga Alerts & Restocks #uw7s\ud83c\udf0a (@MangaAlerts) September 18, 2023 Kagurabachi has already been bizarrely Frankenstein-ed in with other meme trends new and old. For instance, the good ol\u2019 \u201cMorbin Time\u201d meme has come back with a vengeance as \u201cIt\u2019s Kaguarabachin\u2019 Time!\u201d, with some images showing his face photoshopped on top of Might Guy\u2019s body. It\u2019s Kagura Bachin Time! pic.twitter.com\/ealNMrfGDl \u2014 Victory Reviews (@Vyreviews94) September 23, 2023 Meanwhile, Kagurabachi has had an odd correlation with the Japanese McDonald\u2019s ad that\u2019s been going viral lately where the main character of the manga looks eerily similar to the father in the ad. And, in just a short week after Kagurabachi\u2019s debut, Aleks Le, the voice actor for Luke in Street Fighter 6 and many other roles in gaming, lent his voice to an animation created by TikTok user zactun. Things have come full circle here to create some really awesome content. \u201cThe new GOAT of manga! With only one chapter,\u201d one Twitter user joked. Or maybe it\u2019s not a joke? It\u2019s hard to say at this point considering how many layers of irony there are here, but one thing\u2019s for sure: Kagurabachi\u2019s unusual debut has made it an overnight hit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kagurabachi becomes the \u201cnew GOAT of manga\u201d thanks to the power of memes zactun\/SHUEISHAKagurabachi seemingly came out of nowhere to become one of the most popular manga in the world with its debut chapter, and a huge part of that popularity has come from fans meme-ing the manga on Twitter and other social media. Though […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}