Nᴇᴢネズ (Known IRL as Matias De la Piedra)

Thank you for participating!! The thesis was a success, the turnout was huge and I received an 8.1/10 which is great here in the Netherlands :)

If you want all the deets on the theories used and the statistics and all that, feel free to click the link in my bio to read my thesis

And via this experiment, I was able to support my expectations. Anime can indeed make us inspired and motivate us to be better. However, its effect is not immediate. It is indirect via an affective pathway.

(3/4)

One of the reasons people watch anime is because it inspires them to become better. But is that actually true? I have often felt this way and know I'm not the only one. Anime is powerful, we've seen its power manifest in many ways. So I decided to see if it's actually true

(2/4)

DOES ANIME MAKE US BETTER PEOPLE? (1/4)

A few months ago I asked for your help in participating in the experiment for my thesis and promised to share the results. So here I am!

Here's the reader-friendly version of my thesis and all the findings. Hope you find this interesting!

UPDATE: The giveaway winner has already been announced and contacted. You can check out who the winner is today via my stories on Instagram. Thank you for participating!

UPDATE: The giveaway winner has already been announced and contacted. You can check out who the winner is today via my stories on Instagram. Thank you for participating!

And this is it for this year! I would've liked to do an individual chart for each series but life got the best of me this time. Either way, some really interesting stats this year without big names like MHA and JJK!

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP 2025 WRAPPED | New & Ending Series

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP 2025 | Absences by Series

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP 2025 WRAPPED | Covers & Color Pages by Series

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP 2025 WRAPPED | Yearly Average ToC Ranking

The magazine year has come to an end and it is time to check out how our 2025 series did this year! This thread includes a summary of the yearly ToC performance for the overall magazine. Hope you find this interesting!

And that’s it! I know this is not the normal stuff I tend to post, but I really need your help to graduate :)

The winner will be announced on December 20th 2025, at 15:00 EST. Good luck to everybody!

2) Tag 2 friends in the comment section! (The more times you repeat step 2 (with different friends, obviously), the more chances of winning!)

3. (Optional step) Retweet this post to DOUBLE your chances😳 (if your account is private, send me a screenshot)

To participate in the giveaway, you must follow these steps:
1) Click the link in my bio and fill out my thesis survey to completion  (IMPORTANT: Send me a screenshot of the end of the survey as proof of completion)

MANGA GIVEAWAY⚡️❤️

So! I'm currently working on my bachelor's thesis about anime and altruism, and need people to fill out my 7-minute survey. Please help me out by participating and sharing!!

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If anyone wants to be friends, my Trainer Code is 925539822326!

Funny thing is I do not have a clue about how Pokemon works. Never was a big fan of the franchise and was completely new to the game. But it has been so much fun catching Pokemon and learning about all of em

Now I’m tempted to watch the anime

So I started playing Pokemon GO and now that I’m back in Amsterdam, I just found out that my apartment has 3 poke stops and a gym within range.

It can’t get any better than this🤩

@globalcomix.com has partnered with @kodansha.us! Awesome news for manga fans!! I can only hope this partnership will signal more manga in the future.

Check out the article for more deets :)

Thank you, Chris!

As I said in this article, ultimately it is readers who will be the deciding factor.

Shouting online DOES NOT MATTER. What matters is DO YOU READ THE MANGA? DO YOU BUY IT?

If you read it on the app, you are voting for more. And more you shall receive.

www.thepopverse.com/comics-manga...

Remember, if you are "curious" about the translation and give it a read on the Viz app?

That counts as a vote for further AI translations.

They do not care WHY you clicked on it. Only that you DID. So DON'T.

Only You Can Prevent AI Translations.

I hope all other manga fans will be able to share my opinion and let their voices be heard.

We cannot allow AI-translation to break into the biggest NA manga publisher and go even further. AI-translation has no place in manga.

To @viz.com and all other manga publishers: We do NOT want AI-translated manga. Respect translators, letterers, editors, and your READERS.

Translation, just like manga, is an ART. So treat it as such! Say NO to AI🚫

Woooo hooooo! Happy 20th anniversary to @comicsbeat.bsky.social & huge congrats to founder & editor-in-chief Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social and the rest of the Beat & K-Comics Beat team for this well-deserved Eisner Award win!

LETS GO TEAM COMICSBEAT WOOHOO!!!! So happy for everyone

"I never thought I would be on the big stage...I want to thank the staff of The Beat. They are tireless...20 years old...a lot of people think it's just me but it's a lot of people."

Heidi MacDonald gets a much deserved award. Somewhere, Chip Zdarsky is very happy.

Love it or hate it, what Demon Slayer has accomplished is truly something no one could have ever predicted or believed possible. It is absolutely insane. With the highest average of copies sold per volume in history, KnY is one of, if not the most successful manga of all time.

TOP 10 BEST-SELLING WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP SERIES | Measured by copies in circulation

With the new circulation updates, Demon Slayer overtakes Slam Dunk and Kochikame! Jujutsu Kaisen joins the 100 million club, effectively joining the Top 10 and replacing MHA. Big numbers!!

Anyways, great article. Worth the read.