Look at Japan ’ s most competitive magazine, Shonen Jump: that magazine uses reader ratings as their main measure for whether to cut or extend a given series. Each volume of Weekly Shonen Jump runs for 20 issues, and if a title ranks near the bottom for multiple volumes, it is virtually inevitable that it will get the chop.
以日本廝殺最激烈的《週刊少年 JUMP》為例，更是視讀者回函排名為「腰斬」或「延長」該篇連載的最高準則，平均每期刊登 20 篇作品，若連續數期都排名墊底，保證難逃提前出局、中止連載的命運。