Grim to learn this and Pocha Climb! are cancelled. I was reading Pocha Climb! enthusiastically, and I guess I haven't seen it for a while now. This manga I discovered about 2 days ago, and I'm already caught up on it, because it is really intensely absorbing. I especially enjoy Ohsawa's take on making music, and the way this isn't any typical kind of music ensemble. I loved the way they communicated with one another the way they played. It looks like Ohsawa is tying up the romances very fast here at the end, which I do appreciate. But it's pretty awful it's getting cancelled. This is by far the best premise Ohsawa has developed so far, and I was looking forward to seeing it go somewhere.
I don't know if this was the same in Japan, but I remember from an interview with U.S. comics writer/editor Louise Simonson that there were particular comics at Marvel in the 80s, which didn't sell well, but which by editorial decision they kept running because they believed in the quality of the work. She singled out Dr. Strange as a title that never sold, but that the editorial staff insisted on holding on to and keeping alive, because they thought the quality was high enough to merit keeping there. Of course, at the end of that era, in the late 80s, those low-selling titles got axed to clear the slate for other titles. But I'm sorry that sort of sentiment and intent isn't working in favor of a story like this one. It's the kind of title that is so good, I feel like it could catch on if more people were aware of it.
I just ordered both volumes from CDJapan the other day. A real shame that we won't get to see more after the next chapter.
