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[Ramen Hakkenden] There are times when good things just don’t sell, and that’s just how it is…

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If it’s a good product, the naive idea that it will sell is foolish.

Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:26Yeahx9

When bad things are selling, I wonder why there are people willing to spend money on this…?

1: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:27Yeahx16

Illness

2: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:29Yeahx26

There may be a problem on the side that thinks it’s something bad.

3: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:29

Hair growth shampoo and so on.

4: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:30

For example?

15: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:43

>>4Hydrogen water

16: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:44

>>4It seems like you want me to say “Kaiju No. 8.”

19: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:45Yeahx35

>>16What you are looking at is a mirror.

5: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:31

Seed of Death

6: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:32

It’s common for things to sell poorly because they are cheap and of poor quality, or to sell well because better options aren’t recognized, making the worse ones more conventional.
If both good and bad things are well-known and the price and effort required to buy them are the same, I think it’s rare for the bad ones to sell better.

7: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:33Yeahx1

There are countless reasons and it varies from case to case, so you’ll have to investigate and analyze it yourself.

8: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:34Yeahx1

Isn’t a hair growth shampoo without minoxidil just expensive?

9: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:36

It’s a rare example of something that sold well despite being terrifyingly poorly rated.

10: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:38

>>9The visuals were cool, and considering the brand power of Gundam, it will definitely sell.

11: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:40Yeahx6

>>10The TV broadcast version had terrible visuals too.

12: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:41Yeahx1

I wonder why the TV version of Seed Destiny sold so well.

14: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:42Yeahx3

>>12Fans from the previous work continued to buy due to the Concorde effect.

20: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:49Yeahx5

>>12It all comes down to the fact that the previous work sold incredibly well.

13: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:41

Even if something is poorly done, you can’t understand its shortcomings without a point of comparison…

17: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:44

It’s problematic that the price doesn’t always contribute to the quality.

18: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:45Yeahx1

Believe it or not, there are quite a few idiots in the world who throw their money down the drain.

21: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:50Yeahx2

I think it’s stupid to spend money on Kaiju No. 8.
It’s not meant to be rude or sarcastic.

22: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:50

The power of advertising is amazing.

24: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:52

>>22It’s really amazing how something close to brainwashing happens through constant exposure to what we see and hear in our daily lives.
Values are gradually being replaced.

23: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:52Yeahx5

Games like Vivit Army, Idle Girl, and EverTale, despite being advertising scams and terrible games, have somehow managed to increase their player base drastically, so it seems that spreading ads is indeed the way to go.

25: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:54Yeahx3

There are a tremendous number of fools who are deceived by advertising.
Can’t everyone be a little bit smarter?

26: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:55

Subliminal effects are great, aren’t they?

27: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:56Yeahx3

Hydrogen water is selling like crazy in this world.
Discard naive thoughts.

28: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)16:59Yeahx3

It is true that good products do not necessarily sell.
Bad things can sell just based on advertising.

29: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:01Yeahx3

It’s a world where the method of selling garbage is established, and I hate it…

38: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:12

>>29That said, there are quite a few works that didn’t sell even though they were heavily pushed.

30: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:02

What sells is good, and what doesn’t sell is bad!

35: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:08

>>30Seed death is going to become something amazing!

31: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:03

Throw away the naive thinking that everything you buy is a good thing.

32: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:03Yeahx2

Just because something is being sold doesn’t mean it’s safe.

33: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:04Yeahx2

However, in the case of “Shin Godzilla,” during the broadcast, the products that were offered exceeded those of the previous work, as the only items available were the discs while everything else, including Gunpla, was dropped.

36: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:09Yeahx3

>>33The sales of Gunpla have halved since the Seed series, which is just too harsh…

44: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:17

>>33The Seed Destiny Gundam plastic models are unable to release due to the production schedule being messed up from the start.
In the second half, aside from properly introducing the Strike Freedom, I postponed various other things…

34: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:07Yeahx4

When bad things are selling, it’s not the product that’s being sold, but trust.
Next, even if you make good things, they won’t sell.

37: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:10

Since there are only fools in the world, it must be unbearable for those selling bad things.

39: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:12Yeahx2

Because it’s a world where “Narou” is selling like crazy.
It’s still better to be on the bulletin board.

40: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:15

Fools keep buying bad things, so the economy keeps running.

41: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:16Yeahx10

There are a lot of fools who are swayed just by a little bit of promotion here.

47: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:19Yeahx2

>>41Fueramune, bulletin board axe, yawaraghi, gamaboiler.

49: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:20Yeahx1

>>47You still like that kind of thing and are being foolish in that regard, right?

48: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:19

>>41Rather, the otaku community on the internet is starving to consume things by turning them into memes.

56: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:24

>>41If you’re going to be a fool, you might as well dance; otherwise, you’ll miss out.
It’s usually not much of an expense, so it’s just right to buy it if I’m a bit interested.

42: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:17Yeahx1

“Why is this selling? There are certainly instances of that, but I just think it doesn’t suit me, and there are probably people who like it.”

43: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:17

The form of what is good for people or oneself often comes with great difficulty in realization.
When one cannot do that and falls into decay, they escape into easy desires for destruction or suicidal thoughts.

45: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:17

If I say that lead bullets are a representative of bad things, would you understand?

86: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:43

>>45Is it that anything goes as long as it can be used?

46: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:17

The author of A Silent Voice’s next work was heavily promoted by the magazine, but it ended without much impact.
Nihonbashi Yoko’s ballet manga was also pushed a lot, but there has been no adaptation into visuals.

50: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:20

It’s fine even if I’m being made to dance.

51: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:20

A cat house that looks like a mud figurine. I’m glad I bought the food toy I saw here.

52: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:21

Shimotsukare

53: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:21Yeahx1

When shopping due to stress, the quality of the items doesn’t matter.

54: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:22Yeahx1

It would be great if they could separate the booth for people who want to dance from the booth for people who want good things.

55: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:23

Super Zerogrit, etc.

57: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:24

When fools buy a lot of bad things, that garbage starts to be advertised as good things.

58: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:26

“I thought about the idea that ‘a good manga can be enjoyed when read deeply, but also works when read lightly and carelessly.'”
I feel that products created solely focusing on the aspect of “being able to succeed even when read superficially and carelessly” may become massive hits, even if they provide low satisfaction.

64: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:30

>>58To be honest, it was a work like the latter.
A way of complimenting that feels good.
It’s really common for this to happen.

65: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:31Yeahx1

>>58One Piece or Gundam SEED.

59: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:26Yeahx1

Seed Destiny is troubling because it is garbage as a promotional show to sell Gunpla.

81: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:40Yeahx2

>>59“Seed Destiny should have been all HG after the anime aired.”

60: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:27

Is it the era of a Char board or something?

61: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:27

Seed of Death

62: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:27

I can only see the bad sides from my perspective, but others must be able to see the good sides.

63: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:29

>>62There are good yakuza too!

66: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:31Yeahx2

Is it a story from Narou?

67: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:32Yeahx1

Even though my favorite’s child was so successful, no one cares anymore.

70: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:35

>>67It feels like we had a beautiful start with the anime, but nobody cared about what happened next.
If the sales method of the promotional offensive is strong, it seems likely that more works will be forgotten by the second season.

101: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:55

>>67The third season of the anime has been decided, and collaborations are being actively done, with merchandise selling like crazy.
Character popularity is amazing.

104: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:56

>>101Because it’s based on the character that died first, I can’t really understand the breakdown…!

108: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:58

>>104Other characters are also quite popular.
I understand because I’m exchanging goods.

68: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:34Yeahx3

There are plenty of mobile games that are selling well despite having terrible ads and looking like they have terrible content.

69: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:35Yeahx1

It’s creepy that it’s selling even though no fans are observed online.

71: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:35

I thought Kaiju No. 8 was a local anime.

72: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:36

I think whether something is actually popular can be better understood when looking at the merchandise released for the work rather than the work itself.

73: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:36

Is there any example other than manga and anime?

79: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:39

>>73G123’s games

80: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:40

>>73It’s a bit different, but the iPhone is good, right? It’s not chosen for performance purposes.

74: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:36

I think the shelf life of trends has become surprisingly short, even if they become popular.

75: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:37Yeahx1

It might not be just a delusion that the company is buying back its own shares.

78: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:38

>>75It was 15 years ago, but isn’t it true that Bakemonogatari inflated its BD sales to create an image of popularity?

76: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:37

It seems that the third season of Jujutsu Kaisen might flop since the original story is starting to get dull.

77: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:38

>>76You can live just on enlightenment.
I don’t know what happened after Satoru died.

82: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:40

If it’s fine to use the example that what sells becomes the de facto standard and sells more, there are quite a few cases of that.

83: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:40

The readers who positively review Kaidoku 8 on Amazon really have low intelligence…

84: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:41

Products and food may sell well for a moment due to trends and momentum, but they quickly show flaws or become tiresome.
Creative works may not happen very often, so even if they receive low ratings from anonymous sources, they might still hold a certain level in terms of market value.

85: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:42Yeahx1

I can’t understand the feeling of wanting to spend money on 〇〇, there are countless things like that.
There are countless things like anime, super chats, social games, watches, and adult entertainment that apply to different people.
It’s no wonder that a specific work could be included there.

88: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:44

>>85I really want to talk about Narou.

87: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:44

The original source of the thread image was also just plain boring…

89: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:46

Ultimately, whether something is good or bad is up to the buyer to decide.
The creator’s self-praise and confidence are not very taken into consideration.

90: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:47Yeahx2

If you start to judge what’s good and bad on your own, that’s a step towards being that kind of person.

94: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:49Yeahx1

>>90It’s more normal to be able to speak about your likes and dislikes or your evaluations.

97: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:50

>>94Read it one more time.
That’s not the kind of story.

100: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:53

>>97I wanted to imply that it’s more dangerous when we can see the general consensus.

114: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)18:01

>>100The collective opinion isn’t about whether it can be seen or not; my opinion is absolutely the collective opinion of the people, no matter how much anyone tries to resist it.

91: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:48Yeahx1

Those scum who criticize without even touching the work themselves should just die once.

95: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:50

>>91There are works that you can only understand are trash because you touch them.

103: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:55

>>91When I look at the Pachinko threads, I occasionally see responses that reflect knowledge gained from summary sites or YouTuber videos.
I feel like if I do the same thing in another thread, I might get isolated…

92: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:49Yeahx1

That so-called good thing might just be something that those who praise it are consuming information about, thinking only someone as smart as me can understand its value…

93: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:49

You should be able to judge the quality of things.

96: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:50

>>93It’s simply a matter of what is good or bad for that person.

98: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:52

When I went to a super stylish and beautiful sushi restaurant that was featured on Instagram and TikTok for my marriage hunting, it was visually appealing but the taste was mediocre and it was just expensive.
The adjustment of the vinegared rice and the quality of the toppings at the cheap sushi shop I usually go to are better, so the power of advertising is really not to be underestimated.

99: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:52

People who realize as adults that things they think are good don’t sell, while things they think are bad do sell, have a narrow perspective, don’t you think?

102: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:55

If I had to say, when there’s a line for super rich ramen, I wonder if people really want to eat it that much.

105: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:57

>>102After all, it’s just junk food, so why do people line up for it like that?

106: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:57

I don’t see many people like that now, but I have the impression that there were quite a few people who had a negative view of advertising in the past.

112: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)18:00

>>106Because the anti-consumerism culture was thriving.

107: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:58

In the past, there was no video streaming, so anime fans in the countryside had no choice but to buy DVDs to watch.
There was never a time when all anime works were available at rental shops.

109: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:59

Some people line up at popular restaurants just for the sake of standing in line.

110: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:59

I haven’t stopped by the store to watch this anime either… Should I buy it!
I was buying a ton of anime DVDs.

111: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)17:59

It’s fine to think that way, but it’s troubling when someone causes a ruckus in the fan community.

113: Japan Otaku Reviews25/06/06(Fri)18:01

If you think that interestingness and sales are separate, then you shouldn’t worry about sales…

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