Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho - Vol. 8 Ch. 57 - Genzo of Tosa

[MangaDex]

 

[Doomroar]

Oh shit starting the volume strong with a big fight

So i guess, judging by the cover, that the story will then focus on the boring honey traps later, and this is why Mankichi fell into low priority?

It is listed at 12 volumes for the deluxe edition and 20 for the bunkoban, so if it had an axed ending, this was probably the beginning of the end, which would suck given how Mankichi was a flagship manga that keep WSJ alive and afloat in the 70s, but then again it is Jump where no one is safe from getting axed

 

[Zunko]

Oh shit starting the volume strong with a big fight

So i guess, judging by the cover, that the story will then focus on the boring honey traps later, and this is why Mankichi fell into low priority?

It is listed at 12 volumes for the deluxe edition and 20 for the bunkoban, so if it had an axed ending, this was probably the beginning of the end, which would suck given how Mankichi was a flagship manga that keep WSJ alive and afloat in the 70s, but then again it is Jump where no one is safe from getting axed

Otoko was not axed, Motomiya wanted to end the series around volume 12 but was then forced by his editor to continue the series

 

[SystematicChaos]

Oh shit starting the volume strong with a big fight

So i guess, judging by the cover, that the story will then focus on the boring honey traps later, and this is why Mankichi fell into low priority?

It is listed at 12 volumes for the deluxe edition and 20 for the bunkoban, so if it had an axed ending, this was probably the beginning of the end, which would suck given how Mankichi was a flagship manga that keep WSJ alive and afloat in the 70s, but then again it is Jump where no one is safe from getting axed

Yeah, Gaki Daisho was the opposite of axed. Famously, Motomiya even wrote "The End" on a certain page and his editor splashed it with whiteout to cover it up. Most editions following the initial tankobon printing cut the second half of the story which was written after Motomiya's original ending. That ending is at the end of volume 11 of this edition, so we're not even close to when it jumps the shark.