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[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[Shinuki no Reborn]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #50 (2026)
00. Akane-banashi (Cover & Lead Color Pages)
01. Sakamoto Days
02. One Piece
00. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (Color Page)
03. Someone Hertz
04. Ichi the Witch
05. Roku's House of Oddities
00. Shishikabane (One Shot by Maki Gyujirou, Color Page, Golden Future Cup #7)
06. Shinobi Undercover
07. The Ura Files
08. Witch Watch
09. Graykeith: Translator Daemonica
00. Me & Roboco (Color Page)
10. Nue's Exorcist
11. Under Doctor
12. Animal Signal
13. Class 2B Hero Destroyerz
14. Hal Formula
15. Kagurabachi
16. Cannon Master

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #51 (2026) - Information!
Jean is in Danger! (New Series by Nakama Ryo, Cover & Lead Color Pages)
Witch Watch (Color Page, End)
Graykeith: Translator Daemonica (Color Page)
Shinobi Undercover (Color Page)

 

[Shockzz1234]

The best remedy for any "bad shounen manga ending" is time and the anime adaptation, it's 99% the case, you have the hate for the ending in the manga, anime adapts it later, suddenly everybody gets nostalgic and praises, it happened right now with My Hero Academia, it has happened with the whole TYBW arc on Bleach and you can bet it's totally going to happen with Reborn in the new anime, and JJK when it adapts the final chapters.

Tbf TYBW is a special case. It's adding in a LOT of new stuff (or stuff from novels, or stuff Kubo wanted to do but couldn't) to make it better, most anime won't do this, they'll just adapt it 1:1 or just make small changes that don't really affect in that much. It's like a Director's Cut version of the arc. This is a special privilege that 99% of anime don't get.

Also, this goes without saying but, sometimes endings really ARE just genuinely bad. No amount of time and anime 1:1 adapting is ever gonna save Food Wars for example, or Seven Deadly Sins or The Promised Neverland or Fairy Tail or....well you get the point. You would have to COMPLETELY change them to get most people to agree that they're good endings, and again that barely ever happens, most series aren't important enough or have enough clout for that to happen. And there's also no guarantee anyway that it would make it better. Even the giant series that is Attack on Titan's ending, which still changed some things, remains kinda divisive at best.

JJK potentially might be on this list, there's just too many things wrong with it to the very core imo that time and anime cannot really fix. But it's also a big enough series that they could potentially try and "save it" if they (they being Gege and Mappa) wanted to. This is assuming Gege and Mappa even saw anything wrong with it in the first place. We'll have to wait and see, I guess.

Although JJK is pretty weird because Modulo has been pretty good so far imo. One of the better sequel series to a longer running series i've seen. Funny how that works.

Maybe the way Pierrot and Kubo are treating TYBW will open the industry up to doing more stuff like this though! With more anime. Who knows? Treat it like a Director's Cut. One Piece's anime actually already kinda does it here and there, not nearly to the degree of TYBW but still.

 

[monstera11]

Saving his soul is a big part of the story of the final arc though. He doesn't get a typical hero ending, but it's not like we don't know what he's doing.

Oh believe me. I 100% know what Gege was doing with him. I spent a lot of time in the past 2 years defending him. The biggest problem is, the execution that Gege did was atrocious. Which is so endemic with Gege in so many other plot points too. It seems that he has great idea & setup but tend to fall short with execution and payoff.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Tbf TYBW is a special case. It's adding in a LOT of new stuff (or stuff from novels, or stuff Kubo wanted to do but couldn't) to make it better, most anime won't do this, they'll just adapt it 1:1 or just make small changes that don't really affect in that much. It's like a Director's Cut version of the arc. This is a special privilege that 99% of anime don't get.

Also, this goes without saying but, sometimes endings really ARE just genuinely bad. No amount of time and anime 1:1 adapting is ever gonna save Food Wars for example, or Seven Deadly Sins or The Promised Neverland or Fairy Tail or....well you get the point. You would have to COMPLETELY change them to get most people to agree that they're good endings, and again that barely ever happens, most series aren't important enough or have enough clout for that to happen. And there's also no guarantee anyway that it would make it better. Even the giant series that is Attack on Titan's ending, which still changed some things, remains kinda divisive at best.

JJK potentially might be on this list, there's just too many things wrong with it to the very core imo that time and anime cannot really fix. But it's also a big enough series that they could potentially try and "save it" if they (they being Gege and Mappa) wanted to. This is assuming Gege and Mappa even saw anything wrong with it in the first place. We'll have to wait and see, I guess.

Although JJK is pretty weird because Modulo has been pretty good so far imo. One of the better sequel series to a longer running series i've seen. Funny how that works.

Maybe the way Pierrot and Kubo are treating TYBW will open the industry up to doing more stuff like this though! With more anime. Who knows? Treat it like a Director's Cut. One Piece's anime actually already kinda does it here and there, not nearly to the degree of TYBW but still.

The overly praise for TYBW anime has happened since way before any relevant change to the material, people simply forgot they treated Bleach pretty much like the butt of the joke during the whole final arc, it's been a complete 180 from overly hating the arc to glazing it like it's one of the best arcs ever, personally i never hated the arc but the way people treat it today is almost comical, the anime is doing a hell of a job with the material but it still has Kubo writing problems, the 3rd cool in particular have not been on par with the first 2 exactly because all the "meh" decisions by Kubo started to weight over the high quality production

Nanatsu no Taizai it's not a fair comparison, the series could have a legit great finale and people would still hate on it because of the poor animation quality, the change from A1 to Deen was just too brutal and killed the series in the west.

The Promised Neverland, man i could bet one of my arms that after the abortion that was S2 everybody would praise the original ending in a anime reboot

Fairy Tail is Fairy Tail, the entire series is full of bad writing and plot holes, the end of the series is just a regular monday for the series lmao!

The final special of Attack on Titan has a 8.86 on MAL, that seems far from divisive at best lol

 

[monstera11]

Nah AOT has a great divide between anime only and manga readers about the ending. And both sides are extremely adamant about their stance, you would think they were fighting for their religious or political beliefs...

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I am an AOT manga reader only that read the series monthly for a long time. I personally find the ending good. I think this is because i never engage in the community and never make any theories and speculations.... that's why I was free from having any expectations and just enjoy the manga as it is. A lot of fans' biggest disappointment tend to come from not having their theories become reality

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Merry Christmas Everybody!!!

Christmas illustrations from officials on Twitter and eles se daem ]

One Piece


Naruto


Kimetsu no Yaiba


Jujutsu Kaisen


My Hero Academia


Haikyu!!


Demizu Posuka (The Promised Neverland)


Dr. Stone


Blue Box


The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.


Hajime Komoto (Mashle)


Mitarashi Santa (Shinobi Undercover)


Takeshi Okano (Hell Teacher Nube)


If any series illustration wasn't included, feel free to post!

 

[Kiaida]

This isn't meant to imply people can't have their own opinions or anything, if you read something and didn't like it, that's fair and a normal thing. If you can explain what you don't like, even better.

But I generally agree that manga fans often make up their opinions too much on what they wanted to see, instead of letting the work do its own thing or speak for itself. Let's say Jojolion, some people were saying for years that "If the ending doesn't touch on this specific character/scene from 8 years ago, it'll suck", so the story actually in the pages was never given any chance to begin with, the narrative arcs or the way the manga wrapped up its themes weren't on the mind of many fans that hated the ending.

I'm already seeing people saying "Black Clover had a bad ending" because of plot bullet points before even reading the chapter. Sure, they can do that, but I prefer to wait and read the chapter because it's a manga, so more than a "plot". I honestly don't have any expectations and don't follow the fanbase or anything, so maybe I'll enjoy what Tabata does. I liked MHA's ending.

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Anyway, Merry Christmas, everyone.

 

[icrawfish]

Nah AOT has a great divide between anime only and manga readers about the ending. And both sides are extremely adamant about their stance, you would think they were fighting for their religious or political beliefs...

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I am an AOT manga reader only that read the series monthly for a long time. I personally find the ending good. I think this is because i never engage in the community and never make any theories and speculations.... that's why I was free from having any expectations and just enjoy the manga as it is. A lot of fans' biggest disappointment tend to come from not having their theories become reality

Kinda vibe with this statement heavy. Agendas are fun to have but when people get so seriously attached to an agenda that it sours their enjoyment of the series when it doesn’t get fulfilled, you’re just losing out on the experience, and that can become an easier pitfall to fall into when immersed in discussion about a series’ direction.

Spoiler: Long One Piece Example

As a personal example, with the recent Egghead arc in One Piece, I thought after seeing all the Vegapunk Satellites, that the original Vegapunk would be devoid of all of the emotions contained, which led me to the conclusion that all that was left in Vegapunk was Joy (opposite of Atlas’ Wrath). This could feed into false Joyboy stuff and whatnot, expanding on the lore we know about that way. This was obviously debunked a few chapters later when we saw Vegapunk and later confirmed the 6 satellites make up a clone of him, instead tying Joyboy into the arc through means of the research and Emet, so that theory didn’t live long. Likewise, I had a strong hope after seeing Lilith say she’s never been to sea that she might join the crew through caveat of her disconnection from Punk Records making her her own person with only some memories, and due to the death of most of the other satellites she would have to kind of carry on their legacy. This was not how Oda resolved the satellite conundrum, and in fact is not showing much sign of giving Lilith a lot more screen time and individuality.

Am I a little bummed we didn’t get to see these kinds of ideas explored? Yeah, especially in the latter case since it feels like Bonney and Lilith are being quickly cast aside now that their moment is over. But I know what I was cooking probably doesn’t compare to or fit into the grand scope of what Oda’s weaving together here, and he has a grander goal to focus on now that the climax slowly approaches. So I’m not gonna slander the Egghead arc and say it was a wash just because a theory I had didn’t get addressed or my fave from the arc got less attention than I wanted.

Granted not every series is One Piece so the excuses aren’t gonna be quite the same. But I think a lot of these things where endings get flamed due to communities building up mass agendas only to be subverted are more the fault of the viewer setting expectations for themselves than the author fumbling the bag.

Now, obviously this doesn’t mean bad endings aren’t a thing, I haven’t read JJK’s second half but I know having rushed/unresolved plot threads dangling is not a good situation to be in. Still, I think people have a habit of zero-ing in on the bad and amplifying it rather than taking in all the good and bad and making a balanced summation.

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This isn't meant to imply people can't have their own opinions or anything, if you read something and didn't like it, that's fair and a normal thing. If you can explain what you don't like, even better.

But I generally agree that manga fans often make up their opinions too much on what they wanted to see, instead of letting the work do its own thing or speak for itself. Let's say Jojolion, some people were saying for years that "If the ending doesn't touch on this specific character/scene from 8 years ago, it'll suck", so the story actually in the pages was never given any chance to begin with, the narrative arcs or the way the manga wrapped up its themes weren't on the mind of many fans that hated the ending.

I'm already seeing people saying "Black Clover had a bad ending" because of plot bullet points before even reading the chapter. Sure, they can do that, but I prefer to wait and read the chapter because it's a manga, so more than a "pot". I honestly don't have any expectations and don't follow the fanbase or anything, so maybe I'll enjoy what Tabata does. I liked MHA's ending.

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Anyway, Merry Christmas, everyone.

Definitely agree. Though, I’m gonna bounce off of this in a probably unpopular way: I get this feeling towards what happened with Blue Box recently.

People were in an uproar over what felt like Hina’s backwards character development to the point where they stopped reading it before even seeing the rest of the scene the next chapter, and now for those readers that are too stubborn to go back and continue they’ll be stuck with the sour taste of Hina’s arc ending on a downfall with no view for how things may resolve at the end of the story. (Full fairness: We don’t know how it’s gonna end so it’s still possible for it to be a total bag fumble.)

While it didn’t anger me personally (moreso shock and concern), I can understand the vitriol felt around this Hina development; but I think canning the whole manga and saying it’s ending is a mess is very shortsighted of the whole scope of the series (especially considering right after the Hina mess came some amazing Chinatsu content), let alone judging it from an incomplete viewpoint (That extends well beyond Blue Box though, anyone dropping a series partway through and then making assertions about the series as a whole is going to be subject to some level of ridicule).

Idk, maybe this is just me being salty about when people stop consuming a good thing due to something falling short of their standards for a time. Hits the same nerve for me as MHA anime watchers that gave up mid-season 5 cuz it was too boring and never saw some of the highs of the final war, or the sad but understandable world of people who watch a good amount of Gintama with it’s slow roster-building interspersed with gags only to never see the fruition of all of these characters and ideas across the series coming to a head in the final arcs.

 

[Pietro]

Merry Christmas and Day of the Lord to everyone

 

[Franz]

From the spoilers it seems that Black Clover will not end in the January issue, but in the one that will be released in the spring.

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

Merry Christmas everybody!!

talking about the ending stuff, i think the only ones that I really enjoyed are: Naruto, Slam Dunk, MHA, TPN & BORUTO part 1 (if it counts)

those are really strong finales

 

[Nuesmoker]

Merry christmas yall

 

[Phantom RPG]

Merry Christmas to all the good boys and girls out there.

To celebrate here are some one shots i found to be great:

From Jump Giga Winter 2022:

≦Seven by Ginriku & Date Jump Giga Winter 2022



From Jump Giga Summer 2022:

UNSEEABLE!!! by Takahiro Taguchi

 

[DrLazer]

Merry Christmas everybody ;D

 

[Lord Anubis]

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

 

[Wookitake]

Merry Christmas!

It's a bit off topic, but couldn't any Mod @Shinuki no Reborn @Demonspeed change the homepage of the forum? There are some 2023 topics there, some Anime League stuff etc. It's almost 2026.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Merry Christmas!

It's a bit off topic, but couldn't any Mod @Shinuki no Reborn @Demonspeed change the homepage of the forum? There are some 2023 topics there, some Anime League stuff etc. It's almost 2026.

I know, but these things are decided by the adm, i will mention with xi0 to see what he says

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Kinda vibe with this statement heavy. Agendas are fun to have but when people get so seriously attached to an agenda that it sours their enjoyment of the series when it doesn’t get fulfilled, you’re just losing out on the experience, and that can become an easier pitfall to fall into when immersed in discussion about a series’ direction.

Spoiler: Long One Piece Example

As a personal example, with the recent Egghead arc in One Piece, I thought after seeing all the Vegapunk Satellites, that the original Vegapunk would be devoid of all of the emotions contained, which led me to the conclusion that all that was left in Vegapunk was Joy (opposite of Atlas’ Wrath). This could feed into false Joyboy stuff and whatnot, expanding on the lore we know about that way. This was obviously debunked a few chapters later when we saw Vegapunk and later confirmed the 6 satellites make up a clone of him, instead tying Joyboy into the arc through means of the research and Emet, so that theory didn’t live long. Likewise, I had a strong hope after seeing Lilith say she’s never been to sea that she might join the crew through caveat of her disconnection from Punk Records making her her own person with only some memories, and due to the death of most of the other satellites she would have to kind of carry on their legacy. This was not how Oda resolved the satellite conundrum, and in fact is not showing much sign of giving Lilith a lot more screen time and individuality.

Am I a little bummed we didn’t get to see these kinds of ideas explored? Yeah, especially in the latter case since it feels like Bonney and Lilith are being quickly cast aside now that their moment is over. But I know what I was cooking probably doesn’t compare to or fit into the grand scope of what Oda’s weaving together here, and he has a grander goal to focus on now that the climax slowly approaches. So I’m not gonna slander the Egghead arc and say it was a wash just because a theory I had didn’t get addressed or my fave from the arc got less attention than I wanted.

Granted not every series is One Piece so the excuses aren’t gonna be quite the same. But I think a lot of these things where endings get flamed due to communities building up mass agendas only to be subverted are more the fault of the viewer setting expectations for themselves than the author fumbling the bag.

Now, obviously this doesn’t mean bad endings aren’t a thing, I haven’t read JJK’s second half but I know having rushed/unresolved plot threads dangling is not a good situation to be in. Still, I think people have a habit of zero-ing in on the bad and amplifying it rather than taking in all the good and bad and making a balanced summation.

--- Double Post Merged, Dec 25, 2025 ---

Definitely agree. Though, I’m gonna bounce off of this in a probably unpopular way: I get this feeling towards what happened with Blue Box recently.

People were in an uproar over what felt like Hina’s backwards character development to the point where they stopped reading it before even seeing the rest of the scene the next chapter, and now for those readers that are too stubborn to go back and continue they’ll be stuck with the sour taste of Hina’s arc ending on a downfall with no view for how things may resolve at the end of the story. (Full fairness: We don’t know how it’s gonna end so it’s still possible for it to be a total bag fumble.)

While it didn’t anger me personally (moreso shock and concern), I can understand the vitriol felt around this Hina development; but I think canning the whole manga and saying it’s ending is a mess is very shortsighted of the whole scope of the series (especially considering right after the Hina mess came some amazing Chinatsu content), let alone judging it from an incomplete viewpoint (That extends well beyond Blue Box though, anyone dropping a series partway through and then making assertions about the series as a whol⁹e is going to be subject to some level of ridicule).

Idk, maybe this is just me being salty about when people stop consuming a good thing due to something falling short of their standards for a time. Hits the same nerve for me as MHA anime watchers that gave up mid-season 5 cuz it was too boring and never saw some of the highs of the final war, or the sad but understandable world of people who watch a good amount of Gintama with it’s slow roster-building interspersed with gags only to never see the fruition of all of these characters and ideas across the series coming to a head in the final arcs.

lol the thing with Blue Box was so over the top, if anything for me it just added some spice, if i was Miura i would have made Hina kiss Taiki in the mouth just to see the world go down in flames

 

[TheRealTravisty]

Merry Christmas, guys!

Seeing Shinuki’s post made me check the Twitter account and…

Undead Unluck TV Anime Season 2 officially announced!

Season 2 announced for Undead Unluck! Hell yeah! The special was great too! \o/

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Merry Christmas, guys!

Seeing Shinuki’s post made me check the Twitter account and…

Undead Unluck TV Anime Season 2 officially announced!

Season 2 announced for Undead Unluck! Hell yeah! The special was great too! \o/

For me it was pretty obvious it was going to happen when noticing how they were pushing the special and etc, it wouldnt make sense to do all of this to just left the franchise die after

 

[Nuesmoker]

Merry Christmas, guys!

Seeing Shinuki’s post made me check the Twitter account and…

Undead Unluck TV Anime Season 2 officially announced!

Season 2 announced for Undead Unluck! Hell yeah! The special was great too! \o/

YEEESSSS WE STAY WINNING

 

[Hawke]

Merry Christmas, guys!

Seeing Shinuki’s post made me check the Twitter account and…

Undead Unluck TV Anime Season 2 officially announced!

Season 2 announced for Undead Unluck! Hell yeah! The special was great too! \o/

merry Christmas everyone but especially my fellow UU fans!!