Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump (2026) - News and Discussion!

[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)

 

[JBC008]

Himaten was literally a Nisekoi clone for a while lol.

Well, I haven’t read Nisekoi to truly have that comparison. But what from little I did get, the characters were much more inviting than Nisekoi (mainly Chitoge).

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How so? She's in love with the MC from the beginning and her issue is having him notice it and not knowing how to tell him the truth. Himari didn't even like Tenichi at the beginning, being more of a tsundere.

Really? Well it does make sense from what it shows with how it’s drawn. It’s just for me the red heads aspects as well as the fact that they are both celebrities was what was making me compare them. But to both of their approaches on love is enough to differentiate them, so I have no trouble with that.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Forum is back

He would instantly be the best artist in the magazine with this. lol Both leads are likeable and pretty and Kaname seems to be more of a POV character than the usual Jump love comedy heroine. That's enough to publish it over another bland battle manga that isn't even good looking. Do people really not care about art?

You just described romcom nº1000 lol

Nothing in this one shot looks different from what Jump, Magazine or Sunday has published in the last years, doesn't feel like Naoshi learned much from Nisekoi.

Surely you can serialize it, it's not like the bar for serialization is that high, but for me this needs much more to have a chance of success, at the very least adding a group of girls artists trying to be singers or idols as love interests

 

[JBC008]

Out of the other one-shots aside from the Beethoven author, I like Kotonoha Hazumu.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

He would instantly be the best artist in the magazine with this.

Eh? Takamasa Moue? Shiro Usazaki? I think even Iwasaki's work on Modulo has been more impressive.

As Shinuki said, it's certainly nice looking but nothing that is particularly memorable. It looks like a polished romcom

 

[FantasticFootno]

I kinda feel like jump is set for romance series for the time being. Himaten and hertz are like pure romance series, and then you have blue box and witch watch being mixed ones. Maybe once blue box or witch watch ends, then I can see the argument for having a new one, but even in that case, adding like another pure one feels like too much. It would need to have like a unique spin or be mixed genre for me to understand why it’s being added.

 

[Aqyurs]

Shoseki Top 500 - January 6th

1. Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo 1
2. Kagurabachi 10
7. Akane-banashi 20
8. Someone Hertz 1
18. Shinobi Undercover 6
23. Hima-ten! 7
85. Harukaze Mound 2
200. Ping Pong Peril 2

Ekiden Bros 2 is unranked.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Shoseki Top 500 - January 6th

1. Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo 1
2. Kagurabachi 10
7. Akane-banashi 20
8. Someone Hertz 1
18. Shinobi Undercover 6
23. Hima-ten! 7
85. Harukaze Mound 2
200. Ping Pong Peril 2

Ekiden Bros 2 is unranked.

Yeah it was quite the frontloaded 1st day for Shinobi lol

 

[Kiaida]

You just described romcom nº1000 lol

Nothing in this one shot looks different from what Jump, Magazine or Sunday has published in the last years, doesn't feel like Naoshi learned much from Nisekoi.

Surely you can serialize it, it's not like the bar for serialization is that high, but for me this needs much more to have a chance of success, at the very least adding a group of girls artists trying to be singers or idols as love interests

And we keep getting battle n° 1001, but with bad art and made by newbies, like Gonron Egg and Osoegawa. They don't even try to publish anything unusual, so I would rather have a veteran that knows how to write weekly manga and can draw.

Eh? Takamasa Moue? Shiro Usazaki? I think even Iwasaki's work on Modulo has been more impressive.

As Shinuki said, it's certainly nice looking but nothing that is particularly memorable. It looks like a polished romcom

It's all up for personal taste of course, but Komi's paneling flows better and is easier to understand what's going than Ichi's, that I honestly think isn't even the better looking battle manga in the magazine. Moue is really good and Iwasaki is the best at the moment, but he's also making a short series, so I'm not sure how that would work long term, but would love to see him doing it.

And again, some of you have a bias for battle manga or against love comedies. lol It's better than the battle oneshots we're getting that have been basically all terrible.

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

I guess someone here is interested in one of the one shots from this issue of Jump Giga. Man, i wonder why? Could't possibly make sense as to why though.


All jokes aside, glad you are enjoying them defensor. Not going to lie, legit thought of you might have said something about Benkei and then i relized Hiyashi's one shot and knew you would say something. Just did not expect it do be so soon.

Yeah i mean sometimes i think hayashi and kawaguchi are the same author… for some reason they like something similar

but i love’d bethooven so much, i need him back in the magazine asap

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Osoegawa

Osoegawa is quite fun sometimes, this last chapter had one of the best magics i’ve seen in all media, i mean, sending someone to a date that doesn’t exist is so rock n roll

 

[Hawke]

Wait, w

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #6-7 (2026) - AUTHOR COMMENTS!

Shinobi Undercover (Ippon Takegushi)

Volume 6 is now on sale in Japan! I’m so grateful that I got a recommendation on the bellyband from Nobuyuki Sakuma!


Ichi the Witch (Shiro Usazaki)

I dropped my phone, and it collided with the middle toe on my right foot. I really thought it was broken, but I was better in two days.


One Piece (Eiichiro Oda)

I watched the Amy Winehouse movie and learned the meaning behind the lyrics. Now I like the music even more.


Witch Watch (Kenta Shinohara)

Happy New Year! I’ll do my best once again this year. Thanks for all the support.


Someone Hertz (Ei Yamano)

Wow! A collabo with All Night Nippon! I love “ano yoru oboeteru.”


The Elusive Samurai (Yusei Matsui)

Happy New Year! I’m near the end, but I’ll draw with everything I’ve got!


Sakamoto Days (Yuto Suzuki)

I made clams cooked in sake. I learned that the ones that are already open are dead.


Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (Shoichi Usui)

Happy New Year! I’d be grateful for another year of support for Kiyoshi!


Akane-banashi (Yuki Suenaga)

Happy New Year! I’ll be going full speed ahead this year to reach even greater heights!


Blue Box (Kouji Miura)

Happy New Year! I hope to have a healthy year with no colds!


The Mage Next Door (Hideaki Nabe)

Back in the day, I’d pass the year with my friends by opening our goody bags by the river. I’m talking about video games.


Kagurabachi (Takeru Hokazono)

Umeda Cypher, who I loved on the KOC show, is in Jump. Awesome!


Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo (Yuji Iwasaki)

I’ve drawn Dabura in color a few times now, but I still don’t know what color he is.


Hero Girl and the Demon Lord Call It Quits (Matsuri Hatsubina)

My new town and station are a completely different world from where I grew up, but the revolving sushi is the same. That’s reassuring.


Hima-Ten! (Genki Ono)

Happy New Year! Thank you for all the support in the New Year.


Me & Roboco (Shuhei Miyazaki)

Happy New Year! Thanks for the support. I’ll probably be gaining weight over the break.


Nue’s Exorcist (Kota Kawae)

I saw a strange drink in the vending machine, and I’m thinking of buying it.


Otr of the Flame (Yuki Kawaguchi)

Winter is arriving in the real world as well. My heater keeps my fingers warm. Thank you, electricity.


Harukaze Mound (Kento Matsuura)

I watched Last Samurai Standing. It got me hyped like a shonen manga! Swords sure are cool.


Gonron Egg (Shuhei Tanizaki)

I want to go to a hot spring. Like the Ginzan Onsen. I’m doing research while I fantasize about it.


Source: VIZ Website

Wait, where was Umeda Cypher in Jump this week? Feel like I'd have noticed, unless Hokazono meant R-Shitei by proxy since Creepy Nuts was in Someone Hertz.

 

[BelTL]

New oneshot basically is Hannah Montana but Japanese teenagers
It's cute and I won't mind it to be another piece of Saito's grand Weekly Romance Jump plan

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After seeing Naoshi Komi’s one-shot, a part of me is worried that it feels too similar to Hima-Ten!.

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Do people feel the same way or is it completely different?

It's not.
I think the interactions are better than Himaten

There is a strong "so this is the power of veteran" aura too since it's very easy to read and the flow was very nice and easy to understand, especially when compared with uh, Goron Egg

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Forum is back

I still need vpn to enter ... (does this violate the rules also...)

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I need it translated to get the full understanding of what’s going on, but it just feels too similar by comparison to Hima-Ten! for some reason. The lead female feels pretty close to Himari 2.0.

If anything, Kaname and Himari can't be any more opposite
Same coin maybe, but completely opposite characters

 

[Shockzz1234]

Issue 6-7 rankings:


Tier 1 (Great):

1 - One Piece
2 - JJK Modulo
3 - Ichi the Witch
4 - Kagurabachi
5 - The Elusive Samurai

Tier 2 (Good):

- Someone Hertz
- Witch Watch
- Shinobi Undercover
- Akanebanashi
- Blue Box
- The Mage Next Door
- Otr of the Flame

Tier 3 (Ok):

- Me and Roboco
- Hima Ten
- Harukaze Mound
- Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits
- Gonron Egg
- Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
- Black Clover
- Ruri Dragon

Tier 4 (Bad):

- Nue's Exorcist (I know it's whole thing is that it's a harem, but the series really does go super downhill for me during it, the series is much better when it's not focussing on that stuff imo. Oh well).




Btw - I have a bone to pick with Kiyoshi. I like the art, the character designs, the world etc, but the series really has trouble with, imo, "lasting impact". It feels lie a series where most things just kinda happen with no sense of tension or consequences, they just move onto the next thing. Even during fights it's like this, using the latest chapter as an example, Shuten was stuck in Gaga's water counter for like one page max before escaping and it's kinda hard to feel any tension or feel like there's any sense of consequences that can happen when stuff like that is brushed aside so quickly. Everything kinda feels "weightless", there's nothing in the series that sits with me and leaves a lasting impact. Not even during just fight scenes either, just the series in general feels like it sometimes just brushes everything aside. I get it's a happier type of series - i'm not asking it to become gritty or darker or whatever - just.....the author should learn that sometimes you relax the gas to make things hit harder. I still like the series, just this part of it specifically just annoys me lol.

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Just posting before we resume business tomorrow: scrolling thru JPTWIT to see people react to reading Bleach for the first time or rereading it since the entire manga is free to read online for them atm.

Lots of gems in this including:


commentary on Hitsugaya being the realest jobber of Bleach (actually so true Renji wins more, especially as of TYBW remake....)

talking about Bleach monologues and line delivery being extrapolated instead of delivered (underrated quirk in Kubo's writing imo and something not appreciated enough either)


commentary on that arc and nothing since bar the anime and questioning how Bleach fans are staying sane waiting for more (thank you TYBW remake....)

(this one user alone is so wildly entertaining please scroll thru their feed for more)




different user encouraging to read the Fullbring arc (correct take people have to start giving this arc love we're not in 2014 anymore)


There were tons more but I didn't wanna spam/flood this thread but I think it's cool people are giving Bleach a lot of love for things that used to be slander (including on this forum) once upon a time when it was serializing and now they are seen correctly as positives or given more recontextualization with ending/TWBY remake and improvement hindsight. There was also another (semi-joking) tweet I can't find anymore talking about how Modulo takes a lot of cues from Bleach's writing more than the original JJK and how it feels like a response to Kubo teasing Gege about liking Togashi more despite how much Gege is/was inspired by Bleach.


Didn't think about it much until I read that and realized "oh yeah both Modulo and Hidden Inventory read like Bleach that's so true no wonder why I like it a lot"

Oh btw, sorry to bring up something from a few days ago but i quite like that Bleach is getting some overdue love from newer readers. One thing in particular i've noticed is how much newer readers/watchers actually REALLY like the Fullbring Arc. It was hated a lot when it was coming out weekly, but every time i see someone on Youtube or Twitter etc going through it the first time they're like "this arc is actually great?" and i feel vindicated in how i felt for it all those years ago lmao. Maybe it's just a better arc to binge? Oh well, either way - happy it's getting some new love. Both the arc individually and the series overall. Can definitely see how and why Modulo takes after it more than the main series. Maybe that's one of the reasons i'm enjoying it so much too lol.

 

[SharkBait]

at the 4 x 4 competition in P^6. I thought the manga would last longer but all the storylines are wrapping up fast. There was a lot of potential.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Updated with The Mage Next Door, it reinforced my initial opinion that is definitely the most consistent work out of the 3, it's pretty solid with a charismatic main character and appealing design, good dialogues and funny jokes here and there, i still think just like Hero Girl & Demon Lord, Osoegawa is missing some extra "punch" but this last chapter seems to be starting moving the story to a more exciting path and it flows pretty natural. I'm also a bit worried about how rough the art feels sometimes, i don't know if the author is going to just keep improving with time or if he will start to struggle with the weekly schedule at one point.

Personally i feel like this will be easily the one of the bunch to survive (if anyone does) but don't have much of an idea how it's going to sell.

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And we keep getting battle n° 1001, but with bad art and made by newbies, like Gonron Egg and Osoegawa. They don't even try to publish anything unusual, so I would rather have a veteran that knows how to write weekly manga and can draw.



It's all up for personal taste of course, but Komi's paneling flows better and is easier to understand what's going than Ichi's, that I honestly think isn't even the better looking battle manga in the magazine. Moue is really good and Iwasaki is the best at the moment, but he's also making a short series, so I'm not sure how that would work long term, but would love to see him doing it.

And again, some of you have a bias for battle manga or against love comedies. lol It's better than the battle oneshots we're getting that have been basically all terrible.

The way you're talking about the one shot is like it's something mind blowing but is just a regular romcom one shot lol

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I still need vpn to enter ... (does this violate the rules also...)

I don't think this violates any rules but why you need vpn to enter?

 

[BelTL]

I don't think this violates any rules but why you need vpn to enter?

The site keeps sending me 502 error bad gateway and something about the site has blocked my ip range

 

[Dippy Fresh]

And again, some of you have a bias for battle manga or against love comedies. lol It's better than the battle oneshots we're getting that have been basically all terrible.

Myself, personally, I don't have any issue with romcom one-shots (I think lol). I think in general battle manga are easier to appreciate cause they usually have large action spreads where the attention is focused on the art and choreo (if its a good example). In the best romcom, usually you may have a handful of moment where the characters are like in the snow or on the beach and like an important scene happens. Otherwise, its usually carried by the dialogue, action, character designs, etc. (imo)

And sure, most of the battle one-shots aren't great art but I'd also be remised to not point out you are comparing (for the most part) rookies against a long-time Jump vet in terms of art quality. I hope Naoshi Komi is the better artist than rookie of the week nobody has heard of lol. My point was more of their art would def be in the top half of the magazine for me but I don't think it, TO ME, stands out much more than say Himaten which is very clean but possibly also generic. But that's also my opinion and I can be fine if we have different ones for sure

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Also yeah, site's being weird. I got an error message and then it uploaded my message twice? Idk lol

 

[Hawke]

no leaks tonight right?

 

[Lord Anubis]

Break week
There SHOULDN'T be any leaks

 

[KrenKren]

Break week
There SHOULDN'T be any leaks

Wasn't there leaks 2 weeks ago on break week, lol

 

[Lord Anubis]

That's why I said "shouldn't"