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

[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[Shinuki no Reborn]

Updated with Someone Hertz too, i was quite behind, and gotta say, it just reinforced my opinion that is a really good manga, it's impressive how this series started and everyone was like "it was cool but how it will continue from here?" and the manga just continued so easily and natural while getting better & better with the passing of the chapters, of course it's not perfect, many of the jokes or references still fall flat many times, it's inevitable when you're not japanese but everything else is so well done that it makes you understand why the japanese public that can fully take the manga appeal is enjoying it so much, so i'm very interested in seeing how Someone Hertz will evolve from the Listener Koshien

 

[Wookitake]

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That's for @Shinuki no Reborn

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Spoiler

That's for @Shinuki no Reborn

lol kkkk i'm fine, @Kiaida is the one who is about to send a nuke to Shueisha

Btw, you saw the home of the forum? I talked with the administration and we decided to make some changes dividing the home between 2 towers with the recent discussions in the Forum as the 1st and the former articles in the 2nd tower, looks a lot better now right?

The adm plan to start updating with new articles in the future too.

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Its that time again.

Here is the full set of one shots that debuted in Jump Giga Winter 2026, enjoy:

Ippon Souka by Yoneboshi


Benkei by Umeharu


Tokyo Punk Kill R by Morihiro Hayashi


Tenjou Tenge Renai Dokuson by Shuuma Sakurai


Kotonoha Hazumu by Dodota


Monster Fujimura by Teppei Kiyota

Monster Fujimura - Google Drive

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Uchi Meke Gyokushin by Mayu Aoi


Yuki Ni Shuura by Sango Iwakami


Brass Bone by Ayano Sasaki


Heroing by Koroko Sai


Gray Dogs by You Hisayama


Neon Satan Generation by Shirou Makigyuu

Neon Satan Generation - Google Drive

drive.google.com

Aruji to Myokuya ichiya Monogatari by Jondon


Densetsu Ken no Tsukukata by Hayato Nanakusa


Yufune no Yubune by Tsumiki Nishida

Yufune no Yubune - Google Drive

drive.google.com

Doremi by Ittetsu Sakamaki


Hoshi no Tonari ni tachi Takute by Ryouhei Takahashi


Ayakashi no Kami by Tenki Oohare


Kanbami by Yoneboshi

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Hope you enjoy the one shots. I will make my own first impressions shortly.

Ippon Souka by Yoneboshi: Good art, quite above of what i usually see on Jump GIGA one shots, interesting mecha/sci-fi stuff, would like to see the guy doing something on Jump.

Benkei by Umeharu: Interesting artstyle but gotta be honest, the author needs to improve a lot in the coreography because a lot of the action and sword movements were confusing to me.

Tokyo Punk Kill R by Morihiro Hayashi: Bruh, how this guy improved his art so much in such a little time? Comparing this one shot to Star of Beethoven and is wild, it's like night and day, he improved everything, i wouldn't mind him returning soon with something like this.

And btw, that thick dark skinned girl, yeah Hayashi definitely has a type like Kawaguchi LMAO!

Tenjou Tenge Renai Dokuson by Shuuma Sakurai: Huh, a "succubus/demon x human" romcom with a bit of ecchi here and there? color me surprise, but being honest it really doesn't look like a Shonen Jump manga, it looks perfectly well like a Shonen Magazine manga kkkk.

Kotonoha Hazumu by Dodota: The typical GIGA one shot with average looking art, it took a while for these to appear kkkk anyway, looks like a Young Magazine seinen sport series.

Monster Fujimura by Teppei Kiyota: Looks like a generic seinen action series, not interested.

Uchi Meke Gyokushin by Mayu Aoi: Average art at best but i did find interesting the focus in both male & female kendo, maybe there's potential with the author refining his art with time.

Yuki Ni Shuura by Sango Iwakami: Very amateur art but different from the others i can feel passion and some charm in the amateurism, and the content was visually pretty interesting, a mix of drama with exorcism, this is the "Chainsaw Man" style of manga done right, and take this as a compliment because i'm really tired of these but i think this is someone to keep a eye on it, is just a matter of improving the art because the atmosphere and content seems to have quite the potential.

Brass Bone by Ayano Sasaki: Ohh this one is good, it's interesting, good art, good & unique character design for the main guy & girl and a manga about playing trombone/trumpet? it may sound silly but i thought the one shot was actually pretty interesting visually, it may not look like a Shonen Jump series but this is a newbie with potential, i would be totally fine seeing this being serialized.

Heroing by Koroko Sai: Hmm, the art is amateurish but the artstyle is good, with time this newbie will definitely be drawing quite good, the one shot is clearly influenced by My Hero Academia, i would say the artstyle and character designs are also inspired by Horikoshi art. Anyway, someone to look forward i guess.

Gray Dogs by You Hisayama: Meh, another one of these Chainsaw Man clones, the mc even looks like Denji, to be fair the art aint bad, only needs refine, but the rest is pretty obviously inspired by CSM.

Neon Satan Generation by Shirou Makigyuu: Oh wow, i wasn't expecting seeing a newbie with this level of art, what is dude doing on GIGA? He can perfectly well serialize something in the main magazine or Plus already lol The plot is okay, it seems to be something like the son of the devil actually going to the human world and working at a ramen shop? it kinda reminded me about Gondaira's Poro series but with a much superior art, anyway, this guy should be publishing a one shot in the main magazine lol

Aruji to Myokuya ichiya Monogatari by Jondon:

Kid: Mom i want Magi!
Mother: No sweetheart, we have Magi at home

The Magi at home: lmao!

Jokes aside, i guess it's something different than the usual? It's visually interesting, decent art but is definitely not a Shonen Jump manga, you can smell the "BL bait" from faaar away, feels like something you would see either on Sunday or G Fantasy?

Densetsu Ken no Tsukukata by Hayato Nanakusa: Hmm, okay, seems to be one of these typical fantasy series with the hero and his sword? it looks okay but definitely not Shonen Jump, i don't think the magazine needs this kind of work when you have literally hundreds of them out there.

Yufune no Yubune by Tsumiki Nishida: Hmm, not bad, nice artstyle and nice boobs too :P, a different take in the exorcism stuff at least for Shonen Jump standards, the author has potential.

Doremi by Ittetsu Sakamaki: Yoo, this one looks cool, the best action one shot of the group, by a mile, the art and artstyle is pretty cool, the author is ready to serialize, he draw really well for a newbie with no serialization, and the content and action was pretty crazy, i do think the manga looks like something more in line with Shonen Champion but i would love to see this author serializing something on Jump, i think he's ready.

Hoshi no Tonari ni tachi Takute by Ryouhei Takahashi: Hmm, isn't bad i guess? Seems to be a mix of superhero action with mecha and a mix of romance between the mc and the hero girl, the art is obviously amateurish but it has potential with work and time.

Ayakashi no Kami by Tenki Oohare: Okay, this one is definitely the most stylish and surreal one shot of the bunch, it's purposedly very stylish and psychodelic, a mix of horror, comedy and surreal visuals with a group of gyaru girls as protagonists, it will never work on Jump but it's fine as a one shot.

The 3 final one shots were actually originally winners from the Jump New World Manga award republished on Jump GIGA, i already commented about them.

My favorite one shots:

1. Doremi by Ittetsu Sakamaki (Battle Shounen with a bit of surreal stuff like Dandadan)

2. Brass Bone by Ayano Sasaki (Music sport series, really interesting)

3. Tokyo Punk Kill R by Morihiro Hayashi (Battle shounen mixing ninjas, hot nuns, demons and etc)

4. Yuki Ni Shuura by Sango Iwakami (Drama & exorcist, it may feel like a CSM clone but done right)

5. Neon Satan Generation by Shirou Makigyuu (Artist is too good already to be just on GIGA, should be in the main mag and working in a serialization)

Anyway, pretty good Jump GIGA issue, way better than the usual stuff and thanks for the work @Phantom RPG

 

[Shockzz1234]

Live action Robin, oh my god.....truly a baddie in every format.

Anyway, it's quite surreal to see the....well more surreal parts of One Piece actually kinda working in live action. I always thought the series was way too "goofy" to work in live action, but I at least thought East Blue would be fine. It's when they enter the Grand Line that it truly picks up on the wacky scale and what I was really worried for. But so far, so good, from this trailer at least. And Robin looks SO fine.

Pleasantly surprised to see The Unluckies made it in too, still think they shouldn't have cut Hachi out of the first season, that's it's biggest misstep for me so far. Unless Karoo isn't in this for some reason, which....would be beyond stupid to cut him out, but even if he's not in this season I'm sure he'll be in Season 3.

Oh did i forget to mention Robin looks great? Because she does!

Ok Robin fawning over. For now.

 

[Broseph]

OMG THE ACTRESS OF ROBIN IS SOOO HOT. THE BEST ACTRESS OF THE SHOW, AND AT THE SAME ROBIN IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN OF THE MANGA TOO

You’re not wrong lmao. My first thought watching that trailer was damn live action Robin is mf fine af

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Weekly Shoseki Top 500 (1/5/26 - 1/11/26)
1. Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo #1
2. Kagurabachi #10
8. Akane-banashi #20
11. Someone Hertz #1
23. Shinobi Undercover #6
29. Hima-Ten! #7
179. Harukaze Mound #2 (2,996)
362. Ping Pong Peril #2 (1,683)
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64. Blue Box #23 (7,396 / 134,372)
70. Sakamoto Days #25 (6,880 / 121,013)
107. Ichi the Witch #6 (4,184 / 97,966)
123. Ruri Dragon #4 (3,920 / 117,622)
436. The Elusive Samurai #23 (1,442 / 48,878)

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Hmm, i guess the drop wasn't as big as the daily rankings made it look, less than 1k, the thing is that it will not have a 2nd week:

Harukaze Mound #1 (3,950) - 6 Days
Harukaze Mound #2 (2,996) - 7 Days

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Here we go, emergency reprint for Someone Hertz volume 1 announced, available on February 4:

 

[Franz]

God, no

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You’re not wrong lmao. My first thought watching that trailer was damn live action Robin is mf fine af

I don't have the courage. It gives me a feeling of trash mixed with cringe.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

in the meantime

lol A McDonalds collaboration with a nearly 40 years old manga that never got a tv anime? That has to be the sign for something, ffs give the guy his TV anime adaptation

MANGAHELPERS "SHONEN JUMP" AWARDS 2025

Welcome to the "Mangahelpers Shonen Jump Awards 2025" where you nominate your personal favorites of the year!

Like last year award, the rules are pretty basic, you simply vote in each category based in your personal preferences, of course respecting the eligible series, is also very important to notice, this isn't a "election vote" where in the end we will count votes and have winners based in who got most votes, this is a personal voting, each member will nominate their favorites of the year, so it doesn't matter if you read/watched the entire WSJ line up or only 3/5 series, vote based in what you liked and followed through the year of 2025, nothing more.

The manga series eligible for voting that were published on Shonen Jump from Issue #1 to Issue #52 of 2025, based in the fiscal year, are:

One Piece
Hunter x Hunter
Black Clover
Mission: Yozakura Family
Undead Unluck
Me & Roboco
Sakamoto Days
The Elusive Samurai
Witch Watch
Blue Box
Akane Banashi
Ruri Dragon
Kill Blue
Nue's Exorcist
Kagurabachi
Super Psychic Policeman Chojo
Astro Royale
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
Hima-Ten!
Ichi the Witch
Shinobi Undercover
Hakutaku
Syd Craft: Love Is a Mystery
Embers
Star of Beethoven
Nice Prison
Otr of the Flame
Harukaze Mound
Kaedegami
Ekiden Bros
Ping Pong Peril
Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo
Someone Hertz
Gonron Egg
The Mage Next Door
Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits


Obs: Just in case if anyone has doubt of how to vote, you can simply copy or quote my comment with the categories and fill each one with your votes. You're also not obligated to vote in each categories, feel free to vote only in the ones you're interested.

Let's go:

MAGAZINE CATEGORY​

In the magazine category, the option to vote in the best cover, color pages and etc is from issue #1 to #52:

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/weekly-shonen-jump-2772-no-1-2025/4000-1079779

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/weekly-shonen-jump-2819-no-52-2025/4000-1145200

Best magazine cover (from Issue #1 to #52):
Best lead color page (from Issue #1 to #52):
Manga with the best color pages (from Issue #1 to #52):
Best group cover (from Issue #1 to #52):
Best new series:
Best canceled manga:
Worst canceled manga:
Best one shot:
Manga with the best volume covers:
Manga with the worst volume covers:

MANGA CATEGORY​

In the manga category, the eligible series are the same of the list in the beginning and the eligible content is from the 1st chapters published on issue #1 to the last one on #52, the list of series and their chapters:

Spoiler

One Piece (Chapter 1132 to 1166)
Hunter x Hunter (Chapter 409 & 410)
Black Clover (Chapter 377 to 386)
Mission: Yozakura Family (Chapter 253 to 258)
Undead Unluck (Chapter 233 to 239)
Me & Roboco (Chapter 212 to 259)
Sakamoto Days (Chapter 192 to 238)
The Elusive Samurai (Chapter 183 to 228)
Witch Watch (Chapter 181 to 226)
Blue Box (Chapter 175 to 220)
Akane Banashi (Chapter 137 to 184)
Ruri Dragon (Chapter 25 to 41)
Kill Blue (Chapter 80 to 115)
Nue's Exorcist (Chapter 77 to 123)
Kagurabachi (Chapter 59 to 102)
Super Psychic Policeman Chojo (Chapter 41 to 65)
Astro Royale (Chapter 32 to 50)
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (Chapter 23 to 70)
Hima-Ten! (Chapter 21 to 68)
Ichi the Witch (Chapter 13 to 60)
Shinobi Undercover (Chapter 12 to 59)
Hakutaku (Chapter 11 to 18)
Syd Craft: Love Is a Mystery (Chapter 3 to 28)
Embers (Chapter 1 to 20)
Star of Beethoven (Chapter 1 to 20)
Nice Prison (Chapter 1 to 19)
Otr of the Flame (Chapter 1 to 28)
Harukaze Mound (Chapter 1 to 23)
Kaedegami (Chapter 1 to 17)
Ekiden Bros (Chapter 1 to 17)
Ping Pong Peril (Chapter 1 to 17)
Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo (Chapter 1 to 12)
Someone Hertz (Chapter 1 to 11)
Gonron Egg (Chapter 1 to 5)
The Mage Next Door (Chapter 1 to 4)
Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits (Chapter 1 to 3)

Best manga:
Best battle shounen or action manga:
Best comedy or gag manga:
Best sport series:
Best romcom:
Best hybrid manga (series that are a mixed of genres outside the typical battle, comedy & sport):
Best main character:
Best heroine:
Best 2nd main character:
Best villain:
Best master or sensei:
Best boy:
Best girl:
Most funny character
Most annoying character:
Best fight:
Best arc:
Best chapter:
Best or most surprising development:
Best couple (official or bound to happen):
Funniest chapter or moment:
Most emotional chapter or moment:
Hottest girl:
Hottest guy:
Best pet or companion type of character:
Best group or organization:
Best power, ability or weapon:
Best art:
Best author:

ANIME CATEGORY​

Any anime adaptation from a series originally published on Shonen Jump that aired from January to December 2025, for long running animes, vote with the content aired through 2025 in mind, the eligible anime adaptations:

Spoiler

Blue Box
Cats Eye
Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc
Demon Slayer The Movie: Infinity Castle Part 1: Akaza Returns
Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 1 & 2
Dragon Ball Daima
Gintama: Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class
Hell Teacher Nube
Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc Season 2
Me & Roboco Movie
My Hero Academia Final Season
One Piece
One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga
Rurouni Kenshin Season 2: Kyoto Disturbance
Sakamoto Days Part 1 & 2
Undead Unluck: Winter Arc
Witch Watch
Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!

Best anime:
Best movie or ova/special:
Best sequel, spinoff or remake:
Best ost:
Best voice acting:
Best opening:
Best ending:
Best animation:
Best animated fight or action sequence:
Best episode:
Best studio/staff:
Most expected Jump anime in 2026:


Obs: Please, dont quote other members votes to mock or question it in a negative way why someone is voting in X or Y series, let's respect everyone choices of votes.

There's no exact time limit to vote, so there's no rush but try to vote as soon as you can, i hope you all participate and enjoy, and remember this is just a celebration of our favorite series from Shonen Jump in 2025, so have fun voting!

Just to remind, anyone that want to post the nominations, feel free to do

 

[Wookitake]

Btw, you saw the home of the forum? I talked with the administration and we decided to make some changes dividing the home between 2 towers with the recent discussions in the Forum as the 1st and the former articles in the 2nd tower, looks a lot better now right?

The adm plan to start updating with new articles in the future too.

Good to know they listened! It has improved, indeed, but IMO they should avoid the spoiler threads (they are the ones showing for me on the home right now).

 

[Kiaida]

lol kkkk i'm fine, @Kiaida is the one who is about to send a nuke to Shueisha

Just add it to my Mangaplus influence "conspiracy" theory!

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

Here we go, emergency reprint for Someone Hertz volume 1 announced, available on February 4

LETS GOOO

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Harukaze Mound #1 (3,950) - 6 Days
Harukaze Mound #2 (2,996) - 7 Days

the drop was bigger than otr's drop, wasnt it?

 

[Hawke]

it's coming this year surely (summer?)

 

[SharkBait]

it's coming this year surely (summer?)

How many chapters has he completed this way thus far ?

 

[Ebrietas-]

Gotta remind that completed here means final approval by the editor and the rest of the batch is in various stages of completion too. Last time it came back when the 4th chapter in the batch was approved and this one is the 3rd of the next.

 

[Baes]

How many chapters has he completed this way thus far ?

3

 

[Pietro]

3

Lol still a couple of years till he returns. He could perfectly manage giving the art to someone else ...

 

[Phantom RPG]

lol kkkk i'm fine, @Kiaida is the one who is about to send a nuke to Shueisha

Btw, you saw the home of the forum? I talked with the administration and we decided to make some changes dividing the home between 2 towers with the recent discussions in the Forum as the 1st and the former articles in the 2nd tower, looks a lot better now right?

The adm plan to start updating with new articles in the future too.

--- Double Post Merged, Jan 13, 2026, Original Post Date: Jan 13, 2026 ---

Ippon Souka by Yoneboshi: Good art, quite above of what i usually see on Jump GIGA one shots, interesting mecha/sci-fi stuff, would like to see the guy doing something on Jump.

Benkei by Umeharu: Interesting artstyle but gotta be honest, the author needs to improve a lot in the coreography because a lot of the action and sword movements were confusing to me.

Tokyo Punk Kill R by Morihiro Hayashi: Bruh, how this guy improved his art so much in such a little time? Comparing this one shot to Star of Beethoven and is wild, it's like night and day, he improved everything, i wouldn't mind him returning soon with something like this.

And btw, that thick dark skinned girl, yeah Hayashi definitely has a type like Kawaguchi LMAO!

Tenjou Tenge Renai Dokuson by Shuuma Sakurai: Huh, a "succubus/demon x human" romcom with a bit of ecchi here and there? color me surprise, but being honest it really doesn't look like a Shonen Jump manga, it looks perfectly well like a Shonen Magazine manga kkkk.

Kotonoha Hazumu by Dodota: The typical GIGA one shot with average looking art, it took a while for these to appear kkkk anyway, looks like a Young Magazine seinen sport series.

Monster Fujimura by Teppei Kiyota: Looks like a generic seinen action series, not interested.

Uchi Meke Gyokushin by Mayu Aoi: Average art at best but i did find interesting the focus in both male & female kendo, maybe there's potential with the author refining his art with time.

Yuki Ni Shuura by Sango Iwakami: Very amateur art but different from the others i can feel passion and some charm in the amateurism, and the content was visually pretty interesting, a mix of drama with exorcism, this is the "Chainsaw Man" style of manga done right, and take this as a compliment because i'm really tired of these but i think this is someone to keep a eye on it, is just a matter of improving the art because the atmosphere and content seems to have quite the potential.

Brass Bone by Ayano Sasaki: Ohh this one is good, it's interesting, good art, good & unique character design for the main guy & girl and a manga about playing trombone/trumpet? it may sound silly but i thought the one shot was actually pretty interesting visually, it may not look like a Shonen Jump series but this is a newbie with potential, i would be totally fine seeing this being serialized.

Heroing by Koroko Sai: Hmm, the art is amateurish but the artstyle is good, with time this newbie will definitely be drawing quite good, the one shot is clearly influenced by My Hero Academia, i would say the artstyle and character designs are also inspired by Horikoshi art. Anyway, someone to look forward i guess.

Gray Dogs by You Hisayama: Meh, another one of these Chainsaw Man clones, the mc even looks like Denji, to be fair the art aint bad, only needs refine, but the rest is pretty obviously inspired by CSM.

Neon Satan Generation by Shirou Makigyuu: Oh wow, i wasn't expecting seeing a newbie with this level of art, what is dude doing on GIGA? He can perfectly well serialize something in the main magazine or Plus already lol The plot is okay, it seems to be something like the son of the devil actually going to the human world and working at a ramen shop? it kinda reminded me about Gondaira's Poro series but with a much superior art, anyway, this guy should be publishing a one shot in the main magazine lol

Aruji to Myokuya ichiya Monogatari by Jondon:

Kid: Mom i want Magi!
Mother: No sweetheart, we have Magi at home

The Magi at home: lmao!

Jokes aside, i guess it's something different than the usual? It's visually interesting, decent art but is definitely not a Shonen Jump manga, you can smell the "BL bait" from faaar away, feels like something you would see either on Sunday or G Fantasy?

Densetsu Ken no Tsukukata by Hayato Nanakusa: Hmm, okay, seems to be one of these typical fantasy series with the hero and his sword? it looks okay but definitely not Shonen Jump, i don't think the magazine needs this kind of work when you have literally hundreds of them out there.

Yufune no Yubune by Tsumiki Nishida: Hmm, not bad, nice artstyle and nice boobs too :P, a different take in the exorcism stuff at least for Shonen Jump standards, the author has potential.

Doremi by Ittetsu Sakamaki: Yoo, this one looks cool, the best action one shot of the group, by a mile, the art and artstyle is pretty cool, the author is ready to serialize, he draw really well for a newbie with no serialization, and the content and action was pretty crazy, i do think the manga looks like something more in line with Shonen Champion but i would love to see this author serializing something on Jump, i think he's ready.

Hoshi no Tonari ni tachi Takute by Ryouhei Takahashi: Hmm, isn't bad i guess? Seems to be a mix of superhero action with mecha and a mix of romance between the mc and the hero girl, the art is obviously amateurish but it has potential with work and time.

Ayakashi no Kami by Tenki Oohare: Okay, this one is definitely the most stylish and surreal one shot of the bunch, it's purposedly very stylish and psychodelic, a mix of horror, comedy and surreal visuals with a group of gyaru girls as protagonists, it will never work on Jump but it's fine as a one shot.

The 3 final one shots were actually originally winners from the Jump New World Manga award republished on Jump GIGA, i already commented about them.

My favorite one shots:

1. Doremi by Ittetsu Sakamaki (Battle Shounen with a bit of surreal stuff like Dandadan)

2. Brass Bone by Ayano Sasaki (Music sport series, really interesting)

3. Tokyo Punk Kill R by Morihiro Hayashi (Battle shounen mixing ninjas, hot nuns, demons and etc)

4. Yuki Ni Shuura by Sango Iwakami (Drama & exorcist, it may feel like a CSM clone but done right)

5. Neon Satan Generation by Shirou Makigyuu (Artist is too good already to be just on GIGA, should be in the main mag and working in a serialization)

Anyway, pretty good Jump GIGA issue, way better than the usual stuff and thanks for the work @Phantom RPG

Glad you liked it. Won't lie, this was a good series of one shot for a jump giga issue. A good variety of genres and some interesting plots.

Well without further ado, here are my personal opinions on the one shots themselves:

Ippon Souka by Yoneboshi: this one shot and the one he did for the award were really good, if someone were to tell me is is only a newcomer to the scene i would laugh and sat they were kidding themselves. I would seriously not mind seeing him debut a series in the magazine proper like wholy crud. Also i do like a good sci fi esque themed one shot and this one managed to be a doozy.

Benkei by Umeharu: It has an interesting artstyle for sure, but the action scenes leave a lot to be desired especially for a famous japanese figure in benkei, so i hope he improves this part as mich as he can.

Tokyo Punk Kill R by Morihiro Hayashi: am going to agree with the lot of you, this was a massive improvement over stars of beethoven. I now kinda wanna see what he could do next as a full blow action series.

Tenjou Tenge Renai Dokuson by Shuuma Sakurai: I don't know about you but i thought it was certainly charming in a way, it also knows how to mix the ecchi with the romance quote well. I could very well see the author be the next rosario + vampire to be completely honest here. Looking forward to more of his work in the future. This is an author that should appear in the magazine with his own series.

Kotonoha Hazumu by Dodota: It does look like a series that would show up on young magazine. But It was not really interesting to me personally speaking, I do hope the author improves though overall.

Monster Fujimura by Teppei Kiyota:Its painfully generic for a battle series to be honest, its unfortunate cause the art is great but the whole plot it went with is way to cliche for my taste. The author should try and improve his story more in my frank opinion.

Uchi Meke Gyokushin by Mayu Aoi:For what it is worth, its unique but i just did not quite click with the artstyle so it was somewhat hard to follow, but i could see this author being an diamond in the rough so long as he improves the art considerably.

Yuki Ni Shuura by Sango Iwakami:Was kinda surprised by you Shinuki seeing potential in the author in question, but the more i see though the amateur art i could finally understand why you said this author has a great deal of potential. So i will also keep an eye on him for the future, he only needs to improve his art and that pretty much it.

Brass Bone by Ayano Sasaki: Now this was interesting one shot, never expected to be interesting but it was memorable in its own right(I think i recall using chatgpt to ask which one shots were the most talked about and this one was at the very top from what I gathered within Japanese audiences), never expected to enjoy a more musical themed one shot but here it is and it was a joy to look at. This is an author I would no doubt try and get him to debut a series as soon as possible.

Heroing by Koroko Sai: I thought it was enjoyable for what its worth and i agree that it wore its MHA appeal in its sleeves, but it was well done overall, with a bit more polish ans i think the author is pretty much set for the future. I wish to see him in the magazine when he can.

Gray Dogs by You Hisayama: This was significantly weaker than their other work "Stray cat in the city" by miles, also it felt way to similar to chainsaw man in some aspect. Definitely needs to work on story, the art is fine but the story needs to work similar to how it worked with stray cat is my personal opinion.

Neon Satan Generation by Shirou Makigyuu: Glad to see that someone liked this one shot and the art, this an author that should and cpuld debut in the coming months if it were up to me personally speaking. It was an enthralling one shot for what I could gather.

Aruji to Myokuya ichiya Monogatari by Jondon: This was kinda weak, it did not leave me in awe to be honest and the BL bait was so obvious that it kinda destoryed what i imagined to be a relatively interesting story to be honest. Hope the author comes back with a more interesting plot.

Densetsu Ken no Tsukukata by Hayato Nanakusa:This read like it was a one shot made for weekly shonen sunday to be honest, but in a good way. However i do think insaw something akin to this before so i do think the author needs to come up with an even more interesting plot next time he makes a one shot.

Yufune no Yubune by Tsumiki Nishida:Great art but sadly ruined by its rather bland storytelling, i saw this similar premise twice before with a one shot by hideaki nabe and kento amemiya before hand. So i would say the author needs much improvements in thw stpry department before considering making an official series. Harsh? yes. Necessary? Absolutely.

Doremi by Ittetsu Sakamaki: Best battle shonen one shot I have seen in giga, I ha e some favorites from last year but this was awesome nevertheless. I really think this author should make an official debut in the magazine proper cause this was stellar in a great way and glad that shinuki saw it that way as well.

Hoshi no Tonari ni tachi Takute by Ryouhei Takahashi:For what its worth, its charming in its own way despite the amateur art(Which could do with some work), just hope the author improves the art and continue making this rather unique stories.

Ayakashi no Kami by Tenki Oohare: it was certainly a unique one shot but its not really fit for weekly shonen jump. But i hope to see more of this author soon.

My top six favorite one shots for this issue are as follow:

Doremi. Amazing action one shot with a unique battle system similar to dandadan.

Ippon Souka. Great art with a unique sci fi appeal that I have not seen in a while with some crazy battle scenes.

Brass Bones. Unique premise with a interesting genre in musical sport.

Heroing. Intersting action with a good hero appeal.

Yuki Ni Shuura. Great mix of drama and exorcism to make a unique storyline.

Neon Satan Generation. Great artstyle with a interesting premise. Author shoul already being set to debut in the magazine if they can alongside the authors of doremi and brass bone)

Hope my review was good for ya to take a look at them.

Also, anyone having issues in the site where when searching for specific threads or forums it just shows no results whatsoever. Same thing happened when I went to look up my previous posted content thought out the years of me being in the site.

 

[icrawfish]

Just to remind, anyone that want to post the nominations, feel free to do

I’m still working on mine, but I should be done soon hopefully.

Just add it to my Mangaplus influence "conspiracy" theory!

I think you meant to put the word “theory” in quotes, regardless of whether or not it’s real it would still be a conspiracy if they were conspiring to prop Shinobi up an unnatural amount.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

the drop was bigger than otr's drop, wasnt it?

Yes, actually now that you mentioned Harukaze vol 2 actually sold pretty much the same as Otr vol 2 with a extra day:

Otr of the Flame #2 (2,947) - 6 Days
Harukaze Mound #2 (2,996) - 7 Days

I guess in the end everybody gets beat by Otr....

Yuki Ni Shuura by Sango Iwakami:Was kinda surprised by you Shinuki seeing potential in the author in question, but the more i see though the amateur art i could finally understand why you said this author has a great deal of potential. So i will also keep an eye on him for the future, he only needs to improve his art and that pretty much it.

At first i thought it was just another CSM-style exorcist series but with the passing of the one shot i started to get sucked into the whole drama/depressive atmosphere of the art & drawing, and even with the very amateurish artstyle you still can see he has some good fighting coreography ability.

 

[Phantom RPG]

At first i thought it was just another CSM-style exorcist series but with the passing of the one shot i started to get sucked into the whole drama/depressive atmosphere of the art & drawing, and even with the very amateurish artstyle you still can see he has some good fighting coreography ability.

True that. It was kinda mesmerizing it a great way. Also am going to begin willing into existence Yoneboshi, Shirou Makigyuu, Ayano Sasaki, Ittetsu Sakamaki, Sango Iwakami and You Hisayama (Although to me personally, go back to more sci fi stuff and less focus on chainsaw man shenanigans, its more of the author's strong suit)