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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]

I'm just here for the wrestling series. As a HUGE pro wrestling fan i'm praying to every god that it doesn't suck, but sports series (especially combat sports) have a real bad track record in WSJ as of late lmao.

 

[Phantom RPG]

I'm just here for the wrestling series. As a HUGE pro wrestling fan i'm praying to every god that it doesn't suck, but sports series (especially combat sports) have a real bad track record in WSJ as of late lmao.

Since you are a fan, what are some professional wrestling stuff that could give out some ideas as to what the series could bring?

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

She is 15.
Even if the series sexualizes her, it's a bit uncomfortable seeing someone my age referring to a child's body parts as "bazookas" so casually.

I used bazooka exactly to sound exaggerated instead of straight up saying big boobs, i guess i will go back to use "boobs"

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He looks so cute, hype.

lol just like i said in the announcement, new favorite Shark series?

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

now reading it sounds more interesting

 

[FantasticFootno]

Horrible title, premise sounds as bland as I expected it to be.... this one is gonna be a hit guys!

 

[Kiaida]

The first narou manga in Jump

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

now reading it sounds more interesting

Hmm, still unsure if this is set in a traditional fantasy world or normal human world, the premise make it seems like a fantasy one but the girl with school uniform makes me think normal world

 

[pennycryman]

now reading it sounds more interesting

First "Shadow Eliminators" and now "Kinato's Magic".

This guy really is cursed with having the blandest localization names for his works huh?

 

[Phantom RPG]

First "Shadow Eliminators" and now "Kinato's Magic".

This guy really is cursed with having the blandest localization names for his works huh?

I do wonder how the localizer and translated group come up with this sort of thing in the first place, they could come up with something even better.

 

[Kiaida]

Hmm, still unsure if this is set in a traditional fantasy world or normal human world, the premise make it seems like a fantasy one but the girl with school uniform makes me think normal world

Maybe she's from another world. Jump clearly wants an isekai-like manga, but doesn't want to do it directly, so the main characters get to be in their own world while major secondary ones come from another world, just like Mamayuyu.

I do wonder how the localizer and translated group come up with this sort of thing in the first place, they could come up with something even better.

It's sad that this is the 2nd time they basically give him a trash localized title.

 

[Shockzz1234]

Since you are a fan, what are some professional wrestling stuff that could give out some ideas as to what the series could bring?

Well, it depends on what kind of wrestling it's going for. Which we'll have to wait and see.

Personally I'm expecting one thing especially - Emotion. Wrestling is pretty reliant on emotion. Both from the wrestlers themselves and the crowd. The ability to buy into a story and a character is huge. This is gonna be a story about high school wrestling I assume, which is less scripted and about "entertainment" as say, WWE, but at the end of the day it's a Shounen series, so it will have "WWE-isms" about it and be for entertainment purposes naturally. A lot of people say WWE is basically real life anime. You have the fights, the emotional stories, the wacky characters, the wrestlers getting energy from the crowd, the over the top drama, the strong old men, the redemption arcs, the lore and sometimes even the super powers lmao.

So in theory a wrestling series should work fine in a manga format because there's a lot of overlap, but that still of course depends on the author's writing ability and art. I'm also expecting some wacky characters, they're prevalent over all of wrestling.

Also pinfalls should provide fantastic tension and cliffhangers. If done correctly, breaking a pinfall at a 2.9999 count is one of the hypest things in wrestling. Also what's on the line cane be used for good tension as well, I mean, this is high school wrestling which doesn't usually have anything on the line beyond standard win or lose, but since it's Shounen it'll no doubt have some over the top wrestling type stories to emulate and pull from. You can literally put anything on the line with a wrestling match, Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio once famously had a match for custody of Rey's son because Eddie claimed he was his true dad lmao.
Hard hits are also another thing synonymous with wrestling, if the art can convey the hard hits well enough, that would go a long way to making it succeed. Although these days more athletic wresting involving flips and jumps and spins is becoming more prominent, so maybe that too, but it depends on what type of wrestler the MC is (looking just from the singular piece of art we've gotten, i'd assume powerhouse type, but you never know).

A LOT of wrestling also is built off of interesting character dynamics. If two wrestlers don't have good chemistry, that can kill the whole feud lol. So an interesting cast and dynamics between said cast is like...pretty important lol.

Wrestling can also be SUPER comedic at times too. It's not always serious! Whether it's a character with a stupid gimmick or a serious character put into a silly situation, shit can get really funny sometimes. So if this series knows wrestling well, i wouldn't expect it to be a totally serious series form top to bottom, there's gonna be some silliness in there too.

Anyway to summarise - expect emotion, over the top drama, hard hits, good tension, interesting character dynamics. Beyond that, the standard things like good characters in general and a good story, or least good hook (maybe they're wrestling aliens? Lmao) are needed of course.

Like I said, a lot of it overlaps with what Shounen is already known for really, pro wrestling it just real life anime (or soap operas for men.....which is also basically Shounen as well lmao). It's why i'm so surprised pro wrestling manga isn't tried more in WSJ/Shounen magazines in general. Can only really think of Kinnikuman and Tiger Mask? And neither of them are WSJ series lol....actually has WSJ ever had a wrestling series? Huh.

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

Hmm, still unsure if this is set in a traditional fantasy world or normal human world, the premise make it seems like a fantasy one but the girl with school uniform makes me think normal world

Maybe a wistoria type of world, there the students kind have a similar clothing to japanese studens uniform

 

[Shockzz1234]

Hmm, still unsure if this is set in a traditional fantasy world or normal human world, the premise make it seems like a fantasy one but the girl with school uniform makes me think normal world

Please god a fantasy world. If you're gonna be generic isekai slop (or close to it) at least make the world interesting or have potential to be interesting lol. There's barely anything interesting you can do with a real world setting imo, it puts a big limiter on it all. Like others, i'll guess she's been isekai'd into the fantasy world lol.

 

[JBC008]

First "Shadow Eliminators" and now "Kinato's Magic".

This guy really is cursed with having the blandest localization names for his works huh?

Hey, one one-shot he did that was translated that had a fun title was, “The Great Demon Lord is Sweating.” That was a title that left nothing to the imagination.

 

[Dongus]

Hey, one one-shot he did that was translated that had a fun title was, “The Great Demon Lord is Sweating.” That was a title that left nothing to the imagination.

'tis a fan-translation.

 

[JBC008]

Like I said, a lot of it overlaps with what Shounen is already known for really, pro wrestling it just real life anime (or soap operas for men.....which is also basically Shounen as well lmao). It's why i'm so surprised pro wrestling manga isn't tried more in WSJ/Shounen magazines in general. Can only really think of Kinnikuman and Tiger Mask? And neither of them are WSJ series lol....actually has WSJ ever had a wrestling series? Huh

Kinnikuman was a Jump series. There was also Ricky Typhoon & The Momotaroh from the 1980’s.

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'tis a fan-translation.

I know

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Hopefully i will get the full chapter like last week Under Doctor and will share some details (inside spoiler), i'm actually pretty curious to see Kinato 1st chapter

 

[Shockzz1234]

Kinnikuman was a Jump series. There was also Ricky Typhoon & The Momotaroh from the 1980’s.

You know what's funny? I KNEW Kinnikuman was a Jump series and yet i still looked it up, got the wrong info (MAL lists its current magazine rather than its' WSJ run) and decided to believe that over my own gut. And that's why you should always listen to your gut!

Anyway, i've heard of The Momotaroh, completely slipped my mind and I haven't actually read it....i will check it out (And Ricky Typhoon, which i've never heard of lol). Thanks.

 

[JBC008]

You know what's funny? I KNEW Kinnikuman was a Jump series and yet i still looked it up, got the wrong info (MAL lists its current magazine rather than its' WSJ run) and decided to believe that over my own gut. And that's why you should always listen to your gut!

Anyway, i've heard of The Momotaroh, completely slipped my mind and I haven't actually read it....i will check it out (And Ricky Typhoon, which i've never heard of lol). Thanks.

You’re welcome.

 

[Aqyurs]

For Alien Headbutt, if it's going to lean into professional wrestling over amateur wrestling, rather than western promotions or New Japan/NOAH/Stardom type of Japanese promotions, I would instead look towards DDT if you want possible ideas for what it might do.

The premise of wrestling on a desert island fits right in there. DDT has done several matches where the venue is a currently running train in Tokyo or a boardwalk, they have absolutely insane characters like Dieno or Yoshiko, they have death matches that fit in with the "extreme" part. I don't really think we're going to see the King's Road, Strong Style, or other defining traits of Japanese wrestling matches here. DDT is still capable of serious storylines and matches of course, but it's definitely more over the top and more likely to be closer to Alien Headbutt, IMO.

I hope there's a stupid sexy Takeshita character who's the most serious final boss wrestler ever like DDT has though

Also, knowing this is a pro wrestling series now, Alien Headbutt is almost definitely the MC's finisher move and the author is doing the Japanese wrestling thing where they give English names to wrestlers or moves thinking it sounds cool, without realizing how it comes across to a fluent English speaker (Gene Blast, Loose Explosion, Roughneck, etc.)