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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)

 

[Dippy Fresh]

My thinking:
2/16: Akane (Anni)
2/23: Witch Watch (Anni)
3/2: One Piece (Been a little)
3/9: Blue Box (Anni)
3/16: Modulo (Got 1 cover, might do one more and tie in with ongoing anime)
3/23: New Round Starts? (Both Under and Kinato ranking at this point)

Akane will probably get another cover on 4/6 or around for it's anime airing like other series tend to

 

[RealityChecker]

I hope issue 14 is a surprise cover.

--- Double Post Merged, Feb 10, 2026, Original Post Date: Feb 10, 2026 ---

My thinking:
2/16: Akane (Anni)
2/23: Witch Watch (Anni)
3/2: One Piece (Been a little)
3/9: Blue Box (Anni)
3/16: Modulo (Got 1 cover, might do one more and tie in with ongoing anime)
3/23: New Round Starts?

Akane will probably get another cover on 4/6 or around for it's anime airing like other series tend to

I don't think Modulo will get another cover since it is already ending in a couple of chapters.

 

[Baes]

They aren't in any danger. There is a batch of 3 still left to axe and a ton of series ending.

I don't need a sign of danger to sacrifice Hima-ten tbh

 

[RealityChecker]

I don't need a sign of danger to sacrifice Hima-ten tbh

Why should they?

 

[Baes]

They shouldn't, its a me problem. I think its boring

 

[WyldViolet]

Under Doctors first few chapters haven't been incredible or great. However, I feel a lot more excited about the potential of its setting and tone. I feel like we could get an arc that feels like York Shin at some point. I love how it's already shown that it wants to be fun, stylish, kind of goofy yet also not afraid to have more gritty scenarios and lore going on at the same time.

Feels like it could take itself a lot more seriously than something like Sakamoto.
Think the series could be something really special once it finds it footing.

Also love this sort of dark urban setting battle manga.

 

[JBC008]

I know it’s been a while for me, but I would be glad to share my thoughts regarding the 3 new series.

-Under Doctor: I can see the potential, but would agree that it does need to work on showcasing its action as well as its medical aspects more. Since it is also a medical drama where we see surgeries and finding cures for diseases, by just hiding it will be in the same vein as HakuTaku where you are doing a game dev manga without the development. But I do like what it is presenting with the characters and how the latest chapter is making a very serious pivot that asks how Haiji will get out of it. Also about how text heavy it looks, it really doesn’t bother me as much compared to what others say. Although, I do see this series as an episodic drama than a serialized one. I’ve mentioned about this prior 2-3 years ago when I wondered if manga had a similar format with television, albeit with a few differences. It does have a chance, but it needs to give this mini arc a proper conclusion and start showing the medical procedures.

-Kinato’s Magic: This series is F, for Fun. I absolutely love the characters and how well paced it is from both its writing and humor. If anything, Amemiya has learned and didn’t hold back this time around. They are showing the parts when necessary but also not showing their entire hand so we can follow the journey and not be spoiled on the characters and their motivations. Plus this series is very self aware that it cannot be taken seriously, and when the series is having fun and you are having fun, it becomes infectious. Now that we kept the administration simple and we are now going to see Jian’s guild, let’s see if the new characters will help elevate the series. Although, my biggest concern is Liane. I love her obviously due to her personality, but I’m worried that she won’t contribute to anything as a character other than fan service and comedy. But it could get worse if she ends up like Lu from Sakamoto Days, but if she can contribute despite not being a fighter, I want to see her as like an early Nami from One Piece.

-Alien Headbutt: Even though this is only the first chapter, I enjoyed it. I do think it has a shonen spirit while also having some elements that do feel a bit Senin in the art. Also the premise while I heard someone compared this to Dear Anemone, this is Anemone done right due to how tense and aggressive the art can get where I would have thought it would have been in Jump+. But it balances itself with enough comedy and tension when it needs to be but also have an endearing cast regarding the main characters family along with the wrestling organization he is a part of. I remember reading that they thought the pacing was rather disjointed, I really didn’t feel it as much and if I can’t, then I think the series did a good job not to make it noticeable. Still the first chapter, but I need to see where this is going to go plot wise. Otherwise it could just be a short story. But the exploration of the island and the eerie environment reminds me of the movie A Quiet Place, where it asks these questions on what these extraterrestrials are, what caused this post apocalypse to the island, and if there are any other survivors out there? Good start, can’t wait for chapter two.

 

[SharkBait]

-Kinato’s Magic: This series is F, for Fun. I absolutely love the characters and how well paced it is from both its writing and humor.

Perfect post 🩷

 

[Serinox]

When is the last time a whole batch of three was a complete success anyways?

1993 had the batch of Tottemo! Luckyman, DNA² and Hell Teacher Nube, though some people debate the success of DNA²

 

[Shockzz1234]

Issue 11 Rankings:

Tier 1 (Great):

1 - Kagurabachi (I do love a good "and the villain won, the status quo can change!" chapter. I do hope Akemura possess another body though, Yura was too interesting to lose forever to body possession imo.)

2 - Ichi the Witch (Ichi taking off Uroro reminded me of Ichigo tearing his hollow mask off!)

3 - One Piece (hilarious we all thought Brook would want to protect or save Gunko and it turns out....he wants to beat the shit out of her lmfao. My goat going up against Imu)

4 - Akanebanashi (The way this series uses its art to tell stories is amazing, by far the best in the magazine at visual storytelling imo)

5 - Someone Hertz (nice to finally get some focus/more expansion on some other characters!)

Tier 2 (Good):

- Shinobi Undercover (I do like me some team fights)
- Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (Cook and Tosaka's relationship is very nice imo, and Cook is very cute)
- Sakamoto Days (Pretty cool way for Ogi to go out)
- JJK Modulo (fun to see Yuji and Mahito interact again, but uhhhh....felt like we skipped a chapter in the middle there?)
- Witch Watch (Kan, don't be stupid now....he will be stupid, won't he?)
- The Elusive Samurai (Already gave my props to Matsui in an earlier post....one chapter left!)
- Alien Headbutt (Going to talk about the new batch in general below)
- Me and Roboco (WHAT? They actually got together?? No bullshit? No gag shit? No punchline? Amazing)
- Kinato's Magic (will talk about it more in depth below)
- Blue Box (Cute double date, Kyo don't fumble this please)

Tier 3 (Ok):

- Under Doctor (below)
- Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits (best chapter so far, was close to Tier 2...I really like the new character's designs, especially both of the girl's)
- Nue's Exorcist (Yeah stuff got skipped, but I didn't really care about that stuff if i'm honest, so I don't mind. Their new power of subduing people they defeat is neat and is rarely a power a protagonist actually has)
- The Mage Next Door (Well done Yobuko! She reminds me of Lucy from Fairy Tail with her summon spirits)
- Himaten (Don't really have anything to say about this tbh, it's just ok lol)

Tier 4 (Bad):

Gonron Egg ("You have to stay here and train for 3 years" "But I can't, I need to save my sister!" "Nah dw she won't die" "Oh ok then".....how did this get greenlit, genuinely? I get it's a truncated version because it's getting axed, but something tells me it wouldn't be much different even if it wasn't getting axed lol)

Overall a very good issue of the magazine imo, every series had something I liked about it or was innoffensive in some way. Except for you, Gonron Egg. Except for you.

Thoughts on the newest batch:

Alien Headbutt - Completely get what people mean about the pacing BUT this was an incredible first chapter to me. I went into this series expecting it to be the worst of the three - and it still might be, it's early days - but that ended up being my favourite first chapter of the bunch. The art out of action scenes is a bit rough but has a certain charm to it imo, whilst the art during the action scenes is gritty and pulsating, it makes you FEEL the hits. Shirokiba seems like a decent MC so far, typical "ruffian with a heart of gold" but I think so far he's been handled pretty well and I've found myself endeared to him already. He feels like an "old school" protagonist, if that makes sense. Him having a big family to protect immediately gives us an objective and goal (to find and save them), so that's always nice, and gives us an emotional base to work from. Goat is cute. It's quite bloody for a WSJ series too, which was a surprise. I wonder if he'll get an alien form or if he'll just get a buff from the alien that invaded him? I personally would prefer the latter. Anyway, it really feels like a series you wouldn't find in WSJ, it feels very different. Feels like it brings that aggressive spirit to balance out, say, Kinato's comfort. Overall, solid start and can't wait for more.

Kinato's Magic - I liked the first chapter. I thought "Oh, a full on fantasy world that gives a sense of adventure, finally!". And this second chapter did not change my mind one bit. Actually, it got me even more excited. Very reminiscent of early Fairy Tail (just don't become later Fairy Tail please), it has a very comforting feel to it whilst making me imagine what could happen next in the world. I like the addition of there being magical items, helps the world feel bigger. Kinato having an OP power that he hasn't quite cracked yet to become OP is nice, also i was expecting him to be Silver rank or something straight away and instead he's the worst of the worst (how'd they have info about a Colourless Rank in the book to read from if he's the first ever to get it btw? Oh well lol). Speaking of the ranking the new mascot character is pretty funny. He's like a rude Plue. The art is clean as well. Also it's hilarious that he got done with the exam in one chapter and we're already on the way to the captial and guild. Someone else mentioned it earlier in the thread, but I really couldn't help but think of Red Hood and Otr when reading this and being like "this is what YOU should have done ffs!!" lmao. I think my only negatives about the chapter and series so far is that Linae is a bit meh, not sure of her purpose beyond fan service. But oh well, maybe we can develop her, let's see (also i can't believe the other woman in this chapter, Hibiki, is a one off character NOOOOOO!....bring her back, hell have her replace Linae). Again, a solid start.

Under Doctor - Apparently there's some controversy about how stereotypical the Chinese characters in this are? Well, i don't have the qualities or knowledge to really talk about that, so I'll just talk about the chapter itself. One thing about this series that I do agree about with what others said is that it's WAY too wordy. When I turn a manga page, the first thing i should NOT be thinking is "oh god, look at all that text" lmao. Other than that, it's ok. I see people complaining about how there's not enough medical stuff going on, and I understand that, but for me personally it's not really a make or break for this series since it's never really pretended to be super intricate and realistic on the medical side of things, it's always quite clearly just been a means to an end so far to get them around the world and into dangerous situations. The action is ok, we didn't get much of it this chapter, I actually think next chapter is when we'll see how good it truly is at action since the other actions scenes we've had so far were clearly "beginning of the series action scene to set the tone" kinda thing - next week seems like it'll be the first "real" action scene. Still continue to fuck with Haiji's design, love it. One thing that was very good from this chapter - we got a bit of the overarching story with Haiji trying to save his friend. So it's good to have a goal like this early on. Overall, I think this has gone from the one I was looking most forward too, to the weakest of the three. But it's still a pretty ok start to a WSJ series, especially considering some recent ones the past year or so...it could have been a lot worse lol, I still think this has potential.



Overall I think this is the strongest batch we've had in a LONG time. Doesn't guarantee that they'll be successful at all, hell all three of them could flop. But right now? I'm greatly impressed tbh. Good shit, hope they all survive.

 

[Aqyurs]

Apparently there's some controversy about how stereotypical the Chinese characters in this are?

I don't know about that, but I did see a bunch of Japanese comments saying that they got the currency conversion wrong apparently (a quick google told me that 500 million yuan is actually 11 billion yen instead of 1), so I wouldn't be shocked if this is a thing. Probably the worst thing that could happen to the series too; it's already at the point of the serialization where it's the hardest to retain readership so having any controversy, no matter how small or relevant, is going to hurt it.

I see people complaining about how there's not enough medical stuff going on, and I understand that, but for me personally it's not really a make or break for this series since it's never really pretended to be super intricate and realistic on the medical side of things, it's always quite clearly just been a means to an end so far to get them around the world and into dangerous situations.

For me at least, I think it's different when you advertise yourself as a "medical battle" manga vs "a battle manga with a doctor protagonist". Kinato's Magic for example, it advertised itself as a chiropractor becoming an adventurer, but it wasn't even trying to pretend like his origin job was going to matter for anything more than his background. It was clear from the first ten-fifteen pages that the magic and fantasy adventure was the thing that mattered the most in the premise. So in that situation, I think it's fine that the chiropractor fact didn't matter; they set up the expectation that this was just an excuse for Kinato's powers to make sense in universe before he figured out what his power actually was.

But if you're going to have a medical consultant for the series, have the MC's goal revolve around a real medical concept like orphan diseases and he is stated to research that concept, have the actual doctor glaze the Under Doctor for his unorthodox medical practices (when most real doctors would not accept the Under Doctor methods even if they yielded results), have the first major events to happen in the series be the MC diagnosing someone with food poisoning and then him performing a surgery on someone else, then I'm sorry but you kind of did set the expectation that medical stuff was going to matter just as much as the battle stuff, not just be a footnote to set up the battle stuff.

 

[cameronney618]

Apparently there's some controversy about how stereotypical the Chinese characters in this are?

Aside from a one reddit comment mentioning how the chinese character look like chinese caricature (which doesnt even make sense cause the little girl doesn't look like one), i haven't seen a single post in the japanese twitter sphere (or in general) resembling anything like this. In fact, majority continues to praise the character designs

The president of istanbul (should be mayor) and the conversion rate are only ones i've seen getting brought up here and there.

--- Double Post Merged, Feb 11, 2026, Original Post Date: Feb 11, 2026 ---

It's 1pm in japan now.

AH #1 is at 42,403
Kinato #2 is at 49,655
UD #3 is at 40,110

Alien Headbutt's numbers are way slower than ch 1 of Kinato and UD. And it's also moving at a slower rate than both chapter 2s.

 

[Wookitake]

Ilia Malinin: The Quad God out to dominate Winter Olympics

Ilia Malinin is not like most figure skaters. Even when he makes mistakes, he is still so far ahead of the rest that he wins Olympic gold.

www.bbc.com

A nice article about this American figure e skater that made me remember 'Two on Ice'. In particular because of him being a 'Quad God'.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Monthly Oricon Top 20 (January 2026)
2. Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo #1 (266,474)
3. Kagurabachi #10 (151,687)

Monthly Shoseki Top 500 (January 2026)
2. Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo #1
3. Kagurabachi #10
21. Someone Hertz #1 (45,290)
23. Akane-banashi #20 (41,428)
78. Shinobi Undercover #6 (21,116)
107. Hima-Ten! #7 (16,230)

--- Double Post Merged, Feb 11, 2026, Original Post Date: Feb 11, 2026 ---

Good month for Jump, alongside JJK Modulo & Someone Hertz as the highlights, all series kept very consistent:

Next Akane volume will be released with the anime broadcast so it will be the moment of truth, if Akane will get a boost or will be another Jump series to not get much!

AKANE BANASHI

Akane-banashi #1 (29.024)
Akane-banashi #2 (48.208)
Akane-banashi #3 (54.896)
Akane-banashi #4 (65.756)
Akane-banashi #5 (64.985)
Akane-banashi #6 (57.741)
Akane-banashi #7 (56.885)
Akane-banashi #8 (58.190)
Akane-banashi #9 (59.058)
Akane-banashi #10 (51.375)
Akane-banashi #11 (47.148)
Akane-banashi #12 (48.700)
Akane-banashi #13 (46.102)
Akane-banashi #14 (44.915)
Akane-banashi #15 (43.498)
Akane-banashi #16 (40.455)
Akane-banashi #17 (41.421)
Akane-banashi #18 (40.382)
Akane-banashi #19 (39.579)
Akane-banashi #20 (41.428)


A nice increase compared to the former volumes but still pretty much the same with vol 6

KAGURABACHI

Kagurabachi #1 (26.570)
Kagurabachi #2 (72.890)
Kagurabachi #3 (88.427)
Kagurabachi #4 (137.993)
Kagurabachi #5 (138.989)
Kagurabachi #6 (150.829)
Kagurabachi #7 (139.578)
Kagurabachi #8 (128.254)
Kagurabachi #9 (146.790)
Kagurabachi #10 (151.687)


Hima-ten keeping it consistent as always

HIMA-TEN!

Hima-Ten! #1 (15.254)
Hima-Ten! #2 (15.238)
Hima-Ten! #3 (14.922)
Hima-Ten! #4 (19.113)
Hima-Ten! #5 (17.309)
Hima-Ten! #6 (15.450)
Hima-Ten! #7 (16.230)


Shinobi also keeping it consistent, but still hasn't show some real growth considering just how hard Saito & cia are pushing it currently

SHINOBI UNDERCOVER

Shinobi Undercover #1 (14.710)
Shinobi Undercover #2 (17.183)
Shinobi Undercover #3 (18.098)
Shinobi Undercover #4 (20.301)
Shinobi Undercover #5 (17.008)
Shinobi Undercover #6 (21.116)

 

[tirakai]

Someone Hertz already being in the upper half in sales on v1 is a great sign, I hope it continues to grow.

What's the current sales ranking anyway? Is Someone Hertz outselling Witch Watch or Elusive Samurai, in addition to Akane-banashi?

 

[shillin65]

Dunno if anyone else has mentioned this yet but Blue Box will surpass Nisekoi's chapter count with next week's chapter
I'm like 90% sure that'll make it the longest running romance series in mag history unless there's some series i've never heard of that's longer

 

[tirakai]

Longest WSJ romance/romcoms (minus Blue Box) I believe are

Nisekoi - 229 chapters
Yuuna - 209 chapters
WNL - 187 chapters

and then there's only 3-4 other series that passed 3 years of serialisation. It's weird that only recently did they start lasting a while, compared to the other weekly magazines having romcoms that last 300+ chapters.

I suppose even WNL in another era probably would've been a lot shorter too, I don't think the highly competitive 00s Jump would've let the series go for an extra 9 months with full alternate ending arcs for each girl. It was probably only able to do that because everything else had ended leaving the magazine very empty of long runners.

 

[TwoTimesMartyred]

I have a good feeling about this batch.

I have nothing to back this up, but somehow I'm thinking whatever does flop and get cancelled will still get at least 20-40 chapters.

--- Double Post Merged, Feb 11, 2026, Original Post Date: Feb 11, 2026 ---

Don’t recall, at the very least the best was 2/4 or 2/3 in a batch. The last one that was with its entire batch was recent with Jujutsu Kaisen Módulo and Someone Hertz that managed to exceed expectation and being fully successful.

And considering one of those is literally the sequel to JJK I don't think it can be counted, bc yeah of course it's going to be successful.

Hertz being a hit is good for it, though, I'm glad.

 

[tirakai]

The most successful batch in recent years is probably Ayakashi Triangle / Magu-chan / Cop & Dolphin / Roboco, where one is an ongoing hit, one is a shorter hit (albeit one which left WSJ halfway through to do more risque content), the third lasted more than a year, and the fourth made it to 1 issue before its first anniversary.

Only 2 actual hits, but all four of them were around for a while.

 

[Hawke]

killing time till leak day with a fun post:


TIL Digimon was featured in the same issue as the One Piece debut in Jump. Kinda crazy to find both those side by side in their very beginning