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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)

 

[tirakai]

By contrast I think the Harukaze / Kaedegami / Ekiden / PPP batch is the worst in recent years? A batch of 4 where 3 were instantly cancelled and the fourth died on ch 30 after only surviving one round.

Usually a batch that large has at least one hit, and often a second that sticks around for a little while before getting cancelled.

 

[Xanji06]

My Prediction for the Covers
#12 15/02 - Akane (Anniversary)
#13 22/02 - Witch Watch (Anniversary)
#14 01/03 - One Piece (Idk)
#15 08/03 - Ichi The Witch (or Kagurabachi if it gets its anime announced)
#16, #17, #18 15/03 - 29/03 - New Batch
#19 05/04 - Akane Banashi (Anime)
#20 12/04 - Sakamoto Days (Movie)

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

My Prediction for the Covers
#12 15/02 - Akane (Anniversary)
#13 22/02 - Witch Watch (Anniversary)
#14 01/03 - One Piece (Idk)
#15 08/03 - Ichi The Witch (or Kagurabachi if it gets its anime announced)
#16, #17, #18 15/03 - 29/03 - New Batch
#19 05/04 - Akane Banashi (Anime)
#20 12/04 - Sakamoto Days (Movie)

nvm i forgot blue blox lol
imagine i put it on for issue 15

 

[RealityChecker]

My Prediction for the Covers
#12 15/02 - Akane (Anniversary)
#13 22/02 - Witch Watch (Anniversary)
#14 01/03 - One Piece (Idk)
#15 08/03 - Ichi The Witch (or Kagurabachi if it gets its anime announced)
#16, #17, #18 15/03 - 29/03 - New Batch
#19 05/04 - Akane Banashi (Anime)
#20 12/04 - Sakamoto Days (Movie)

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

nvm i forgot blue blox lol
imagine i put it on for issue 15

I dont think Kagurabachi will have its anime announced on March. I think it will be on May.

 

[WyldViolet]

I dont think Kagurabachi will have its anime announced on March. I think it will be on May.

Oh yea? Well, I think April.

 

[RealityChecker]

Oh yea? Well, I think April.

Why April?

 

[SharkBait]

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)

Keep growing!

 

[Shockzz1234]

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.

This is fair enough honestly. But to me personally, I never bought into the fact that it was supposed to be anything more than set up to make the series feel a bit different and set itself apart from other things. I think the medical stuff in the first chapter was, to me, just a way to do what I just said and also to establish Haiji as a character (i.e. he helps everyone and doesn't really like killing or violence in general etc).. if also still feeds into the battle side since we got a little flashback of him being trained as an assassin or whatever, and he uses the medical stuff he knows about to fight, i.e pressure points. But your criticisms are still more than valid, I totally get why people would feel the way you do - the author could have done better with the execution of the medical stuff so far.

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..

Oh, I saw it on Twitter but it was a single post too. I went and looked at the reddit post and there's a comment there as well, you're right, but also there's several more people in the comment chain that also felt offended by it. So there is a tiny bit of controversy there, but it really is tiny tiny. I suppose I maybe made it sound like a bigger deal than it was, my bad.

The other stuff like the currency conversion and Istanbul mayor/president is actually kinda egregious imo though. That's like basic research lmao.

 

[Phantom RPG]

Not linking how the views on alien butthead is doing on YouTube, but on the plus side, it seems like Kinato's Magic and Under Doctor are doing solid for the time being. I just hope that the views on youtube don't indicate that its a failure walking as i kinda hate that assestment based on past experiences of mine.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Not linking how the views on alien butthead is doing on YouTube, but on the plus side, it seems like Kinato's Magic and Under Doctor are doing solid for the time being. I just hope that the views on youtube don't indicate that its a failure walking as i kinda hate that assestment based on past experiences of mine.

Youtube views really dont matter, its cool when a PV gets decent/good views but it doesnt reflect anything, stuff like Gonron Egg can get more views than Someone Hertz PV for example.

 

[Phantom RPG]

Youtube views really dont matter, its cool when a PV gets decent/good views but it doesnt reflect anything, stuff like Gonron Egg can get more views than Someone Hertz PV for example.

Huh, good to know then.

What is the reception for Alien Butthead thus far? Is it as good as the other two?

Oh right, did you look at the suggested authors I thought could make a series after the next three to four issues from now? I know I mentioned Kongon from Roots 55 that you said was a contender alongside Fukamori Shou.

Honestly, I really wanna see Yu Odoriba make a series similar to bad triper.

 

[pennycryman]

What is the reception for Alien Butthead thus far? Is it as good as the other two?

This question has been asked like 20 times in the two days since the first chapter released.

Just wait.

 

[Phantom RPG]

This question has been asked like 20 times in the two days since the first chapter released.

Just wait.

Alright.

Different topic, has there been genuine horror series in jump that were successfull? I am asking this mostly after binge reading the likes of Souboutei Must Be Destroyed, from the author of Karakuri Circus, from weekly shonen sunday,

If you have not read it, I recommended it.

 

[tirakai]

There was a long running Twilight Zone-style horror anthology series in the early 90s called Outer Zone.

I think that's the only one which remained horror the whole way through, but there's been a few others which started with a significant horror focus before becoming battle shounen later (namely Neuro, Muhyo & Roji, and Promised Neverland, plus the new Nube anime has significantly cut down the comedy and fanservice of the original turning into a more horror-centric series).

 

[Phantom RPG]

There was a long running Twilight Zone-style horror anthology series in the early 90s called Outer Zone.

I think that's the only one which remained horror the whole way through, but there's been a few others which started with a significant horror focus before becoming battle shounen later (namely Neuro, Muhyo & Roji, and Promised Neverland, plus the new Nube anime has significantly cut down the comedy and fanservice of the original turning into a more horror-centric series).

I think I read the first chapter of Muhyo and Roji, I might have to go back and read it, I also read the first part of promised neverland before it yet the way it did.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Huh, good to know then.

What is the reception for Alien Butthead thus far? Is it as good as the other two?

Oh right, did you look at the suggested authors I thought could make a series after the next three to four issues from now? I know I mentioned Kongon from Roots 55 that you said was a contender alongside Fukamori Shou.

Honestly, I really wanna see Yu Odoriba make a series similar to bad triper.

This question has been asked like 20 times in the two days since the first chapter released.

Just wait.

But i already posted about it lol the comments are highly positive, even on 5ch, definitely the most positive out of the 3 but worries about being Ping Pong Peril 2.0 which were highly praised online but flopped hard in the ToC and sales, also many saying they need chapter 2 or 3 to form a fully opinion.

Now, said that, looking at the J+ views at the moment....let's just say i was expecting better but i will wait for more 12 hours or 24 hours to comment since i did the same with Under Doctor and Kinato so it wouldn't be as fair with Alien.

 

[cameronney618]

Praise be, PPP!

 

[KyuKyu555]

If you're on pc just move the mouse to above the date of a post and the hour will appear:

Thanks!!!!

Also I’m sorry this is coming out so late I had a flight and I immediately had to go to the bank right after.

Anyhoo here’s my votes for Issue #10 of 2026:
1. Ichi the Witch 68
2. Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo 20
3. Blue Box 228

4. One Piece 1172
5. Shinobi Undercover 67

6. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 78
7. Akane-banashi 192
8. Witch Watch 234
9. Kinato’s Magic 1 - New Series!
10. Hima-Ten! 76
11. The Mage Next Door 12
12. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits 11
13. Under Doctor 2
14. Sakamoto Days 246
15. Someone Hertz 19
16. Gonron Egg 13

Honestly all the chapters I read were really solid!!!

Considering I’m currently sleep deprived I’m just going to focus on my thoughts of the new batch & my 1st place.

Ichi:
The comedic timing of them mentioning the unique detail of their village in the final panel of the 1st page was spot on.
That chest she was in was huge!!!! Like it was bigger than a boat and knowing that it was hollowed out from a tree makes it even more impressive how huge it is!!
Chrono and Minerva wearing aviators has the same energy as Shizuka (100 Girlfriends) when she wore aviators. Meaning both absurdly funny and something you never knew you needed.
Would Minerva have been a furry in another reality?

Kinato:
Really solid. Had a lot of blatant exposition but it wasn’t bad exposition.

Under Doctor:
Kinda retreading the same beats as the 1st chapter but with a cute girl and some worldbuilding in the mix. Overall a solid but slightly repetitive chapter.

 

[WyldViolet]

Alright.

Different topic, has there been genuine horror series in jump that were successfull? I am asking this mostly after binge reading the likes of Souboutei Must Be Destroyed, from the author of Karakuri Circus, from weekly shonen sunday,

If you have not read it, I recommended it.

The Dark Myth. One of the most influential Jump manga in general tbh.
Has a really dope OVA too that came out in the 90's.

And yush, Fujita is so dope. One of my favorite WSS mangaka. His new series Silver Mountain has been really good so far too.

 

[icrawfish]

Issue 11 Votes:

1. Kagurabachi (anticipated but still woah, also big arc conclusion)
2. Me & Roboco (I love them both, as much as this might spell the slowly approaching endgame of this series)
3. Ichi the Witch (mostly aura farming but still pretty impactful)
4. Sakamoto Days (good punchy)
5. Blue Box (exactly the content and direction I need from this right now)

6. The Elusive Samurai (W Genba, hope we get at least one more glimpse of him and Natsu in the final chapter)
7. JJK Modulo (cool and emotional stuff but also jarringly confusing transitions that make you feel like you skipped a cutscene)
8. Akane-banashi (Rokuro’s headphones teasing his musical inclination was honestly such a clear setup I didn’t remotely think of)
9. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (we love a good underdog fight)
10. Under Doctor (liked the gravity of the villainous decisions and seeing the character’s personal resolve more clearly)

Surprised myself by not finding One Piece in my top 10, cuz it was a pretty decent One Piece chapter with the Brook stuff and the Gokoku Sovereignty. Guess that means it was a pretty good week for the magazine.

 

[Wookitake]

#11

1. Akane
2. KGB
3. Kinato
4. WW
5. Sakamoto