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)

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Is it going to do 200K for all volumes?

Counting digital it already do that since physical sell at least 130k+ copies Yearly

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

According to Witch Watch & Blue Box leakers on 5ch Witch Watch will have the cover & lead color pages next issue and Blue Box a color page

 

[SharkBait]

Amazing to see Boruto TBV above Blue Box when counting digital too, it was already known it did pretty well digital but haters would always act like is cope, but there you go lmao!

My old harping years ago about digital has been vindicated

 

[NeeNeen]

About Ruri, should we even call it "hiatus" instead of a break? IIRC, it is a biweekly manga. So if it is on break for 1 chapter, then ofc the next one come 1 month later. Not really a hiatus but just a normal break. Spy x Family also has a lot of breaks like this (the difference is that, Endo usually just give 1 to 3 page manga or quick illustration to make it less noticeable)

But it didn't come out last week either, so it's more than a month.

In fact, now that I look at it, it hasn't been appearing biweekly for a while.

30 Nov
4 Jan
25 Jan
1 Mar

I guess the new schedule is 3 weeks, then 2 weeks? Either that, or they were a week late 3 times in a row + 2 extra breaks.

 

[Phantom RPG]

According to Witch Watch & Blue Box leakers on 5ch Witch Watch will have the cover & lead color pages next issue and Blue Box a color page

Okay, the anniversary is happening, but Witch Watch has been quite consistent with its anniversary covers, so it's not really shocking to anyone here. Although I do wonder if the blue box color page might tell us whether Blue Box is truly ending in the first semester or not, and whether it's going to get the cover page after witch watch's.

 

[icrawfish]

But it didn't come out last week either, so it's more than a month.

In fact, now that I look at it, it hasn't been appearing biweekly for a while.

30 Nov
4 Jan
25 Jan
1 Mar

I guess the new schedule is 3 weeks, then 2 weeks? Either that, or they were a week late 3 times in a row + 2 extra breaks.

Ruri schedule always gets screwy around the holidays since it follows the magazine breaks but is biweekly, so it’s possible to have ruri, then break 1, then magazine week w/ no ruri, then break 2, then Ruri, creating a 4-week gap.

That being said I think you accounted for that, and it doesn’t explain the latest break. I think they never do 3-weeks, only 2 or 4, cuz they don’t like it overlapping with Spy x Family for more than a week since it’s nice to have those alternate back and forth. But I assume those are overseen by two different bodies between WSJ and Jump+, so maybe that’s just my overseas brain assuming Ruri and SxF care about keeping their domains separate.

 

[Pietro]

It's holiday in Japan so leaks will take a bit to appear but at least the ToC i think it will appear today.



Amazing to see Boruto TBV above Blue Box when counting digital too, it was already known it did pretty well digital but haters would always act like is cope, but there you go lmao!

Which holiday? Chinese new year?

 

[SharkBait]

CC2 needs to give us a fully fledge Boruto game already. It's sold enough and there's a whole anime 🩷

 

[RealityChecker]

Ruri schedule always gets screwy around the holidays since it follows the magazine breaks but is biweekly, so it’s possible to have ruri, then break 1, then magazine week w/ no ruri, then break 2, then Ruri, creating a 4-week gap.

That being said I think you accounted for that, and it doesn’t explain the latest break. I think they never do 3-weeks, only 2 or 4, cuz they don’t like it overlapping with Spy x Family for more than a week since it’s nice to have those alternate back and forth. But I assume those are overseen by two different bodies between WSJ and Jump+, so maybe that’s just my overseas brain assuming Ruri and SxF care about keeping their domains separate.

I think it is mostly due to the anime adaptation by KyoAni. I think Shueisha and WSJ want him to supervise any original content they make for the anime. It is the first colaboration between KyoAni and Shueisha, they must be taking this really serously.

 

[monstera11]

Which holiday? Chinese new year?

Chinese New Year (lunar near year celebrations) is not a public holiday in Japan

What's usually associated with lunar new year celebrations are celebrated by the Japanese on the Gregorian new year instead. E.g. the house cleaning, returning to families in hometown, giving money to unmarried relatives, visiting older relatives.

 

[tirakai]

Yesterday was Foundation Day or something along those lines.

It's mostly just a holiday for the sake of having a holiday with nothing special going on, Japan has a lot of those.

 

[Mankichi Togawa]

Of course, the issue with the cover and ToC delayed has to be the issue of Akane Banashi, the series with less buzz from the entire magazine for the leakers.

Sigh.

 

[RealityChecker]

Of course, the issue with the cover and ToC delayed has to be the issue of Akane Banashi, the series with less buzz from the entire magazine for the leakers.

Sigh.

Do you think Akane-banashi anime will pass as one of the least watched anime of the season?

 

[BelTL]

what's with the sudden Akane doom posting

 

[RealityChecker]

what's with the sudden Akane doom posting

I think Akane-banashi lost its momentum. Ichi and Kagurabachi overshadowed it in the Magazine, unfortunately, although I think Akane-banashi is on a much higher plane of writing. It is like it has lost its prestige within the magazine. But it is just a feeling.

 

[echo]

what's with the sudden Akane doom posting

He always complains about Akane not getting enough attention lol

 

[icrawfish]

Not really much a doompost, just Mankichi commenting on how leakers don’t care about Akane and Checker extrapolating that to be something that would tie into low anime viewership. Calling anything “least watched anime of the season” is physically impossible with a WSJ series though, given how many random shows with very few eyes on them show up every single season. But I don’t think Akane’s gonna have a massive popularity explosion, and that’s kind of how things are always bound to be given the nature of the series. I do hope the anime can help a good amount to give the series more love though.

 

[Pyro Pup]

I think Akane-banashi lost its momentum. Ichi and Kagurabachi overshadowed it in the Magazine, unfortunately, although I think Akane-banashi is on a much higher plane of writing. It is like it has lost its prestige within the magazine. But it is just a feeling.

I'm pretty sure you are that guy on twitter that baits people, the one that uses a Jojo profile picture

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

There's no guarantee they'll be funnier if you understand them, unfortunately.

Most of their quips are just the girl saying something nonsensical and the boy pointing out he got the reference. If that's your kind of humour, you'll probably enjoy it more if you get all the references. If it isn't, then no amount of translating or explaining is going to help.

I guess it would help with the radio entries? Though those aren't usually that hard to understand.

yeah probably, but some of that references are cool and funny, i like it

 

[cameronney618]

Calling anything “least watched anime of the season” is physically impossible with a WSJ series

Happened to the roboco movie. It did worse than some of the worst literalwho anime movies.