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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)

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

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

that would be a dream coming true

 

[cameronney618]

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

Dot hack or bust

 

[Nuesmoker]

 

[cameronney618]

Ending in 3ch after putting out back to back mid chapters smh

 

[FantasticFootno]

So if this is true, then I guess one piece lead color page the week after? This would sorta make sense too lol, penultimate chapter gets cover and then it ends with a color page for its final chapter. It’s just funny to think they’d do such a big rollout for modulo, when Elusam didn’t get anything similar.

 

[cameronney618]

It’s just funny to think they’d do such a big rollout for modulo, when Elusam didn’t get anything similar.

It's not as if modulo isn't the sequel to one of their flagship title or anything.

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I guess Gonron is ending on #13 or #14 ? Maybe Mage Next door too.

 

[FantasticFootno]

It's not as if modulo isn't the sequel to one of their flagship title or anything.

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I guess Gonron is ending on #13 or #14 ? Maybe Mage Next door too.

Issue 13 is like 2 issues from now, for some reason I can't see it ending that close to now. I think Modulo will end, and then gonron and mage will end in 15-16-17. (With new series in 17-18, and HxH in 16)

 

[Dippy Fresh]

It's not as if modulo isn't the sequel to one of their flagship title or anything.

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I guess Gonron is ending on #13 or #14 ? Maybe Mage Next door too.

Modulo would probably end first, it is also older than all three. So if Modulo is ending on #15, I imagine Gonron ending on #16 at the earliest

 

[monstera11]

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.

Isn't this a GOOD thing that leakers do not touch it

 

[Dippy Fresh]

Issue 13 is like 2 issues from now, for some reason I can't see it ending that close to now. I think Modulo will end, and then gonron and mage will end in 15-16-17. (With new series in 17-18, and HxH in 16)

I think personally:
14- Modulo Cover
15 - One Piece Cover; Modulo Ends;
16 - Blue Box Cover; Gonron Ends; HxH Returns
17 - 1st New Series Cover; Mage Ends; 1st New Series
18- 2nd New Series Cover; Hero Ends; 2nd New Series
19- 3rd New Series Cover; 3rd New Series
20- Akane-Banashi Cover for Anime

 

[monstera11]

Modulo gonna get THREE consecutive CP starting next week.

So, this pretty much confirms that it will end in ch 25. And that we will get Modulo sequel announced.

Three CP for the last three chapters are completely unheard of. Crazy. Not even Dragonball or Slam Dunk got it (IIRC?). So i am very very sure they are using it to announce the sequel.

Aren't gege tired to JJK? He was the one who kept saying he wanted to end JJK constantly back when OG JJK was ongoing. That's why OG JJK was so rushed like hell.

Can't say I am happy about Modulo sequel. But it is inevitable I guess. Gege himself said that he want Modulo to be foundation for more works.

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So if this is true, then I guess one piece lead color page the week after? This would sorta make sense too lol, penultimate chapter gets cover and then it ends with a color page for its final chapter. It’s just funny to think they’d do such a big rollout for modulo, when Elusam didn’t get anything similar.

It is INSANE because not even OG JJK got this.

I guess having a duo writer artist make a big difference. But still.

I hope Iwasaki is not overworking himself. His art quality has been very insane for a weekly series. Is this guy even human lol. It is genuinely appproaching Yoshinobu (Dandandan) level of quality

 

[cameronney618]

Modulo gonna get THREE consecutive CP starting next week.

So, this pretty much confirms that it will end in ch 25. And that we will get Modulo sequel announced.

Three CP for the last three chapters are completely unheard of. Crazy. Not even Dragonball or Slam Dunk got it (IIRC?). So i am very very sure they are using it to announce the sequel.

Aren't gege tired to JJK? He was the one who kept saying he wanted to end JJK constantly back when OG JJK was ongoing. That's why OG JJK was so rushed like hell.

Can't say I am happy about Modulo sequel. But it is inevitable I guess. Gege himself said that he want Modulo to be foundation for more works.

I dunno about that. Last 2 ch implies he wants to end it all.

Though, I can see the cat pussying out as always. I much rather see new work from him. Same with Gotouge and Hori.

 

[RealityChecker]

Modulo gonna get THREE consecutive CP starting next week.

So, this pretty much confirms that it will end in ch 25. And that we will get Modulo sequel announced.

Three CP for the last three chapters are completely unheard of. Crazy. Not even Dragonball or Slam Dunk got it (IIRC?). So i am very very sure they are using it to announce the sequel.

Aren't gege tired to JJK? He was the one who kept saying he wanted to end JJK constantly back when OG JJK was ongoing. That's why OG JJK was so rushed like hell.

Can't say I am happy about Modulo sequel. But it is inevitable I guess. Gege himself said that he want Modulo to be foundation for more works.

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How are they gonna do a Modulo sequel when Modulo is a work that will make it impossible for more JJK sequels?

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I dunno about that. Last 2 ch implies he wants to end it all.

Though, I can see the cat pussying out as always.

Modulo is ending JJK for good.

 

[Phantom RPG]

Modulo gonna get THREE consecutive CP starting next week.

So, this pretty much confirms that it will end in ch 25. And that we will get Modulo sequel announced.

Three CP for the last three chapters are completely unheard of. Crazy. Not even Dragonball or Slam Dunk got it (IIRC?). So i am very very sure they are using it to announce the sequel.

Aren't gege tired to JJK? He was the one who kept saying he wanted to end JJK constantly back when OG JJK was ongoing. That's why OG JJK was so rushed like hell.

Can't say I am happy about Modulo sequel. But it is inevitable I guess. Gege himself said that he want Modulo to be foundation for more works.

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It is INSANE because not even OG JJK got this.

I guess having a duo writer artist make a big difference. But still.

I hope Iwasaki is not overworking himself. His art quality has been very insane for a weekly series. Is this guy even human lol. It is genuinely appproaching Yoshinobu (Dandandan) level of quality

That is unknown at the moment; will probably get more info once we get the next few issues.

I just think Iwasaki and Gege need rest for the time being after finishing this series.

 

[Nuesmoker]

Dropped: Shinobi Undercover

I did not read it this week. Between the continous favouritism (yes, it HAS to be favouritism at this point, it is absurd, I do not care about the "OH BUT MAYBE SURVEYS" excuse) given to it and the mind meltingly boring writing, I am genuinely unable to keep up with this shit anymore. Have I given it some decent rankings here and there? Is it above multiple series pretty constantly too? Yes. But as a whole, every fight is the same, every face is the same, the drama is INCREDIBLY barebones, actually IMPRESSIVELY so, the also repetitive humor keeps getting in the way of any possible remotely interesting development. The artwork can be as detailed as you want but when the meat of the work is so dry and uninspired, it can only do so much. Shoutout to the Ninja Arts Battle, the one arc in the series I'd call actually kinda good. And knowing that it will most likely get an anime and another 130 chapters at minimum, there is no comfort in knowing that hey, at least I won't have to read it anymore like something like Mage. Good riddance.

 

[monstera11]

I dunno about that. Last 2 ch implies he wants to end it all.

Though, I can see the cat pussying out as always. I much rather see new work from him. Same with Gotouge and Hori.

No way in hell gege end his spinoff golden goose. And in ch1 he literally said he create Modulo so that more works can be derive from it.

And no way in hell WSJ give the unprecendented 3 consecutive CP for a series that will not have continuation. This 3 CP is pretty much the confirmation without outright saying it

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Don't get me wrong. I do NOT want to see Modulo sequel. But unfortunately sequel is definitely on the table

 

[Dippy Fresh]

Talking about sequel, I also saw online he said he originally DIDN'T want to do sequels for JJK, however, an idea came up during a serialization meeting he liked. That's not to say he probably wouldn't love to follow the golden goose but his wording sounded like he originally wanted to wrap up that bow tight

 

[FantasticFootno]

Dropped: Shinobi Undercover

I did not read it this week. Between the continous favouritism (yes, it HAS to be favouritism at this point, it is absurd, I do not care about the "OH BUT MAYBE SURVEYS" excuse) given to it and the mind meltingly boring writing, I am genuinely unable to keep up with this shit anymore. Have I given it some decent rankings here and there? Is it above multiple series pretty constantly too? Yes. But as a whole, every fight is the same, every face is the same, the drama is INCREDIBLY barebones, actually IMPRESSIVELY so, the also repetitive humor keeps getting in the way of any possible remotely interesting development. The artwork can be as detailed as you want but when the meat of the work is so dry and uninspired, it can only do so much. Shoutout to the Ninja Arts Battle, the one arc in the series I'd call actually kinda good. And knowing that it will most likely get an anime and another 130 chapters at minimum, there is no comfort in knowing that hey, at least I won't have to read it anymore like something like Mage. Good riddance.

Yeah I just wish the fights were good/different. All the abilities kinda blend into each other. Also just like, I was thinking on it, and I don't think there's been a single memorable villain yet? Which is odd. Like there's characters I assume will return later (the brother and the main evil guy), but we're almost 1.5 years into this series and both the hero and villain sides feel underdeveloped for this point. Comparing it to other action series of the past decade, KGB had Sojo and had just begun the samura stuff by this point, JJK had Mahito, Yozakura had just introduced Momo and had makoto doing stuff, Ichi has world hater and bakugami, Undead Unluck had most of Under being fleshed out, and like (biased ofc) even Kiyoshi had Asuta Roth. Now to give it a bit of leeway, Kill Blue didn't have a memorable villain ever I feel, and I'm sure there's other similar series. But its just odd that I can really only think of 4ish memorable characters, and its just the mcs + aoi (that glasses girl on the main cast is barely a character, I'm refusing to count her).

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Talking about sequel, I also saw online he said he originally DIDN'T want to do sequels for JJK, however, an idea came up during a serialization meeting he liked. That's not to say he probably wouldn't love to follow the golden goose but his wording sounded like he originally wanted to wrap up that bow tight

Yeah I think Modulo ends and he's gonna take another break for a year or so. And then even if he does return, it'll be light novel related or a completely new series.

 

[icrawfish]

I think it is hasty to assume and assert that the 3 color pages is directly correlated to the advent of more JJK spinoffs. Given the gap between JJK and Modulo’s announcement I’d be surprised if they were already raring to announce another sequel that quickly after Modulo.

I do agree that the first of these 3 color pages is highly unusual though. The latter 2 make sense as the cover followed by double spread final chapter CP, but having another before is surprising unless they’re just really eager to promote while the anime’s hot and volume 2 approaches,

 

[Franz]

I think it is hasty to assume and assert that the 3 color pages is directly correlated to the advent of more JJK spinoffs. Given the gap between JJK and Modulo’s announcement I’d be surprised if they were already raring to announce another sequel that quickly after Modulo.

My God, no. Anything but this.