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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)

 

[PluemBNK48]

Sakamoto days will return in issue 15/2026

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Sakamoto days will return in issue 15/2026

??? Sakamoto Days isnt absent this issue, neither will be in the #14

 

[monstera11]

The Kinato author obviously learnt a lot from the last failure. Please survive. It will be so painful if Kinato got axed. It is genuinely the best rookie we got in years (exclude Ichi and Kagurabachi)

 

[Dippy Fresh]

I know its definitely too soon since Modulo is not even over but if Akutami returns to WSJ versus something like Jump+, Jump SQ, etc. I wonder if he'll pair up again with another artist or if he will just do the writing and art himself again. I'm honestly fine with him and Iwasaki staying a pair if they so choose

 

[monstera11]

I know its definitely too soon since Modulo is not even over but if Akutami returns to WSJ versus something like Jump+, Jump SQ, etc. I wonder if he'll pair up again with another artist or if he will just do the writing and art himself again. I'm honestly fine with him and Iwasaki staying a pair if they so choose

Not even being a pair can save gege's bad writing, it seems.

At least we get good art to accompany the garbage

I feel so vindicated that modulo is basically proving that gege is, and always is, a terrible writer. He has no excuse this time. He got all the time to plan thr story, he knew exactly how long it would be, he is not burdened with drawing the comic, etc...

 

[Dippy Fresh]

Not even being a pair can save gege's bad writing, it seems.

At least we get good art to accompany the garbage

I feel so vindicated that modulo is basically proving that gege is, and always is, a terrible writer. He has no excuse this time. He got all the time to plan thr story, he knew exactly how long it would be, he is not burdened with drawing the comic, etc...

You make it sound like the series bombed lol. I haven't read Modulo (I was in a Jump drought last year) but from what I heard, it's pretty much the last 1-2 chapters where people are iffy. I can almost guarantee if he wants to come back Jump would welcome him with open arms since he struggles seemingly on endings, that doesn't matter if he can generate good sales for 5+ years before that with a new long series

 

[monstera11]

You make it sound like the series bombed lol. I haven't read Modulo (I was in a Jump drought last year) but from what I heard, it's pretty much the last 1-2 chapters where people are iffy. I can almost guarantee if he wants to come back Jump would welcome him with open arms since he struggles seemingly on endings, that doesn't matter if he can generate good sales for 5+ years before that with a new long series

I was not talking about the last 1 to 2 chapters.

Just my personal opinion, it has been shit and going downhill for the past 2-3 months. And anyone without their agenda goggles would have seen that gege objectively, is still repeating the exact same mistakes he had since at least 20 chapters ago. The recent backslash simply makes me feel very vindicated over something that I have always known and felt for months.

Of course, that doesn't correlate with the sales. Anything jjk related sells like hotcakes despite all the flaws

People are free to disagree with me anyway. If anyone else still think gege is the best thing after a piece of bread, not my business and idc to change your opinion

 

[Franz]

For me, Modulo is completely wrong from the start.
You can't do something related to Jujutsu Kaisen and then stick the aliens in there.

 

[BelTL]

For me, Modulo is completely wrong from the start.
You can't do something related to Jujutsu Kaisen and then stick the aliens in there.

Gege was just trying to be another Kinoko Nasu

 

[RealityChecker]

Not even being a pair can save gege's bad writing, it seems.

At least we get good art to accompany the garbage

I feel so vindicated that modulo is basically proving that gege is, and always is, a terrible writer. He has no excuse this time. He got all the time to plan thr story, he knew exactly how long it would be, he is not burdened with drawing the comic, etc...

That is quite a saying from someone who thinks Kinato is the best rookie in years, even better than Someone Hertz, Himaten, Shinobigoto, Chojo, Akane-banashi...

 

[NyanPower]

not sure if this was shared, but wild stuff is happening in France

 

[Wookitake]

Maybe it's because of the characters fashion style

 

[SharkBait]

not sure if this was shared, but wild stuff is happening in France

What other major manga have they done?

 

[Newkerzy]

Maybe it's because of the characters fashion style

That’s not too far-fetched. France is, after all the mecca of fashion.

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

What other major manga have they done?

if im not mistaken Ki-on publishes MHA, JJK, Frieren, The Apothecary Diaries etc etc

 

[SharkBait]

if im not mistaken Ki-on publishes MHA, JJK, Frieren, The Apothecary Diaries etc etc

How was it bigger than HeroAca?!?!?!? What even

 

[DrLazer]

What other major manga have they done?

Ki-oon has MHA, JJK, Akane-Banashi, Erased, Orb, Beastars, Golden Kamuy, Kindergarten Wars, Apothecary Diaries, Pandora Hearts, Phantom Busters, Ubel Blatt, Valkyrie Apocalypse... and many other things. It's one of the biggest publisher in the french market.

Btw, the information in the tweet isn't exact, Ichi the Witch is the best start of ki-oon, but it hasn't surpassed frieren overall sales, just vol 1 sales at launch. Frieren did 10K at start, so Ichi just surpassed that. Frieren has obviously more than that now with 15 volumes. I think it wasn't clear in Mogura tweet lol.

Ichi is really big in France rn, many ads everywhere, even on TV, or at bus stations. Crazy.

 

[Kiaida]

How was it bigger than HeroAca?!?!?!? What even

Vol 1 of Hero Academia released almost 10 years ago in France. Market just got bigger.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Sakamoto days will return in issue 15/2026

??? Sakamoto Days isnt absent this issue, neither will be in the #14

Okay, so it seems like Shonen Jump made a mistake, the editor note in the final page of Sakamoto Days chapter says that the manga will be absent on Issue #14 and return on Issue #15, the problem is that Sakamoto Days is included in the preview for Issue #14 as having a chapter being published which is why i was confused about it, i guess the preview page was the mistake one?

 

[icrawfish]

I was not talking about the last 1 to 2 chapters.

Just my personal opinion, it has been shit and going downhill for the past 2-3 months. And anyone without their agenda goggles would have seen that gege objectively, is still repeating the exact same mistakes he had since at least 20 chapters ago. The recent backslash simply makes me feel very vindicated over something that I have always known and felt for months.

Of course, that doesn't correlate with the sales. Anything jjk related sells like hotcakes despite all the flaws

People are free to disagree with me anyway. If anyone else still think gege is the best thing after a piece of bread, not my business and idc to change your opinion

At least 20 chapters ago? So Modulo was only good for chapters 1 and 2 and then immediately started making big mistakes?

Well okay, you’re not wrong that chapter 3 was a bit of a side-story that’s a lot more in place in a longer series than one with such a small constraint, but I feel like it’s a bit harsh to say the whole story after the first two chapters was just a bag of mistakes. We do know from author comments that Gege had pretty much only planned out in detail the first 7 or so chapters by the time serialization started, so I wouldn't be surprised if he’s had to do some level of improv as a result, and that might’ve been what led him into the trap of setting up a number of things that then have to be resolved very quickly.

I hesitate to call it the same mistake if only cuz for original JJK loose ends weren’t tied up due to gege being in a position of “if I stretch this final arc another 20-50 chapters to wrap every single thing up I’ll either bore the fans or die from overwork”, and in this case it feels more like “dang I have so many ideas now but so little chapters to execute them in, I should’ve asked for a little more”. (important note: I haven’t read the end of JJK so I don’t fully know what people’s grievances with the ending was, just assuming based on what little I’ve heard).

At the absolute minimum I think Modulo has some shining moments with people like Cross and Yuka and some very human conflict that make it profound in spots, even if things have just devolved into cool fights and wacky character callbacks that the fanbase gobbles up (which tbf isn’t an invalid thing to enjoy). I do wish there had been a bit more planning to pace things in such a way as to tie things up better, but I won’t bother doing anything like a retrospective until the series ends. (Plus you’re probably suffering the consequences of the latest chapter that isn’t out yet so we’re in two different worlds right now lol.)