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)

 

[Pietro]

This week Alien action was insanely GOOD....A FULL FIGHTING MANGA. Please Jump save it

 

[Dippy Fresh]

This is maybe totally not an angle I should go but I'm gonna lol. As someone who got into Black Clover late, did this not happen with Charlotte? Like, was the reaction to her not similar to Kinato now?

Like, I know it's different cause I imagine she wasn't stated to have a "type" but a strong female leader with a squad full of women. All the women are obsessed with her. And then we find out her key personality trait is just being a bumbling mess around Yami after he rescued her. And that's like 75% of her screentime after she's introduced

 

[WyldViolet]

I don’t really care either way but it is incredibly draining to hear people argue back and forth on here about ‘woke tourists’.

Mmhm. Also trying to stay out of it because this argument is really upsetting me.
But also, anyone arguing using the word "woke" isn't a serious person. It also doesn't surprise me that those sorts of people would be so adamant that "this development isn't at all possibly iffy, and anyone who thinks it is has no reading comprehension or is just biased from a "western lens"".

 

[monstera11]

Kinato will do just fine in JP. Don’t you guys remember the mess Drama Queen did in the west when it first came out because it was labelled as racist?
News of the day! DQ is still alive and going strong. I wouldn’t care too much about this kind of stuff.

Overseas opinions never matters. If it matters, MMA would never gets cancelled lol

(Kagurabachi doesn't count. It was in fact popular in JP too from the start. Even if WSJ did noticed the overseas popularity at the start, it would have still got cancelled if JP didn't support it)

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

This is maybe totally not an angle I should go but I'm gonna lol. As someone who got into Black Clover late, did this not happen with Charlotte? Like, was the reaction to her not similar to Kinato now?

Like, I know it's different cause I imagine she wasn't stated to have a "type" but a strong female leader with a squad full of women. All the women are obsessed with her. And then we find out her key personality trait is just being a bumbling mess around Yami after he rescued her. And that's like 75% of her screentime after she's introduced

No, it wasn't anything like that, i don't remember perfectly well, maybe some mumbling since we're talking about western online manga fans, but nothing big

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I don’t really care either way but it is incredibly draining to hear people argue back and forth on here about ‘woke tourists’.

But there's no one arguing back and forth about "woke tourists"? It's just 1 monstera comment lol

And btw by "tourist" @Dippy Fresh means the people that were following Kinato solely because of chapter 3, not because of liking the manga itself.

 

[monstera11]

What i get It's not that the western and japanese reactions to the content are so different, is that the jp side isn't really "reacting much" to this because what i see in the comments they never took the idea of Kaminagi being a lesbian seriously at all or more than just a gag/bait, i had read so far dozen and dozen of comments about the chapter and i didn't see a single comment about the author being homophobic or that Kinato "cured" Kaminagi sexuality, at best 1 single comment on Kinato's thread in 5ch being pissed about "lesbian bait" (but it was actually criticizing the entire manga) which was quickly brushed off by the other users, and that's it, all that i see are jokes like "Kaminagi's fall" or "Kaminagi's completely defeat" and the others saying she's cute and funny, Kaminagi seems pretty popular between jp readers, there's no negativity or animosity coming from the jp side related to this topic much towards the author, meanwhile here you got this whole "reading too much into things", questioning if the author had any agenda behind it, if X mean this or that or straight up attacking the author, and i think is important to note that isn't "everybody" on Twitter, we're mainly talking about the ones super overreacting about it, most Yuri fans that were following the manga just because of that gag/bait on ch3 that are now pissed because of what happened, and, like, they have the right to be pissed but the problem is that many Yuri fans simply took a joke in ch3 too literal only to act like they got betrayed after 2 chapters.

And if anyone is wondering if they are aware of the overreactions on Twitter, yeah they are, they're not really discussing it just some comments on 5ch for example as you can expect they're criticizing western readers as misinterpreting the manga, criticizing people for "arbitrarily labeling" Kaminagi as a lesbian, or questioning what's with "foreigners obsession over Yuri", so yeah, from what i see there's zero controversy in the japanese side, the reactions to the chapter are mostly positive, of course you have the standard hate comments but it's about the manga in general.

The difference in the opinion really boils down to difference in culture and expectations of the media.

I have noticed western medias (and the audieneces) are very obsessed with "representations" in their mainstream.

How many times have we seen the debacles and arguments broke out because of this? On top of my head:

The disney's black mermaid

Odysseys black Helen of Troy (people were angry because it went against Homer's description of fair skin and golden hairs etc)

Brown Snow White (when the story literally talks about her pure white skins)

Not to mention the Dwarfs' castings

Debacle over Byler not being canon (they accused the writers of being homophobic and lgbt baiting).

While for Japan, there is no such expectations. They don't generally expect or demand any LGBT rep in their manga or media as much as the western side does.

They have their own genre of LGBT shows. No, I am not talking about Yaoi mangas, they do have legit LGBT shows marketed as such. What I am saying is, they don't exactly have expectations of "representations" in mainstream shows not marketed as LGBT show.

I think this is also partly why shows like Heated Rivalry exploded hard. For westerners, it seems that seeing an LGBT drama is novel idea. But it is not the case for us who consume eastern media a lot. Thai and JP has a lot of LGBT shows and romances. (i am not talking about yaoi)

And again, it is cultural, because Japan does not have as much racial diversity as the USA or western world.

Also, on the bright side, as I mentioned at least Amemiya debunk this in 2 chapters instead of baiting people for say, 100 chapters. If that’s the case, I would be upset too.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

No, it wasn't anything like that, i don't remember perfectly well, maybe some mumbling since we're talking about western online manga fans, but nothing big

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But there's no one arguing back and forth about "woke tourists"? It's just 1 monstera comment lol

And btw by "tourist" @Dippy Fresh means the people that were following Kinato solely because of chapter 3, not because of liking the manga itself.

I mean if people think I'm "anti-woke" or however, I'm not gonna defend myself lol. Idk if I ever said but I'm literally gay so it's not like the presence of a gay character is gonna ruin my manga lmao

My whole point has always been the people arguing about it are blowing it way out of proportion considering the top tweet circulating is that his healing magic cured her of homosexuality which just didn't happen

 

[monstera11]

No, it wasn't anything like that, i don't remember perfectly well, maybe some mumbling since we're talking about western online manga fans, but nothing big

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But there's no one arguing back and forth about "woke tourists"? It's just 1 monstera comment lol

And btw by "tourist" @Dippy Fresh means the people that were following Kinato solely because of chapter 3, not because of liking the manga itself.

Yeah that's what I meant by the "tourist". The ones who only flocked to Kinato just because they thought it has legit wlw rep or some "strong woman who don't need men" rep

 

[WyldViolet]

Funny to claim Japan doesn't care about representation at all. Sure, it's a much more socially conservative country, but to claim there aren't LGBT creators that have pushed boundaries for decades now is just incredibly naive.
In all art mediums there's vast amount of examples.

But, if we're talking Jump we have Togashi who literally had to fight with his editor to depict Sensui & Itsuki as gay lovers. After already losing his fight to have Hiei and Kurama be depicted as lovers (which he went on to do in his dojins).
In HxH there's Alluka/Nanika who is a clear trans allusion. Not to mention the amount of people who read Killua's affection towards Gon as more than platonic.
Not to mention Stop! Hibari-kun was a thing as well.
If we're including Jump+, they have several currently running series with queer characters and have had some in the past as well.

Things in Japan are still quite conservative, but progress is absolutely happening in the mainstream. Just at a different rate than the west.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

Funny to claim Japan doesn't care about representation at all. Sure, it's a much more socially conservative country, but to claim there aren't LGBT creators that have pushed boundaries for decades now is just incredibly naive.
In all art mediums there's vast amount of examples.

But, if we're talking Jump we have Togashi who literally had to fight with his editor to depict Sensui & Itsuki as gay lovers. After already losing his fight to have Hiei and Kurama be depicted as lovers.
Not to mention Stop! Hibari-kun was a thing as well.
If we're including Jump+, they have several currently running series with queer characters and have had some in the past as well.

Things in Japan are still quite conservative, but progress is absolutely happening in the mainstream. Just at a different rate than the west.

Sorta unrelated to the Kinato drama I had two things to add here:
1) For a country that produces so much Yaoi and Yuri content, their laws on LGBT+ rights are... interesting
2) I anticipate it's gonna get worse before it gets better with this new administration in Japan. I remember finding myself on JP Twitter politics a few weeks back and the blatant homophobia there was insane

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Oh boy, where this discussion is going to lead us...

 

[BelTL]

Funny to claim Japan doesn't care about representation at all. Sure, it's a much more socially conservative country, but to claim there aren't LGBT creators that have pushed boundaries for decades now is just incredibly naive.
In all art mediums there's vast amount of examples.

But, if we're talking Jump we have Togashi who literally had to fight with his editor to depict Sensui & Itsuki as gay lovers. After already losing his fight to have Hiei and Kurama be depicted as lovers (which he went on to do in his dojins).
In HxH there's Alluka/Nanika who is a clear trans allusion. Not to mention the amount of people who read Killua's affection towards Gon as more than platonic.
Not to mention Stop! Hibari-kun was a thing as well.
If we're including Jump+, they have several currently running series with queer characters and have had some in the past as well.

Things in Japan are still quite conservative, but progress is absolutely happening in the mainstream. Just at a different rate than the west.

There is also that whole Cosmic Kaguya manga drama

 

[WyldViolet]

Sorta unrelated to the Kinato drama I had two things to add here:
1) For a country that produces so much Yaoi and Yuri content, their laws on LGBT+ rights are... interesting
2) I anticipate it's gonna get worse before it gets better with this new administration in Japan. I remember finding myself on JP Twitter politics a few weeks back and the blatant homophobia there was insane

It stems from impactful art often coming as outsider minority groups turning to art in order to publicly express themselves. But ya, it's definitely an interesting part of their culture that results in some incredible manga and movies.

But I don't disagree at all on point 2... It's a shame how regressive right wing authoritarian ideology is taking hold worldwide. However, as awful as it is, at least these times can produce the most powerful art from those socially persecuted.
Probably shouldn't veer too far into this territory though so the conversation doesn't get nuked.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Funny to claim Japan doesn't care about representation at all. Sure, it's a much more socially conservative country, but to claim there aren't LGBT creators that have pushed boundaries for decades now is just incredibly naive.
In all art mediums there's vast amount of examples.

But, if we're talking Jump we have Togashi who literally had to fight with his editor to depict Sensui & Itsuki as gay lovers. After already losing his fight to have Hiei and Kurama be depicted as lovers (which he went on to do in his dojins).
In HxH there's Alluka/Nanika who is a clear trans allusion. Not to mention the amount of people who read Killua's affection towards Gon as more than platonic.
Not to mention Stop! Hibari-kun was a thing as well.
If we're including Jump+, they have several currently running series with queer characters and have had some in the past as well.

Things in Japan are still quite conservative, but progress is absolutely happening in the mainstream. Just at a different rate than the west.

I think what Monstera means is that Japan entertaining don't force representation into mainstream stuff like Hollywood does, you have lgbt+ series all over the manga industry, be full yaoi, yuri or trans series, be shounen ai or shoujo ai, or lgbt characters here and there, no one is starving in the manga industry when it comes to representation but they know where to find it, they're not being like "Hey Shonen Jump you have to publish Yaoi/Yuri series or have full lgbt characters everywhere".

 

[WyldViolet]

I think what Monstera means is that Japan entertaining don't force representation into mainstream stuff like Hollywood does, you have lgbt+ series all over the manga industry, be full yaoi, yuri or trans series, be shounen ai or shoujo ai, or lgbt characters here and there, no one is starving in the manga industry when it comes to representation but they know where to find it, they're not being like "Hey Shonen Jump you have to publish Yaoi/Yuri series or have full lgbt characters everywhere".

I think if that's all he is trying to say there's certainly an argument there. Performative surface level activism from capitalist mega-corps is rather gross. However, given all of his examples composed of click-bait rage-bait alt-right talking points, I sense a fair amount of hatred coming from him as well, likely fueled or intensified by his personal media algorithm.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

Honestly I think my stake in the argument is probably done lol. Point was never to offend anybody, so if I did, apologies Like I said, was never against the character being gay, it would honestly be a great step forward but I guess the realist in me never took it to be true so the disappointment never hit lol

And totally get people who are disappointed or turned off by the direction, not exactly the biggest fan and I've already been someone who's said they don't like fanservice so :/ Opinions are opinions and if the direction is uncomfortable, that's perfectly fair

The only thing I've been annoyed by is the people who are genuinely just thinking the author did a 7DS and like, put a spell on her to make her straight. I wanna hope this trope will be explored on more, but it's Jump so I'm not holding my breath. In my head, I'm gonna ignore this for now and prioritize the other aspects that I've enjoyed so far

It stems from impactful art often coming as outsider minority groups turning to art in order to publicly express themselves. But ya, it's definitely an interesting part of their culture that results in some incredible manga and movies.

But I don't disagree at all on point 2... It's a shame how regressive right wing authoritarian ideology is taking hold worldwide. However, as awful as it is, at least these times can produce the most powerful art from those socially persecuted.
Probably shouldn't veer too far into this territory though so the conversation doesn't get nuked.

I could go on a whole tangent but this is not the place to go into politics lol. I'll leave it at, I see you ‍ (this was supposed to be a nodding emoji )

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

The Naruto & Boruto anime official account got a rebrand and a full new english account for Naruto & Boruto anime was open, also a official Youtube account for Naruto & Boruto is open, so definitely some anime news coming in the future.

 

[monstera11]

I think what Monstera means is that Japan entertaining don't force representation into mainstream stuff like Hollywood does, you have lgbt+ series all over the manga industry, be full yaoi, yuri or trans series, be shounen ai or shoujo ai, or lgbt characters here and there, no one is starving in the manga industry when it comes to representation but they know where to find it, they're not being like "Hey Shonen Jump you have to publish Yaoi/Yuri series or have full lgbt characters everywhere".

This is a rare instance where you get what I meant and we are in the same wave length lol.

Yes that's what exactly I meant. Thank you

 

[Xanji06]

can we go back to making fun of saito for glazing shinobi than doing this

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #14 (2026) - AUTHOR COMMENTS

Ichi the Witch (Osamu Nishi)

I bought a red sweater, so I’ll be enjoying spring in my passionate outfit.


Blue Box (Kouji Miura)

I’ve been filling up the camera I won at the New Year’s party raffle with pictures of my cat. So cute.


One Piece (Eiichiro Oda)

The wooden fork that comes with the salad at McDonald’s! I used it for the first time, and I was impressed with how well it works.


Someone Hertz (Ei Yamano)

I have a collabo with Mahoraga for volume 2 ads. Thank you so much, Akutami Sensei, Iwasaki Sensei!


Shinobi Undercover (Santa Mitarashi)

I gained the ability to fillet fish really cleanly. Feels so good!


Kagurabachi (Takeru Hokazono)

The acting in Baka’s Identity is so good that I got really sucked in. What amazing actors!


Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo (Yuji Iwasaki)

Color art last week, this week, next week! I’ll be running full speed with no sleep! (I do nap.)


Kinato’s Magic (Kento Amemiya)

I’ve been listening to FARMHOUSE and SUSHIBOYS nonstop. I love how you can hear they’re from the country.


Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (Shoichi Usui)

To live a healthy life, I want to wake up and take a walk every morning. This is hard.


Alien Headbutt (Akira Inui)

I went to see Warfare. I’m glad I got to see it in the theater.


Witch Watch (Kenta Shinohara)

My daughter gave me Valentine’s Day chocolate as if she was acting in a school drama confession scene. What a funny girl.


Under Doctor (Kyo Tanimoto)

Our toilet was clogged, so I called in a pro to fix it. It cost about ten times more than I expected!


Akane-banashi (Takamasa Moue)

I went to Kobe for research purposes. I had a number of reasons for going, but I was so glad I went!


Me & Roboco (Shuhei Miyazaki)

I’ve enjoyed watching a bunch of shows where they renovate your whole house! I wanna do that!


Hima-Ten! (Genki Ono)

Lately I’ve been practicing my art before doing the storyboards. I think studying and drawing the human body helps you improve the most.


Nue’s Exorcist (Kota Kawae)

Today I am checking the weather report in search of a topic for the author comments.


Hero Girl and the Demon Lord Call It Quits (Matsuri Hatsubina)

Lots of shops are selling strawberry goodies right now. I’m so happy! I want to go pick some strawberries!


The Mage Next Door (Hideaki Nabe)

I used to always go snowboarding, but it’s tough now. I’m getting old.


Gonron Egg (Shuhei Tanizaki)

I need to stop saying “Wamuu!” when I stretch my upper body.


Source: VIZ Website