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)

 

[Jhonathan]

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

We also get to know later on that every girl in the squad, aside from Sol, has a boyfriend.
Also, while Charlotte's obsession with Yami is a big part of her character, she's also extremally powerful and constantly relevant to the story

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

It seems the author of Act Age was also writing a new manga for Manga One!

マンガワンにおける新たな原作者起用問題と第三者委員会設置について | 小学館

弊社は、性加害、性搾取、あらゆる人権侵害を決して許しません。人権尊重は企業が社会の一員として活動するうえで最も重要なことだと認識しております。 このたび、マンガワン編集部において、作者が児童買春・ポルノ禁止法違反（製造）の罪で逮捕・略式起訴され罰金刑を受けて連載『堕天作戦』を中止したにもかかわらず、別のペンネームに変更して、新連載『常人仮面』の原作者として起用していた件について、あらためて被害に遭われた方、作画の鶴吉繪理先生、弊社各媒体でご執筆いただいている作家の皆様、読者の皆様、ならびに関係各所の皆様に深くお詫び申し上げます。...

www.shogakukan.co.jp

God, people will become absolutely insufferable on Twitter, i will probably just stay away from my timeline for a while.

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And i'm already dreading the fact that Shimabukuro will again caught strays because of his Jojo one shot is going to be published on April despite the guy being clean from anything wrong for over 20 years

 

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[Jhonathan]

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.

Source for the claims about Togashi?
We know he wanted to make an Otokonoko manga in Jump, Trouble Quartet, but nothing more than that.
Hibari-kun was the last time Jump allowed something openly gay in it. You even have the two male protagonists kissing, but that was a long time ago, and Eguchi not being able to properly end the manga certainly had an impact on their views.
The issue here is that you're seeing LGBT issues under a "Black and White" perspective, when it's much more complex than that.
The longest running manga from Jump and their best selling comic, Kochikame and One Pieces, both have trans characters in it, Maria and Okiku, however people in Japan and in the magazine, don't see this as LGBT, they see it at most as diversity.
It's not that Japan is more conservative than the West, they just don't have the same culture surrounding LGBT issues and identities.

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

Nobody talking about UNDER DOCTOR

I can’t be the only one that love this manga… it deserves the spot

(Finally i got a new manga to suffer over week after week)

 

[Jhonathan]

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

Why Mahoraga? Don't get me wrong, I find it hilarious, but I don't get it

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Btw, i thought Matsuki was still doing his time in prison? but then i realise that it has been almost 6 years since, time flies lol

 

[Dogmagril]

Btw, i thought Matsuki was still doing his time in prison? but then i realise that it has been almost 6 years since, time flies lol

I thought he got a suspended sentence where he wouldn’t go to jail if he doesn’t do anything else wrong for a couple of years

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

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).

While doing this he gives every female character a considered “woman job” power… the perfect balance

(jk)

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I thought he got a suspended sentence where he wouldn’t go to jail if he doesn’t do anything else wrong for a couple of years

Hmm, okay, didn't knew about that

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Nobody talking about UNDER DOCTOR

I can’t be the only one that love this manga… it deserves the spot

(Finally i got a new manga to suffer over week after week)

Weill, neither Alien Headbutt.

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Tatsuya Matsuki is back. I never thought I’d be jumpscared by Act-age in 2026, but here we are. I don’t know if we’re allowed to talk about his crimes here or what this forum’s reaction to him was, but I have to say: the fact that he’s the second sex offender working in Manga One is reaaaalllllllly disgusting.

Well, it's news so it's okay to comment about it, and man, this Forum exploded when the news came in at the time, the former Mod had to lock the thread for some minutes.

 

[Jhonathan]

Btw, i thought Matsuki was still doing his time in prison? but then i realise that it has been almost 6 years since, time flies lol

He got a suspended sentence. It's important to remember that he was caught with CP,.but. apparently. never abused a kid directly. In Japan consumption and housing of CP wasn't a crime untill 2014, only the production was a crime.
Most countries make a distinction in between consumers, producers and abusers, each crime being punished and categorized independently. Watsuki isn't as persecuted as other criminal authors, because the culture of the country, alongside his prestige, washed his image. In the view of the average person, he's a sick bastard who isn't harmful.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

He got a suspended sentence. It's important to remember that he was caught with CP,.but. apparently. never abused a kid directly. In Japan consumption and housing of CP wasn't a crime untill 2014, only the production was a crime.
Most countries make a distinction in between consumers, producers and abusers, each crime being punished and categorized independently. Watsuki isn't as persecuted as other criminal authors, because the culture of the country, alongside his prestige, washed his image. In the view of the average person, he's a sick bastard who isn't harmful.

lol you mixed Matsuki with Watsuki, i was talking about Matsuki, the Act-Age writer

 

[monstera11]

Jump audience isn't just young boys, that's why the editor of Bone Collection advices the author to not make covers that could turn off the female readers of the series.
Jump just has different goals and audiences in mind when compared to magazines such as Comic Times Kirara or Yurihime.
Actually, Jump is more permissive with BL than with Yuri. See Witch Watch having a lot of BL bait and getting support, while Ayakashi Triangle was cut the moment it started to look too much like a Yuri Moe series

Ayakashi did not move because of yuri. Comparing WW level of fanservice vs Ayakashi is wild.

 

[Dongus]

lol you mixed Matsuki with Watsuki, i was talking about Matsuki, the Act-Age writer

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

lmao! i just noticed for the first time when i made the comment, i was like

 

[Bulju]

Alright, let's see what I missed in the last 24 hours!

Oh shit, uhh...oh, this week's Someone Hertz prompt!

"This restaurant is run by a child...why!?"

The restaurant needed to cut costs and promoted the only person willing to be paid in excess happy meal stock.

 

[tirakai]

Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo really limping across the finish line like a Disney live action remake. Original Jujutsu Kaisen had a weak ending too but this one's just kinda sad.

I feel like the series really should've been 4 volumes instead of 3. two or three more chapters of Dabura vs Mahoraga (so it can actually show how the fight ended instead of offscreening it), and some time dedicated to showing what's actually happening properly instead of a montage of the important points. I really hope, when this eventually gets animated, they expand some of this Bleach Blood War-style.

 

[Newkerzy]

IT'S A JOKE, NOT A GUIDELINE, YOU DUMBASS!

Damn. Can’t believe how close you were.

 

[Wookitake]

The Matsuki news is not surprising. As there are lots of sex offenders around the manga industry, it does not surprise that editors and companies have been covering for one known to be.

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Regarding Kinato, I'll only give one piece of comment: it seems to me that one of the issues that routinely arise comes from the fact that the demographics (gender, age, political profile, etc) of the Western WSJ fandom is a lot different from the Japanese readers and the expected/targeted demographics by the aforementioned shady editors and writers. Therefore, a mismatch in ideals/actions/expectations is to be expected.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Glad to see Kinato doing pretty well on Twitter mentions