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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)

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

One Piece reached 600,000,000 copies worldwide!!!

Eh, decent numbers, i guess Oda can pay the bills with that...

 

[JBC008]

Wait what? (didnt know superman was that popular in print). Can OP reach the bible, I know that sells decently still somehow.

Comics, not print book. But if it was it could surpass the Harry Potter books.

 

[Nuesmoker]

Eh, decent numbers, i guess Oda can pay the bills with that...

I dunno, those gas prices do look a bit tight recently...

 

[Phantom RPG]

Feel free to post

Okay, will do so then, I will also post respective one-shots and all to accompany the authors I think could debut or return.

Yu Odoraiba, honestly, I think he has a higher chance than some might assume, heck, I think his time may finally be happening and could not be more hyped.:

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Shinosuke Toujo, I think this is an author with a high possibility of debut sometime this year:



Yufoo Gakuji, a former contestant for GFC and an assistant for Jujutsu Kaisen:



Kuji Tabigoro, I think this GFC winner is very likely to debut soon compared to the other two:

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Finally, the likes of Hiraga Minya making his comeback, I think he is extremely likely to return, hopefully with a better story this time.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

Okay, will do so then, I will also post respective one-shots and all to accompany the authors I think could debut or return.

Yu Odoraiba, honestly, I think he has a higher chance than some might assume, heck, I think his time may finally be happening and could not be more hyped.:

Bad Tripper - MangaDex

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Shinosuke Toujo, I think this is an author with a high possibility of debut sometime this year:



Yufoo Gakuji, a former contestant for GFC and an assistant for Jujutsu Kaisen:



Kuji Tabigoro, I think this GFC winner is very likely to debut soon compared to the other two:

CANVAS; TERRA - MangaDex

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Finally, the likes of Hiraga Minya making his comeback, I think he is extremely likely to return, hopefully with a better story this time.

As a fellow theorizer/overthinker this isn't me being critical but more wanting your thoughts process.

- Why do you feel like Yuu Odoriba is likely to return? Don't get me wrong, we're in an era where authors can disappear to suddenly just serialize (literally Alien Headbutt authors last oneshot I think was in 2021 or 2022) but what gives you the impression they're about to come back?
- Outside of Daiki Nono and Hajime Koumoto, I can't think of any author recently who serialized from just Giga oneshots. Any analysis or is it more vibes?
- I'd be down if they serialized. Like the art and it was a popular oneshot in the West. I personally wanna see them more do another one shot but fine either way
- I also would be fine with them. Time to start getting those GFC winners serialized especially if this year holds another one
- Agreed, their art can be so pretty and unique. Neru's biggest flaw to me (it's been a while) was just being a tad boring. With TES gone, a historical action series could be quite interesting. Less factual than TES, but with like a feudal backdrop

 

[Jhonathan]

Yozakura Family's Shinzo Wedding arc. Not subtext or anything.

My last post on this, but I agree Japan is way more open than people think (on both sides of the argument) and this isn't understood because of cultural differences. In fact, the character was well received both during her debut chapter and now, so no point in anyone looking for validation as "they hated her, but love her now". This change maybe could get backlash later if it was her main thing for years or if there was a couple fans liked, etc, but so far Kinato is mostly comedic and leaning on archetypes, so readers, who already praise it for being casual and easy to follow, take things as they are and a character changing from chapter 3 to 5 isn't that big of a deal.

Fair. I totally forgot about Ryu

 

[Dongus]

Good god, we reached the clickbait news pages that post a quote and an image. These are usually trashy tabloid tier pages that shouldn't be used as an indicator of anything... But a five chapter series with potential of being axed would never catch their radars. To me, it means breaching containment and leaking to places it shouldn't go.

There's good controversy and bad controversy. A good controversy is the type that has a 50/50 split in opinion where people either agree or disagree with the events. A bad type has no defenders. For the latter, we can use Time Paradox Ghostwriter as a reference.

Regardless of opinion, I think Kinato's Magic landed itself on good controversy. Like or dislike the voices, there's as many people who are fine with this development as there are those who dislike it. And because those who dislike it vocalize their disapproval, the backlash against that fights back just as loud. It creates a perpetually self-sustaining machine that keeps the topic fresh and the arguments turn into an advertisement.

If 2000 people hate it, and 2000 people like it, that's still 4000 people looking at it when they wouldn't have paid attention to it. Nabbing an audience isn't a zero sum game, every reader you gain gets a momentum going that overrides the ones you lose. Eventually the loss of 2000 becomes superfluous to what you gain from winning over the other 2000.

My opinion on Kaminagi? Why would you want a straight male's opinion on a topic concerning plausible sapphic undertones? I am quite literally the opposite of a lesbian female. My opinion is worth pennies here.

I don't think it'll have much affect on the series' overall performance over in Japan, of which it's trending positively with readers there. I DO think it's interesting to see what kind of effect it could potentially have. Kagurabachi had news outlets talking about it as "The manga Westerners like for some reason." as it geared up to explode. Kinato is closer to "The manga that Westerners hate for some reason." which is still a very attractive point. That's if things continue at this trajectory till it reaches Japanese ears. Who knows.

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Sonuvabitch, this fucking cuck? Sorry, I have a very poor opinion on this fellow but I also understand that he has good reach and an audience. A manga within 5 chapters just COULDN'T get this type of coverage. And the overall results of controversial shitflinging is ultimately positive the more it spreads.

 

[echo]

If the fujo’s bought Shadow Eliminators this all could have been avoided.

 

[JBC008]

My opinion is worth pennies here.

I’m sorry but Pennie’s are being taken out of circulation. Yes they exist but there will be none more made.

--- Double Post Merged, Mar 3, 2026, Original Post Date: Mar 3, 2026 ---

Sonuvabitch, this fucking cuck? Sorry, I have a very poor opinion on this fellow but I also understand that he has good reach and an audience. A manga within 5 chapters just COULDN'T get this type of coverage. And the overall results of controversial shitflinging is ultimately positive the more it spreads.

I know this guy. Yes he has a reach, unfortunately after some recent comments and what he said, I dropped him because he wasn’t helping matters at all. But if anything it is best not to attack or anything like that, it is important to confront some aspects he may be wrong with, but it is best not to attack or harass Chibi Reviews.

--- Double Post Merged, Mar 3, 2026 ---

Sorry if I haven’t responded sooner cause with everything that happened and discussed, I wouldn’t know where to begin.

All I know is that the chaos level these last two days were like…

 

[Dongus]

I’m sorry but Pennie’s are being taken out of circulation. Yes they exist but there will be none more made.

--- Double Post Merged, Mar 3, 2026, Original Post Date: Mar 3, 2026 ---

I know this guy. Yes he has a reach, unfortunately after some recent comments and what he said, I dropped him because he wasn’t helping matters at all. But if anything it is best not to attack or anything like that, it is important to confront some aspects he may be wrong with, but it is best not to attack or harass Chibi Reviews.

--- Double Post Merged, Mar 3, 2026 ---

Sorry if I haven’t responded sooner cause with everything that happened and discussed, I wouldn’t know where to begin.

All I know is that the chaos level these last two days were like…

Yeah, yeah, fair. I just had an aneurysm seeing him cause OF COURSE I gotta deal with this guy too. I'll take back my inflammatory statements even though it's true.

 

[JBC008]

Yeah, yeah, fair. I just had an aneurysm seeing him cause OF COURSE I gotta deal with this guy too. I'll take back my inflammatory statements even though it's true.

I’m not denying that or defending him.

 

[Kiaida]

- I'd be down if they serialized. Like the art and it was a popular oneshot in the West. I personally wanna see them more do another one shot but fine either way

Let me have a turn at complaining about western readers: but Zookey is such a boring unimaginative oneshot that I know it would easily become one of these manga that people instantly push as the next big thing because of aura, while Jump voters ignore it because there's really nothing else to it. It's pretty much a Sakamoto clone without the amazing choreography and art.

 

[Aqyurs]

Is any one shot actually popular in the west lol? It's already hard enough to get people to read the Jump series that aren't the most popular on Mangaplus that I find it hard to believe that any one shot is popular beyond the vocal minority of a vocal minority of readers (and at that point, who really cares if it was popular with that group, that genuinely might be like only 500 people).

Like, the only one shot I can think of that was genuinely popular in the west from the Jump family in recent memory was Blue Box, and I don't know how much of that was people actually reading it vs people reading that it was extremely popular in Japan so that must mean it's good therefore popular.

 

[monstera11]

Modulo ending leaks alone are probably going to ravage the internet too… I’ll be eager to see what the upcoming batch size is though, to get a gauge of how many things are about to go poof at once.

People already unload most of their anger for ch 23. And people are already expecting the ending to be nothing burger shit. So i don't think the reaction will be as bad as 2 weeks ago.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

My take was just that I remember Western people at the time saying they wanted it to win over the other three. It was like:
One people wanted to win - Zookey
One this server seemed like wanted to win - Heya no Ichizoku
One that actually won - Canvas Terra
Only author to serialize since - Houki no Karioto

 

[Lord Anubis]

- Outside of Daiki Nono and Hajime Koumoto, I can't think of any author recently who serialized from just Giga oneshots. Any analysis or is it more vibes?

I presume that you're talking about Shinnosuke Tojo...
If that's the case, please allow me to tell you that he did do a one-shot for the main magazine called Zombie John in Issue #40 of 2024.
I think they're ready...

 

[FantasticFootno]

Is any one shot actually popular in the west lol? It's already hard enough to get people to read the Jump series that aren't the most popular on Mangaplus that I find it hard to believe that any one shot is popular beyond the vocal minority of a vocal minority of readers (and at that point, who really cares if it was popular with that group, that genuinely might be like only 500 people).

Like, the only one shot I can think of that was genuinely popular in the west from the Jump family in recent memory was Blue Box, and I don't know how much of that was people actually reading it vs people reading that it was extremely popular in Japan so that must mean it's good therefore popular.

Idk if they were popular per se, but a few of suzuki's oneshots were tl'd and talked about I feel. There was the takamura one, and then there was the locker one.

 

[Shonenfan]

What about the Shirokuma Shirasaki who won in 2022? Definitely expect canvas terra this year. Any other people? Tate roll should be soon. Any veterans?

 

[NeeNeen]

Votes #14:
1) WW
2) Under Dr
3) Ichi
4) Shinobi
5) Kiyoshi


WW: Smooth! And they kinda made up at the same time, too. The plan has been working pretty well, all things considered. But it's going to become a lot harder from here on.

Dr: Another heartfelt chapter. This one reminded me most of the first one. I do hope someone is going to stick around though, because otherwise spending four chapters on this was a bit much.

Ichi: What is this, a kodoku? The first part was cute, but I was not ready for the rest.

Shinobi: Just spill it. You can't lie anyway. At this rate, they're gonna walk out of there with an entire squad of new allies.

Kiyoshi: Very shonen indeed. But hey, it's common because it works.

KGB: At least they realise how weird that story sounds. Shiba is seriously underutilised.

OP: Lol @ the nightmare visions shaking in their boots. This chapter is really annoying to read on M+ though, because the English version (and ONLY the English version, for some reason) doesn't put double pages together, so you're constantly missing part of the image.

Akane

Hero: Those two are basically a married couple at this point. I wonder if we'll get any kind of resolution here or if they'll be sticking to the status-quo till the end.

Mage: Yeah, this does sound like an expedited finale. Too bad they didn't add some serious plot earlier, I think it would've worked better than just episodic chapters (though it might not have been enough anyway).

Kinato: They really don't have any normal members, huh? But I'm glad the relationships are getting some depth now. And I'm looking forward to the next mission, because those are the best parts for me so far.

Gonron: Yikes! I was not expecting that. I hope vampire guy is okay. The drawings are even rougher than usual... I hope they manage to pull off a decent finale, at least.

Alien: I'm glad we're talking some strategy, but... I dunno, it doesn't feel like that much of a win when you're going down with him.

Roboco: So getting a Goku haircut is a trend?

 

[Aqyurs]

Sōichirō Yamamoto (Teasing Master Takagi-san, When Will Ayumu Make His Move?, Mane Mane Nichi Nichi) drew Mizuo and gave a recommendation for the volume 2 obi for Someone Hertz. 200,000 copies in circulation through 2 volumes too.