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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]

Otr of the Flame Epilogue Chapter:

Just uploaded the extra Otr of the Flame chapter if anyone is interested

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

https://imgur.com/gallery/otr-of-flame-extra-chapter-qX0Iq4H

Just uploaded the extra Otr of the Flame chapter if anyone is interested

@FantasticFootno how do you upload imgur stuff here and show the content not only the link?

Click in the "Embed" and copy the link:

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

So dramatic lol I hope Oda doesn't pull the "One Piece was the journey we all made" bullshit

he already spoiled it, it's literally a piece of paper (i always thought it was simply a piece of paper)

 

[monstera11]

lol i quickly checked "Naoya merch" and ugh, these people are still going at it, imagine whining because Naoya is in a advertisement and Maki is not while the advertisement is about only male JJK characters

It is so obvious that these people never heard the concept of marketing and are never the types that buy merch. I have been buying JJK merch for 6 years. Maki merch is always the LEAST desirable ones (the only one less desirable than Maki is Panda). You can find it so cheap in 2nd hand market. In any blindpacks Maki merch will be the ones that got sold back to mandarake, lashinbang, etc. And end up in those place's junk box.

Naoya's merch is much more in demand. It is always the one that sold out the fastest (besides Choso's). From my experiences, the ones most desirable from the execution arc gang are: Choso > Naoya = Yuji > Megumi = Yuta

The JJK merch producers are also going by theme. This is why someone as minor as Haibara shows up in merch WAY more than Toji. Despite Toji being much more important and popular than Haibara. This is because they market the geto-gojo-shoko-nanami-haibara as a group of friends (blue summer theme).

Also the same reason riko/kuroi are in merch but never any teen utahime merch.

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

Click in the "Embed" and copy the link:

oh great, thanks my friend !!!!!!!

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Otr of the Flame Epilogue Chapter:

Just uploaded the extra Otr of the Flame chapter if anyone is interested

Nice, thanks for posting, will miss this little series, i still think it deserved much better considering how much Kawaguchi improved with the Wind spirit arc, but well, it's done, now is hoping he can pull a Horikoshi, at least he did something Hori didn't that is improve with the 2nd try because Sensei no Bulge was vastly inferior than Oumagadoki Zoo lol

Btw, can i post the galery on Twitter giving you the credit?

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

Nice, thanks for posting, will miss this little series, i still think it deserved much better considering how much Kawaguchi improved with the Wind spirit arc, but well, it's done, now is hoping he can pull a Horikoshi, at least he did something Hori didn't that is improve with the 2nd try because Sensei no Bulge was vastly inferior than Oumagadoki Zoo lol

Btw, can i post the galery on Twitter giving you the credit?

sure my friend! I also posted on my other account: https://x.com/oleitordboruto

 

[Pietro]

The ONE PIECE 'WORLD TOP 100' 2nd Popularity Poll has already started, you can vote now! Here is the link.

The 2nd Global ONE PIECE Character Popularity Contest

The 2nd Global Popularity Poll is open, where fans around the world choose their No.1 from a total of 1,567 characters!!!

onepiecewt100-2026.com

Can i vote everyday?

 

[RealityChecker]

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

Hmm i think this is because the Ufotable anime announcement actually caused a mini boost in the series putting all volumes back on Shoseki for a few days

It is a KyoAni anime announcement. They even put it on the obi, btw. Let's see if it increases the volume sales this month.

 

[Lil meen]

I also just feel like in general people are being way too judgy on Shonen Jump manga. Like, last week UD was abelist. This week Kinato is misogynistic /homophobic.

And its certainly not the first time. MHA was homophobic for killing off Magna, for not making Himiko directly state she loves Uraraka, for not getting Deku and Bakugo together.

It's fine to want more progressive themes in your manga, I'm all for it. But Shonen Jump is not the place for it. The most progressive we've gotten is probably MHA which again, got a lot of comments about Horikoshi being a homophobe. If Kumangai was a lesbian? Awesome. I'd love it. The fact that she's not doesn't make me not want to read the series because: 1) It never felt that she was outright stated as one; 2) I wouldn't be reading Kinato for her. Hell, I'd read it more for Linae than her.

MHA is far from the most progressive jump manga lol.

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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.

Us collectively forgetting chainsawman used to run in WSJ is also pretty crazy also lol

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

Can i vote everyday?

If its like that one NARUTOP99 then i think you can

 

[SunPillar]

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.

Yeah or it has to be from a Mangaka people know or an assistant from one people know. Outside of Blue Box, I think Bad Tripper comes the closest, but like you said I think its still a relatively small group.

 

[CastletonSnob]

After almost 500 chapters of One Piece, I feel like I could breeze through any series.

 

[Kiaida]

Funnily (and ironically) enough, I think some of the Naoya hate is slightly misogynistic because they imply japanese fangirls are weird for liking him. How is this different from people being thirsty for any villain? Guys love Makima even though she's awful and manipulative. People are smart enough to understand he's evil, but also find him hot. It's whatever, let people be horny for villains. lol

Was in Japan recently and saw tons of women getting Jujutsu merch, including Naoya, it's normal.

 

[icrawfish]

Is it OK that I'm trying to catch up on One Piece partially because I want to be able to join the rest of the world with the ending?

Seeing the end of a cultural phenomenon like One Piece is a once in a lifetime experience, and I already missed out on Naruto and Bleach.

If it’s missing the ending you’re worried about, I wouldn’t sweat too hard; you’ve got at least a year or two before you start running the risk of missing the big world-shattering reveals, and even then we might not be quite there. Judging by your current pace you should be more than fine.

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Oh! I still need to vote for the previous issue!

Issue 13 votes:

1. Blue Box (been waiting on this a long time)
2. Ichi the Witch (hilarious in a cosmic sense, clever way to subvert expectations and give a final moment)
3. Nue’s Exorcist (just really cool things happening now that we’re properly staring the boss in the face)
4. Akane-banashi (some cool little teases and setup)
5. Hima-Ten! (not the character I was expecting to get more of, but the outfits are all cute this chapter)

6. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
7. Shinobi Undercover
8. Kinato’s Magic
9. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits
10. Under Doctor

It was an alright issue. I liked most of the things.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Finally making my review of the one shots you posted during February, i believe i didn't forgot any post

Now allow me to bring forth a specific rookie that quite honestly am baffled that this one has not debuted a single series in the main magazine yet. The author in question is Hirokoshi Ame.

Here is a link to the one-shot he made in Jump Giga 2025 Winter.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZG_MvCrIjKXp-N2oeAmV4YsIvrhC6gC8


Another author that I think has a very strong shot at debuting would be a former assistant for both Bleach and Mashle called Shou Shiromoto, who debuted crazy bash in Jump Giga Autumn 2025


These two have quite a professional style of art, it feels less amateur than many others before them.

Kiyoshi Seisouin by Hirokoshi Ame: Wow, this is a newbie with zero serialization? hard to believe, he can draw, and the nun girl design gave me some 2000's Takeshi Obata vibe, specially Dragon Quest Ral & Grad, would like to see this guy serializing something.

Crazy Bash by Shou Shiromoto: Ohhh wasn't expecting that, Blue Box 2.0? kkkk nah looks way better than BB lol the artstyle is pretty impressive, stylish af, the author really tried to create this stylish and cool vibe for a basketball story, i would like to see this author trying to serialize even more than the above one but i would also want to see this one shot since Jump is soooo in necessity of trying a real basket series (no i don't consider BB a sport series, is romance with sport as a subplot), but i just don't know how it would be because it's clearly not a romance story but following both male & female protagonists journey playing basket would be too much so maybe some changes would have to be made but the potential in my opinion is pretty much there.

Now for something a bit different, I will post a single one-shot from Jump Giga, and people here have to discuss the following:

• Do you think the art, panelling, and art style are solid? Or do you think it needs improvement?
• Did you find the story creative or too cliché? If "cliché" is your answer, say whether it's in a good or bad way and why.
• Would you like to see more works by this specific author?
• Finally, do you think the author needs more experience in making more one-shots or is it safe for him/her to debut a one-shot or series within the main magazine?

With that out of the way, here is said one shot, this one is from the summer issue of jump giga 2025:

Bushin Kagura by Aokigahara Kenta: Pretty interesting artstyle, maybe needs some more work but at least is different than what we see usually on Jump, still, it feels way more like a Shonen Sunday series, at least visual wise, i would say the male protagonist is clearly inspired by Kimetsu no Yaiba? You can pick the cover page of the one shot, put on Google lens and literally each related image that will appear is Yaiba, more precisely Kokushibo lmao!

The girl design is obviously interesting if you know what i mean...

The story is your very basic exorcist battle shounen, it would totally flop on Jump but the artstyle is interesting so i would like to see the guy trying something else on Jump.

Now to something else, it's a new week, so another one-shot and its author to talk about. This time, I know some probably won't like the art at all, but I did enjoy what the story could possibly bring if Jump were to allow this kind of setting to appear in the magazine proper.


Personally, the art needs a lot of work, but from what I saw, the world seemed interesting to explore, and the enemies in the story are very different from what you usually see in Shueisha.

I think this author has potential, but needs to REALLY improve the art so that it could reach more readers in and draw their attention to other bombastic one shots.

Bagteria: No. X by Sumi Kagoi: lol this feels pretty much like The Mage Next Door but change magic to bacteria lmao! Even the main character looks like Osoegawa and the whole vibe is the same kkkk I wouldn't mind seeing this serialized, of course with more work in the art, if we got Osoegawa, why not this?

Now here are two one-shots from last year, hope you all enjoy it and talk among yourselves, you too Shinuki, like seeing your comments alongside everyone elses cause you speak as someone quite passionate about rookies and all that:

Nakata is the name of the author for the following one shot


Marisawa Ibuka is the name of the rookie for the following one shot

Yokai Aburasumashi by Nakata: Hmm, pretty interesting artstyle, kinda reminds me a mix of Daijiro Nonoue (Muto Black & The Last Saiyuki) with Takamasa Moue (Akane-banashi), the story itself seems just yet another exorcist stuff, not battle shounen but exorcist anyway, but the artstyle and paneling definitely helps to at least separate itself a bit from the rest, someone to keep an eye in the future.

Strange Targets by Marisawa Ibuka: And talking about exorcist, here we go with ANOTHER twist in the exorcist theme, this is pretty much the opposite of the Nakata one shot, is just your standard exorcist battle shounen and the art is quite amateur-ish, of course i can see the potential in the art but right now is just amateur stuff that will never get serialized.

 

[Phantom RPG]

Finally making my review of the one shots you posted during February, i believe i didn't forgot any post



Kiyoshi Seisouin by Hirokoshi Ame: Wow, this is a newbie with zero serialization? hard to believe, he can draw, and the nun girl design gave me some 2000's Takeshi Obata vibe, specially Dragon Quest Ral & Grad, would like to see this guy serializing something.

Crazy Bash by Shou Shiromoto: Ohhh wasn't expecting that, Blue Box 2.0? kkkk nah looks way better than BB lol the artstyle is pretty impressive, stylish af, the author really tried to create this stylish and cool vibe for a basketball story, i would like to see this author trying to serialize even more than the above one but i would also want to see this one shot since Jump is soooo in necessity of trying a real basket series (no i don't consider BB a sport series, is romance with sport as a subplot), but i just don't know how it would be because it's clearly not a romance story but following both male & female protagonists journey playing basket would be too much so maybe some changes would have to be made but the potential in my opinion is pretty much there.



Bushin Kagura by Aokigahara Kenta: Pretty interesting artstyle, maybe needs some more work but at least is different than what we see usually on Jump, still, it feels way more like a Shonen Sunday series, at least visual wise, i would say the male protagonist is clearly inspired by Kimetsu no Yaiba? You can pick the cover page of the one shot, put on Google lens and literally each related image that will appear is Yaiba, more precisely Kokushibo lmao!

The girl design is obviously interesting if you know what i mean...

The story is your very basic exorcist battle shounen, it would totally flop on Jump but the artstyle is interesting so i would like to see the guy trying something else on Jump.



Bagteria: No. X by Sumi Kagoi: lol this feels pretty much like The Mage Next Door but change magic to bacteria lmao! Even the main character looks like Osoegawa and the whole vibe is the same kkkk I wouldn't mind seeing this serialized, of course with more work in the art, if we got Osoegawa, why not this?




Yokai Aburasumashi by Nakata: Hmm, pretty interesting artstyle, kinda reminds me a mix of Daijiro Nonoue (Muto Black & The Last Saiyuki) with Takamasa Moue (Akane-banashi), the story itself seems just yet another exorcist stuff, not battle shounen but exorcist anyway, but the artstyle and paneling definitely helps to at least separate itself a bit from the rest, someone to keep an eye in the future.

Strange Targets by Marisawa Ibuka: And talking about exorcist, here we go with ANOTHER twist in the exorcist theme, this is pretty much the opposite of the Nakata one shot, is just your standard exorcist battle shounen and the art is quite amateur-ish, of course i can see the potential in the art but right now is just amateur stuff that will never get serialized.

Huh, won't lie, thought you forgot, but thanks for the reviews, glad that you thought both Ame and Shiromoto impressed you a lot. Those two would be interesting to see debut series in the magazine.

By the way, Shiromoto has an interesting history; the fellow was not only an assistant to Tite Kubo but also to Hajime Komoto. So we can see the reason for some

Also, you forgot this one I posted prior, the author( Okada Masaru ) in question is very inspired by One Piece and dragon ball i could tell:


There is also Ogawa Hiragi, who did an exorcist one-shot, but this one I found interesting.



The other one I believe could deliver something interesting is Kahone Machi, and this one-shot from late 2024 proves it.

 

[monstera11]

Funnily (and ironically) enough, I think some of the Naoya hate is slightly misogynistic because they imply japanese fangirls are weird for liking him. How is this different from people being thirsty for any villain? Guys love Makima even though she's awful and manipulative. People are smart enough to understand he's evil, but also find him hot. It's whatever, let people be horny for villains. lol

Was in Japan recently and saw tons of women getting Jujutsu merch, including Naoya, it's normal.

Even outside of Japan, i can confirm Naoya is popular. In all my group buys, Naoya merch is more in demand than Megumi Yuta Yuji merch (e.g. in any boxset containing yuji yuta megumi choso naoya, naoya ones are much more in demand than the rest. Only choso is more in demand than naoya)

Also, people love Naoya because he's pathetic as per most discussions and fanarts that I see. He is the memeable handsome butt monkey in fandom, and it is very appealing for a lot of people. People simply find him hilarious because he got his comeuppance hard.
Literally I never see anyone who like him due to misogyny or alpha male stuff like what the racist say

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Btw, missed opportunity to make HxH return coincide with its anniversary. 3 March was its anni

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Huh, won't lie, thought you forgot, but thanks for the reviews, glad that you thought both Ame and Shiromoto impressed you a lot. Those two would be interesting to see debut series in the magazine.

By the way, Shiromoto has an interesting history; the fellow was not only an assistant to Tite Kubo but also to Hajime Komoto. So we can see the reason for some

Also, you forgot this one I posted prior, the author( Okada Masaru ) in question is very inspired by One Piece and dragon ball i could tell:


There is also Ogawa Hiragi, who did an exorcist one-shot, but this one I found interesting.



The other one I believe could deliver something interesting is Kahone Machi, and this one-shot from late 2024 proves it.

First i would ask, when you upload these one shots don't put only the name in the galery but also the author name ike i'm doing in the reviews. Anyway:

Chikyu Seifuku no Susume by Okada Masaru: What a weird one shot, i can feel the Dragon Ball influence but it's just weird, the mc is a demon alien? lol maybe with more work, who knows?

Kajiki by Ogawa Hiragi: Huh, this was way better than what i expected, i actually quite liked, the art maybe needs just a bit more refining but it's already good, finally a exorcist series that actually feels different, no modern times, a actual historical setting, the demon designs are different too and the mc is cool too, definitely would like to see this one shot being serialized, these pages are sick:

Majo no Dedeshishi by Kahone Machi: Ehh, i don't know what to think about this one lol it's a Witch story but it's not like Ichi, the art is interesting but overall is simply not a Jump work, it doesn't fit, but the artist, who knows, with more work to refine the art it can look pretty good.

 

[KyuKyu555]

Sorry for being late, I only started reading about the controversies over the last few days and people’s responses to them just yesterday, so I’ve been feeling really drained.

This issue was pretty chill with some great chapters.

Anyway, my votes for Issue #13 of 2026:
1. Ichi the Witch 71
2. Blue Box 231
3. The Mage Next Door 15

4. Witch Watch 237
5. Akane-banashi 195

6. Shinobi Undercover 70
7. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 81
8. Alien Headbutt 3
9. Kinato’s Magic 4
10. Sakamoto Days 249
11. Under Doctor 5
12. Hima-Ten! 79
13. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits 14
14. Someone Hertz 22
15. Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo 23
16. Gonron Egg 16

What I rate the new batch:
Personal: 1. Alien Headbutt, 2. Kinato’s Magic, 3. Under Doctor
Potential: 1. Kinato’s Magic, 2. Alien Headbutt, 3. Under Doctor

Sakamoto:
Cool fight sequences this chapter and nice retort from Osaragi.

Witch Watch:
The joke barrage from Slump was pretty funny.

Blue Box:
At first glance I didn’t see the belt buckle and thought that ride was unsafe, anyway that’s a unique design for the seat. Girl, you know how Kyo is, you’re gonna have to be the one to make the first move. I stand corrected, way to go Kyo, that confession was very cute.

Akane:
I haven’t really been feeling this series the last few chapters but now that the Isshokai is here I’m getting hyped.

Kagura:
Despite this being a series I don’t read, I enjoyed this chapter. Seeing this abuser? remember his love for abuse was entertaining. Also I never thought I’d read that sentence on the final page.

Kiyoshi:
I liked how the mech demon shark’s sounds were just a portmanteau of ‘mecha’ and ‘gya’. That Bang panel was awesome. The “breathe in breathe out” chapter 1 callback was nice. The chapter title can be seen as alternate title for the series.
If I had a nickel for every chapter in this issue that ends with the chapter title and a double page spread I’d have 2 nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice.

Himaten:
The himaaaa tantrum was cute while the prez-pology was derpy and funny. Also Tsubone was looking foine this chapter. Though she does have shipping on the brain.

Ichi:
The conversation with Octobomb and Chro’s final moments were touching. But that pales in comparison to the utter hilarity I felt when that child started doing what a lot of people would see as gang signs!!!

Shinobi:
Suzume just came in posing!!! I let out an audible “Oh” of realisation when he completed his bread spiel. Yodaka’s gonna have a hard time.

Hertz:
Funny faces from Eel Potato, Hateful Eight’s unluckiness was funny, more “I like you” breadcrumbs near the end there and I see that little schemer at the end there.

Gonron:
They added some muscle to tan girl’s thighs. She is pretty big in comparison to the guys.

Mage:
That was a pretty good fight that was resolved with a Chekhov’s gun that I didn’t even register as a possible one. Nice convo between characters.
Didn’t expect that comment from the Divine Magus.
Also him returning to the magic world while wearing a boomerang shirt got a smile out of me.

Hero Girl/Demon Lord:
Subspace!!!! Nooooooo!!!!!! The rest of the chapter was pretty cute.

Under Doctor/Alien Headbutt/Kinato’s Magic:
Pretty good fights. In Kinato’s chapter, the panel of the slimes after they got out of the rubble was surprisingly meanicing.