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[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[FantasticFootno]

Also I feel totally vindicated. I felt like all the new series ending in march was way too soon, and that they'd end closer to april. A new batch starting with issue 18 makes a lot more sense. Its also funny because gonron is going to end up with 20 chapters. The difference between 16-20 is really just timing, but some people are going to be very angry that something like Kaedegami ended with 17, and Gonron will end with 20.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

I was so sidetracked, gotta give a shout-out to my Nue fans in the chat. Getting both a color page and a top 5 placement?!

Let's all see the timeline for that 3rd anniversary cover

 

[MOthinus]

01. Someone Hertz
02. Ichi the Witch
03. Blue Box
04. Nue's Exorcist

Is this a dream? Can someone pinch me? There is no way... N-Nue

 

[FantasticFootno]

Will Akane not get a cover for the anime then? Iirc it starts in like 3 weeks, but unless everything is living for an additional week, there would be like a month of new series before it can get a cover.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

Will Akane not get a cover for the anime then? Iirc it starts in like 3 weeks, but unless everything is living for an additional week, there would be like a month of new series before it can get a cover.

It'll get one on 18 most likely. Then new series on 19, 20, double spread, 23, 24

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

It'll get one on 18 most likely. Then new series on 19, 20, double spread, 23, 24

Double issue is 22-23

Will Akane not get a cover for the anime then? Iirc it starts in like 3 weeks, but unless everything is living for an additional week, there would be like a month of new series before it can get a cover.

Like Dippy said is almost sure getting on #18.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

First series of this rumored new batch would hit Ch.8 around 27 which makes sense as there's usually one around end of 20s to early 30s

 

[Aqyurs]

I don't know why people were predicting a new batch; Akane-banashi has to get the cover for either #18 or #19 (most likely #18 since the past 3 years, the Jump anime premiering in April all got their covers on #18) and Blue Box hasn't actually celebrated the anniversary at #19 since 2022 so it was almost always going to get the cover before then. They would have had to break up the new series batch so that Akane-banashi could get its anime cover, and while they technically could do that (Elusive Samurai's anime cover was between Kiyoshi and Hima-ten!'s debuts), it's way easier to just assume that the new series won't start until April at the earliest (where they still can split up the batch anyway with the Golden Week double issue if they want to).

 

[FantasticFootno]

It'll get one on 18 most likely. Then new series on 19, 20, double spread, 23, 24

So then goatron makes it to chapter 21 and everyone freaks out even more? That would be even funnier lol

 

[Dippy Fresh]

Double spread is 22-23

Actually makes more sense, probably

New series: 19,20,21
HxH: 22/23

 

[monstera11]

Wtf, gonron still has NOT ended???

 

[FantasticFootno]

I don't know why people were predicting a new batch; Akane-banashi has to get the cover for either #18 or #19 (most likely #18 since the past 3 years, the Jump anime premiering in April all got their covers on #18) and Blue Box hasn't actually celebrated the anniversary at #19 since 2022 so it was almost always going to get the cover before then. They would have had to break up the new series batch so that Akane-banashi could get its anime cover, and while they technically could do that (Elusive Samurai's anime cover was between Kiyoshi and Hima-ten!'s debuts), it's way easier to just assume that the new series won't start until April at the earliest (where they still can split up the batch anyway with the Golden Week double issue if they want to).

Its mainly just due to Modulo ending, and then every one of those bottom 3 series setting up their final fights.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

I don't know why people were predicting a new batch; Akane-banashi has to get the cover for either #18 or #19 (most likely #18 since the past 3 years, the Jump anime premiering in April all got their covers on #18) and Blue Box hasn't actually celebrated the anniversary at #19 since 2022 so it was almost always going to get the cover before then. They would have had to break up the new series batch so that Akane-banashi could get its anime cover, and while they technically could do that (Elusive Samurai's anime cover was between Kiyoshi and Hima-ten!'s debuts), it's way easier to just assume that the new series won't start until April at the earliest (where they still can split up the batch anyway with the Golden Week double issue if they want to).

I always thought it was gonna be Blue Box, but I can imagine people are just itching for a new series. Gonron and Mage have been circling an ending for a while now.

By the time new round starts, UD will be on #11, Kinato on #10, Alien on #9 so it's felt like a long break. That's my assumption at least

 

[Dongus]

Can't even be mad that Gonron Egg got to escape the U19. Just looking at the art, it's clear that the one suffering the most is the artist himself. Everything about it just screams that he has given up. Might as well have given editorial a gun and asked them to put him out of his misery. But they can't, because the new batch hasn't started yet. So he's forced to keep trucking along the weeks, halfheartedly putting out scribbles that get more incomprehensible as it goes. Least most other axed authors tried to make sure their art looked good...

Gonron Egg author be like:

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #16 (2026)
00. Sakamoto Days (Cover & Lead Color Pages)
01. Someone Hertz
02. Ichi the Witch
00. Shinobi Undercover (Color Page)
03. Blue Box
04. Nue's Exorcist
00. Kokonegi Kyuuta no Me ni Sawaru (One Shot by Kobayashi Omusuke (Psych House), Color Page)
05. Under Doctor
06. Kagurabachi
00. Kinato's Magic (Not Ranked)
07. Akane-banashi
00. Me & Roboco (Color Page)
00. Alien Headbutt (Not Ranked)
08. Hima-Ten!
09. Witch Watch
10. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
11. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits
12. The Mage Next Door
13. Gonron Egg

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #17 (2026) - Information!
Blue Box (Cover & Lead Color Pages, 5th Anniversary)
Nue's Exorcist (Color Page)
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (Color Page)
One Shot (Color Page)

Minor correction, Shinobi color page is under Ichi, not Under Doctor, and Saito just can't help himself, he has to find a way to put Shinobi above Nue even when Nue is 4th place, it's even higher than last week cp!

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And one shot is Medallion by Sedo

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Seems like the Medallion one shot is a battle shounen about protecting earth from a monster awakened in Antarctica...

 

[Dippy Fresh]

Seems like the Medallion one shot is a battle shounen about protecting earth from a monster awakened in Antarctica...

You know what, it sounds interesting lol

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Seems like Suganuma is having like a mini serialization because this issue will be the 3rd "chapter" of his 4-koma Banksy one shot lol

You know what, it sounds interesting lol

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Can't even be mad that Gonron Egg got to escape the U19. Just looking at the art, it's clear that the one suffering the most is the artist himself. Everything about it just screams that he has given up. Might as well have given editorial a gun and asked them to put him out of his misery. But they can't, because the new batch hasn't started yet. So he's forced to keep trucking along the weeks, halfheartedly putting out scribbles that get more incomprehensible as it goes. Least most other axed authors tried to make sure their art looked good...

Gonron Egg author be like:

Well he surely wasn't suffering while drawing this big mommy here:

 

[MOthinus]

Well he surely wasn't suffering while drawing this big mommy here:

Artists may struggle with drawing weekly, but it won't stop them from drawing baddies.

 

[Mammo]

WSM new manga starting next week is by this guy


seems jump isn't the only magazine that can poach

 

[Hawke]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #16 (2026)
00. Sakamoto Days (Cover & Lead Color Pages)
01. Someone Hertz
02. Ichi the Witch
00. Shinobi Undercover (Color Page)
03. Blue Box
04. Nue's Exorcist
00. Kokonegi Kyuuta no Me ni Sawaru (One Shot by Kobayashi Omusuke (Psych House), Color Page)
05. Under Doctor
06. Kagurabachi
00. Kinato's Magic (Not Ranked)
07. Akane-banashi
00. Me & Roboco (Color Page)
00. Alien Headbutt (Not Ranked)
08. Hima-Ten!
09. Witch Watch
10. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
11. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits
12. The Mage Next Door
13. Gonron Egg

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #17 (2026) - Information!
Blue Box (Cover & Lead Color Pages, 5th Anniversary)
Nue's Exorcist (Color Page)
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (Color Page)
Medallion (One Shot by Sedo, Color Page)

this is probably the most interesting toc we've had in months. good placement for under doctor, nue skyrocketing high up AND getting a color page next week? just give me a kagurabachi color/cover soon and we'd be set for life.....